Main description:

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.

Contents:

List of illustrations
Abbreviations and acronyms
Acknowledgements
Section 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 Driscoll
Section 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
Chapter 10 Sensory Impairments in Early Hearing Detection and Intervention - Nomfundo F. Moroe
Chapter 11 Family-Centred Early Hearing Detection and Intervention - Ntsako Precious Maluleke, Rudo Chiwutsi and Katijah Khoza-Shangase
Chapter 12 HIV/AIDS and the Burden of Disease in Early Hearing Detection and Intervention - Katijah Khoza-Shangase
Chapter 13 Ethical Considerations and Tele-Audiology in Early Hearing Detection and Intervention - Alida Naude and Juan Bornman
Chapter 14 Best Practice in South Africa for Early Hearing Detection and Intervention - Katijah Khoza-Shangase and Amisha Kanji
Contributors
Index