[4] They target the deaf and heard of hearing population that cannot afford services and provide them with the opportunities they need socially and financially.
The message grew and so did the services as they now reach across 19 countries and provide churches, schools, small factories, farm projects, dormitories, and Christian centers for the deaf.
[5] The organization focuses on three main areas which include church planting, education, and aid & development where deaf individuals can explore their community and culture through their faith.
Due to the lack of a UNHS system, many hospitals and medical centers have begun to implement their own methods, procedures, and tests to help detect hearing loss in newborns.
Some of these tests and methods include Transient Evoked Otoacoustic Emissions (TEOAE) and Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR).
[8] When it comes to early intervention measures, the research leans towards a more parental education effort, whereas for the child it doesn't begin until they enter school.
In 2015, a group of researchers set out to determine the risk factors associated with number of delayed language development cases in children who were referred to the phoniatric and Neuropediatric Unit as Sohag University (PNUSU).
[12] The participants included 800 Arabic speaking Egyptian children with delayed language development whose ages ranged from 18 months to 5 years and the results amongst the hearing impaired were concerning.
Article 81 of Egypt's 2014 Constitution states that people with disabilities shall be given equal opportunities in all avenues of life such as through jobs, economically, socially, health, environment adaptations, political rights, justice, etc.
[15] Fulbright Egypt recently started accepting deaf individuals into their Community College Initiative (CCI) Program.
The CCI sends approximately 1,000 men and women from Egypt to the United States to community college for vocational training, specifically geared toward learning skills to help improve their likelihood of employment.
[16] The deaf individuals accepted into the program are required to take an English Language course and learn ASL before traveling to the United States.
[16] In Article 81 of Egypt's Constitution, it is deemed that people with disabilities shall be given equal opportunities in all avenues of life such as through jobs, economically, socially, health, environment adaptations, political rights, justice, etc.
to be highly segmented where many vulnerable populations are left out and "it can be assumed that large groups of persons with disabilities are not included in the health insurance system.
"[18] A September 2022 study found that "inequalities hinder access to and utilization of hearing related resources in among Pediatric Cochlear Implantation (PCI)".