Tomorrow, Saturday 21 October, is Hearing Impairment Day across the country, with activities in around 30 locations. But wait times of more than a year cast a shadow over the day in many places.
– The situation is urgent. Now the country’s regions must muster their strength to deal with the waiting lists, says Matthias Lundekvam, president of the Hearing Impaired Federation (HRF).
Tomorrow, Saturday, is Hearing Impaired Day, where hearing impaired people come together in a number of locations to focus in different ways on the situation of the 1.5 million hearing impaired people in the country.
Right now, many people are having a very difficult time, because the wait time for hearing care is about a year or more in most areas of the country. In some areas, the hearing impaired must wait up to two years.
Hearing care is vital to us. Coping without practical communication for a few weeks is really difficult. But over months and years, it became simply terrible, says Matthias Lundekvam, president of the Federation of Human Rights.
– The situation is urgent. Now regions of the country must join forces to deal with hearing aid shortages and other resource problems that have created these long lines.
Hearing Impairment Day, Saturday, October 21 – location by location
Hearing Day is part of the ongoing ‘Hearing Week’, where associations and regions within the National Hard of Hearing Federation (HRF) spread knowledge, offer advice and support and invite the public to check their hearing in 3 minutes on… horseltestaren.se
Hearing Week, city by city: hrf.se/kalender/horselweekkan/
Find your nearest HRF association or area: hrf.se/local
For more information and tips about the local people I interviewed:
Ingvild Falkenhaug, Head of Communications, Tel: 070-536 22 43, Email: [email protected]
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