{"id":3820,"date":"2025-05-13T19:31:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T19:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deafmalta.org\/?page_id=3820"},"modified":"2025-05-14T06:53:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T06:53:11","slug":"gozo-association-for-the-deaf-gad","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/deafmalta.org\/?page_id=3820","title":{"rendered":"Gozo Association for the Deaf (GAD)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3820\" class=\"elementor elementor-3820\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1e4de0a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1e4de0a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2fb4e9f\" data-id=\"2fb4e9f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72f2b47 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"72f2b47\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.12.2 - 23-04-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/deafmalta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GA-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-3845\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deafmalta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GA-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/deafmalta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GA-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/deafmalta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GA-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/deafmalta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GA-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/deafmalta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GA-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/deafmalta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GA-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/deafmalta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GA-230x230.jpg 230w, https:\/\/deafmalta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GA-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/deafmalta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GA-480x480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/deafmalta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GA.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-973c0fb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"973c0fb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3415389\" data-id=\"3415389\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca8e34f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ca8e34f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.12.2 - 23-04-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"x9f619 x1ja2u2z x78zum5 x2lah0s x1n2onr6 x1qughib x1qjc9v5 xozqiw3 x1q0g3np x1pi30zi x1swvt13 xyamay9 xykv574 xbmpl8g x4cne27 xifccgj\"><div class=\"x9f619 x1n2onr6 x1ja2u2z x78zum5 xdt5ytf x193iq5w xeuugli x1r8uery x1iyjqo2 xs83m0k xsyo7zv x16hj40l x10b6aqq x1yrsyyn\"><div class=\"x2b8uid x80vd3b x1q0q8m5 xso031l x1l90r2v\"><p class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke \" dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"C9DxTc \">The Gozo Association for the Deaf (G.A.D.) is a non-profitable organization managed by a Committee, which is elected every two years. It was founded on 21<\/span><span class=\"C9DxTc \">st<\/span><span class=\"C9DxTc \">\u00a0 May 1988 with about 25 members consisting mostly of parents of hearing impaired children and a number of volunteers. Initially the G.A.D. focused on the education of young hearing impaired students to ensure that they would have the opportunity to develop all their potential so as to secure a sustainable future for themselves and be able to live independently.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke \" dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"C9DxTc \">Parents and teachers of hearing impaired students have always been given support by the G.A.D. This is mostly done through meetings and seminars where challenges met by parents, teachers and hearing impaired students are openly discussed.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke \" dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"C9DxTc \">The G.A.D. has always been instrumental in lobbying with government authorities to provide adequate services for hearing impaired persons. When the University of Malta opened up a course in B.Sc.(Hons) Communication Therapy for the first time ever, in the early nineties, the G.A.D. took the initiative of organizing a meeting for all Gozitan students who had just finished sixth form to encourage them to undertake this course. Fortunately, two students opted for this course. Thus, when these students graduated, they were immediately recruited with the Gozo General Hospital to run the Speech and Language Therapy Clinic.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke \" dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"C9DxTc \">In addition, the G.A.D. worked hard to have a decent audiology service established within the Gozitan Health Service. As a result, an audiology clinic was eventually set up at the Gozo General Hospital. This was further enhanced by introducing the service of an audiology technician in charge of making ear moulds.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke \" dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"C9DxTc \">Throughout the years, the G.A.D. has also found a lot of support from both national and international professionals working in the field of deafness. Thanks to them, various projects have been accomplised from which the deaf population of Gozo and, in certain instances that of Malta too, are still reaping the benefits.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke \" dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"C9DxTc \">The G.A.D. also boasts of having its own Centre, opened on 2nd March 2003. This is thanks to great financial help from the Gozo Curia and support from the Ministry of Gozo. This Centre was crucial for the G.A.D. to expand its activities and give quality service to its members who are continually increasing in number. At present, the Association has 224 members. Members hail from both Gozo and Malta.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke \" dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"C9DxTc \">At the Centre there is a testing room equipped with various types of measuring instruments to test the hearing of very young children and adults. A hearing aid analyser, recently donated in part by the Fund for Voluntary Organizations Malta Community Chest Fund is another instrument which forms part of the audiological equipment occupying this room. This is used to check the functionality of hearing aids.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke \" dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"C9DxTc \">The hall of the Centre is equipped with an induction loop system. This helps hearing-aid users to understand speech and listen to audio presentations better whenever social, educational and cultural activities are organized.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke \" dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"C9DxTc \">The Gozo Association for the Deaf is enrolled with:<\/span><\/p><ul class=\"n8H08c UVNKR \"><li class=\"zfr3Q TYR86d eD0Rn \" dir=\"ltr\"><p class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke \" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"><span class=\"C9DxTc \">the Gozo Federation Persons with Disability<\/span><\/p><\/li><li class=\"zfr3Q TYR86d eD0Rn \" dir=\"ltr\"><p class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke \" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"><span class=\"C9DxTc \">the Gozo NGO Council<\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ul><p class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke \" dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"C9DxTc \">The Gozo Association for the Deaf is registered under the Voluntary Organizations Act 2007-Reg. No. VO\/0330.<\/span><\/p><\/div><p dir=\"ltr\">Visit their website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gozodeaf.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Gozo Association for the Deaf (G.A.D.) is a non-profitable organization managed by a Committee, which is elected every two [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3820","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deafmalta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deafmalta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deafmalta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deafmalta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deafmalta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3820"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/deafmalta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3820\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3849,"href":"https:\/\/deafmalta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3820\/revisions\/3849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deafmalta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}