Audiologists' perceptions of hearing healthcare resources and services in South Africa's public healthcare system

dc.contributor.authorBhamjee, Aaqilah
dc.contributor.authorLe Roux, Talita
dc.contributor.authorSchlemmer, Kurt
dc.contributor.authorGraham, Marien Alet
dc.contributor.authorMahomed-Asmail, Faheema
dc.contributor.emailfaheema.mahomed@up.ac.zaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-25T11:46:49Z
dc.date.available2023-04-25T11:46:49Z
dc.date.issued2022-11
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND : Hearing loss poses a significant burden globally. Its prevalence is exceptionally high in countries across the African region, where healthcare resources and services remain inaccessible. This study aimed to describe audiologists’ perceptions regarding hearing healthcare resources and services within South Africa’s public healthcare system. METHODS : A national self-developed telephonic survey was conducted with audiologists in public healthcare system hospitals across South Africa, with the final sample comprising 100 audiologists. RESULTS : Most (82%) audiologists indicated that their hospitals did not have adequate hearing healthcare resources to render efficient audiology services to patients. Binaural amplification devices (invasive and non-invasive) for adults with bilateral hearing loss who adhered to the criteria for these devices were perceived to be unavailable in most hospitals. Audiologists also perceived that universal newborn hearing screening services, adult aural rehabilitation services, and follow-up care for all hearing devices post-warranty expiration were limited. CONCLUSION : Efforts should be made to upsurge hearing healthcare resources, including increasing the financial budgets allocated to audiology resources so that increased diagnostic and screening audiology equipment and hearing devices can be procured where required, and additional audiologists can be employed within the South African public sector hospitals where needed.en_US
dc.description.departmentScience, Mathematics and Technology Educationen_US
dc.description.departmentSpeech-Language Pathology and Audiologyen_US
dc.description.librarianhj2023en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipAndrew W Mellon Foundation.en_US
dc.description.urihttps://journals.sagepub.com/home/HISen_US
dc.identifier.citationBhamjee, A., Le Roux, T., Schlemmer, K., Graham, M.A. & Mahomed-Asmail, F. Audiologists’ Perceptions of Hearing Healthcare Resources and Services in South Africa’s Public Healthcare System. Health Services Insights. 2022;15. doi:10.1177/11786329221135424.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1178-6329 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1177/11786329221135424
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/90485
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSageen_US
dc.rights© The Author(s) 2022.This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).en_US
dc.subjectHearing lossen_US
dc.subjectHearing healthcareen_US
dc.subjectHearing resourcesen_US
dc.subjectHearing interventionen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africa (SA)en_US
dc.titleAudiologists' perceptions of hearing healthcare resources and services in South Africa's public healthcare systemen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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