There are 3,800 deaf and hard of hearing in Yazd

Yazd welfare supervisor said: 3,800 are deaf and hard of hearing in Yazd
In a news conference held on the eve of the International Deaf Day on 8 October, Nader Humanian said: "The spring of well-being has taken place on the occasion of the International Day of the Blind, the Deaf and the Elderly, the World Paralympic Day and World Children's Week."
Referring to Article 80 of the Sixth Development Plan, he said: According to this law, the welfare organization is responsible for social health in the country and 198 social activities are carried out under the welfare organization.
He said that the society is very unaware of the issues of well-being, especially in the field of prevention: It is the duty of the media to strive to fulfill their social duty.
Yazd Welfare Supervisor stated priorities in the field of social harm in the areas of divorce, addiction, ethical corruption, working children and street children. Education and other social institutions that are constituent of different segments of society and are active in the social sphere have a duty to perform social responsibility.
Referring to the responsibility of the media in fulfilling his social duty, he said: For example, in the important issue of suicide that has been progressing in recent years, the media should not help in raising questions about this issue because it encourages and creates Motivation is given to those who are contemplating suicide or are at greater social harm.
The Humane Society of the Welfare Organization considered as an oppressed institution and said: Due to the different dimensions of social harm, there is a great need and need for all welfare activities, especially in the areas of counseling and prevention, to be introduced and recognized.
"For every 1,000 births, 2.5 tenths of babies have deaf or hard of hearing, 50% of which can be obtained through counseling and genetic testing before marriage and pregnancy," he said. Solve it.
Yazd Welfare Supervisor noted the implementation of the Hearing Screening Project and said: This project is aimed at preventing deafness and last year, 6 cases were presented for snail cultivation.
Regarding the elderly population, he said: 10 percent of the province's population is seniors, and this number is more than 5 years; by 2050 the country's elderly population will reach 25 million.
Nader Hoomanian recalled the population of 50,000 disabled people in Yazd province and said: Of these, only 26,500 can be covered by the Welfare Organization.


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