非洲早期听力诊断与干预：为非洲听力损失婴儿发声。

EHDI Africa: advocating for infants with hearing loss in Africa.

作者信息

Swanepoel DeWet, Störbeck Claudine

机构信息

Department of Communication Pathology, University of Pretoria, South Africa.

出版信息

Int J Audiol. 2008;47 Suppl 1:S1-2. doi: 10.1080/14992020802300912.

DOI:10.1080/14992020802300912

PMID:18781507

Abstract

Children with hearing loss who happen to reside in Africa deserve the chance to develop according to their potential as much as their peers living in more affluent regions. This leaves a moral obligation to pursue ways of initiating, developing,and growing early hearing detection and intervention services in Africa. For these reasons, the first EHDI Africa international conference was held in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 2007 (13-14 August). The theme was 'Building bridges in Africa: Early childhood development for children with hearing loss'. This special issue contains several reports from the EHDI Africa conference.

摘要

碰巧居住在非洲的听力损失儿童理应拥有与生活在更富裕地区的同龄人一样，根据自身潜力成长发展的机会。这使得我们负有道德义务，去探寻在非洲启动、发展和扩大早期听力检测与干预服务的方法。基于这些原因，第一届非洲早期听力检测与干预国际会议于2007年8月13日至14日在南非约翰内斯堡举行。会议主题为“在非洲架起桥梁：听力损失儿童的幼儿发展”。本期特刊收录了几篇来自非洲早期听力检测与干预会议的报告。