About Deafness
Partial or complete hearing loss. Levels of hearing impairment vary from a mild to a total loss of hearing. Elderly adults suffer most often from hearing loss. The most common cause of hearing loss in children is otitis media. A substantial number of hearing impairments are caused by environmental factors such as noise, drugs, and toxins. Deafness can also result from inherited disorders.
LIST OF ORGANIZATIONS SPECIALIZING IN THIS AREA
- Abilities
- Albino Charity Organisation of Zimbabwe
- Arunah Fellowship of Zimbabwe
- Association of the Deaf (ASSOD)
- Children’s Rehabilitation Unit
- Council for the Blind
- Danhiko Project
- Deaf Zimbabwe Trust
- Disability Agenda Forum
- Disability Resource Centre
- Disabled Child Network
- Disabled Helping Hand Association
- Disablement Association of Zimbabwe
- Disabled Women Support Organisation
- Dorothy Duncan Centre
- Dzivarasekwa Organisation for Disabled Persons
- Emerald Hill School for the Deaf
- Eden Centre, Gokwe
- Epilepsy Support Foundation
- Freedom to the Disabled Persons in Zimbabwe
- Goodwill Child Care
- Henry Murray School for the Deaf
- Hope in Motion
- Jairos Jiri Association
- Kukura Neshungu Training and Rehabilitation Centre
- L’arche
- Margareta Hugo School and Workshops for the Blind
- Midlands Association for the Promotion of Rights and Welfare of the Blind (MAPRORIWEB)
- Multiple Sclerosis Society of Zimbabwe
- Muscular Dystrophy Association of Zimbabwe
- National Association for the Disabled Youth of Zimbabwe
- National Foundation for the Disabled
- National Society for the Care of the Blind and Physically Handicapped
- ROKPA
- RESCU
- Rukariro Rehabilitation Centre
- Special Olympics Zimbabwe
- Spinal Injuries Association of Zimbabwe
- St Francis Home
- St Francis School
- St Giles Rehabilitation Centre
- Tariro Halfway House
- The Autism Organisation
- The Bulawayo Toy Library
- The Harare Toy Library
- The Zimbabwe New Hope House
- Tose Respite Care Home
- Voluntary Services Zimbabwe
- Wheelchair Tennis Zimbabwe
- Westwood Cheshire Home for Disabled Children
- Workmen’s Compensation Centre
- Zimbabwe Association of Sports for Disabilities
- Zimbabwe Association of the Visually Handicapped
- Zimbabwe Downs Syndrome Association
- Zimbabwe National Association for Mental Health
- Zimbabwe National League of the Blind
- Zimbabwe Occupational Therapist Association
- Zimbabwe Parents of Handicapped Children Association
- Zimbabwe Visually Impaired Teachers Trade Union
- Zimcare Trust
- Zimbabwe Women with Disabilities in Development