Natasha Joshi was detected with hearing loss when she was about a year and a half. She received her cochlear implant a year later. Today Natasha excels in rifle shooting and won the gold medal in rifle shooting at the…
Dr Milind Kirtane was conferred with the ‘Xavier Ratna 2018’ by St. Xavier’s High School, one of Mumbai’s oldest institutions as a part of its 150th year celebrations. Dr. Kirtane, a pioneer of Cochlear Implants in India, has gifted the…
Dr Milind Kirtane was awarded the prestigious Dr S Dayal award for Excellence in Medicine by Dr Dayal Foundation. Here are some glimpses…
I Hear Foundation conducted the 11th Annual Cochlear Implant Update in association with Hinduja Hospital on 8th and 9th July 2016 to train audiologists and habilitationists from all over India. The sole aim was to update the attendees with recent…
Cochlear Implant Update – for audiologists, habilitationists and educators of the deaf
Dr. Milind Kirtane invited as Faculty at the Advanced Cochlear Implant Surgical Workshop conducted in Sydney, Australia in April 2016.
Maharukh’s family realised that she had a hearing loss when she was 9 months-old. With the audiological tests showing a bilateral profound hearing loss, they were initially in a state of shock. When hearing aids did not help, they decided…
When Aadhit was 4 months, his parents felt that he probably could not hear. Around the age of 9 months, audiological evaluation confirmed a bilateral profound hearing loss. Initially they had reservations about a cochlear implant surgery as the treatment…
Dr. Lalit Kumar Sonawane, a medical officer lost his hearing when he was 22 years old. Unable to hear with optimally fitted hearing aids, he had lost all hope. He underwent a cochlear implant surgery at the age of thirty-four.…
Purva’s hearing loss was detected at the age of 3 months. When hearing aids were found to be of no help, her parents decided to go ahead with a cochlear implant. She received her cochlear implant when she was 2…
Sharanya Manoharan is a 15-year-old schoolgirl who is an accomplished Bharatnatyam dancer and a keyboard player. Does this sound like an average neighbourhood child? The answer is a resounding no as there is a key difference. Sharanya lost her sense…
Parents play a key part in shaping the lives of their children. But the story of a mother’s dogged search for a remedy for her daughter is sure to give you goosebumps. When Nabha Wamburkar was barely 15 days old,…
One look at our body and we can easily appreciate the symmetry in Nature’s creation. We have two eyes, two hands, two legs and two ears too. We also try to maintain this symmetry. If we suffer from cataract in…
In Helen Keller’s words, “Blindness separates people from things; deafness separates people from people.” Jasmine Shah’s experience is similar. She lost her vision and hearing at a young age. Jasmine suffers from a syndrome called Usher syndrome. The syndrome is…
I am Dr. Shripal S Jain. I am a dentist by profession and my wife Dr. Bharti S Jain, a family physician. Rujal Jain is our first born child. When Rujal was born everything was normal (birth cry) and he…
Imagine what would happen a century ago to a person whose hearing would fail. They would take him to tantriks. Fortunately today they take him to a doctor. Unfortunately while cochlear technology helps a person to hear better, it is…
Meet Isha Vartak, a budding writer with a flair for mathematics. But for a cochlear implant, Isha’s life talents would have been lost forever! Isha was born with a hearing loss in both ears. Realization of their daughter’s condition dawned…
How many of us would take a chance with a relatively unknown medical technology for our children? Not many would, but Shanice Fernandes’ parents took that chance! In their opinion, it was the best thing that they ever did for…
Cochlear Implant Program initiated at Ropar near Chandigarh under the guidance of Dr. Milind Kirtane by one of his Cochlear Implant Fellows.
The focus of the session was on the role of paediatricians in early diagnosis of hearing impairment in children and need for early intervention with cochlear implants PD Hinduja Hospital & MRC in association with Indian Academy of Pediatrics and…
As a prelude to International Ear Care Day on March 3, P D Hinduja Hospital & MRC in association with Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP) and I Hear Foundation (IHF) conducted a seminar on ‘Current concepts in hearing impairment and…
I Hear Foundation, in association with Indian Academy of Pediatrics and Hinduja Hospital conducted a CME on “Current Concepts in Hearing Impairment & Cochlear Implants” on 28th February 2016. This was conducted following the International Cochlear Implant Day (25th February)…
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