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The ability of adolescents with hearing loss in special schools to access and use academic material in three provinces in South Africa

Marx, Estelle Maria Magdalena; Soer, Maggi E. (Magdalena Elizabeth); Dick, Archie L. (Unisa Press, 2011)

This study aimed to determine the ability of a specific group of adolescents with hearing loss to access and use academic information in order to establish the kind of support that might be required for adolescents with ...
Acquired dysarthria within the context of the Four-Level Framework of speech sensorimotor control

Stipinovich, Alexandra; Van der Merwe, Anita (South African Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2007-08)

The Four-level framework of speech sensorimotor control (van der Merwe, 1997)complicates the traditional view of dysarthria as a purely motor execution disorder. According to this framework, hypokinetic, hyperkinetic and ...
Asynchronous video-otoscopy with a telehealth facilitator

Biagio, Leigh; Swanepoel, De Wet; Adeyemo, Adebolajo; Hall, James W. (James Wilbur), 1948-; Vinck, Bart (Mary Ann Liebert, 2013-04)

OBJECTIVE: The study investigated whether video-otoscopic images taken by a telehealth clinic facilitator are sufficient for accurate asynchronous diagnosis by an otolaryngologist within a heterogeneous population. ...
Audiology in South Africa

Swanepoel, De Wet (Taylor & Francis, 2006-05)

Audiology in South Africa is an established profession facing the challenge of serving a diverse population in predominantly developing contexts. The profession has developed over the last half century from an adjunct to ...
Auditory pathology in cri-du-chat (5p-) syndrome : phenotypic evidence for auditory neuropathy

Swanepoel, De Wet (Blackwell, 2007-10)

Please refer to abstract in article
Auditory processing disorders : training of speech-language therapists and audiologists within the South African context

Khan, Farhana; Campbell, Nicci; Louw, Brenda (South African Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2007-08)

The study examined the nature of the undergraduate curricula for Auditory Processing Disorders (APD)for communication pathologists (speech-language therapists and audiologists) within the South African context. An exploratory ...
Auditory Steady-State Responses for estimating moderate hearing loss

Swanepoel, De Wet; Erasmus, Hettie (Springer, 2007-07)

The Auditory Steady-State Response (ASSR) has gained popularity as an alternative technique for objective audiometry but its use in less severe degrees of hearing loss has been questioned. The aim of this study was to ...
Auditory steady-state responses to bone conduction stimuli in children with hearing loss

Swanepoel, De Wet; Ebrahim, Shamim; Friedland, Peter L.; Swanepoel, Andre; Pottas, Lidia (Elsevier, 2008-12)

OBJECTIVE: The auditory steady-state response (ASSR) to air-conduction (AC) stimuli has been widely incorporated into audiological test-batteries for the pediatric population. The current understanding of ASSR to bone ...
Challenges to preschool teachers in learner's acquisition of English as Language of Learning and Teaching

Du Plessis, Sandra; Louw, Brenda (Education Association of South Africa, 2008-02)

Multilingualism in classrooms is currently prompting debate and has significantly impacted on schooling in South Africa over the last decade. At present South African educators face the challenge of coping with and finding ...
Childhood hearing loss and risk profile in a South African population

Swanepoel, De Wet; Johl, Lorne; Pienaar, Danelle (2013-03)

OBJECTIVE: To describe the nature of hearing loss and associated risk profile in a representative South African population of infants and children diagnosed at a pediatric referral clinic. METHODS: A retrospective review ...
Clinical status of the auditory steady-state response in infants

Swanepoel, De Wet (Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc., 2011)

Pediatric audiology has seen the inclusion of the auditory steady-state response (ASSR) in slinical test batteries as a valuable diagnostic tool. Its unique stimuli, recording and analysis characteristics allow for ...
Communication after mild traumatic brain injury - a spouse's perspective

Crewe-Brown, Samantha Jayne; Stipinovich, Alexandra; Zsilavecz, Ursula Louise (South African Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2011-10)

Individuals with mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) often perform within normal limits on linguistic and cognitive assessments. However, they may present with debilitating communicative difficulties in daily life. A ...
Communication development of a young child with Foetal Retinoid Syndrome : a seven-year follow-up study

Kritzinger, Alta M. (Aletta Margaretha); Steenkamp, Lizanne (South African Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2006)

The aim of the article is to describe the communication development of a child with Foetal Retinoid syndrome (FRS) from six months to seven years of age. Little is known about this rare acquired syndrome and its long-term ...
Continuous versus pulsed pure-tone audiometry in school-aged children

Van Dijk, Catherine-Anne; Osman, Naeema (South African Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2008)

Pure-tone testing is the primary audiological test procedure for the differential diagnosis of hearing loss and hearing disorders in school-aged children. No research is currently available internationally for children’s ...
Development of a music perception test for adult hearing-aid users

Uys, Marinda; Van Dijk, Catherine-Anne (South African Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2011-10)

The purpose of this research was twofold: firstly, to develop a music perception test (MPT) for hearing-aid users, and secondly, to evaluate the influence of non-linear frequency compression (NFC) on music perception with ...
Development of an Afrikaans test for sentence recognition thresholds in noise

Theunissen, Marianne; Hanekom, J.J. (Johannes Jurgens); Swanepoel, De Wet (Routledge, 2011-02)

OBJECTIVE: The development of a valid and reliable Afrikaans test of sentence recognition thresholds in noise. DESIGN: A collection of sentences was developed, rated for naturalness and grammatical complexity, and ...
The development of a neonatal communication intervention tool

Strasheim, Esedra; Kritzinger, Alta M. (Aletta Margaretha); Louw, Brenda (South African Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2011-10)

Neonatal communication intervention is important in South Africa, which has an increased prevalence of infants born with risks for disabilities and where the majority of infants live in poverty. Local literature showed a ...
Development of speech sounds and syllable structure of words in Zulu-speaking children

Naidoo, Yugeshiree; Van der Merwe, Anita; Groenewald, Emily; Naude, Elsie (NISC, 2005)

This study investigated development of speech sounds and syllable structure of words in 18 Zulu-speaking children between the ages of 3.0 and 6.2. A 100-word spontaneous conversational sample was elicited from each subject. ...
Early detection of infant hearing loss in South Africa

Swanepoel, De Wet (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2009-03)

Every day close to 2 000 babies are born with or acquire permanent bilateral hearing loss within the first few weeks of life, and at least 90% of them live in developing countries like South Africa. Infant hearing loss is ...
Early detection of infant hearing loss in the private health care sector of South Africa

Meyer, Miriam Elsa; Swanepoel, De Wet; Le Roux, Talita; Van der Linde, Michael J. (Mike) (Elsevier, 2012-05)

OBJECTIVE : A national survey of early hearing detection services was undertaken to describe the demographics, protocols and performance of early hearing detection, referral, follow-up and data management practices in ...

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