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10/25/2016  |   9:45 AM - 11:00 AM   |  BGPOP Building 4A/B/C

Training Teachers and Parents on Verbal Communication among Children with Hearing Impairment: Preliminary Results From Schools in Kenya & The Philippines

Purpose We sought to assess the outcome of training parents and teachers on verbal communication with children that have hearing impairment in selected schools in Kenya. Methods Four schools with 100 students; aged 5- 18 years were selected for the pilot. Teachers and parents were trained on the use of verbal communication with children with hearing impairment. We utilized a pre-post design and used validated questionnaires for data collection. Results The proportion of parents that responded that their children could respond to environmental sounds significantly increased from 15.6% (95% CI 6.7, 24.5), to 87.5% (95% C.I 79.4, 95.6) (p< 0.05). A significant increase in the proportion of those that responded their children could vocalize was observed: 17.2% (C.I 7.9, 26.4), to 87.5% (C.I 79.4, 95.6) (P<0.05). Furthermore, 90.6% (95% C.I 83.5, 97.8) (P<0.05) of parents perceived their children could talk more post-intervention. Approximately 50% of the teachers also observed much increase in the vocalization of the students. Conclusions Result suggests a perception of increased environmental sounds awareness, vocalization and increased/improved speech due to the intervention. However, this result cannot demonstrate the long-term impact of the intervention on the quality of lives of the participants.

  • Knowledge and skills to design community-based support programs for children with hearing impairment in low resource settings
  • Knowledge and skills to formulate policies that support total communication skills in schools for the hearing impaired
  • Knowledge and skills to integrate community-based programs into existing governmental infrastructure

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Luqman Lawal (POC,Primary Presenter,Author), 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.
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Chalese Buttars (Co-Author), Starkey Hearing Foundation, chalese.buttars@yahoo.com;
Chalese Butters has been with the Starkey Hearing Foundation for 2 years where she has spearheaded work with schools and families of children with hearing loss. Her goals include improving the communication skills and speech and language skills of children with hearing loss in developing countries. Chalese has also worked at Peak ENT Associates in Provo, UT.
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Financial - No relevant financial relationship exists.

Chalese Buttars (Co-Presenter,Co-Author), Starkey Hearing Foundation, chalese_buttars@starkeyfoundation.org;
Chalese serves as the Mission Audiologist for the Starkey Hearing Foundation
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      AAA DISCLOSURE:

Financial - No relevant financial relationship exists.