Our Mongolia program aims to help strengthen the elements in the Continuum of Care for children with hearing loss in the country.

The program is a partnership with the Mongolia National Center of Maternal and Child Health and has the support of the Mongolia Ministry of Health. It allocates equipment, training, and technical support to medical professionals for newborn hearing screening. It also provides training for Mongolian otolaryngology doctors, audiologists, teachers, therapists, and families in pediatric audiology and auditory-verbal practice to help young children identified with hearing loss learn to listen and speak. The program started in the capital of Ulaanbaatar where half of Mongolia’s population of 3 million people live.

Over 30,000 babies are now screened for hearing loss in Ulaanbaatar each year as a direct result of our efforts. Those that do not pass are referred for additional support.

We expanded newborn hearing screening to three aimags outside of Ulaanbaatar thus far, enabling proactive testing of an additional 5,000 newborns annually.

We have been training over 50 medical professionals, therapists and teachers who work with babies and young children with hearing loss. Since these professionals apply their skills with additional children and families over time, share their new knowledge with colleagues, and use their understanding and expertise to address gaps in care, even more children will benefit in the future.

For additional information about the Mongolia Program, please visit Mongolia Program | Global Foundation for Children with Hearing Loss

Volunteer

For Professionals:

We welcome pediatric audiologists, speech-language pathologists, early intervention specialists, oral deaf educators, and certified Listening and Spoken Language professionals to join our international volunteer team. Applicants must have at least a Master’s degree. To apply, please send cover letter and resume/CV to Listening@childrenwithhearingloss.org .

For Graduate Students:

Are you a graduate student in oral deaf education, audiology, or speech pathology interested to support our programs? Please email Listening@childrenwithhearingloss.org with your resume/CV and let us know your area of interest.

If you are inspired by our work and would like to get involved, please join us!