Medical camp for hearing impaired children

Chennai, Oct 3 (UNI) Sri Ramachandra University will organise a special medical camp for children below ten years suffering from total hearing loss on October seven.

The camp was organised by the Departments of ENT Head and Neck Surgery and Speech Language and Hearing Sciences of the University.

During the camp children below ten years with total hearing loss in both ears or with hearing loss even while using hearing aids and those who had not developed meaningful speech due to hearing impairment would be screened by a team of specialists.

The participants would be counselled on appropriate intervention including Cochlear implantation, a release from the University said today.

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