Early Detection and Intervention in Audiology
An African perspective
Contributor(s): Aisha Casoojee, Alida Naudé, Amisha Kanji, Carlie J. Driscoll, Jane Fitzgibbons, Juan Bornman, Katijah Khoza-Shangase, Luisa Petrocchi-Bartal, Nomfundo Moroe, Ntsako P. Maluleke, Rachael Beswick, Rudo Chiwutsi
- Publication Date: February 2021
- Dimensions and Pages: 234 x 156mm Extent: 344pp
- Paperback EAN: 978-1-77614-656-7
- eBook EAN: 978-1-77614-658-1
- PDF EAN: 978-1-77614-657-4
- Rights: World
- Recommended Price (ZAR): 420.00
- Recommended Price (USD): 35.00
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The scope and breadth of this research is extremely impressive and, importantly, is evidence-based. It deals with the practicalities on the ground rather than the ideal. I recommend it wholeheartedly. – Peter Cooper, Professor Emeritus, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, School of Clinical Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
A timely and valuable reference that makes a quintessential contribution to the global literature on early hearing detection and intervention from African scholars. I recommend it to all ear-care practitioners and child health care providers. – Bolajoko Olusanya, consultant developmental paediatrician and Director, Centre for Healthy Start Initiative, Lagos, Nigeria
This is an invaluable contribution to the literature that provides a pathway for low- and middle-income countries in the development stages of EHDI programmes. With its emphasis on developing targeted newborn hearing screening of at-risk populations, it assures urgency in referral and completion of diagnostic audiological evaluations, and appropriate family-centred early interventions prior to implementing large-scale programmes. – Christine Yoshinaga-Itano, Research Professor and Professor Emerita, Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, University of Colorado; and Visiting Professor, Centre for Deaf Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
| Early hearing detection and intervention (EHDI) is the gold standard for any practising audiologist, and for families of infants and children with hearing impairment. EHDI programmes 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) programmes, 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. |
| List of illustrations Abbreviations and acronyms AcknowledgementsSECTION ONE: EARLY DETECTION OF HEARING IMPAIRMENT Chapter 1 A Paradigm Shift in Early Hearing Detection and Intervention in South Africa – Amisha Kanji and Katijah Khoza-Shangase Chapter 2 Exploring Early Detection of Hearing Impairment in Sub-Saharan Africa – Amisha Kanji Chapter 3 Approaches to Early Detection of Hearing Impairment in Low and Middle-Income Countries – Amisha Kanji Chapter 4 Implementing Early Hearing Detection in the South African Health Care Context – Luisa Petrocchi-Bartal, Katijah Khoza-Shangase and Amisha Kanji Chapter 5 Confronting Realities to Early Hearing Detection in South Africa – Katijah Khoza-Shangase Chapter 6 Contextualisation of Risk Factors for Hearing Impairment – Jane Fitzgibbons, Rachael Beswick and Carlie DriscollSECTION TWO: EARLY INTERVENTION FOR HEARING IMPAIRMENT Chapter 7 Approaches to Early Intervention for Hearing Impairment – Amisha Kanji and Aisha Casoojee Chapter 8 Models of Care in Early Intervention for Children with Hearing Impairment – Amisha Kanji Chapter 9 Continuity of Care at School for the Hearing-Impaired Child – Katijah Khoza-Shangase SECTION THREE: COMPLEXITIES OF EARLY HEARING DETECTION AND INTERVENTION Contributors |
About the Editors
Katijah Khoza-Shangase is Associate Professor in the Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
Amisha Kanji is Associate Professor in the Department of Speech Pathology and
Audiology at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
The scope and breadth of this research is extremely impressive and, importantly, is evidence-based. It deals with the practicalities on the ground rather than the ideal. I recommend it wholeheartedly. – Peter Cooper, Professor Emeritus, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, School of Clinical Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
A timely and valuable reference that makes a quintessential contribution to the global literature on early hearing detection and intervention from African scholars. I recommend it to all ear-care practitioners and child health care providers. – Bolajoko Olusanya, consultant developmental paediatrician and Director, Centre for Healthy Start Initiative, Lagos, Nigeria
This is an invaluable contribution to the literature that provides a pathway for low- and middle-income countries in the development stages of EHDI programmes. With its emphasis on developing targeted newborn hearing screening of at-risk populations, it assures urgency in referral and completion of diagnostic audiological evaluations, and appropriate family-centred early interventions prior to implementing large-scale programmes. – Christine Yoshinaga-Itano, Research Professor and Professor Emerita, Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, University of Colorado; and Visiting Professor, Centre for Deaf Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
