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Editorial

EHDI Africa:Advocating for infants with hearing loss in Africa

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Pages S1-S2 | Received 12 Jun 2008, Published online: 07 Jul 2009
 

Abstract

Children with hearing loss who happen to reside in Africa deserve the chance to develop according to their potential as much as their peers living in more affluent regions. This leaves a moral obligation to pursue ways of initiating, developing,and growing early hearing detection and intervention services in Africa. For these reasons, the first EHDI Africa international conference was held in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 2007 (13–14 August). The theme was ‘Building bridges in Africa: Early childhood development for children with hearing loss’. This special issue contains several reports from the EHDI Africa conference.

Abbreviations
EHDI=

Early hearing detection and intervention

Abbreviations
EHDI=

Early hearing detection and intervention

Los niños hipoacúsicos que viven en África merecen la oportunidad de desarrollarse de acuerdo con su potencial, tanto como sus iguales en otras regiones más prósperas. Esto nos deja con la obligación moral de buscar formas de iniciar, desarrollar y hacer crecer servicios de intervención y detección auditiva en África. La Conferencia Internacional sobre EHDI en África tuvo lugar en Johannesburg, Sudáfrica, en el 2007 (Agosto 13–14). El tema fue “Construyendo puentes en África: Desarrollo infantil temprano en niños con trastornos auditivos”. Esta edición especial contiene varios reportes de la conferencia EHDI de África.

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