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Ano Daw? Deaf Awareness Week 2013 Dateline: Nov 20, 2013 at Thai Bistro Robinsons Magnolia Mall. “Ano Daw?” is a media event with Better Hearing Philippines, St Luke’s Medical Center Quezon City, UST McAudio Department and in partnership with GlaxoSmithKline that culminates the Medical Mission held at Brgy Dona Imelda Quezon City. The day was filled with activities participated by both hearing and hearing disabled individuals, parents, educator, and service providers, all collaborating to empower the deaf community and raise awareness on hearing impairment. This event is accordance with the late president Corazon Aquino’s Proclamation No. 829 declaring the second week of November of every year as Deaf Awareness Week. The yearly celebration of Deaf Awareness Week recognizes the need to focus on public awareness on hearing impairment. It also centers on the vision of transforming the hearing impaired community as an immutable force in society. During the media e...

From l - r:  Dr Joeslyn Eusebio,  Celeste Sanches and  Barbie Dapul I was invited last Wednesday July 3 at Dusit Thani Hotel,  to attend "Himig ng Kalinga"  - an advocacy event.   Dr Joselyn C. Eusebio a internationally recognized Filipino Developmental Behavioral Pediatrician together with Celeste Sanchez, the mother of Philippine Music Therapy talked about the benefits and effects of music in improving health and healing.  Dr. Eusebio, told the audience that according to the American Music Association, music therapy is an interpersonal process in which the the therapist uses music and all of its facets-physical, emotional, mental, social, aesthetic and spiritual to help clients to improve or maintain their health.  She traced the practice of using music as early as 400 BC when  Hippocrates, a Greek physician played music for his mental patients. While the most extensive use of music in general hospitals appeared during the f...