HearInAfrica

General information

Founded by Shannon Kruyt, a South African audiologist and speech/language pathologist, HearInAfrica is an independent centre of audiology excellence which provides conventional face to face audiology services, general audiological guidance and training, as well as a telehealth facility...all under one roof.

HearInAfrica aims to assist in reducing the global burden of hearing loss.

More specifically, HearInAfrica commits to:

- Provide first class, evidence-based and ethical audiology services, support and guidance to individuals and organisations both in the private and public health sector in order to improve the quality of, access to, and sustainability of, audiology services in Africa.
- Serve as an interface for collaboration between key stakeholders and relevant healthcare professionals, academic institutions and organisations involved in reducing the global burden of hearing loss.
- Increase public awareness of the global burden of hearing loss, with a specific focus on the situation in Africa.
- Promote the profession of audiology to students in Africa and assist with trainign.
- Collaborate with academic institutions to increase the amount of research conducted and published on audiology services in Africa.
- Advocate for the implementation of universal best practice guidelines for humanitarian audiology projects.