According to Public Relations and International Affairs report, Afrooz Safari Fard, Director General of Prevention of Disabilities and Social Integration of State welfare organization, in an interview with ILNA reporter about vision screening, said: Last year, there were 3,600,000 children in this age group in this program and 3 to 6 years old were covered in the country, which included 84% of children of this range of age. In another part of his speech, referring to hearing screening, Safari Fard said: The program of screening, diagnosis and early hearing intervention for babies and infants, the number of people covered was carried out in 2023, and 1027605 babies were screened, of which 3963 babies were diagnosed with hearing disorders. have become. Safari Fard also said about the people who are exempted from military service in families with a disabled person: According to the laws, there are three groups of people who benefit from the privilege of being exempted from military service. The first group is families where one of the parents' children is disabled (both or one of them is disabled) or at least two of their children are disabled and are exempted from serving the period of necessity.
The director general of prevention of disabilities and social integration of the State welfare organization announced that around 3963 babies with hearing disorders were identified in 2023.
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