Better Hearing & Speech Month

May is Better Hearing & Speech Month (BHSM)! This annual event provides opportunities to raise awareness about communication disorders and to promote treatment that can improve the quality of life for those who experience problems with speaking, understanding or hearing. Here are resources to help you celebrate BHSM every day: http://www.asha.org/bhsm/, http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/Pages/default.aspx, http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/speechandcommunicationdisorders.html and http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/hearingdisordersanddeafness.html.(NLM)

Hearing loss is the most common sensory deficit in humans today. As per
WHO estimates in India, there are approximately 63 million people, who are
suffering from significant auditory impairment; this places the estimated prevalence at
6.3% in Indian population. As per NSSO survey, currently there are 291 persons per
one lakh population who are suffering from severe to profound hearing loss (NSSO,
2001). Of these, a large percentage is children between the ages of 0 to 14 years.
With such a large number of hearing impaired young Indians, it amounts to a severe
loss of productivity, both physical and economic. An even larger percentage of our
population suffers from milder degrees of hearing loss and unilateral (one sided) hearing
loss.(NATIONAL PROGRAMME FOR PREVENTION & CONTROL OF DEAFNESS (NPPCD))
Find two papers relevant to this-

Prevalence of preventable ear disorders in over 15 000 schoolchildren in northern India

Identifying children at - risk for speech and hearing disorders: a preliminary survey report from Hyderabad,

Find Institutions/Association from my country- they promote better hearing and speech among those who are suffering or otherwise who wish to know more about this are:  

All India Institute of Speech and Hearing Library and Information Centre

High prevalence of hearing disorder in school kids

- See more at: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/high-prevalence-of-hearing-disorder-in-school-kids/1055522/#sthash.tww2zgzM.dpuf

All India Institute of Speech & Hearing (AIISH) Indian  Speech and Hearing Association (ISHA) The major objectives of this   institute are to impart professional training, render clinical services, conduct research and educate the public on issues related to communication disorders such as hearing impairment, mental retardation, voice, fluency and phonological and language disorders. The Indian Speech and Hearing Association is the professional and scientific association for more 1500 members who are speech-language pathologists, audiologists, and speech, language, and hearing scientists in India and internationally and speech, language, and hearing scientists in India and internationally