Implementation of early hearing detection and intervention (EHDI) is a significant challenge
in the South African context, despite its documented benefits. South Africa, like other low and …

This book is an original scholarly book that introduces the concept of preventive audiology,
with a specific focus on the African context, which is in line with the South African re …

Background The Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) issued early hearing
detection and intervention guidelines, which has universal newborn hearing screening …

Genetic factors significantly contribute to the burden of hearing impairment (HI) in Ghana as
there is a high carrier frequency (1.5%) of the connexin 26 gene founder variant GJB2 …

Newborn hearing screening (NHS) programs are essential to identify hearing loss early in
life and to improve outcomes in children. In Saudi Arabia, the national NHS program has …

Background: One of the most common problems noted in newborn hearing screening (NHS)
programmes is the high rate of infants that are lost to follow-up at various stages of the …

Background Universal access to early hearing detection and intervention (EHDI) forms part
of the audiology community's goal. Evidence on current practices employed by South African …

Risk-based newborn hearing screening has been recommended as an alternative approach
by the Joint Committee on Infant Hearing (JCIH) in contexts where universal newborn …

Purpose The current study aimed to describe the medical case history factors in a group of
neonates admitted to high care and Kangaroo Mother Care wards at two hospitals in …

The success of any preventive healthcare programme is reliant on a functional healthcare
system. Within this system of care, healthcare professionals, including audiologists, can only …