2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH
10/26/2019 | 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM | Effectiveness of a clinic-based newborn hearing screening programme in rural South Africa: Parental perspectives | Ventana Ballroom C
Effectiveness of a clinic-based newborn hearing screening programme in rural South Africa: Parental perspectives
Newborn hearing screening (NHS) has been successfully implemented in developed countries such as the United States of America and the United Kingdom. This is however not the case in developing countries such as South Africa. The challenges that hamper the implementation of such programmes include lack of suitably trained personnel, financial resources for staff and equipment, institutional support and political will. The lack of NHS programmes in South Africa has resulted in the late detection of hearing loss in infants and children and subsequently delayed intervention. To address the lack of NHS, a rural clinic-based NHS programme was implemented in July 2014 at three primary health care (PHC) clinics in the Limpopo Province. The main aim of the study was to describe the parental/caregiver perspectives regarding the effectiveness of this rural clinic-based NHS programme. The effectiveness of the programme was also evaluated in terms of meeting national (HPCSA, 2007) and international (JCIH, 2007) benchmarks.
A retrospective review of 2 302 audiological records of babies who underwent NHS over a 12-month period was conducted. Concurrently, semi-structured interviews with 18 parents of infants who underwent hearing screening as part of the programme were conducted to explore the parental perspectives regarding the programme.
The results of the retrospective record review will be presented and the parental perspectives on the NHS programme explored.
- The purpose of this session is to describe the effectiveness of a rural clinic-based newborn hearing screening programme
- The purpose of this session is to describe the parental perspectives of a rural clinic-based newborn hearing screening programme
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Karin Joubert
(), Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, University of the Witwatersrand, Karin.Joubert@wits.ac.za;
Dr. Karin Joubert is a Senior Lecturer at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. She is also the Programme Manager of the Ndlovu Wits Audiology Clinic and Outreach Programme in the Limpopo province of South Africa. She has a special interest in Humanitarian Audiology, Early Hearing Detection and Intervention and community based rehabilitation.
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Khomotjo Kgare
(), Private Practice, Karin.joubert@gmail.com;
Khomotjo Kgare is a clinical tutor at the Sefako Makgato University, South AFrica
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