Early detection of hearing - impaired children vital
by Rohana Jayalal
The Prime Minister's Deputy Chief of Staff Rosy Senanayake stressed
the importance of the early detection of hearing- impaired children and
commended the National Council for accepting the challenge.
She said the National Council for the Deaf should be commended for
the well-being of hearing impaired children in the country.
She was speaking at the Annual General Meeting of the National
Council for the Deaf (NCD) held at BMICH. NCD, Project Manageress Maud
Senaratne presided.
She said the valuable service done by NCD was needed to open the
doors for the hearing impaired.
No one can isolate them as they are a part of our society, she said.
Today, technology has to be developed to provide a more valuable
service for the hearing impaired. She said during my tenure as the Child
Development State Minister I initiated several projects to empower and
improve the living standards of not only children, but also women in the
country.
She said the early detection and early prevention of hearing impaired
children was important and commended the NCD for accepting this
challenge.
Senanayake further said during her visit to the USA she was able to
obtain 50 million US dollars from the World Bank to be used for the
early education of children in the country She said she is willing to
provide any requirement of the NCD when considering the future prospects
of hearing impaired children who are currently receiving a better
education under the supervision of the NCD.
NCD Officials Lalitha Saleem, Dr. Ananda Soysa, Prof Priyani Soysa,
S. Pinto, Mrs. Shirani Dissanayake and Mrs. Delo Perera were also
present. |