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| Victor Anyadiegwu’s |
His parents have
sought better health for their child only for him to end up damaging one of the most important sensory organs of the body- his organs of hearing-no thanks to an unexplained injection administered by a medical practitioner two years ago.
Today, Victor who was born perfectly normal is almost completely deaf. He also stutters. Dr. Someshwar Singh, Doctors at the BSA Hearing and Speech Centre, India say Victor needs urgent cochlear implant urgently to correct the anomaly, warning that further delay may jeopardize his chance of gaining back full speech development too.
Clinical Audiologist, Dr. S.O Afolabi explained that the patient is suffering from severe to profound SNHL notes that although, he has already been using a hearing aid with poor outcomes, a recommendation of regular use of hearing aids, auditory training speech therapy and cochlear implant was inevitable.
According to a report signed by Afolabi various complicated hearing tests were conducted on victor and he needs a total of N5million for the implant in India, though his parents have been able to raise N1million through the help of sympathizers.
Earlier in January 2011, a medical examination at the Nigerian Army Audiological Center, Yaba, and Lagos on the directive of medical experts at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) also corroborated the latest report. The report states that “Victor suffers bilateral severe to profound SNHL without amplification, speech and language acquisition will not develop; listening ability will be severely delayed.”
The report signed by Dr. Irene Okeke Igbokwe, Director Nigerian Army Audiological Centre, recommended amplification and essential to help the speech and hearing acquisition, speech evaluation/therapy, total communication and daily inhabitation and annual audio logical re-evaluation to monitor patient hearing.
However, while the parents are still battling to restore his hearing, Victor is also on the verge losing his speech.
He was said to be developing both hearing and speech normally until age three when he had convulsion, after which treatment, hearing loss was suspected.
Victor’s mother, Blessing Anyadiegwu, said it all started one evening when she discovered Victor was convulsing. With the help of neighbor’s, he was revived, but she took him to hospital to ensure prompt treatment.
Little did she know that that decision would cause permanent damage to his hearing.
At the private hospital where Victor was admitted, she said, he was placed on drip and other injections. Thirty minutes after, the child began to cry uncontrollably. All efforts to pacify him proved abortive. The mother soon discovered her child was no longer responding when she called him. She reported to the doctor who assured her the problem could be a mere reaction to the gentamacin injection that he was given. Victor was discharged but after five days, his hearing remained impaired. Blessing took him back to the hospital and was told by the same doctor that he would regain his hearing after another two weeks.
But according to Blessing, two months passed and there was no improvement. The doctor later suggested the two ears be washed out and he was taken back home. But the problem persisted.
Narrating her ordeal during a visit to The Guardian, She said,
“I love victor so much and I am so desperate about restoring back my child’s hearing. One naira donation is acceptable. We have spent over N1million trying to correct the problem. My husband’s capital is gone. His business is crumbling because of this problem. The hearing aid alone is almost N400, 000.
“We started taking him around. It was in the process we took him to BSA hearing and speech centre, where we were told to urgently perform a cochlear implant.
“..I don’t want to fight the doctor, all I needed is assistance from good-spirited Nigerians to correct the problem so that my child can hear and talk well like other children. Doctors have told us that any delay may affect his speech.”
She’s appealing to corporate organizations and well-meaning Nigerians, to save Victor from becoming deaf and dump permanently.”
Account Name: Blessing Anyadiegwu
Account Number: 3029149899
First Bank
Phone Number: 08034894913
sought better health for their child only for him to end up damaging one of the most important sensory organs of the body- his organs of hearing-no thanks to an unexplained injection administered by a medical practitioner two years ago.
Today, Victor who was born perfectly normal is almost completely deaf. He also stutters. Dr. Someshwar Singh, Doctors at the BSA Hearing and Speech Centre, India say Victor needs urgent cochlear implant urgently to correct the anomaly, warning that further delay may jeopardize his chance of gaining back full speech development too.
Clinical Audiologist, Dr. S.O Afolabi explained that the patient is suffering from severe to profound SNHL notes that although, he has already been using a hearing aid with poor outcomes, a recommendation of regular use of hearing aids, auditory training speech therapy and cochlear implant was inevitable.
According to a report signed by Afolabi various complicated hearing tests were conducted on victor and he needs a total of N5million for the implant in India, though his parents have been able to raise N1million through the help of sympathizers.
Earlier in January 2011, a medical examination at the Nigerian Army Audiological Center, Yaba, and Lagos on the directive of medical experts at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) also corroborated the latest report. The report states that “Victor suffers bilateral severe to profound SNHL without amplification, speech and language acquisition will not develop; listening ability will be severely delayed.”
The report signed by Dr. Irene Okeke Igbokwe, Director Nigerian Army Audiological Centre, recommended amplification and essential to help the speech and hearing acquisition, speech evaluation/therapy, total communication and daily inhabitation and annual audio logical re-evaluation to monitor patient hearing.
However, while the parents are still battling to restore his hearing, Victor is also on the verge losing his speech.
He was said to be developing both hearing and speech normally until age three when he had convulsion, after which treatment, hearing loss was suspected.
Victor’s mother, Blessing Anyadiegwu, said it all started one evening when she discovered Victor was convulsing. With the help of neighbor’s, he was revived, but she took him to hospital to ensure prompt treatment.
Little did she know that that decision would cause permanent damage to his hearing.
At the private hospital where Victor was admitted, she said, he was placed on drip and other injections. Thirty minutes after, the child began to cry uncontrollably. All efforts to pacify him proved abortive. The mother soon discovered her child was no longer responding when she called him. She reported to the doctor who assured her the problem could be a mere reaction to the gentamacin injection that he was given. Victor was discharged but after five days, his hearing remained impaired. Blessing took him back to the hospital and was told by the same doctor that he would regain his hearing after another two weeks.
But according to Blessing, two months passed and there was no improvement. The doctor later suggested the two ears be washed out and he was taken back home. But the problem persisted.
Narrating her ordeal during a visit to The Guardian, She said,
“I love victor so much and I am so desperate about restoring back my child’s hearing. One naira donation is acceptable. We have spent over N1million trying to correct the problem. My husband’s capital is gone. His business is crumbling because of this problem. The hearing aid alone is almost N400, 000.
“We started taking him around. It was in the process we took him to BSA hearing and speech centre, where we were told to urgently perform a cochlear implant.
“..I don’t want to fight the doctor, all I needed is assistance from good-spirited Nigerians to correct the problem so that my child can hear and talk well like other children. Doctors have told us that any delay may affect his speech.”
She’s appealing to corporate organizations and well-meaning Nigerians, to save Victor from becoming deaf and dump permanently.”
Account Name: Blessing Anyadiegwu
Account Number: 3029149899
First Bank
Phone Number: 08034894913
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We hope Victor gets the assistance he sort after...thanks people for helping.
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