by Paige Stringer | Oct 24, 2017 | audiology, global foundation, Hear the World
It was a special honor for the Global Foundation For Children With Hearing Loss to receive the 2017/18 Richard Seewald Award from Hear the World Foundation. Hear the World Foundation explains “The annual prize honors outstanding projects benefiting people in...
by Paige Stringer | Oct 24, 2017 | audiology, developing countries, early intervention, global foundation, hearing loss, hearing screening, Mongolia, nonprofit
There are about 309,000 children in Mongolia (11% of the total population) between 0-5 years of age, the critical years of language development. Since there is currently no universal hearing screening for infants and young children in the country, the potential is...
by Paige Stringer | Jul 21, 2016 | audiology, early intervention, global foundation, humanitarian, nonprofit, Vietnam
Here is an example of how our Vietnam program is reaping benefits for young children with hearing loss and their families. It started with our pediatric audiology training program this week in Da Nang when our Vietnamese audiology technicians had the opportunity to...
by Paige Stringer | Jul 17, 2016 | audiology, deaf education, global foundation, teacher training, Vietnam
A key goal of our Vietnam program is to prepare the Vietnamese professionals we train to train others in Vietnam so the benefits are exponential and sustainable. During these next 2 weeks, we’ll be supporting that vision during our Summer Training Program...
by Paige Stringer | Dec 4, 2015 | audiology, deaf education, developing countries, early intervention, global foundation, humanitarian, nonprofit
We just wrapped up our 3-week November 2015 Mobile Mission training program for Vietnamese audiology and auditory-verbal professionals in Da Nang and Dong Nai. Our third training initiative this year was another successful event. Both workshops were held at school...
by Paige Stringer | Nov 24, 2015 | audiology, deaf education, early intervention, global foundation, hearing loss, humanitarian, nonprofit
Tonight over 30 parents (and cute kids) turned out for our Family Night in Da Nang, Vietnam to learn more about how to help young children with hearing loss make use of hearing technology and learn to listen and speak. Our team of audiologists counseled them on...
