The South African Sign Language is offered as a school subject from pre-school until the final year of high school since 2015.
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Schools and universities are embracing and promoting the use and teaching of South African Sign Language but more still needs to be done.
Deaf students learning sign language at a special school
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Most indigenous signed languages in Africa today are marginalised, dominated and suppressed by foreign signed languages.
Preventive strategies are the best methods of managing hearing impairment.
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Unidentified or late identified hearing impairment has significant implications for the speech-language, cognitive and scholastic development of the child.
A community health worker screening a child’s hearing in Cape Town.
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mHealth supported service-delivery systems can provide increased access to hearing and vision services for preschool children in poor communities.
Manufacturing sites are high noise working areas.
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Measures to control or reduce workplace noise exposure are critical to reducing hearing loss in workers.
A cellphone based hearing test could be helpful in developing countries where screenings are needed.
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In most developing countries hearing services are not available at primary healthcare clinics and those who need it the most are not screened for hearing loss.
Kenyan Sign Language bridges the communication gap between the deaf and hearing.
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Effective communication in sign language between health workers and deaf patients enhances the provision of safe and effective health care.
Nyeleti Nokwazi Nkwinika acknowledges the applause after graduating with her Masters degree.
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This Masters degree sets a precedent in South Africa and gives universities that want to be truly inclusive a lot to think about.