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10/27/2019  |   10:00 AM - 11:00 AM   |  Ventana Ballroom B

Capacity Building for Teachers of Children with Hearing Impairment Low-resources Settings: A Starkey Hearing Foundation Community-based Model.

Education, as a basic human right, is potential for human development (UNESCO, 2005). In addition, SDG 4 emphasis on inclusive education for all, including those with disabilities. For, this goal to be achieved, capacity building for teachers, especially those who teach children with various impairment is vital. This paper focuses on the role of Starkey Hearing Foundation (SHF)-a US-based non-government organisation), as a partner in a program on capacity building of teachers of children with hearing impairment in Kenya. The SHF community-based model is simple, sustainable, and scalable (Larsen et al, 2016). The participants were purposively sampled from teachers who are involved in Starkey Hearing Foundation programs. 6 teachers were sampled from 3 different schools namely: Kerugoya School for the Deaf, Humble Hearts, and Martin Luther. These schools were selected to participate in a Starkey Hearing Foundation Phase 4 pilot project (2015-2016). The inclusion criteria was willingness to incorporate speech into their classrooms and incorporate the use of hearing aids. Google forms and phone interviews were used to collect data. The results show that, teachers’ capacity building has promoted education for children with hearing impairment in the classroom. Also, SHF use of local speech therapists, to facilitate basic speech training for these teachers as had a positive impact in learners’ usage of verbal communication after being fitted with hearing aids. In addition, we can conclude that training teachers through community-based model approaches improves their pedagogical skills in classroom.

• To improve teacher's pedagogical skills through community-based model approaches.
• To facilitate basic speech training of teachers for learners with hearing impairment in low resources countires.

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Karia Mathew (POC,Primary Presenter), Kenyatta University, karia.mathew@ku.ac.ke;
Dr. Mathew Kinyua Karia (PhD)is a Lecturer in the Department of Early Childhood & Special Needs Education-Kenyatta University (Nairobi-Kenya). He teaches in the area of Speech and Language Pathology. He is also working in various Kenyan hospitals as a consultant speech therapist. Dr. Karia holds a Doctor of Philosophy (Neurolinguistics & Phonetics) from Cologne University (Germany), M.A (Linguistics) from Kenyatta University (Kenya), and B.Ed (Arts) from Kenyatta University.

ASHA DISCLOSURE: Financial - No relevant financial relationship exists. Nonfinancial - No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.

AAA DISCLOSURE: Financial - No relevant financial relationship exists.

Luqman Lawal (Co-Presenter), Starkey Hearing Foundation/ University of Minnesota SPH, Luqman_Lawal@starkeyfoundation.org;
Luqman Lawal MD, MPH is a Public health Physician who serves as the Director of Global health and Research at the Starkey Hearing Foundation.

ASHA DISCLOSURE: Financial - No relevant financial relationship exists. Nonfinancial - No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.

AAA DISCLOSURE: Financial - No relevant financial relationship exists.