Parents with children suffering hearing impairments have urged the county government to help them purchase a diagnostic audiometer.
Speaking to the press after a meeting held in ACK church Thika on Thursday, the patron of Thika Parents for Deaf Children Benson Marangu said the equipment will enable them measure hearing levels of the children to place them in the appropriate schools.
“The diagnostic audiometer will enable us know if the children hearing level is improving or not,” Marangu said.
Marangu said they are forced to take the children to Muranga and Machakos counties, the only nearby counties with the audiometer as well as referring the children to Kenya Institute of Special Education (KISE) in Nairobi.
“The whole of Kiambu County has no audiometer leaving us with no option other than seeking help from neighbouring counties,” he said.
Marangu, who is an officer at the District Education Assessment and Resource Centre, said the group should not be seeking help from other counties insisting that the county government should intervene.
He has urged Governor William Kabogo to support the group by purchasing the testing device for the children with the impairment to enable them be placed in the right schools.