The Ratmalana Audiology Centre, which was gifted to the nation by Dialog Axiata Plc in May 2007, has provided state-of-the-art affordable hearing and speech therapy over the past decade to over 60,000 children and adults. The Centre celebrated its tenth year anniversary as a Centre of Excellence in Hearing and Speech.
The Ratmalana Audiology Centre (RAC) was initiated as collaboration between Dialog Axiata PLC and the Ratmalana School for the Deaf with the shared goal of creating a Centre of Excellence in hearing and speech therapy empowering, integrating and rehabilitating people of all ages with hearing and speech difficulties. The partnership laid the foundation in developing a vibrant, professional client-focused Centre with a caring environment serving the wider community.
The Centre provides free annual hearing tests and speech therapy services for the students of the Ratmalana School for the Deaf. The Centre also provides free workshops for parents, teachers and matrons of the School for the Deaf and provides assistance to other schools for the deaf around the country. As a Centre of Excellence the RAC also provides placements for the Clinical Training Programme for Audiology offered at the University of Kelaniya.