Hearing impairment affects 5.3% of the world population and its implication at individual, family and community level is considerable. Both eye and ear care are public health issues and lack trained manpower to address them. In August 2010 a project was initiated to assess feasibility of integrating ear and eye care services at primary level. During the project, Vision Technicians posted at two vision centres of Dr. Shroffs Charity Hospital, India were trained in primary ear care using WHO Intermediate module and basic equipment to provide primary ear care were provided. The evaluation of...