Thanks to fundraising support for bursaries from the Foundation for Children with Hearing Loss in Southern Africa, hearing impaired children from economically poor homes are able to attend this unique mainstream school that accommodates them together with normal hearing children. At Eduplex, they can see themselves as part of society as well as learn and acquire normal spoken language.
This organisation also focusses on improving the lives of children and adults in need of cochlear implants, through raising funds to make this procedure possible.
This Mandela Day, the Foundation is proud to announce that it will support the cochlear implants for six children and seven adults, with funds raised during the past few years, worth of R670 000, scheduled to take place between July and November 2016. This is a total of thirteen life-changing operations, and the funds have been split according to the short falls that are needed for each operation.
Profoundly deaf children and adults often receive limited help from hearing aids. The only option to restore their hearing is through a cochlear implant which will help them have a normal, quality life. However, due to the high cost and limited support from medical insurance, very few people can afford this miracle device.
The earlier a child has access to sound, the more likely they are to develop age-appropriate listening, language and speech abilities. By including hearing impaired children into a mainstream school, they learn to speak alongside their normal hearing friends, without sign language.
The Foundation for Children with hearing loss has funded over 100 cochlear implants, and over 150 bursaries since its inception