Towards the identification of a contextually-relevant school hearing screening protocol in the Western Cape

This research study stemmed from my experience as a community-based Audiologist in the Mitchell's Plain sub-district in Cape Town, South Africa. During this time, I worked closely with the local school nurses and witnessed first-hand the many challenges that these health workers are faced with. Through my collaborative work with the Mitchell's Plain school health nurses I identified the urgent need for a contextually relevant hearing screening protocol to assist the school nurses in improving the current state of the school-based hearing screening service. I therefore embarked on this research process taking on the role of a 'clinician-researcher' who had prior relationships with the primary research participants i.e. the local school nurses.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Division of Communication Sciences and Disorders

Year dc:date.issued

2011

Author dc:creator

• Cloete, Tracey-Lee

Advisors dc:contributor.advisor

• Kathard, Harsha
• Petersen, Lucretia

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10277

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/10277