Barriers to Establishing Hearing Services

 

Cultural views of hearing impairment and disability will affect the importance the community and government place on treatment and rehabilitation programs. Attitudes toward deafness and hearing impairment are influenced by the socio-economic conditions, lack of understanding about the nature of the disability and beliefs about the origin of the disability.

Other contributing factors include political barriers, lack of trained personnel, inadequate health education, insufficient research on communication disorders in developing countries and a lack of local and culturally valid assessment procedures.