Children learn about earcare in Baotou, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, on March 3, 2017. [Photo/Baotou Daily] BEIJING -- Chinese experts have called for improved awareness of hearing impairment and increasing the use of hearing aids as the country has about 100 million people with hearing disabilities. Long Mo, deputy director of the China Rehabilitation Research Center for Hearing and Speech Impairment, said only 7.9 percent of Chinese who suffer from medium-level or worse hearing impairments use hearing aids or artificial cochleas. Gao Zhiqiang, director of the Department of Otolaryngology with the Peking Union Medical College Hospital, said people also tend to make mistakes in wearing hearing aids, causing further deterioration of their hearing abilities. Patients with hearing loss in both ears are recommended to wear hearing aids on both sides, Gao said. But only 15 percent of those wearing hearing aids go through fitting for both of their ears. Wang Shuo, a researcher at the Beijing Institute of Otolaryngology, said hearing aids with Chinese language processors can help improve the equipment's recognition of speech and therefore better suit users whose mother tongue is Chinese. anti bullying silicone braceletssilicon braceletsmake custom bracelets onlinesilicone wristband manufacturerrubber wristbands australia
Primary school students eating free lunch provided by the school feeding project, seen here on November 7, 2018, in Liuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. [Photo/VCG] BEIJING - China has created a special committee to implement the country's national nutrition plan, according to the National Health Commission (NHC). Jointly established by NHC and 17 other government departments to coordinate and advance nutrition and health related work, the national nutrition and health committee held its inaugural meeting on Feb. 28 in Beijing, said a source of the NHC. During the meeting, the committee adopted the regulation on its work and the main tasks for 2019 on the national nutrition plan. Among the key jobs are improving food nutrition and health standards that build upon food safety, and establishing subcommittees at local levels to organize nutrition education and training, to conduct pilot programs and spread scientific knowledge in this regard. Innovation will also be encouraged in the efforts, while nutrition intervention will be introduced in the campaign to battle poverty. The national nutrition plan (2017-2030) was released by the General Office of the State Council in July 2017, with the goal of raising awareness of nutrition among the Chinese people, reducing obesity and anemia among students.
