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10/13/2017  |   1:45 PM - 2:45 PM   |  East Ballroom at Shalala Student Services Building

The Need for National-wide Hearing Screening Programs in Nigeria and other Developing Countries.

This paper makes the case for the establishment and implementation of policies on mandatory hearing screen for newborns and young children in Nigeria and other developing countries. This could make it possible for those with hearing loss to be identified and services initiated to enhance the optimum development of their language, cognitive, social, emotional, and educational abilities. The strategies that could be utilized the achieve this goal are discussed.

  • Status of hearing screening in developing countries
  • The challenges and consequences of lack of screening programs
  • Discuss implications for strategies that could facilitate implementation of national-wide screen programs in Nigeria and other developing countries.

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Dr. C. Jonah Eleweke (POC,Primary Presenter), Portland State University, cjeleweke@gmail.com;
A graduate of the well-known University of Manchester, UK Audiology and Deaf Education Program, Dr. Eleweke has strong passion on issues affecting the provision of services to families of young children with hearing loss. He has numerous publications in reputable Journals in the field on these issues.

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Dr. Wahab Owolawi (Author), deleowolawi@yahoo.com, wowolawi@ksu.edu.sa;
A graduate of the Audiology Program of the University of Manchester, England, Dr. Owolawi has extensive experiences working in the areas of noise-induced hearing loss, early detection of hearing loss in children, simulated hearing loss, and aural (re)habilitation. He has vast teaching, clinical, and research experiences from working in Universities in Nigeria, South Africa, Ghana, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He has attended numerous professional conferences in these areas and published in many reputable peer-reviewed journals in the field.
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