Browsing Theses and Dissertations (Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology) by Supervisor "De Sousa, Karina"

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Improving the time-efficiency and reliability of the digits-in-noise hearing screening test : a comparison of four procedures

Dambha, Tasneem (University of Pretoria, 2021)

Recently, researchers have attempted to increase the time efficiency of the smartphone DIN test by decreasing the number of presentations of the DIN. One suggestion was to use a variable step size based on the correctness ...
Maturation of speech-in-noise performance in children using binaural diotic and antiphasic digits-in-noise testing

Wolmarans, Jenique (University of Pretoria, 2019)

Digits-in-noise (DIN) tests have become very popular over the past 15 years for hearing loss detection. Several recent studies have highlighted the potential utility of digits-in-noise (DIN) as a school-aged hearing test. ...
The use of mHealth tools in the evaluation of hearing and vision in adults with diabetes

Fredericks, Lauren (University of Pretoria, 2023)

Possible links between diabetes-associated hearing loss (HL) and visual impairment (VI) have been identified in literature. Adults with diabetes are twice as likely to acquire HL and/or VI, compared to adults without ...

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