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Table 1 Distribution of hearing professionals in Cameroon by administrative region

From: Approach and solutions to congenital hearing impairment in Cameroon: perspective of hearing professionals

Region

ENTs

ENT nurse

HCP

ST

 

N = 89 (%)

N = 32 (%)

N = 10 (%)

N = 3 (%)

Center

43 (48.3)

11 (34.4)

4 (40)

2 (66.7)

Littoral

28 (31.6)

18 (56.2)

6 (60)

1 (33.3)

South-West

3 (3.4)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

North-West

3 (3.4)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

West

3 (3.4)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

South

2 (2.2)

2 (6.3)

0 (0)

0 (0)

East

2 (2.2)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

North

2 (2.2)

1 (3.1)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Adamawa

2 (2.2)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Far North

1 (1.1)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

  1. ENTs ear–nose–throat specialist, HCP hearing care professional, ST speech therapist