Name
Raksha Vinay Deshpande
Category
Social Activist
Profession
Running NGO for Newly Born Deaf Children from last 28 Years
Education
MA Psychology
City
Pune
State
Maharashtra
Contact
Private
Private
Status
Participation Completed
Capacity building of the overall Cochlea organization is taking place under the project in terms of fund raising, and MIS software updation. The organization has received ISO certification last year with the help of Concern India Foundation.
Awareness program and detection camps are major in mobilizing and reaching out to the differently able (hearing impaired children).
Previous year the project was run online due to COVID 19 pandemic. Currently 150 children are getting speech therapies and preschool education from 10 different centers of Cochlea. Every year 10-15 children get integrated to mainstream education and 40-50 new students get admitted through various centers. In this academic year if situation of pandemic does not resolve the school classes will be online in terms of one to one online therapy sessions.
Cochlea Pune & “SWARANAAD” - Pre School for Young Born Deaf Children, An NGO Dedicated To The All Round Development of Young Born Deaf Children It is an Umbrella organization working for the benefit of Hearing Impaired persons. Screening, investigations, counseling, hearing aids, surgery, speech training, teachers’ training , parents’ training and pre-school upto the age of 6 years - all these activities are carried out under one roof. The only pre-school for hearing impaired children in Maharashtra. Teacher to Student ratio is 2:5 This pre-school is like any other kindergarten. The curriculum is planned in such a way that it fulfills the need for development of children in all fields. Trust Cochlea Pune for Hearing & Speech is established in August 1998 and working for the all round development of young born deaf children of age 0 to 6 years through following programs What we do - The institution imparts Speech training on confirmation of amount hearing loss through various Audiological assessments and introduces to sound on fitment appropriate hearing aid. - The children are trained for integration to normal school on attaining fair amount of Speech thereby paving a way for a better future otherwise the child would have grown up as a handicapped child a burden to the family, society and self as no good sources of enhancing the life style are available due to lack of Speech, Language and expression. All the new born babies should undergo a screening test before they leave the maternity center to confirm that the child has no inborn handicap at birth which is by default in most of the countries except few Afro Asian and undeveloped countries. On detection of Deafness the child should be fitted with a suitable hearing aid appropriate to the loss of hearing assessed. On fitment of hearing aid the child should be given introduction to sound which it has never heard The child to undergo hearing training in front of mother or any other available parent Once the child starts recognizing the sound it should be introduced to Speech On attaining Speech the child has to undergo development of Language at the Preschool for its all round development On attiring fairly good Speech & Language by the age of 6 years the child will be integrated to a normal school for future development & formal education 25 years of Journey Since 1998, Cochlea Pune, a registered charitable trust, is working in the field of Rehabilitation of Hearing Impaired members of our society. The focus of Cochlea is on born deaf children. The journey started with 1 child & 1 teacher. Today 50 teachers teach 250 children at 7 centers and One Pre-School