ACTIVITIES ON WORLD HEARING DAY – 3rd MARCH 2020 – OF THE CENTER FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION OF THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING (CED)

Recently, the Center for Research and Education of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (CED) registered with the World Hearing Day (WHO) to participate in the program “World Hearing Day” (WHD). CED carried out the following activities:

 

1. Translating WHO flyers on guidelines and recommendations for people with hearing loss, parents and policy makers.

 

2. Printing 1,000 flyers including 300 set for people with hearing loss; 600 for parents and 100 for policy makers.

 

3. Distributing flyers for students with hearing loss, students of special education faculty, teachers and INGOs, NGOs and Governmental agents, etc.

 

4. Spreading and communicating the WHD of 3rd March 2020 on CED website www.ced.org.vn  and Facebook https://www.facebook.com/CED.Thegioikhiemthinh/ . The contents were articles regarding this day such as “Listen to live: Don’t let hearing loss limit you”; “Why is World Hearing Day – 3rd March 2020? “; “What are the key messages for this day?”; as well as guidelines and recommendations for each audience (people with hearing loss, parents and policy makers)

 

5. Sharing articles and translated materials/flyers of WHD with organizations/Facebook such as: Special Education Faculty; Hearing Loss Association, Inclusive Education, Association for Inclusive Support for People with hearing loss, NPO Forum, Community Development – Social Work Forum, Employment of People with Disabilities, Ho Chi Minh City Deaf Association, The Voice of Vietnamese People with Disabilities.

 

6. Communicating the WHD to small groups of parents, people with hearing loss and students of special education.

 

7. Making an online survey that 214 participants, including 73 males and 141 females, filled out the form. 17.76% of them are people with hearing loss; 67.76% parents,4.20% policy makers and 10.28% students at universities and high schools. The age of the most respondents is from 20 – 29 years old, accounted for 50.83%.

 

CED is willing to share WHO flyers in Vietnamese versions to organizations or individuals concern, please contact info@trungtamkhiemthinh.org or dphanh@trungtamkhiemthinh.org 

 

Sincerely,

 

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