Around 1,000 individuals, including over 900 hearing-impaired children, who received cochlear implants at Bangladesh Medical University can now hear and speak, empowering them to lead independent lives and actively contribute to society rather than being dependent on it.
A day-long 鈥楥ochlear Implant Surgery Training Programme鈥� held at the university on Sunday revealed the information.
BMU vice-chancellor Professor Md Shahinul Alam inaugurated the 11th edition of the training, said a press release.
Around 100 doctors, including students studying in higher courses in ENT and doctors participated in the workshop. Teachers, doctors, residents, audiologists, and speech therapists of otolaryngology department鈥檚 head and neck surgery were present.
Cochlear implants are expensive medical procedure. With the support of the ministry of social welfare, cochlear implant medical services are being provided at BMU free of charge or at a nominal cost.
Of the nearly 1,000 completely hearing impaired people who have been implanted with cochlear implants at BMU, only 41 have had their cochlear implants done at their own cost.
With Professor AHM Zahirul Haque Sacchu, chairman of the department of otolaryngology head and neck surgery and director of the cochlear implant programme in chair, the event was addressed, among others, by former chairman of the department Professor Md Azharul Islam, Professor Md Delwar Hossain, Associate Professor Kanu Lal Saha, Associate Professor Md Harun Or Rashid Talukder.