Igor and his 4-year-old daughter Lolita - from Krivoy Rog. In this city, the roar and howl of enemy shells is heard daily.. The girl could hear the sounds of explosions, but the kind words of her closest relatives could not.. The family turned to the Rinat Akhmetov Foundation for help, and Lolita recently received state-of-the-art hearing aids necessary for her development.

Lolita was born a healthy child, but over time my wife and I noticed that she did not respond when spoken to. In the kindergarten it became clear that at a distance of 3-4 meters she could not hear people, she could only guess by gestures that they wanted something from her,” says Igor of the “Voices of the Peaceful” Museum of the Rinat Akhmetov Foundation.

Now the girl has just started using hearing aids, which adapt to the child’s characteristics and needs.. She has classes ahead with a speech therapist and a speech pathologist; she needs to learn to hear and pronounce sounds that are new to her..

" Previously, we could not give her the dance, because she would not have heard the teacher. And now... let him dance,” smiles Igor.

He admits that at the very beginning of the invasion he only understood that he needed to remain calm and cool under any circumstances.. What specific moments of the war unbalance him, Igor tells at the link.

Assistance with hearing aids within the framework of the project “Rinat Akhmetov – for Children”. Now I Hear" More than 240 children have already had the opportunity to hear the world.

If among your relatives or friends there is a child who needs hearing prosthetics, contact the free hotline 0 (800) 509 001 (Monday to Friday), or write to the Foundation messenger.

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