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Combined Screening of Early Childhood Development, Hearing and Vision by Community Health Workers Using mHealth Tools in a Low-Income Community
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Fuchs, Kirsty; van der Linde, Jeannie; Eccles, Renata; Swanepoel, De Wet; Graham, Marien Alet; du Toit, Maria – Early Child Development and Care, 2023
Children in low-income communities are at risk for developmental delays and sensory losses. mHealth screening tools enable community health workers to detect developmental delays and sensory losses. This study aims to describe a combined (developmental and sensory -- hearing and vision) mHealth-supported screening programme conducted by community…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Screening Tests, Auditory Tests, Vision Tests
Failure to Detect Deaf-Blindness in a Population of People with Intellectual Disability
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Fellinger, J.; Holzinger, D.; Dirmhirn, A.; van Dijk, J.; Goldberg, D. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2009
Background: Early identification of deaf-blindness is essential to ensure appropriate management. Previous studies indicate that deaf-blindness is often missed. We aim to discover the extent to which deaf-blindness in people with intellectual disability (ID) is undiagnosed. Method: A survey was made of the 253 residents of an institute offering…
Descriptors: Blindness, Mental Retardation, Vision Tests, Deafness