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MORE than 100 golfers are expected to come together next month to raise money for special devices that will give the gift of hearing to eight deaf Bahraini children.
The Rotary Club of Adliya is hoping that through the Bahrain Golf Invitational (BGI) 2007 it will be able to raise BD80,000 for special devices known as cochlear implants, which sell for approximately BD10,000 each.
Although the Health Ministry has a cochlear implant programme, there are more than 50 children on the waiting list and 15 new cases are added each year.
The ministry has committed to help 20 a year for the next two years, but many of the children will reach the age of five without receiving the implants, which experts say is too late for them to develop speaking skills.
A cochlear implant is an electronic device that provides individuals with severe-to-profound hearing loss enhanced sound perception and the potential for greater speech understanding.
It is aimed at those who do not benefit from conventional hearing aids because their tiny hair cells in the inner ear (cochlea) are damaged or missing.
The device is surgically implanted in the inner ear and activated by a device worn outside the ear.
It carries electronic impulses to the hearing nerve and then to the brain, which are perceived as sounds.
The sound at first will be muffled, but with training the non-verbal sound will be translated into verbal sound.
"This cause is really important and we chose it because it will give a new life to those children who can't hear or talk," BGI committee chairman Ali Follad told the GDN.
"All we need to do is buy this equipment and the doctors will perform the operation free of charge.This will change their lives and it will make a difference to their families and the community."
Mr Follad encouraged companies and individuals to come forward and support the club's annual fundraising which had been going on since 1999.
Last year the BGI raised funds to buy eight pieces of Otto Acoustic Emission (OTE) equipment to detect hearing loss in newborns.
They were donated to the Health Ministry and are being used at maternity hospitals and health centres across the country.
The BGI 2007 will be held at the Riffa Golf Club on January 12 and all golfers are welcome to come forward and support the event.
To sponsor the BGI contact Mr Follad on 39637000 or e-mail bgi@rotarybahrain.com.
MORE than 100 golfers are expected to come together next month to raise money for special devices that will give the gift of hearing to eight deaf Bahraini children.
The Rotary Club of Adliya is hoping that through the Bahrain Golf Invitational (BGI) 2007 it will be able to raise BD80,000 for special devices known as cochlear implants, which sell for approximately BD10,000 each.
Although the Health Ministry has a cochlear implant programme, there are more than 50 children on the waiting list and 15 new cases are added each year.
The ministry has committed to help 20 a year for the next two years, but many of the children will reach the age of five without receiving the implants, which experts say is too late for them to develop speaking skills.
A cochlear implant is an electronic device that provides individuals with severe-to-profound hearing loss enhanced sound perception and the potential for greater speech understanding.
It is aimed at those who do not benefit from conventional hearing aids because their tiny hair cells in the inner ear (cochlea) are damaged or missing.
The device is surgically implanted in the inner ear and activated by a device worn outside the ear.
It carries electronic impulses to the hearing nerve and then to the brain, which are perceived as sounds.
The sound at first will be muffled, but with training the non-verbal sound will be translated into verbal sound.
"This cause is really important and we chose it because it will give a new life to those children who can't hear or talk," BGI committee chairman Ali Follad told the GDN.
"All we need to do is buy this equipment and the doctors will perform the operation free of charge.This will change their lives and it will make a difference to their families and the community."
Mr Follad encouraged companies and individuals to come forward and support the club's annual fundraising which had been going on since 1999.
Last year the BGI raised funds to buy eight pieces of Otto Acoustic Emission (OTE) equipment to detect hearing loss in newborns.
They were donated to the Health Ministry and are being used at maternity hospitals and health centres across the country.
The BGI 2007 will be held at the Riffa Golf Club on January 12 and all golfers are welcome to come forward and support the event.
To sponsor the BGI contact Mr Follad on 39637000 or e-mail bgi@rotarybahrain.com.