Community Projects by Batch 4 Year 4 Audiology Students
The final year Audiology students organized a series of projects in the month of July, 2015, with the primary objective of providing audiology services to the community. The projects consisted of the following;
Project 1 | : Hearing screening with otoscopy, tympanometry and otoacoustic emissions |
Target group | : Grade 1-5 students at Siddartha J.S. Vidyalaya, Batagama |
Date | : 3rd of July, 2015 |
Aim | : To screen for audiologic and otologic problems and to increase the awareness of guardians regarding ear and hearing related problems of their school aged children. |
Project2 | : Screening for external and middle ear pathologies with otoscopy and tympanometry |
Targetgroup | : 60 children at the Centre of Education of Hearing Impaired Children (CEHIC), Dalugama |
Dates | : 8th, 9th and 10th of July, 2015 |
Aim | : to identify children with normal function of the middle ear and children with middle ear problems/ malfunction as well as to counsel parents on the need of assessing the middle ear status of their children. |
Project 3 | : Educational workshop on hearing impairment, hearing testing, importance of follow ups, usage, care and maintenance of amplification devices, cochlear implant surgery, and communication methods used with hearing impaired children |
Targetgroup | : Parents of students at St. Joseph's Deaf School, Ragama |
Date | : 17th of July, 2015 |
Aim | : To help parents of hearing impaired children expand their knowledge on the above areas. |