Institutions and centers working in caring for deaf people organize every year, during the last week of April, a human rights celebration to introduce deaf people, their abilities and talents, and their linguistic, verbal and sign communication channels with their hearing peers and members of society. Mr. Taleb Afifa, a member of the Board of Directors of the Qatar Society for the Rehabilitation of Special Needs, said that the Society is working to empower deaf and hard-of-hearing people and qualify them to play an active and positive role in society, contribute to social and economic development, advance comprehensive development, achieve Qatar Vision 2030, and the goals and objectives of the Society. Aiming at comprehensive rehabilitation and achieving an independent life. Afifa added that the global prevalence of deafness is in the range of (15-18%) of the total number of other disabilities, and about (900) members of the association are registered with persons with hearing disabilities, Qataris and residents of both sexes, in addition to cases of cochlear implants, and each category has its programs and development projects. different. Mr. Naji Zakarneh, Consultant for Hearing Impairment at the Qatar Society for the Rehabilitation of Special Needs, added that the Society continues to provide training courses in sign language at its three levels. "Basic, Intermediate and Advanced" For all official institutions, especially those working in front offices, public relations, and employees working in the service of the public, with the aim of facilitating access for deaf people, and their access to services like other people, with the possibility of using modern technologies that contribute to the ease of communication, education and training, and the transfer of information and programs and theories. Communication skills with the deaf and Nawa Zakarneh that the association provides awareness and educational videos in sign language to educate the community about communication skills with deaf people, spread sign language in different sectors of society, and work on training workers in the field on the new denoting terminology, especially for teachers and trainers in education and care Deaf people. It is worth noting that Hamad Medical Corporation offers a program for early detection of hearing impairment in newborn infants. The program provides distinguished services for early intervention, which contributes to reducing hearing disabilities in society, especially the deaf. Studies indicate that prevention measures and early diagnosis of the deaf have contributed to a decrease in the percentage of deaf children. Deaf, and it ranges between (15.-25.%) of those who are of school age in many developed countries, and modern technologies have an important role in early detection, early intervention, and the continuation of general education for people with hearing disabilities in the country.
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