School Eye and Ear Health @ Leyte National High School

In partnership with Edmund Rice Ministries Foundation, Tacloban City LGU, Dr. Maybelle Pajo and the Regional Office of DOH 8, we conducted an Eye and Ear Screening in Leyte National High School last July 18-19, 2018.

Prior to the event, twelve (12) Supreme Student Government and first aiders were trained on how to use the smartphone based app, PEEK acuity to help the team in pre-screening by getting the visual acuity.

Before the screening started, a lecture/education awareness on the proper care of their eyes and ears were given. Thirty seven (37) sections of Grade VII along with the students under Special Education classes were the beneficiaries. 

Of the 1,338 screened;

• 1,205 were found to have normal vision
• 1 with cataract
• 132 were with uncorrected refractive errors (9.8%)

volunteers for visual acuity testing using the Tumbled E chart

Getting of visual acuity using the smartphone app, PEEK 

the team who came and conquered. ;)

All the 1,338 were also checked for ears and results follow:

• 154 have impacted cerumen (11.5%) all of which were removed and/or treated
• 3 found to have otitis media and were given medication
• 1 found to have fungi and was removed
• 2 found to have perforated ear drums and were referred for further assessment

And this is the usual scenario whenever we conduct eye and ear health testing in schools.

Otoscopy

Looking closely at what could be there inside the ear

Edmund Rice Ministries Foundation doing the otoscopy and removal of impacted cerumen and foreign objects

And one more look at the team who made it all happen. Cheers! ;)

3 March is World Hearing Day

WHO press release for World Hearing Day 2018, presented at the United Nations on 1^st March, sharing the latest estimates and projections says: ”Some 900 million people, nearly one in 10 people in the world, could suffer from disabling hearing loss by 2050, unless appropriate action is initiated. Governments must act now to prevent this rise and ensure people with hearing loss can access the services and technologies they need."

Here's the full link to the press release: WHO Press Release for World Hearing Day

Our partner, CBM, has this interesting article on how to prevent deafness and hearing loss along with what you can do personally. Check this out: CBM celebrates World Hearing Day

Check some of the materials for this year's theme #Make Listening Safe

What is Hearing Loss? What Causes it? What Can you do to prevent it?

To celebrate the event, we guested on radio shows to promote education and awareness campaign on how to protect our hearing. In line with the event, we went to Purok Kabugwason, Barangay Mansilingan, Bacolod City to conduct a community eye and hEARing health outreach. We checked the ears and the eyes of everyone who came and dispensed medicines for those we have found to have ear infections through the help of Congressman Joseph Paduano of Abang Lingkod Party List. We also gave away sunglasses to jeepney and tricycle drivers to protect their eyes from the heat of the sun, dust and wind that could damage their sight. In return, they put up our stickers to help us campaign for hearing protection.

our poster for ads

the community that we served

Here are a few pictures from the event.

stickers that pe put up in public jeepneys

doing otoscopy - checking of the ears

counselling people when they have ear infections for medication

removing of earwax that hardened inside due to using of cottonbuds

Eye and hEARing Outreach

In 2017, we conquered the southern part of Palawan for our annual activity with Rotary Club of Canterbury, Australia. This time, in partnership with DOH Prevention of Blindness Program, the LGU and the Rotary Clubs of Narra, Quezon and Brooke's Point, the local eye doctors and so many other volunteers.

Click the link below to watch what we've done. Same activity was conducted in the municipalities of Narra, Quezon and Sofronio Española.

Eye and hEARing Outreach in Brooke's Point, Palawan

Thank you for every one who made this possible.ü