Unlocking world of sound for hearing-impaired kids

STORY: Unlocking world of sound for hearing-impaired kids DATELINE: May 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:08 LOCATION: LANZHOU, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Gansu Hearing-Speech Rehabilitation Center 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): SONG BINGYING, Director of rehabilitation department, Gansu Hearing-Speech Rehabilitation Center STORYLINE: Established in 1989, the Gansu Hearing-Speech Rehabilitation Center in Lanzhou, capital city of northwest China's Gansu Province, has trained more than 4,200 hearing-impaired children and nearly 60,000 parents. With the appropriate hearing device as well as speech and auditory training, over 800 children at the center went on to join regular primary and high schools and even colleges. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): SONG BINGYING, Director of rehabilitation department, Gansu Hearing-Speech Rehabilitation Center "They are wearing the hearing devices just like we wear our glasses. It's just an assistance device for the hearing-impaired kids. We should treat them as normal kids."