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Jordanian Institute Provides Deaf Education And Sign Language
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- Pupils on the HLID schoolyard during the break. © CBM
The project in Salt is well-prepared for the needs of hearing impaired children; it has developed from a boarding school for about 150 deaf Palestinian and Jordanian pupils, and branched out into vocational training, and an audiology department that provides hearing tests free of charge and in addition, ear-mould production for the manufacture of high-quality affordable hearing aids. Moreover, it is the first programme in Jordan that also targets deaf-blind children (since 2001). "Our target population is the people who cannot find or afford services", says Brother Andrew. "We go out to villages and communities and find them."
Info: Glossary "Audiologist"
Info: Glossary "Audiologist"
Vocational Training and Outreach
The HLID combines early identification with audiological and educational intervention, as well as vocational training. Services are available from HLID itself and also through its outreach programme, by which it can reach more people than are able to be served only on its premises in Salt. In addition, the Institute provides teacher training in Yemen, Egypt, Syria, the West Bank, and Iraq, and is developing a dictionary of Jordanian Sign Language, as used by the deaf people of the country.
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Hearing Aids
Of the 250 million people with hearing loss worldwide, two-thirds live in developing countries. The vast majority has access to neither medical ear services, nor appropriate hearing aids. The present cost for hearing devices are prohibitive for the majority. The aim of the new international campaign WWHearing is to provide low-cost quality hearing aids to people in developing countries.
National Resource Centre
The HLID serves as a nationwide resource centre and provides comprehensive programmes for persons with hearing impairments. CBM’s aim is to consolidate the Institute on this high level.
The HLID is associated with the international WWHearing campaign, in supporting the development of low-cost quality hearing aids. WWHearing was created in 2003 by a number of stakeholders who are affiliated with the World Health Organisation (WHO), including Christian Blind Mission and others.
Read more: WWHearing Campaign
Further information: Education of Deaf and Hard of Hearing and Deafblind Persons
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The HLID is associated with the international WWHearing campaign, in supporting the development of low-cost quality hearing aids. WWHearing was created in 2003 by a number of stakeholders who are affiliated with the World Health Organisation (WHO), including Christian Blind Mission and others.
Read more: WWHearing Campaign
Further information: Education of Deaf and Hard of Hearing and Deafblind Persons
Go back: Fatmeh shows how clever she is
