Over the past few decades, there has been an increasing shift toward emphasizing the
importance of the child's family taking an active role in the habilitation process through family …

Babies born with a congenital sensorineural hearing impairment or acquire early-onset
permanent bilateral hearing impairment are at risk for delayed speech and language …

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

Background Integrating teaching and learning activities around the selected themes was
acknowledged as an effective way to manage learning in the Early Childhood Care and …

According to the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA, 2018), early
intervention services following diagnosis of a hearing impairment must be family-centred …

BACKGROUND: Children with hearing impairment may be at risk of not achieving the
necessary school readiness because of the link between hearing impairment and academic …

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 …

ABSTRACT Progress of Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) services within the
South African context lags behind that made by high-income countries internationally …

Background The concept of school readiness is well-defined internationally. However, it is
unclear how the concept is defined and used in South Africa or understood by preschool …

Background A global move towards inclusivity has made inclusive education (IE) a
necessity. The education of the learner with hearing loss (HL) in an IE setting remains …