tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2865302823922672707.post285326449779988703..comments2013-06-07T17:19:45.827+00:00Comments on Qutedoc: Deaf familiesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2865302823922672707.post-81542343135851388872011-11-18T10:11:45.971+00:002011-11-18T10:11:45.971+00:00Thank you for your comments, Leo and 'Gbenga w...Thank you for your comments, Leo and 'Gbenga with apologies to Leo for not responding earlier.<br /><br />It is interesting to learn from 'Gbenga that the UN/WDF figure of those with hearing loss has been put to 10% in all countries. The figure which I got during my research thesis in 2009 was 6.2% for Nigerian school-aged children taken from a NGRn survey in 2000 and provided by Pascolini and Smith in their 2009 study. Of course, this is just a rough estimate which I believe would be closer to 10% when we throw in the 'adventitiously deaf' (thanks for the new terminology) and all the deaf adults into the mix.<br /><br />10% of the whole NGRn population translates to approximately 15 million! Which is by no means a small group! I agree with the statement made by your friend and of course, everybody can enjoy/use what is made deliberately and specially available to a 'small' population of deaf ;)<br /><br />I hope that sooner rather than later we can get the NGRn gov't see reason if all the 5 decade long of clamouring for steady power had previously fallen on 'deaf ears' *pun intended*Qutedochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13535364255925832028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2865302823922672707.post-17235248285589829442011-11-17T21:35:14.753+00:002011-11-17T21:35:14.753+00:00Leo, thanks for guiding me here!!! To answer your ...Leo, thanks for guiding me here!!! To answer your question, the total population of any country --Nigeria inclusive-- that has hearing loss is 10%. This includes deaf, hard of hearing, late deafened...groups called by the catchall phrase "adventitiously deaf". The population that is profoundly deaf as a segment of the total national population is 1%. This is UN and WFD (World Federation of the Deaf) data.<br /><br />Regardless, this shouldn't result in denying the basic ask for steady electricity. I remember a story a friend in a wheelchair who worked with a federal agency here in Washington told me years ago. According to her, she got to work only to find the ramp to her building still covered in snow. A maintenance guy was shoveling the white stuff off the steps. She asked him to clear the ramp instead. He retorted "wait for your turn". She replied "if you clear the ramp, everybody can use it". So powerful, illuminating and poignant.<br /><br />If you provide electricity so a statistically and relatively small population of Deaf people can enjoy a better quality of living, everybody can use it.'Gbenga Ainahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02547399312260148483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2865302823922672707.post-12361899511476732282011-10-15T11:47:24.168+00:002011-10-15T11:47:24.168+00:00Thanks for sharing this..
..hmmmm…even for the inc...Thanks for sharing this..<br />..hmmmm…even for the incurable optimistic, Nigeria can sometimes be very challenging to say the least .<br />Let us begin from ‘the beginning”.<br />What are the population deaf people in Nigeria?<br />Just basic stats.<br />You may go further, how many people are in Maitama, a tony neighborhood in Abuja?<br />Then how many people are in Abuja?<br />Then how many people are in Nigeria?<br />What are their electricity requirements?<br /><br />We turn out “graduates” yearly, but I will be probably be naïve to trust the statistics coming from the Minister of Labor’s office regarding graduate unemployment.<br />Even with 90 million cell phone subscribers in Nigeria , much more than South Africa, I think Nigeria is not ready for the modern world…this is 2011..and we still cant generate 5,000MW for 150million people (trust that figure at your own peril),not counting power transmission challenges of whatever MWs generated .<br />To put a human face to Nigeria misery, imagine what N10billion naira from the funds one of the governors allegedly looted can do for deaf people?<br /><br />LeonardLeonard Lawalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13413794547323891109noreply@blogger.com