While commemorating World Hearing Day, Dr. Afrouz Safarifar described the programs for screening, diagnosing, and early intervention for hearing loss in newborns and infants, and stated: World Hearing Day is an opportunity to give greater importance to ear and hearing health by raising awareness and changing attitudes; one of the important aspects of ear and hearing health is prevention, as prevention plays a major role in promoting the general health of society and reducing health costs.
Stating that one of the important aspects of this issue that has attracted more attention in recent years is screening during the newborn period, one of the important aspects of which is hearing screening, he said: "Being deprived of hearing does not only mean not hearing sound, but the result of this deprivation leads to the lack of access to many useful and promising experiences in individual and social life, to the extent that it may distance the person from the path of success. Considering the fact that "speaking" is an acquired thing and that humans learn the language of their surroundings through "hearing" and then become able to speak, this shows the special importance of this sense. Therefore, without hearing, speech will not exist, which is why deaf children and people are unable to speak.
The Director General of Disability Prevention and Social Integration of the National Welfare Organization went on to explain the general achievements and stated: During the years of implementation of the program, when 15,385,789 people were covered by the plan, more than 47,478,000 people with hearing impairments have been identified since the program began.
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