Hearing disability constitutes 10% of all disabilities in India. Incidence of disability is highest in the state of Andhra Pradesh 108/100,000. The rest of the country it varies from 2-117 (Rural)/132 (Urban). Deafness can be mild, moderate, severe or profound. Disability mainly occurs if a person is affected in both ears by moderate to profound deafness. Late diagnosis of deafness causes delay in language development, social stigma and consequently illiteracy.There are no specialised facilities for testing children and rehabilitating them in state Govt. sector. There is one central-govt. organisation called National Institute of hearing handicapped located in the outskirts of city providing service with limited resources.

Aims of the project:

To identify child either born with or acquired deafness in the first few months of life, evaluate, diagnose, and rehabilitate child with hearing disability, to avoid speech and language delay and social isolation.

Provide training for all staff to deliver a service of high standards at the level achieved in developed countries.

Maintain good database of hearing disabled children in the target population and understand the trends and causes of deafness.

Shravana was officially inaugurated in December 2006. It has been providing the following ''free'' service to the community with the donations from voluntary sector and does not receive any support from the government.

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