Availability of rehabilitation services for communication disorders in Sri Lanka: a cross-sectional survey.

A V CalderaAnanda Rajitha WickremasingheT U MunasingheK M N PereraNimisha MuttiahD TilakarathneM K R R PeirisE ThamilchelvanChamilka SooriyaarachchiMohamed Naseem NasmaR M ManamperigeA D K AriyasenaSamanmali P Sumanasena

Published in: BMJ open (2023)

The number of specialist speech and language therapists and audiologists is not sufficient to provide adequate rehabilitation services for communications disorder for the Sri Lankan population. Not recruiting audiologists to the government sector affects the management of hearing impairment in the affected.

Keyphrases

healthcare
primary care
mental health
hearing loss
palliative care
autism spectrum disorder
affordable care act
health insurance