Hearing For Life

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbapTo6ewXNNpEe7jw0ReV1l3KlzpxeNrAGe6ME9KZoBO7f1P92v69lBbMDkZC6-tJOUK5WRJgZLjleHWXPXMNKBMZT2D_6WXfc-A5uk5zjqgTyjEj0OKznOdTVCHtiu1qJCHcA3zMElnD/s1600/Hele.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="899" data-original-width="1600" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbapTo6ewXNNpEe7jw0ReV1l3KlzpxeNrAGe6ME9KZoBO7f1P92v69lBbMDkZC6-tJOUK5WRJgZLjleHWXPXMNKBMZT2D_6WXfc-A5uk5zjqgTyjEj0OKznOdTVCHtiu1qJCHcA3zMElnD/s400/Hele.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">UP officials and members of the UP side of the CHED-PCARI HeLe project conversing with UP’s project collaborators from UC Davis. Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO.</td></tr> </tbody></table> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;">There are 8 babies that are born deaf every day in the Philippines according to a 2014 Census by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). 50% of cases of hearing loss are preventable, 32% due to cases of Rubella and 18% are caused by meningitis, infection, otitis media and ototoxicity. </span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">8 to 40% of schoolchildren have some form of hearing loss and this is a real public health concern. The cost from Specialized Education, Specialized Care and loss of potential income during adulthood can be quantified at Php4.3 million pesos per child with deafness.</span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">There is already a law, Republic Act 9709 that provides for Universal Newborn Hearing Screening (NHS), but less than 10% of babies are screened every year.</span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">These are due to the following:</span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">1.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Limited number of facilities</span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;">2.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Limited number of audiologists</span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;">3.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Lack of certified hearing screeners</span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;">4.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patients do not return for follow ups</span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">The Hearing for Life Project presents a solution that aims to address these problems. Increasing the rates of newborn screening utilizing Novel Technologies and Telehealth also known as HeLe is a collaboration by experts from institutions, biomedical device development, and eLearning both from the Philippines and California, USA.</span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">The HeLe Project objectives are to develop the following:</span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">1.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Cost Effective hearing screening with telehealth capability for deployment in primary health care facilities and centers in the country.</span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;">2.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Computer based training for health workers in remote and rural communities.</span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;">3.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Telereferral system that connects the primary healthcare providers with specialists that will provide diagnostics and even hearing intervention services. This will enable the continuity of hearing care for Filipinos.</span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">This will build the capacities of primary health care centers in screening and proper treatment of Filipinos with hearing problems, especially children</span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">The HeLe projects is a collaboration between the Philippine National Ear Institute, University of California-Berkeley, UP Electrical and Electronics Engineering Institute and the University of California-Davis and the UP National Telehealth Center.  </span><br /> <div> <br /></div> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.blogger.com/share-post.g?blogID=5544835517721897626&postID= 5497244573595423419&target=facebook" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA9Bov-5jxblscorzGCopVL5Xz68i6dvP9jIudFNjEHqR8MMdmVfysddhDjGUhuvlerb67aHnfQDJEUeUQZ5kjo_Wx4ig1t1Up2WOpNkMj-NaNLwPtxqdA3ez_SOd-1IwiRZWwI2BCbpA/s1600/sharefb185.png" /></a> <a href="http://www.blogger.com/share-post.g?blogID=5544835517721897626&postID= 5497244573595423419&target=twitter" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMggqAn9B6n_ue3iBOqDQgfJmfpRxWvLyKJRt7IFP17wasPqRAsizTNNHpZHUKMuDMZm5A4duwa4m0IFs-cBh79J03YQVVToXxjf2LZ6qNn4CyLwa8Wy-c4jj2UC8QFH081Ja_q0iaXdM/s1600/sharetw185.png" /></a></div>

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