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Fundación Visión, the national medical institution with a social focus, will offer free audiometry studies in different parts of the country, an action that will commemorate “World Hearing Day”, which is celebrated every March 3.
This way, people with hearing difficulties will be able to access excellent medical care, and an accurate diagnosis, which will enable them to face a treatment according to their condition.
The action will be especially oriented to older adults, as well as to the most vulnerable population sectors of the country, which do not usually have access to this type of specialized studies. In fact, this “special week” will be launched on Friday, March 3 at the facilities of Hogar San Francisco (Luque) where the elderly who live there, as well as the residents of the area and the community in general who If you wish to attend, you will be cared for by professionals from Fundación Visión’s Ñahendu Hearing Health Program.
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“In this year’s action we will focus mainly on grandparents, on those who have already lost their hearing and who, as we say at Fundación Visión, even at this point in their lives have the right to hear well, they have the right to enjoy the laughter of their grandchildren”, stated Dr. Emilia Sandoval, Director of the Ñahendu Program.
After the start-up of the “Audition Week” In the aforementioned Home, three of the Fundación Visión clinics in the country will offer audiometry studies free of charge to the community, on different days and times. To do this, it is necessary to book in advance through the different means of communication, as appropriate:
