Society for Assistance to Hearing Impaired Children(SAHIC) started some 15 years ago with a modest center namely “National Center for Hearing and Speech for Children (NCHSC) for early detection of hearing impairment children by the dedicated efforts of Prof. M.Nurul Amin, a Professor of ENT, who worked in the apex medical colleges of Bangladesh for a long period.
Aims and Objectives of SAHIC
♦ Prevention and early detection of hearing impairment.
♦ Treatment (medical/surgical) of ear, nose and throat diseases that may cause hearing impairment.
♦ Help the hearing impaired to regain hearing or restore hearing with the help of hearing aids and/or surgical operations.
♦ To create awareness amongst the population about hearing impairment and prevention of preventable diseases that may cause hearing impairment.
♦ To develop manpower for the care of hearing impaired by scientific method.
♦ To train doctors/ ENT specialists in the various filed of the specialty.
♦ To train audiometrecian / audiologists, ear mould technicians, hearing aid technicians and teachers for the special education of hearing impaired children.
♦ To train speech therapists for the hearing impaired children as well as for the treatment of various speech and voice disorders.
♦ To make survey to determine the extent of hearing impairment amongst the population and to find out possible causes of hearing impairment, so that effective national programs can be under taken.
