Early detection and intervention in audiology : : an African perspective / / edited by Katijah Khoza-Shangase, Amisha Kanji.

"Early hearing detection and intervention (EHDI) is the gold standard for any practising audiologist, and for families of infants and children with hearing impairment. Yet EHDI remains a significant challenge for Africa, and various initiatives are in place to address this gap in transferring p...

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Place / Publishing House:Johannesburg, South Africa : : Wits University Press,, [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 301 pages) :; illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Section one : early detection of hearing impairment
  • A paradigm shift in early hearing detection and intervention in South Africa / Amisha Kanji and Katijah Khoza-Shangase
  • Exploring early detection of hearing impairment in sub-Saharan Africa / Amisha Kanji
  • Approaches to early detection of hearing impairment in low and middle-income countries / Amisha Kanji
  • Implementing early hearing detection in the South African health care context / Luisa Petrocchi-Bartal, Katijah Khoza-Shangase and Amisha Kanji
  • Confronting realities to early hearing detection in South Africa / Katijah Khoza-Shangase
  • Contextualisation of risk factors for hearing impairment / Jane Fitzgibbons, Rachael Beswick and Carlie J. Driscoll
  • Section two : early intervention for hearing impairment
  • Approaches to early intervention for hearing impairment / Amisha Kanji and Aisha Casoojee
  • Models of care in early intervention for children with hearing impairment / AMisha Kanji
  • Continuity of care at school for the hearing-impaired child / Katijah Khoza-Shangase
  • Section three : complexities of early hearing detection and intervention
  • Sensory impairments in early hearing detection and intervention / Nomfundo F. Moroe
  • Family-centered early hearing detection and intervention / Ntsako Precious Maluleke, Rudo Chiwutsi and Katijah Khoza-Shangase
  • HIV/AIDS and the burden of disease in early hearing detection and intervention / Katijah Khoza-Shangase
  • Ethical considerations and tele-audiology in early hearing detection and intervention / Alida Naudé and Juan Bornman
  • Best practice in South Africa for early hearing detection and intervention / Katijah Khoza-Shangase and Amisha Kanji.