Let me remind the Minister of State what an audiological scientist does and how he helps deaf and hearing-impaired children.An audiologist is a health care professional specialising in identifying, diagnosing, testing and monitoring disorders of the auditory and vestibular system portions of the ear. Audiologists are trained to diagnose, manage and treat hearing or balance problems. They are also involved in newborn hearing screening programs and school hearing screening programmes and they advise on special fittings and hearing protection devices to help prevent hearing loss. They are critical to the early identification of deafness, and thus are critical to the successful treatment of deafness and hearing impairment and to coping with it.