Lok Sabha Question No. 2123 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-29
Subject: Chronic and Acute Hearing Loss
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

LOK SABHA UNSTARRE D  QUESTION NO. 2123 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29 TH JULY, 2016

## CHRONIC AND ACUTE HEARING LOSS

## 2123. SHRI ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of adult persons and children suffering from chronic and acute hearing loss in rural and urban areas of the country, State/UT-wise;

- (b) whether the Government has taken steps/proposes to take steps in this regard, if so, the details thereof;

- (c) whether any pilot programme for healthcare professionals for prevention and control of deafness and medical awareness has been launched, if so, the details thereof; and

- (d) the action taken thereon?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI FAGGEN SINGH KULASTE)

- (a) : According to the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) 58 th Round (2002), 291 persons per lakh population were hearing disabled in India.  The State/UT -wise number of adult persons and children suffering from chronic and acute hearing loss in the rural and urban country is not maintained centrally.  However, the number of deaf/hearing impai red persons per one lakh persons in the rural and urban areas State/UT - wise is at Annexure .

- (b) : The  Government  has  launched  National  Programme  for  Prevention  and  Control  of Deafness(NPPCD) on pilot mode in January, 2007.  The funds and approvals have been given under this programme for implementation in 336 districts under the 12 th Five Year Plan with an outlay of Rs.304.79 crore.  The components of the programme are: -

- (i) Manpower placement and training.

- (ii)Capacity  building  of  district  level  hospitals  by  pr oviding  manpower,  training  and equipments and enhancement of specific services for hearing impaired persons.

- (iii) Service provision.

- (iv) Awareness generation through Information, Education Communication(IEC)/Behavior Change Communication(BCC) activities NPPCD.

- (v) Monitoring and supervision.

- (c) & (d) : No .

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## Number of Deaf/ Hearing Impaired persons

Number of persons with hearing disability per 100,000 persons for each State/Union Territory (NSSO, 2002)

|   Sl No. | State/UT                  |   Rural |   Urban |   Total |
|----------|---------------------------|---------|---------|---------|
|        1 | Jammu & Kashmir           |     235 |     176 |     223 |
|        2 | Himachal Pradesh          |     664 |     240 |     622 |
|        3 | Punjab                    |     238 |     144 |     208 |
|        4 | Chandigarh                |      92 |      66 |      69 |
|        5 | Uttarkhand                |     344 |      80 |     283 |
|        6 | Haryana                   |     233 |     209 |     227 |
|        7 | Delhi                     |      64 |      31 |      40 |
|        8 | Rajasthan                 |     192 |     152 |     182 |
|        9 | Uttar Pradesh             |     264 |     185 |     248 |
|       10 | Bihar                     |     191 |     173 |     189 |
|       11 | Sikkim                    |     981 |     156 |     894 |
|       12 | Arunachal Pradesh         |     584 |       6 |     503 |
|       13 | Nagaland                  |     190 |     130 |     171 |
|       14 | Manipur                   |     218 |     190 |     211 |
|       15 | Mizoram                   |     227 |     155 |     197 |
|       16 | Tripura                   |     105 |     178 |     113 |
|       17 | Meghalaya                 |     323 |     104 |     294 |
|       18 | Assam                     |     166 |     195 |     168 |
|       19 | West Bengal               |     314 |     396 |     335 |
|       20 | Jharkhand                 |     205 |     132 |     191 |
|       21 | Odisha                    |     603 |     431 |     582 |
|       22 | Chhattisgarh              |     424 |     340 |     410 |
|       23 | Madhya Pradesh            |     203 |     178 |     196 |
|       24 | Gujarat                   |     335 |     237 |     298 |
|       25 | Daman & Diu               |     180 |     152 |     169 |
|       26 | D & N Haveli              |     104 |      91 |     102 |
|       27 | Maharashtra               |     380 |     254 |     332 |
|       28 | Andhra Pradesh            |     377 |     222 |     333 |
|       29 | Karnataka                 |     324 |     156 |     273 |
|       30 | Goa                       |     445 |     198 |     376 |
|       31 | Lakshadweep               |     377 |     759 |     588 |
|       32 | Kerala                    |     467 |     405 |     453 |
|       33 | Tamil Nadu                |     449 |     391 |     428 |
|       34 | Puducherry                |     553 |     907 |     769 |
|       35 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |     457 |     143 |     372 |
|       36 | All India                 |     310 |     236 |     291 |

## Annexure