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Hard of Hearing People
in Israel
The State of Israel celebrates 60 years of independence
Organization of Hard of Hearing and
Deafened People in Israel
Our declared mission is to advocate and
act for the improvement of the welfare
and well-being of all of the country’s
700,000 hard of hearing people (10%
of the population).
Hearing Healthcare
Three types of Audiology centers: Hospital
Centers, community based rehabilitation centers
and private clinics. A wide variety of hearing aids
are available through these centers.
Five academic training centers, which produce
well-trained audiologists and communication
therapists.
Hearing Screening. Most of the new born babies
have hearing screening. School hearing screening
is well established too.
Hearing Screening of people aged 65 and above is
also gradually becoming the norm in Israel.
Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Education
Most of the Hearing Impaired Children’s Hearing
Loss is detected before of the age of one year
old.
5,200 Hearing Impaired Children (up to the age
of 18).
80% in Inclusive Education.
Academic training of teachers for Hearing
Impaired children (B.A and M.A programs).
Vocational Training
Any individual with a disability percentage higher
than 20% is entitled for professional studies and
obtaining vocational experience.
Full funding of professional studies or
undergraduate degree, funding of transportation
expenses, housing (if relevant) and disability
related assistive needs.
For the Hard of Hearing, this includes
purchasing of an FM system, captioning at real
time or signed translation.
Employment
Upon graduation, career development services
are available to help seek a work place.
Once employed, the Government funds 90% of
accessibility needs at the workplace.
For Hearing Impaired this funding includes:
Acoustic adjustments (such as an acoustic ceiling
and wall-to-wall carpet, hearing assistive devices,
a laptop to be used for captioning with a budget
of $9,000.
Coverage of Hearing aids in
Israel
18,000 Hearing Aids are sold every year that
mean that about 90,000 hearing aids are being
used in Israel at a time (about 15% of our hard
of hearing population use hearing aids).
The average cost of an hearing aid is $US 1,200.
For children till the age of 18 it is for free.
For adults only 12% of the cost for the basic
national insurance (80% have complementary
coverage to 33% of the cost).
Coverage of Cochlear Implants
in Israel
Six Medical Implantation Centers. Since 1989
more than 1,200 Implantations, most of them
are children.
Up to the age of 18, Israel’s public health care
gives full coverage of Cochlear Implantation
costs (one side).
After a successful campaign of Bekol and suing
to our High Court, one and half year ago Adults
receive assistance of all costs of the implant too!
Major Goals of Bekol
To strongly advocate for equal rights and
opportunities for HOH people in all aspects
of life (Law for Equal Right for People with
Disability 1998; Law for Subtitling on T.V
2005)
To make Israel accessible for HOH people.
To educate the general public, authorities,
media, etc. about our problems & needs.
Johan arrived the day before the
election in Israel
Bekol’s staff with the Prime Minister
National Hearing Day 2007
The Bekol Accessibility Center
For most people technology makes things easier
For people with disabilities it makes things possible
Outreach Activities
Hard of hearing members of Bekol
give 200 lectures a year about
Hearing Loss and accessibility.
Self-help for HOH people all over the
country.
Educating hard of hearing people
about their problems and needs,
courses, professional services and
publications.
“Call Bekol”
Information and support hot line for
HOH people and their family members
all over the country.
Computerized information center:
www.hearing.org.il
New!
Information and support centers for
Newly Hearing Impaired People
With the support of Ministry of Social Affairs,
the JDC-Israel and the National Insurance
Institute, we opened last month five
information and support centers in five big
cities in Israel near audiologist clinics to help
newly hearing impaired people to cope
better with their hearing loss.
A day tour in the old city of
Jerusalem
…and even time to float in the Dead Sea –
the lowest place in the world!