Sangsangin Group Partners with SK Social Contribution Foundation to Improve Learning Environment for Hearing-Impaired Children

Sangsangin Group announced on the 8th that it signed an "Agreement to Support Learning for Hearing-Impaired Children" with the Happiness Sharing Foundation and Sori-reul Boneun Tongro at the Sangsangin Securities headquarters located in Gangnam-gu, Seoul. From left: Jin-ho Kim, Director of Sangsangin; In-seop Lee, CEO of Sangsangin Savings Bank; Myung-su Lee, CEO of Sangsangin Securities; Ki-moon Song, CEO of Sangsangin Plus Savings Bank; Je-hoon Song, Group Leader of Happiness Sharing Foundation; Ji-hyun Yoon, CEO of Sori-reul Boneun Tongro.

[Asia Economy Reporter Song Seung-seop] SangSangIn Group announced on the 8th that it has signed a business agreement for the ‘Learning Environment Improvement Project for Hearing-Impaired Children’ with SK Social Contribution Foundation’s Happiness Sharing Foundation and the software company Soriboneun Tongro.

Representing SangSangIn Group, Lee Myung-su, CEO of SangSangIn Securities, Lee In-seop, CEO of SangSangIn Savings Bank, and Song Ki-moon, CEO of SangSangIn Plus Savings Bank attended the signing ceremony. Also present were Song Je-hoon, head of the Happiness Sharing Foundation, and Yoon Ji-hyun, CEO of Soriboneun Tongro.

This project is designed to help hearing-impaired children see the teacher’s speech in text form even when they cannot see the teacher’s lip movements. It was planned to address the difficulties faced by hearing-impaired children who rely on residual hearing and lip-reading to follow lessons.

Using the AI-based real-time text interpretation service ‘Soboro,’ the teacher’s voice is converted into text on a tablet PC. Features such as saving allow for review. The learning process of hearing-impaired children will be measured for effectiveness and used as basic research data to improve the learning environment.

A representative of SangSangIn Group said, “After hearing that hearing-impaired children, who have a high enrollment rate in regular schools, have difficulties keeping up with the curriculum, we planned full-scale support,” adding, “We will continue to spare no effort to support children with disabilities so that they can learn and grow in better environments.”