Disabilities

The Buffalo Hearing and Speech Center offers innovative services to children and adults with communication disorders and specialized education needs. The Office of Global Health Initiatives is collaborating with the Buffalo Hearing and Speech Center to provide hearing aids for children in Uganda.

The Indian Institute of Cerebral Palsy seeks to bring positive changes in the lives of people with cerebral palsy through policies and service provisions designed to enhance their individual skills and knowledge as well as give them opportunities to exercise their constitutional rights and participate and contribute to the community and country. The Office of Global Health Initiatives partners with the Indian Institute of Cerebral Palsy in Kolkata on a project to develop a new training model for community-based workers who care for and support disabled children.

ReSound, headquartered in Denmark, is part of the world's largest providers of hearing instruments and diagnostic audiological instrumentation. They are represented in more than 80 countries and work with researchers to apply technology to real human situations. The Office of Global Health Initiatives is partnering with ReSound to provide hearing aids for children in Uganda.