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- Title
Training for hearing care providers.
- Authors
Bhutta, Mahmood F.; Xingkuan Bu; Castellanos de Muñoz, Patricia; Garg, Suneela; Kong, Kelvin
- Abstract
The lack of an appropriately trained global hearing-care workforce is recognized as a barrier to developing and implementing services to treat ear and hearing disorders. In this article we examine some of the published literature on the current global workforce for ear and hearing care. We outline the status of both the primary-care workforce, including community health workers, and specialist services, including audiologists, ear, nose and throat specialists, speech and language therapists, and teachers of the deaf. We discuss models of training health workers in ear and hearing care, including the role of task-sharing and the challenges of training in low and middle-income countries. We structure the article by the components of ear and hearing care that may be delivered in isolation or in integrated models of care: primary care assessment and intervention; screening; hearing tests; hearing rehabilitation; middle-ear surgery; deaf services; and cochlear implant programmes. We highlight important knowledge gaps and areas for future research and reporting.
- Subjects
TREATMENT of hearing disorders; MIDDLE ear surgery; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY perception testing; COCHLEAR implants; DEAFNESS; LABOR supply; MEDICAL equipment calibration; PRIMARY health care; TASK performance; MIDDLE-income countries; LOW-income countries
- Publication
Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2019, Vol 97, Issue 10, p691
- ISSN
0042-9686
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2471/BLT.18.224659