Our Audiologist training Mnazi Mmoja Hospital – Zanzibar

Mnazi Mmoja is a 440 bed, government run hospital servicing the main island of Zanzibar. It is located in Stone Town, the island’s capital.

Our consultant audiologist Richard Mwangi was among the foreign doctors who helped them in setting up a newborn hearing screening.

 

Newborn hearing screening can detect possible hearing loss in the first days of a baby’s life. If a possible hearing loss is found, further tests will be done to confirm the results. When hearing loss is confirmed, treatment and early intervention should start as soon as possible. Early intervention refers to programs and services available to babies and their families that help with hearing loss and learning important communication skills.

That is why the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that all babies receive newborn hearing screening before they go home from the hospital.

Jedidah Brooke Wanjiru

Jedidah Brooke Wanjiru
Consultant Speech & Language therapist
Clinical Child Neuropsychologist
Counselling Psychologist

Masters in Speech and Language pathology (KU)
Counselling Psychology (UON)
Clinical Child Neurology (KU)

 

At speech therapy department, we work with patients who have problems with speech. Our patients may be unable to speak at all or they may speak with difficulty or have rhythm and fluency problems, such as stuttering. We also work with those who are unable to understand language or with people who have voice disorders, such as inappropriate pitch or a harsh voice.
We record initial patient evaluations and diagnoses, treatment progress, any changes in a patient’s condition or treatment plan, and, eventually, we complete a final evaluation when the patient finishes the therapy. We specialize in working with children and adults.

Other services at speech therapy department include:-

  • Hearing impaired.
  • Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
  • Speech/Language delay.
  • Specific learning disabilities.
  • Stammering.
  • Voice disorder.
  • Post traumatic stress disorder.
  • Autism/ social interaction difficulties.