From this point onward, you’re going to see mathematical calculations. We are going to look at these elements in detail. I have discussed earned value management in my previous blog post in detail and also provided a short brief of its three elements: Planned Value (PV), Actual Cost (AC), and Earned Value (EV). This entry was posted in Project HEAVEN and tagged Audiologist, Audiology, Fiji, hearing loss, hearing loss story, travel. Stay tuned as we continue to share empowering stories around Project H.E.A.V.E.N and our time in Fiji. It’s another thing to teach health care providers and provide them with equipment, so that once we leave they can continue the work.” So to be able to bring hearing to this environment and be able to sustain it – that’s the important thing. “This is an area of the world where they have not had a lot of resources for addressing hearing loss. Overall, Lavina notes the importance of not only bringing hearing care to an in need area but bringing sustainability.
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But the most memorable thing, was when she was going through the alphabet song, and teaching them how to sign the letters.” An audiologist on our team decided to help by having all the students that were waiting sit in a circle on the floor, and she sang songs with them like “itsy bitsy spider”. She recounts, “At one point, we had a backlog of students waiting to have their hearing tested. An audiologist on her team who also has a hearing loss connected with students in a unique way.
Her three days in Fiji were filled with inspiring memories, but one, in particular, stayed has stayed with her. It was a very long busy day, but everyone came back from it saying, ‘This was probably the most rewarding thing I have ever done in my career’. The team worked tirelessly and adapted to the environment. Once the team arrived, everyone divided themselves up into different roles. These are their stories.ĭuring her 3 days in Fiji, Lavina took a group of about 13 hearing care professionals and volunteers to a school to provide screenings for 220 children, ages 5 – 13.Īs she described it, “I set up the equipment and worked with the health care providers from Fiji, who are supporting this program now that we’re gone. Our teams and volunteers who participated made this mission incredibly impactful. Overall, 168 hearing aids were fit, over 1000 hearing tests were performed and hundreds of hearing aids and other medical equipment were donated.
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Kitone Rawalai and his staff from Project H.E.A.V.E.N., arranged a series of daily clinics for the hearing care volunteers to provide screenings for more than 1000 villagers. The Oticon Hearing Foundation, working side-by-side with Dr.
The mission serves the needs of impoverished populations in Fiji’s remote, rural communities. This October, nearly 150 attendees of the Oticongress 2016 conference participated in the humanitarian mission known as Project H.E.A.V.E.N.
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