What is a service plan? A service plan is like an umbrella under which all the necessary information related to working with a child with special needs is gathered. The child’s service plan and other…
Hearing centre
Services
The public sector (state and municipal authorities as well as Kela, Finland’s social insurance institution) pays for rehabilitation, essential assisitive devices, requisite support functions in daycare and at school, as well as any needed orientation training programs and interpretation services for…
Hearing centre
The first and from a rehabilitative point of view most important contact for a D/HH child’s family is the local hearing centre or equivalent unit. The hearing rehabilitation of small children is usually concentrated at university hospitals, but some central…
Hearing tests
Modern hearing examination methods allow for the screening of congenital hearing loss or hearing loss that occurs soon after birth at a very early stage. According to international standards hearing loss should be diagnosed and…