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Clinic for the deaf - Fiji Times Online
THE Carabez Alliance has set up an independently-run clinic that expands audiological services to all deaf children in Fiji.
The Carabez Clinic will be opened tomorrow at Suva's Bayly Clinic by Dr Neil Sharma.
Carabez Alliance founder Bronwyn Carabez said they have been serving the needs of deaf children in Fiji since 2005 and were previously based at the Gospel School for the Deaf.
"The children in the Carabez program receive free of charge hearing aids and ongoing audiological care," she said in a statement.
"It soon became apparent that the needs of deaf children from around Fiji could be better served from an independent clinic.
"This is a first not only for Fiji but also the Pacific Islands."
She said the clinic would continue to provide free hearing aids and audiological care.
Cochlear implantation services are expected to become part of the clinic in 2011.
"This program is designed in such a way that deaf children will now be appropriately aided through the services of an early intervention program this year," she said.
"One of the aims is to fully integrate these children with their local peers through their inclusion in local schools.
"We welcome all children. The services are free and it's world standard."
Ms Carabez founded the alliance with her husband, Jeff, after their daughter Virginia was diagnosed as being moderate-severely deaf when she was three.
She said funding came from Hear the World Foundation.
THE Carabez Alliance has set up an independently-run clinic that expands audiological services to all deaf children in Fiji.
The Carabez Clinic will be opened tomorrow at Suva's Bayly Clinic by Dr Neil Sharma.
Carabez Alliance founder Bronwyn Carabez said they have been serving the needs of deaf children in Fiji since 2005 and were previously based at the Gospel School for the Deaf.
"The children in the Carabez program receive free of charge hearing aids and ongoing audiological care," she said in a statement.
"It soon became apparent that the needs of deaf children from around Fiji could be better served from an independent clinic.
"This is a first not only for Fiji but also the Pacific Islands."
She said the clinic would continue to provide free hearing aids and audiological care.
Cochlear implantation services are expected to become part of the clinic in 2011.
"This program is designed in such a way that deaf children will now be appropriately aided through the services of an early intervention program this year," she said.
"One of the aims is to fully integrate these children with their local peers through their inclusion in local schools.
"We welcome all children. The services are free and it's world standard."
Ms Carabez founded the alliance with her husband, Jeff, after their daughter Virginia was diagnosed as being moderate-severely deaf when she was three.
She said funding came from Hear the World Foundation.