Health Official Affirms Kuwait’s Keenness For Spreading Deaf Awareness On World Hearing Day

Director of Al-Sabah Health Specialized Zone Dr. Ahmad Al-Shatti affirmed the Ministry of Health’s keenness to care for the health and concern for the quality of life of citizens and expats, which requires everyone’s cooperation for success in the efforts made by medical staff.

Al-Shatti told Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) on the occasion of the celebration of the World Day of Hearing, which was held today, Wednesday, at Salem Al-Ali Center for Speech and Hearing, that the ministry attaches great importance to providing integrated care for all in various medical specialities. He expressed his thanks and appreciation to all doctors working in hospitals and health care centres in all medical specialties for their tireless and clear efforts in confronting the coronavirus, limiting its spread, and ensuring the safety of everyone.

He pointed out that the celebration of this World Day is an opportunity to define what the Ministry of Health is doing in the field of hearing and what preventive, treatment and rehabilitation measures it takes.

Highlighting the ministry’s endeavours to reach children in schools to identify cases that need early care, he pointed to the cooperation with the relevant associations, institutions, and other groups for these efforts to succeed.

For his part, Director of (Zain) Hospital and Head of the Cochlear Committee at the Ministry of Health, Dr. Mutlaq Al-Sarhan, told KUNA that the ministry does not hesitate to provide its medical services related to treating health problems in the ear, nose and throat and implantation of the ear and cochlear implants. Al-Sarhan explained that the number of patients suffering from health problems in the sense of hearing, which are dealt with in all hospitals and health centers, reaches more than six thousand cases per month, but the Coronavirus pandemic reduced these numbers to reach about two thousand cases only.

He stated that the health follow-up starts from the birth of the child, who is subjected to the examination for the first two days after birth, and the case is diagnosed from its inception, and on this basis, the child is followed up for cochlear implantation as soon as possible, and that is between one and two years of the child’s life.

In turn, the head of the Speech and Hearing Department at the Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Center for Hearing and Speech, Dr. Tamim Al-Ali, told KUNA that the World Health Organization encourages the organization of awareness-raising activities, including hearing as it is an important sense for humans, including contributing towards growth, language development and communication.

Al-Ali pointed out that the observation this year focuses on the new Coronavirus pandemic and how the hard of hearing can deal with the issues that crop up especially the difficulty in communicating through masks, which requires loud voices and slow pronunciation, and choosing quiet places that allow for repetition and conversing slowly, especially for the elderly, taking into account the precautionary measures and social distancing.

He stressed the importance of early detection of hearing loss in newborns and high-risk groups in order to prevent hearing problems, stressing the need to take care of ears when any issues crop up, and visit an otolaryngologist for treatment in a timely manner for all ages.

 

SOURCE  TIMESKUWAIT

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