World Hearing Day is a campaign held by the WHO around the world every year on March 3. This year, the motto of the activities is: “Check your Hearing! Early detection is important.”
On this day, health organizations point out how important it is to detect hearing loss early and act accordingly. The audiology team at Ndlovu Care Group is even turning it into an entire awareness week.
Audiology team offers free hearing test
It all started at the Joseph Mafiri Pre-School in Bloempoort. Early detection of hearing impairment is essential, as the consequences of untreated hearing loss can be serious. Those who cannot hear live in silence and isolation, cannot learn to speak and have difficulties at school and at work. Conclusion: the chances of leading an independent life are slim.
For this reason, the Audiology Team also offers the free hearing test to the graduating classes of the surrounding secondary schools. They first visited Ramogosetse Secondary School in Ntwane. Those who were found to have hearing problems were referred to the Audiology Clinic at the Ndlovu Medical Care Center.
Yesterday, the Audiology team visited the Moutse Community Radio Station because people who work in noisy jobs or listen to loud music are at particularly high risk of hearing loss. Radio announcers spend long hours in the studio with loud speaker monitors and headsets. In addition to the examination, the team also gave a lot of tips on how to prevent hearing damage.
A visit to the Moutse radio station
With this free campaign, Ndlovu is intensifying its collaboration with the local radio station Moutse. Hugo Tempelman was already involved in the charitable project initiated by women when the station was founded more than 20 years ago. The decision was recently made to revive and intensify the cooperation. With the active support of Regiocast, the Hugo Tempelman Foundation provided the radio station with a complete radio studio (read more at: https://hugo-tempelman-stiftung.de/hugo-tempelman-stiftung-und-regiocast-spenden-neue-technik-fuer-lokalen-radiosender/)
In return, the Ndlovu Care Group is given airtime to provide regular information on current topics in the field of health care, but also on social issues such as the construction of the second rehabilitation center for handicapped children.
Radio is still the most important medium in Africa. In an environment where the illiteracy rate is still relatively high, radio has a wide distribution area. Community radios in particular are also used as a non-literate medium for educational content.
