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Childhood hearing loss profile, decentralised screening and outcomes in the Western Cape public healthcare system, South Africa
Thesis (PhD (Audiology))--University of Pretoria, 2021.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/84005 Childhood hearing loss profile, decentralised screening and outcomes in the Western Cape public healthcare system, South Africa Swanepoel, De Wet silvakuschke@gmail.com Le Roux, Talita Kuschke, Silva UCTD Hearing healthcare Childhood hearing loss Age of diagnosis Sensorineural hearing loss Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) Hearing aid outcomes Risk factors PEACH questionnaire Oto-acoustic emissions Thesis (PhD (Audiology))--University of Pretoria, 2021. In her thesis, Childhood hearing loss profile, decentralised screening and outcomes in the Western Cape public healthcare system, South Africa, the promovenda described the unique profile of childhood hearing loss in the Western Cape Province of South Africa, explored a decentralised model of hearing screening to improve accessibility, and evaluated hearing aid outcomes for children with sensorineural hearing loss from low-resourced contexts. Three themes emerged from the research: 1) The need to prioritise infant hearing screening in the public health sector alongside primary health care efforts to reduce preventable risks for hearing loss; 2) Decentralising hearing screening increases access to hearing healthcare, reduces patient travelling distances, and reduces the burden on tertiary-level hospitals; 3) Children with additional disabilities require multi-disciplinary support to realize sufficient benefit from hearing aid use. Overall, the thesis highlighted the importance of addressing barriers to timeous diagnoses of childhood hearing loss, improving access to hearing healthcare, and ultimately providing successful intervention with hearing technology in low-resourced contexts like South Africa. Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology PhD (Audiology) Unrestricted 2022-02-16T14:12:35Z 2022-02-16T14:12:35Z 2022-04 2021 Thesis Kuschke, S 2021, Childhood hearing loss profile, decentralised screening and outcomes in the Western Cape public healthcare system, South Africa, PhD thesis, University of Pretoria viewed yymmdd http://hdl.handle.net/2263/84005 A2022 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/84005 DOI: 10.25403/UPresearchdata.19354229.v1 en © 2022 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Hearing healthcare Childhood hearing loss Age of diagnosis Sensorineural hearing loss Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) Hearing aid outcomes Risk factors PEACH questionnaire Oto-acoustic emissions Childhood hearing loss profile, decentralised screening and outcomes in the Western Cape public healthcare system, South Africa |
| title | Childhood hearing loss profile, decentralised screening and outcomes in the Western Cape public healthcare system, South Africa |
| title_full | Childhood hearing loss profile, decentralised screening and outcomes in the Western Cape public healthcare system, South Africa |
| title_fullStr | Childhood hearing loss profile, decentralised screening and outcomes in the Western Cape public healthcare system, South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Childhood hearing loss profile, decentralised screening and outcomes in the Western Cape public healthcare system, South Africa |
| title_short | Childhood hearing loss profile, decentralised screening and outcomes in the Western Cape public healthcare system, South Africa |
| title_sort | childhood hearing loss profile decentralised screening and outcomes in the western cape public healthcare system south africa |
| topic | UCTD Hearing healthcare Childhood hearing loss Age of diagnosis Sensorineural hearing loss Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) Hearing aid outcomes Risk factors PEACH questionnaire Oto-acoustic emissions |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/84005 |