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تندور دہک رہا ہے
لوگ بھوکے پڑے ہیں
سب کے بدن سوکھے پڑے ہیں
یہ خواہشوں کے مارے معصوم انسان
انسانوں کے جنگل میں،ضرورتوں کے مارے
معاش کے درخت کاٹتے اور ضرورت کی شاخیں جمع کرتے
اور دیکھتے ہیں
کہیں بہار کی رنگینیاں تو کہیں خزاں کے ویرانے
کہیں خوشیوں کے سریلے گیت تو کہیں آرزوئوں کے ماتم
کوئی ٹانگیں پسارے پڑا ہے تو کوئی...
Dear Editor,
Swallowing is an essential requirement for life. Eating is not only a practical act (i.e., obtaining the nutrition necessary for survival) but also involves social interaction. Having meals with family and friends is almost universally necessary for personal interactions1. Dysphagia is derived from the Greek Language "Dys" which means “difficulty or dysfunction" and "Phagia" means "to eat". However, it is defined as difficulty in processing or swallowing food from mouth to stomach2.
Background:
For proper development of every child, hearing plays a vital role, especially for children who are younger than 5 years, because it is said to be the most crucial time period for speech and language development. Hearing impairment can cause emotional, social, and academic problems. Early screening, diagnosis, intervention, and management have positive effects on the child’s emotional, social, familial as well as on the academic performance.
Objective:
To find out the academic performance of hearing impaired children who received early intervention in Lahore.
Methodology:
The study included randomly selected 97 hearing impaired students aging between 4-12 years with sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL), using hearing aids/cochlear implant studying in hamza foundation, Lahore. Data was collected by visiting selected special institutes/schools, teachers of participants filled a questionnaire to evaluate school performance and academic reports of final grade examination were collected. Data obtained was analyzed through SPSS version 25.
Results:
Results indicate that children with hearing impaired who received early intervention had good results in English, Science and Maths ranging between 80 to 99 % while had fair results in Urdu and Islamiyat in between 70-79 % grades. Hence, we can say that hearing impaired children (age 4 to 12) have good academic performance in many subjects.
Conclusion:
Children with hearing impairment have complications in some areas of academics, especially in listening and imitation of subjects like Urdu (structure of words) or Islamiyat (due to Arabic talafuz) but also have great academic performance in Math, English, Science and Social studies with overall grades between 80 to 90 %.
Key Words: Early intervention, Hearing impairment, Academic performance,