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Funds needed to settle boy’s cochlear implant bill

CCEP Foundation helped Luk Yi Ho raise RM25,000 of the RM75,000 cost of his cochlear implant.

NINE-year-old Ho Luk Yi, who underwent cochlear implant surgery in December last year, still needs RM50,000 to settle his medical bill.

The Kepong boy was diagnosed as hearing-impaired when he was just a toddler.

“He previously could not hear in his right ear while he had 25% hearing in his left ear,” said CCEP Foundation vice-chairman Lim Chin Chuan.

Luk Yi Ho after cochlear implant surgery.

Luk Yi underwent successful cochlear implant surgery on his right ear in 2017 and was able to start speaking and go to school.

However, the hearing on his left ear began to deteriorate soon after, despite the boy using hearing aids.

His father, Ho Seow Son, 52, worked as a tour bus driver and his income was severely affected during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Luk Yi’s mother, Chan Fam Ling, 48, became a full-time housewife to take care of Luk Yi.

Due to financial constraints, Seow Son approached the NGO for help to raise funds for a second operation at HUKM Specialist Centre.

Lim said despite only raising RM25,000, the hospital’s senior consultant otorhinolaryngologist decided to go ahead with the implant surgery to ensure that speech therapy for the boy was not delayed.

The cochlear implant device cost RM74,400 and was supplied by Labchem Sdn Bhd, which had supplied the device for the first surgery as well.

“A patient needs the cochlear implant device from the same company as the brands cannot differ,” said Prof Dr Goh Bee See.

Lim is proud to have helped make a difference in Luk Yi’s life.

“With Dr Goh’s medical support, we are allowed to pay later once we have enough funds,” said Lim.

CCEP Foundation needs RM50,000 for the cochlear implant device.

For any inquiry please contact 03-7955 9999

9岁听障男童何溢，左耳听力逐步退化，即便坐在课堂最前面依旧无法听见老师授课内容，学习成绩大受影响；医生建议植入人工耳蜗，奈何父亲工作受到疫情影响，家里实在无力承担购买7万5000令吉的人工耳蜗费用。
来自甲洞的何溢在2岁8个月时被诊断出患有先天性听障，根据医生当初的诊断，其右边耳朵的听力为0%，左耳听力为25%
其父亲何晓山（52岁，司机兼送货）指出，由于家里经济并不宽裕，所以当时透过一个慈善组织对外筹款，才得以植入右耳的人工耳蜗，左耳则佩戴一般的助听器。
“这几年随着他年纪的增长，医生告诉我们他的左耳听力也开始退化，即便老师把他的座位换到前排他依旧无法听清楚老师授课的内容，以致他在课业上越来越追不上同学的进度。”
自发现何溢有听障问题后，其母亲曾繁玲（48岁，家庭主妇）就成为全职家庭主妇，专心照料其日常生活以及帮助他在下课后复习功课。
其母亲解释，虽然何溢右耳已经植入人工耳蜗，但其听力也只达到90%而已，加上左耳的听力只有25%，所以经常都是处于听不清楚的状况；所幸的是孩子在语言表达能力上虽然没有正常孩子的词汇多，但简单的表达还是没有问题的。
“为了不要让他耳疾的问题影响他的身心健康，所以我们尽量陪伴他，并在课业上辅助他，每天在他放学回家后，帮他把课业复习一遍，以补助他在课堂上听不清楚的部分，以免他和其他孩子的落差太大造成心里上的自卑。”
她披露，如今何溢的听力越发衰退，在稍微有点嘈杂的环境，就难以清除听见他人说话的内容。
“听不清楚的问题也让他在日常生活受到影响，所以我们希望早点给他植入人工耳蜗，以免他的功课长期落后他人，久了也对学习和社交失去兴趣了。”
曾繁玲形容，何溢个性开朗，在校人缘很好很多同学喜欢他，但是也有些同学会因为他的缺陷而拒绝跟他做朋友，但大多数同学都很照顾他的。
“我和他爸爸都想尽快给他植入人工耳蜗，但是他爸爸本来的工作是接送中国旅客的司机，如今受到疫情的影响旅游业尚未恢复，他爸爸每月5000令吉的收入要承担一家5口的生活开销，何溢两个姐姐也尚在求学，我们实在无能为力。”
何晓山也表示，倘若这7万5000令吉能够分期付款，他也绝对不会向外求助，毕竟这社会上还是有很多需要帮助的病患。
“可是购置人工耳蜗的费用只接受一次性付款，这对我们的家庭一家何溢现在的情况而言，我们即拿不出也没办法再等。”
他也非常感激CCEP社会扶贫基金会，再了解其状况后愿意伸出援手，他形容这种雪中送炭让一家人深感人间温暖。
CCEP社会扶贫基金会总执行长余宝枟表示，何溢的年纪尚小，学习的道路还很长，如果因为听力的问题一直存在并干扰着学习的话，这一路也太痛苦了。
“如果他的学习力持续下降的话，这孩子很可能就不能继续在正规学校上学，而要转入特殊学校或者聋哑学校上课了；何溢本身的右耳在2017年的时候已经植入耳蜗了，现在欠缺的就左耳的部分而已，既然事情已经做了一半何不让他圆满？不然就可惜了一个孩子的大好前途。”
她指出，考量到何父的经济状况，所以CCEP将会协助他们筹集7万5000令吉，手术已经预定在下个月进行，希望在这一个月时间内可以达成目标
有关询问可联络03-7955 9999，其网站地址为ccep.org.my。

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