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Role players must work closer together in 2024
In 2024, role players must work closer together to establish a more accurate definition of disability. This will hopefully lead to more reliable information about the actual incidence of disability in South Africa. Why is a national disability prevalence rate of 7.5% in South Africa, for example,...
Hearing Loss is an Invisible Impairment
Just because you have an invisible impairment does not mean you’re not good at your job or that you may not be entitled to reasonable accommodation. Many employees with invisible impairments are confused about when they should disclose their impairment at work; they are afraid to tell their...
Prevalence of hearing loss in SA
What all stake holders in SA should know: 12 million people in South Africa may be affected by hearing loss, as hearing loss affects 20% of the Global Population. (Figure 1.5 World Report on Hearing). The majority of these (14,9%) have a mild hearing loss (8,94 million people in SA). 5.1%...
The Stigmatism of Hearing Loss
The over-emphasis on the size and discreet positioning of hearing aids may contribute to the stigmatisation of hearing loss. It is worrying that many people with hearing loss are suffering unnecessarily due to the stigma attached to hearing loss. The stigma is aided by advertisers, the general...
Access to Primary Health Care Facilities for Persons with Hearing Loss
Here are some guidelines and background information that can be kept in mind by hearing impaired or deaf persons, as well as health professionals at primary healthcare facilities, in times of screening, testing and possible hospitalization: Hearing Impaired or deaf persons refers to persons with...
Communication Challenges & COVID-19
The most complaints that we at the National Council of and for Persons with Disabilities have received over these past few weeks is the frustration of hearing impaired or deaf persons not being able to communicate, as the face masks make it impossible to read lips, it muffles the sound, and the...