Promoting early language development in the Arab world and Sustainable Development Goals 3, 4, 10 and 17.

Purpose: This commentary describes a multi-national project which addresses gaps in the design and delivery of health and education services in Arabic-speaking countries in relation to early language development, with a focus on Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and the Palestinian Territories. This includes: (1) co-production with early years professionals and NGOs of approaches to support early language development; (2) development and standardisation of tools to identify monolingual and multilingual Arabic-speaking children at risk of poor language development; and (3) examination of language development in refugee communities.

Result: The importance of inter-professional partnership and the inclusion of families in planning support for oral language development is highlighted.

Adaptation of the Arabic versions of the Hearing Handicap Inventory for adults and elderly with permanent sensorineural hearing loss.

To translate the Hearing Handicap Inventory for Adults (HHIA) and Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly (HHIE) into Arabic while ensuring that the reliability and validity are the same as those of the original English versions. Descriptive, cross-sectional study. In total, 115 individuals with hearing impairment and 114 controls with normal hearing completed the Arabic versions of HHIA/HHIE.

Exploring the efficacy of melodic intonation therapy with Broca's aphasia in Arabic.

 Even though the efficacy of melodic intonation therapy (MIT) with persons with aphasia (PWA) has been explored in different languages, the efficacy of MIT with Arabic-speaking PWA has never been explored. Aims: To explore the efficacy of MIT, adapted to Arabic, in promoting the expressive abilities of a 70-year-old Jordanian Arabic-speaking male subject with severe Broca's aphasia 3 months post-onset. Methods: An 8-week MIT therapy programme with tapping (1.