Deaf Education in the Global South

Speech therapy

Speech therapy services are limited in the Global South and services specific to the needs of deaf children are extremely limited. These links reflect speech therapy provision in general.

Communication rehabilitation in sub-Saharan Africa: The role of speech and language therapists

Online news article - Interview with Justin Dabire, a certified speech pathologist based in Burkina Faso, West Africa

International Community Project: The Importance of Speech, Language and Communication to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: A Summary of Evidence.

Disability and Global South (2018) journal article  -  Services for people with Communication Disabilities in Uganda: supporting a new Speech and Language Therapy profession.  

2020 Open Access journal Detailed article on South African Audiologists and Speech Therapists that details the remit of this workforce in South Africa, the supply versus demand for the role and possible directions of change, in order to inform policymaking.

Lipreading practice resource (UK based)