A true champion of deaf students


Thank you, teacher: Former FSD students showing their appreciation for Saleena (front row, fourth from left) .

GEORGE TOWN: The country’s first audiologist and specialist teacher to the deaf has spent the better part of her life — 59 years to be exact — working with the deaf and hearing impaired.

However, while time may have slowed down Datuk Saleena Tahaya Isa, 82, her spirit in defending the poor and disabled remains strong.

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