The Global Foundation for Children with Hearing Loss helps the world's deaf and hard of hearing children access the technology, education, and resources they need to achieve their full potential.

Paige Stringer, Executive Director for the Global Foundation for Children with Hearing Loss met Mill Creek Rotarian Mike Mallahan, director of the audiology and ENT program that Healing the Children conducts in Guatemala two years ago. Mike's program has been sending teams of surgeons and audiologists to this country for the past nine years to conduct ear surgeries and provide audiology care to children. Along the way, Mike has helped to establish small centers of care to ensure that children with hearing loss would receive the ongoing audiology support they need.

Mike and his partners in Guatemala recognized a need for teacher training and family counseling to foster auditory and language development in children with hearing loss newly fit with hearing aids that the Global Founded for Children With Hearing Loss has developed in Vietnam.

Discussions will continue with the Guatemalans and the two organizations to identify potential plans for a new multi-year program that would lay the foundation of audiology support, professional development for teachers, and empower families to help children with hearing loss achieve their full potential.

For more information visit the Global Foundation for Children with Hearing Loss web site:  http://childrenwithhearingloss.org/index.shtml
 
 
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