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Disability
According to the latest statistics of the World Health Organization (WHO), 15% of the citizens of developing countries live with some kind of disability.

According to the factors of the welfare organization disability is divided into the following sections:

hearing disability

physical and movement disabilities

visual impairment

Nervous and mental disability

In Iran, a person with a disability is someone who, due to a physical, mental,psychological or combined injury,causes a continous and significant disturbance in his general health and efficiency, so as to reduce the individual's independence in social and economic fields. This group includes sensory disabled (such as deaf and blind), physically disabled and mentally disabled.

deafness
Complete loss of hearing is called deafness, and its reduction is called hearing loss. The disorder can affect all notes of the voice or is limited to certain sounds. Measuring the hearing limit requires the study of these disorders with audiometer devices, which are called audiometers.

Deafness has various causes:

Accidents or impact

Genetic factors

Taking antibiotics

Loud and strange sounds

old age

Diseases such as fever, infection, malaria and...

Statistics of deafness in Iran
Mohammad Farhadi, Minister of Science of the Government, Hassan Rouhani, who is a specialist in ear, nose and throat surgery, believes that the number of deafness in the country is increasing, and in our country, we have about 2.6 cases of deafness out of every thousand healthy births.

According to the managers of the country's welfare organization, there are about one million people with hearing disabilities in the country.

Non-Governmental Organizations of the deaf in Iran
In Iran, there are many non-governmental organizations in the field of deafness. According to the law on the protection of the rights of disabled people approved by the Islamic Council, the highest representative of the hearing-impaired people is the national network of non-governmental organizations of the deaf in Iran, and other semans are members of this network. .

The National Network of Iranian Deaf NGOs is a member of the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD).

The Deaf Center believes:
Humans have unique differences on the surface of the planet, cultural, linguistic, genetic differences, etc. Besides this, humans have many and special abilities. Deafness is a difference in human life and this limitation can be a window to the world of silence. Childhood is the period of growth and formation of the personality of every person. Knowing children and knowing their needs is what causes each of us to behave better and more appropriately with children;And in this way, culture gives us the most accurate knowledge. Accordingly, the Deaf Center has chosen the cultural and social mission as one of its most important missions in explaining the abilities and capacities of the deaf community; More awareness in society inspires more respect. The activities of the Deaf Center in this regard, by providing optimal services to its clients, include help and specialized consultations to all other cases; which is presented to the target group in person or on the platform of virtual space.

scientific centers for the deaf
Gallaudet University is the world's oldest institution of higher education for the deaf.

This university is located in the city of Washington DC in the United States, and is located near the US Congress.

This institution also has special curriculum for the deaf at the advanced master's level and above.

In Iran, the Islamic Azad University has provided a special platform for the university education of the deaf by establishing the international unit of Angels.