Investigation of practices to support the complex communication needs of children with hearing impairment and cerebral palsy in a rural district of Kenya: a case series

Karen Bunning; Joseph K Gona; Susan Buell; Charles R Newton; Sally Hartley

doi:10.1111/1460-6984.12042

Investigation of practices to support the complex communication needs of children with hearing impairment and cerebral palsy in a rural district of Kenya: a case series

Karen Bunning, Joseph K Gona, Susan Buell, Charles R Newton, Sally Hartley

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Abstract

Rehabilitation services are scarce in low-income countries, where under-representation of some specialist professions has led to the role extension of others. An example of this can be found in Kilifi in Kenya where the role of speech and language therapy has been taken on by occupational therapists and teachers.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	689-702
Number of pages	14
Journal	International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders
Volume	48
Issue number	6
Early online date	1 Aug 2013
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.12042
Publication status	Published - 2013

Keywords

communication; rehabilitation; developing country; interactional discourse

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