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A Proposal for Implementing an Educational Audiology Program For Papua New Guinea

Holt, Sally Louise
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1566297702068953

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1975, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Bowling Green State University, Educational Administration and Supervision.
This study questions whether the concept of an educational audiologist, as a resource consultant for hearing handicapped children, as demonstrated in the four year experimental project in the Miami Valley Region of Ohio would be adaptable to the cultural and economic situation of the educational system in Papua New Guinea. The basis of the Ohio study in educational audiology lies in providing services to hearing handicapped children through training and in-service training for the parents, teachers, tutors and speech therapists who work with the children. Papua New Guinea is a developing country which plans to achieve independence in 1975. Among the many processes of preparing for nationhood, the constant improvement of education and medical care services is significant. One problem that touches both education and health delivery systems is the number of hearing impaired children in Papua New Guinea. The role of an educational audiologist is examined in the light of current definitions of educational audiology as found in available literature and as demonstrated in the development of the first program in educational audiology in Ohio, that in the Dayton - Miami Valley Region. Adaptations and changes in that program of educational audiology as the research and demonstration unit progressed and changes and adaptations to the original concept of educational audiology as other programs began in Ohio are examined in the light of which adaptations and changes would be necessary in Papua New Guinea. A description of the proposal for establishing a program of educational audiology in the Madang District of Papua New Guinea identifies possible problems and the adaptations necessary to meet the particular needs of the region. A plan of action for initiating a program of educational audiology in the developing country is laid out together with a description and possible cost of equipment and personnel needed. Particular attention is given to in-service training for regular classroom teachers in the aspects of hearing and language difficulties in children. Practical aspects of the implementation of a program in educational audiology are dealt with, including building rapport in the community, case finding, audiological assessment, rehabilitation, and the training of audiometrists and speech therapists.
Morris J. Weinberger (Advisor)
Audiology

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  • Holt, S. L. (1975). A Proposal for Implementing an Educational Audiology Program For Papua New Guinea [Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1566297702068953

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Holt, Sally. A Proposal for Implementing an Educational Audiology Program For Papua New Guinea. 1975. Bowling Green State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1566297702068953.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Holt, Sally. "A Proposal for Implementing an Educational Audiology Program For Papua New Guinea." Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University, 1975. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1566297702068953

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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