The Validation of Te Whakamātautau Whakarongo o Aotearoa: The Te Reo Māori Digit Triplet Test
| dc.contributor.author | Neame, Tanya | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-08-02T03:45:07Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-08-02T03:45:07Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Māori are disproportionately affected by hearing loss and have a greater unmet need for hearing intervention, indicating inequality in hearing health for Māori. This inequality is seen across the health sector and has been associated with multiple factors including a failure of the Crown to meet their Treaty obligation to provide equitable health services for Māori. In 2021, the Waitangi Tribunal made several recommendations to address this inequality including the incorporation of culturally appropriate Kaupapa Māori services in health. This thesis outlines the successful validation of Te Whakamātautau Whakarongo o Aotearoa: the Te Reo Māori digit triplet test (TRMDTT), a contribution to Kaupapa hearing services for Māori. The use of antiphasic stimulus to improve the tests sensitivity and specificity, as demonstrated by De Sousa et al. (2020) was also investigated, and while and improvement in sensitivity was seen, there was no corresponding improvement in specificity. When I started this research, I had only just begun discovering my whakapapa, and the validation of the TRMDTT became a very personal journey for me. One in which I navigated from the safety of te ao Pākehā (the Pākehā world), where I have spent most of my life, to te ao Māori (the Māori world), the unfamiliar. A major concern was how I would create connection with Māori participants. In this, I saw a window of opportunity, and scope to weave in notions of Whanaungatanga: the process of indigenous connection alongside the validation of the TRMDTT. I conducted wānanga (interviews) with Māori audiologist and clinical educators to see how they established whakawhanaungatanga in their own work. During my testing, I implemented their methods and reflected on their effectiveness by journaling about my experience. This added a qualitative layer of research to support more explicit methods of creating whanaungatanga between myself and Māori clients. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10092/107415 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.26021/15456 | |
| dc.language | English | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.rights | All Rights Reserved | |
| dc.rights.uri | https://canterbury.libguides.com/rights/theses | |
| dc.title | The Validation of Te Whakamātautau Whakarongo o Aotearoa: The Te Reo Māori Digit Triplet Test | |
| dc.type | Theses / Dissertations | |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Audiology | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | University of Canterbury | |
| thesis.degree.level | Masters | |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Audiology | |
| uc.bibnumber | in1362049 | |
| uc.college | Faculty of Science | en |