Early Detection and Intervention in Audiology

An African perspective

Katijah Khoza-Shangase, Amisha Kanji, Rachael Beswick, Juan Bornman, Aisha Casoojee, Rudo Chiwutsi, Carlie J Driscoll, Jane Fitzgibbons, Ntsako P Maluleke, Nomfundo Moroe, Alida Naudé, Luisa Petrocchi-Bartal, Katijah Khoza-Shangase, Amisha Kanji, Katijah Khoza-Shangase, Amisha Kanji

• Publisher: Wits University Press
• Year: 2021
• eBook ISBN: 9781776146581
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Audiology & Speech Pathology

A textbook with case studies for audiologists and speech pathologists to make recommendations for early detection and intervention of hearing impairments in the South African context Early hearing detection and intervention (EHDI) is the gold standard for any practicing audiologist, and for families of infants and children with hearing impairment. EHDI programs aim to identify, diagnose and provide intervention to children with hearing impairment from as early as six months old (as well as those at risk for hearing impairment) to ensure they develop and achieve to their potential. Yet EHDI remains a significant challenge for Africa, and various initiatives are in place to address this gap in transferring policy into practice within the southern African context. The diversity of factors in the southern African context presents unique challenges to teaching and research in this field, which has prompted this book project. The South African government's heightened focus on increasing access to health care which includes ongoing Early Childhood Development (ECD) programs, make this an opportune time for establishing and documenting evidence-based research for current undergraduate and postgraduate students. Early Detection and Intervention in Audiology: An African Perspective aims to address this opportunity. Grounded in an African context with detailed case studies, this book provides rich content that pays careful attention to contextual relevance and contextual responsiveness to both identification and intervention in hearing impairment. With diverse contributions from experts in local and international contexts, but always with an African perspective, this is textbook will be an invaluable resource for students, researchers and practitioners.

Index

Page numbers in italics indicate figures or tables.

1:3:6 48–49

90-90-90 targets 72, 220, 221, 231

A

AAA see American Academy of Audiology

AABR see automated auditory brainstem response

ABR see auditory brainstem response

access

to ART 220–221

to education 9, 155, 158–162, 273

to health care 9, 15–16, 138, 141, 210246–247

to resources 245

to services 19, 143, 186, 208–209, 243–247, 274

Action Plan, Department of Basic Education (DBE) 159

adapted therapy methodologies 272

Adeagbo, K. 210

Adedeji, T. O. 208

Adeyemo, A. A. 210

Adhikari, M. 79–80

Adunka, O. F. 206, 207

Advanced Clinical Access 139

advocacy role 77–78, 190, 236, 273

Afe, A. J. 230

African context 5, 143, 205, 212–213, 265–267, 273, 276

African family, definition of 198–199, 212–213

Afrikaans language 142

AG Bell Academy for Listening and Spoken Language 124–125

age at amplification 117, 120, 123, 131, 132

age of diagnosis of hearing impairment 6, 34–35, 48–49, 76, 120–121, 129, 243, 264

Ahmed, S. 76

aid see foreign aid

AIDS see HIV/AIDS

Aitken, S. 177

Alport syndrome 98–99

Al-Yagon, M. 202, 203

Alyami, H. 206, 207

American Academy of Audiology (AAA) 245, 256

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) 187, 245

aminoglycoside antibiotics 94–95

amplification devices

age at amplification 117, 120, 123, 131, 132

auditory–verbal therapy (AVT) 125–126

cochlear implants 120, 123–125, 127,...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of illustrations
• Abbreviations and acronyms
• Acknowledgements
• Section One Early Detection of Hearing Impairment
• Section Two Early Intervention for Hearing Impairment
• Section Three Complexities of Early Hearing Detection and Intervention
• Contributors
• Index