Van Bruggen, Sanchia; Bennett, Rebecca Jane; Manchaiah, Vinaya; Biagio-de Jager, Leigh; Swanepoel, De Wet(American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2024-06)
PURPOSE :
The aim of this study was to examine the hearing health care experience of satisfied and dissatisfied consumers as reported on Google reviews.
METHOD :
Using qualitative thematic analysis, open-text responses ...
Swanepoel, De Wet; Manchaiah, Vinaya(Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2024-07)
As Thembi, a 6-year-old female in a remote village, steps into school for the first time, her excitement is overshadowed by an invisible barrier. Struggling to follow lessons and interact with peers, her symptoms of hearing ...
Swanepoel, De Wet; Manchaiah, Vinaya; Hall, James Wilbur; Beukes, Eldre W.(Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2024-02)
In recent times, teleaudiology has emerged as a critical
field in audiology, gaining unprecedented momentum
due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As the world faced
these unique challenges, the audiology profession experienced ...
Cao, Zuwei; Chen, Feifan; Grais, Emad M.; Yue, Fengjuan; Cai, Yuexin; Swanepoel, De Wet; Zhao, Fei(Wiley, 2023-04)
OBJECTIVE : To systematically evaluate the development of Machine Learning (ML) models and compare their diagnostic
accuracy for the classification of Middle Ear Disorders (MED) using Tympanic Membrane (TM) images.
METHODS ...
Liebenberg, Petria; Van der Linde, Jeannie; Schimper, Isabella; De Wet, Febe; Graham, Marien Alet; Bornman, Juan, 1968-(American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2023-04)
PURPOSE : Language sample analysis is widely regarded as the gold standard of
language assessment. However, the uncertainty regarding the optimal length of
sample and the limited availability of developmental language ...
Hammann, Amy; Pillay, Bhavani S.; Graham, Marien Alet; Van der Linde, Jeannie(Karger, 2024-04)
INTRODUCTION : Bilinguals constitute a significant portion of speech-language pathologists’ (SLPs) caseloads. Insight into the cross-linguistic effect on voice is needed to guide SLPs to make linguistically appropriate ...
Knoetze, Megan Clarissa; Manchaiah, Vinaya; De Sousa, K.C. (Karina); Moore, David R.; Swanepoel, De Wet(American Medical Association, 2024)
KEY POINTS :
QUESTION - Can self-fitting strategies—self-adjustment and in situ audiometry—provide similar outcomes for adults with self-perceived mild to moderate hearing difficulties using self-fitting over-the-counter ...
In both clinical practice and the literature, parent reports and poor speech recognition in noise performance are commonly associated with listening difficulty (LiD). However, the relationship between these reports and ...
Mauritius does not have community health
workers trained in identifying risk factors for hearing loss
or in referring patients for diagnostic testing. It is crucial
to gather information about the knowledge of and ...
The aim of the present study was to investigate adverse effects of head injury, neck
trauma, and chronic noise exposure on the complaint profile in people with Ménière’s disease (MD).
The study used a retrospective design. ...
The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between an American English Digits in Noise (DIN) test and commonly used audiological measures to evaluate the DIN test’s ability to detect hearing loss and validate ...
Richardson, Brittany Paige(University of Pretoria, 2019)
Access to appropriate information can result in improved health and development outcomes for children. Providing information about health and developmental care via mobile devices (mHealth) can serve not only as curative ...
De Beer (nèe van Eck), Carmen Cornelia(University of Pretoria, 2019-11)
Background: Effective Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) transmission prevention strategies have led to a growing population of vulnerable HIV-exposed (HE) infants in sub-Saharan Africa, however uncertainty exists in ...
Schönborn, Danielle(University of Pretoria, 2019-11)
A digits-in-noise test was launched as the smartphone hearing screening of South Africa (hearZA™) in 2016. This study investigated characteristics, help-seeking behaviour, and follow-up actions of individuals who failed ...
Purpose:
To compare LS CE-Chirp and click evoked neuro-diagnostic auditory brainstem responses (ABR) for the purpose of determining the preferable stimulus for assessment. This is necessary for the improvement of neural ...
Background: Early identification of stroke-related oropharyngeal dysphagia (OPD) using screening by nurses can prevent adverse patient outcomes in lower-middle-income countries (LMICs). Nurses are essential in the OPD ...
BACKGROUND
There is a limited amount of literature on the feeding characteristics and nature of possible feeding
difficulties of infants in a primary health care (PHC) in South Africa.
OBJECTIVE
To describe feeding ...
Fu, Xinxing; Eikelboom, Robert H.; Tian, Rong; Liu, Bo; Wang, Shuo; Jayakody, D.M.P.(Oxford University Press, 2023-02)
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES : Substantial evidence supports the association between untreated hearing loss, cognitive decline, and dementia
in the non-tonal language-speaking population. Whether a similar association between ...
Balton, Sadna; Pillay, Mershen; Armien, Rizqa; Vallabhjee, Annika L.; Muller, Elani; Heywood, Mark J.; Van der Linde, Jeannie(AOSIS, 2024-01)
BACKGROUND: In South Africa, the sharp rise in people with severe illness because of coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) in early 2020, meant that health systems needed to adapt services
and operations, including ...
Maasz, Johan Jacobus; Van der Riet, Sonika; Henriët, Marinique; Britz, Leanet; Graham, Marien Alet; Du Toit, Maria Neethling; Van der Linde, Jeannie(Sage, 2024)
Preachers are professional voice users (PVUs) who regularly experience high vocal demands, often leading to vocal difficulties or disorders. Research has established that this often occurs due to a lack of sufficient ...