Paediatric diagnostic audiology testing in South Africa

Moodley, Selvarani

doi:10.1016/j.ijporl.2015.12.015

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“…This approach involves providing resource units and special classes for children with disabilities in mainstream schools. The integration approach enables children with disabilities to socialise with other children thereby reducing stigma and isolation (Moodley, 2016). However, such schools might fail to accommodate the learning needs of some children with disabilities, especially in rural settings.…”

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Interventions to reduce the exclusion of children with disabilities from education: A Zimbabwean perspective from the field

Dube

Ncube

Mapuvire³

et al. 2021

Cogent Social Sciences

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Access to education is a fundamental human right. However, children with disabilities in most African countries (including Zimbabwe) are often excluded and marginalized. They persistently face barriers to the enjoyment of their basic human rights and inclusion in education. This paper sought to examine some interventions being employed by stakeholders to enhance the inclusion of children with disabilities in schools. The study covered five districts in Zimbabwe using a mixed-methods design. Study findings revealed that in most communities, definitions and interpretations of disability reflected various myths, fears, suspicions and misconceptions. Consequently, negative attitudes and stereotypes towards people with disabilities hinder their access to quality education. Children with disabilities were supported by central government and non-governmental organisations in accessing education. Current support mechanisms included construction of infrastructure, provision of assistive devices, provision of innovative boarding facilities, payment of school fees, psychosocial and medical related support. We

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Section: Support Through Boarding School Modelsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Interventions to reduce the exclusion of children with disabilities from education: A Zimbabwean perspective from the field

Dube

Ncube

Mapuvire³

et al. 2021

Cogent Social Sciences

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“…The next study relied on a prediction technique to classify infants at risk of a language-based learning disorder and a support vector machine (SVM) for classification [146]. The last two articles relied on different techniques, such as biomarkers for assessing Duchenne muscular dystrophy [147] and Paediatric diagnostic audiology testing [148].…”

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“…The most important ones are meant for medical related means, such as clinical decisions [213], supporting strategies [105], [229], early control of children behavior [160], emotions [5], early diagnosis [28], education settings [21], [109], [111], [153], [212], promoting positive practices [159] and maintaining future health [25], [156]. Others were highly encouraged by the possibility of early intervention for risk prevention and control in disease-related [43], [124], [144], [161], [162], [185], [188], [189] and non-disease-related cases that also covers child-related cases, such as disorders [8], [12], [103], injuries [210], maltreatment [194], [196], hearing loss [148] and development delays [128] or parent related such as preterm birth [133] and pregnancy risks [137].…”

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“…We found that most studies on early childhood came from 37 countries, as seen in Figure 12, (n = 127/233) studies, and more than half were conducted in the Unites States alone [1], [4,] [5], France has (n = 3/233) studies [56], [98], [140], Japan has (n = 3/233) studies [79], [208], [216], and South Korea has (n = 3/233) studies [2], [128], [207]. The next group includes countries with two studies each; we start with Norway [51], [94], Italy [39], [203], Belgium [101], [111], Colombia [26], [30], South Africa [148], [205], Turkey [20], [169], Uganda [185], [190], Tanzania [191], [192] and Switzerland [159], [167]. The countries of the authors of two articles were unknown, but they were tagged with equal contribution [168], [197].…”

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A Review of Data Analysis for Early-Childhood Period: Taxonomy, Motivations, Challenges, Recommendation, and Methodological Aspects

