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

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To describe the rehabilitation services available for communication disorders in Sri Lanka and to estimate the adequacy of the services in provinces and districts of the country.

Setting

The study considered government and private institutions, which provide rehabilitation services for communication disorders in Sri Lanka.

Participants

Institutions providing services of speech-language pathologists, audiologists and audiology technicians in Sri Lanka.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

We investigated the number of government hospitals and private institutions, which provide speech-language pathology and audiology services in Sri Lanka as the primary outcome measure. A number of speech-language pathologists, audiologists and audiology technicians

SUBMITTER: Caldera AV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10106016 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature