Short history of SAHIC

Society for Assistance to Hearing Impaired Children (SAHIC) is a voluntary non-government organization established in February 1987 for prevention, early detection and rehabilitation of the hearing impaired, specially children in Bangladesh . Registered with the Department of Social Services and NGO Affairs Bureau, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh in 1989 and 1990 respectively to receive national and foreign donations.

SAHIC is the brain child of Prof M. Nurul Amin, DLO; FRCSS, FCPS an eminent ENT specialist of the country and established the society with likeminded dedicated friends and social workers with only five thousand taka capital as personal contribnution of him in 1987. The aims and objectives of the society was to prevent an early detect hearing impairment, to treat the diseases that may cause hearing impaiorment and rehabilitation of hearing impaired, specially children. The idea was concieved from personal experience as a practicing ENT specialist seeing the problem of hearing impairment amongst the population, specially children, leading many of them to live a disabled life. It was concieved with the UNO declaration and WHO resolution passed in the General Assembly of 1986 about the hearing disability and identification of ear infection as the major cause of hearing impairment ( about 65% of the total hearing impairment / deafness) which are preventable and avoidable.

Due to extra ordinary contribution in the development of ENT departments and advancement of ear nose and throat speciality in Bangladesh, He earned the good will and confidence of the people both at home and abroad, specially the executives of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare which helped the Society to get a plot of land in the Health Complex of Mohakhali , Dhaka as donation by the Ministry.