Alamoodi

Zaidan

et al. 2019

IEEE Access

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Early childhood is a significant period when transitions take place in children. This period is a hot topic among researchers who pursue this domain across different scientific disciplines. Many studies addressed social, scientific, medical, and technical topics during early childhood. Researchers also utilized different analysis measures to conduct experiments on the different types of data related to the early childhood to produce research articles. This paper aims to review and analyze the literature related to early childhood in addition to the data analyses and the types of data used. The factors that were considered to boost the understanding of contextual aspects in the published studies related to early childhood were considered as open challenges, motivations, and recommendations of researchers who aimed to advance the study in this area of science. We systematically searched articles on topics related to early childhood, the data analysis approaches used, and the types of data applied. The search was conducted on five major databases, namely, ScienceDirect, Scopus, Web of Science, IEEE Xplore, and PubMed from 2013 to September 2017. These indices were considered sufficiently extensive and reliable to cover our field of the literature. Articles were selected on the basis of our inclusion and exclusion criteria (n = 233). The first portion of studies (n = 103/233) focused on the different aspects related to the development of children in early age. They discussed different topics, such as the body growth development of children, psychology, skills, and other related topics that overlap between two or more of the previous topics or do not fall into any of the categories but are still under development. The second portion of studies (n = 107/233) focused on different aspects associated with health in early childhood. A number of topics were discussed in this regard, such as those related to family health, medical procedures, interventions, and risk that address the health-related aspects, in addition to other related topics that overlap between two or more of the previous topics or do not fall into any of the categories but are still under health. The remaining studies (n = 23/233) were categorized to the other main category because they overlap between the previous two major categories, namely, development and health, or they do not fall into any of the previous main categories. Early childhood is a sensitive period in every child's life. This period was studied using different means of data analysis and with the aid of different data types to produce different findings from the previous studies. Research areas on early childhood vary, but they are equally significant. This paper emphasizes the current standpoint and opportunities for research in this area and boosts additional efforts toward the understanding of this research field. INDEX TERMS Early-childhood, panel data, longitudinal data, cross-sectional time series data.

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“…The success of the WHO/UNICEF Expanded Program on Immunisation has led to high community acceptance and attendance at these clinics. Although it may be desirable to train the community clinic nurses to include hearing screening in their routine practice (Khan, Joseph, & Adhikari, 2018), it may be preferable for screening to be conducted by dedicated NIHS staff (Friederichs, Swanepoel, & Hall III, 2012 (Ahmad et al, 2011;Alyami, Soer, Swanepoel, & Pottas, 2016;Bevilacqua et al, 2010;Kumar & Mohapatra, 2011;Moodley, 2016;Olusanya, Luxon, et al, 2006b;Suleiman et al, 2014;. It is evident that the main focus of these NIHS programmes is the early identification and intervention of infants with permanent sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL).…”

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Paediatric ear disease and hearing loss in the Solomon Islands

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According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), around 90% of the global burden of hearing loss is found in Low-and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs). It is estimated that 75% of childhood hearing loss in LMICs is preventable. Otitis media (OM) and infectious diseases that may be avoided through immunisations are the leading causes of preventable hearing loss in children. Given the wellknown adverse effects of hearing loss in childhood development, the WHO is leading global efforts to address the burden of hearing loss in children through public health measures. Newborn and Infant Hearing Screening (NIHS) and school-based hearing screening programmes are key strategies that should facilitate early identification and intervention for children with hearing disorders. There is very little in the audiology literature on childhood hearing loss in the Pacific Islands. Yet, this region is estimated to have among the highest global burden of OM and disabling hearing loss. The limited literature indicates that OM begins early in life, and may quickly progress to advanced/chronic stages of disease and potentially fatal complications. Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) and audiology services are virtually non-existent throughout the Pacific Islands, and public health measures such as community ear/hearing screening programmes may be a feasible option until more sophisticated ENT/audiology services become available. The Solomon Islands are a Pacific Island nation that is currently developing the outreach service of the ENT Clinic at the National Referral Hospital in the capital city, Honiara. The present study was developed to assess community engagement and readiness for ear/hearing screening programmes for children, as well as to assess the prevalence of OM and hearing loss among children in Honiara. Should the results of the study indicate that OM and hearing loss are a significant public health issue among children, and that caregivers are supportive of ear/hearing services, the recommendation for routine community-based ear/hearing screening programmes in Honiara will be justified. Parental knowledge and attitudes to childhood hearing loss and hearing services was assessed through semi-structured interviews with 150 parents attending community clinics in Honiara. The highest level of parental knowledge found regarding causes of hearing loss was for OM (94%). Knowledge of routine childhood immunisations (84%) and breast-feeding (76%) as public health measures to reduce/prevent OM were also high. The knowledge of fathers was generally the same or better than that of mothers. Approximately half of participants (56%) agreed that curses may cause childhood hearing loss. There was high parental support for infant hearing screening programmes (96%) and v Publications included in this thesis

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Paediatric diagnostic audiology testing in South Africa

Cited by 6 publications

References 24 publications

Interventions to reduce the exclusion of children with disabilities from education: A Zimbabwean perspective from the field

Interventions to reduce the exclusion of children with disabilities from education: A Zimbabwean perspective from the field

A Review of Data Analysis for Early-Childhood Period: Taxonomy, Motivations, Challenges, Recommendation, and Methodological Aspects

Paediatric ear disease and hearing loss in the Solomon Islands

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