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10/13/2017  |   12:45 PM - 1:45 PM   |  East Ballroom at Shalala Student Services Building

SUPPORTING FAMILES OF YOUNG CHILDREN WITH HEARING LOSS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES – BEST PRACTICE ACCOMMODATION STRATEGIES

Evidence indicates that ninety-five percent (95%) of children with hearing loss have hearing parents who have no previous experiences of hearing loss and its management. These parents may therefore encounter numerous formidable obstacles in raising their children with hearing loss. Consequently, effective audiological services must include programmes and services aimed as supporting families of children with hearing loss to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to support the optimum development of their children. The challenges encountered by hearing families with young children with hearing loss will be discussed. The implications of these and strategies professionals can utilise to effectively support these families will be examined.

• Understanding challenges of families of young children with hearing loss in developing countries
• Professional approaches to supporting families
• Challenges in Developing of audiological services in developing countries.

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Dr. C. Jonah Eleweke (POC,Primary Presenter,Co-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 (Co-Presenter), 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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