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Organisation ZNAHI

We wish to inform you that the Zambia National Association of the Hearing Impaired (ZNAHI) is a registered disability Non-Governmental Organization (NGO).Its main aim is to serve the needs of persons with hearing problems. Our clients are persons with partial hearing loss or the hard of hearing.

The ZNAHI extends its services to companies or indicators that use noisy light and heavy-duty machines. The noise they produce is harmful to workers that operate near and around such machines during their eight (8) hours shift.

ZNAHI was formed in May 1990 to act as a support and advocacy group for the hearing impaired. It aims to raise the awareness of issues affecting the hearing impaired. Provide services and support and act as a pressure group to improve facilities and services of the hearing impaired. It target group is the hearing impaired, particularly people in rural areas and those who are unable to access private treatment through lack of finance.

Status

ZNAHI is a Non Governmental Organisation (NGO) registered under the laws of Zambia. It was established solely to supplement government efforts in the provision of services to the hard of hearing in areas such as health, education, social welfare and rehabilitation of the hard of hearing.

Location

The organization is located at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) children’s wing at the Speech and Hearing Centre. The main purpose of its location at U.T.H is to act as a referral centre for the University Teaching Hospital’s ENT department (clinic 6) for its patients who need technical aid that is hearing aids and accessories.

Further, the organization has extended its services to companies that use light noisy equipment and heavy-duty machinery. The noise that is produced in these equipments is harmful to the operators during their eight (8) hours shift.

ZNAHI offers the following services to such companies: -

(i) Audiometric Tests – The tests are aimed at measuring the accuracy of hearing and to find out if the noise they are exposed to has got an effect on their hearing.

(ii) Noise Survey and Dosage – This is a complementary service to the above exercise which measures the amount of noise a given equipment produces. Upon meeting the amount of noise, a noise dosage is performed to find out the amount of noise that goes into the user of that given equipment.

We carry out the above exercise with the use of the following equipment:-
(a) Portable audiometers
(b) Audiometric Testing Booth
(c) Hand-held Noise Level metres
(d) Noise Logging Dosimeter

We have provided audiometric tests and noise surveys in the following companies:-

(i) Zambia Breweries Plc
(ii) National Airport Corporation
(iii) Zambia Sugar Plc
(iv) Chilanga Cement Plc (Lusaka)
(v) Chilanga Cement Plc (Ndola)
(vi) Kafue Gorge Power Station (ZESCO)
(vii) Kariba North Power Station (ZESCO)
(viii) Victoria Falls Power Station ZESCO)
(ix) TAZARA
(x) Railway Systems of Zambia
(xi) Zain Zambia
 

Agria S. K. Phiri
ACTING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR