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Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (CAAC): Recent submissions
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(Taylor and Francis, 2022)BACKGROUND : Children with intellectual disabilities are at risk of becoming victims of abuse. However, persons working with this population often lack knowledge on how to interpret signs of abuse. The purpose of this study ...
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(Karger, 2023-01)BACKGROUND : Language sample analysis (LSA) is invaluable to describe and understand child language use and development for clinical purposes and research. Digital tools supporting LSA are available, but many of the LSA ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023)Background: The understanding that the early years in a child’s life are crucial for laying a foundation for development and learning has led to a drive to ensure that all children need to access Early Childhood Development ...
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(Elsevier, 2022-01)It is widely recognised that cross-sector partnerships are key to improve outcomes for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). However, evidence-based strategies fostering these partnerships have ...
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(American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2022-03)PURPOSE : This systematic review aimed to explore the recommended fall risk assessment practices in audiology, identify audiologists' reported practices in fall risk assessment, and recognize the barriers and facilitators ...
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(Taylor and Francis, 2023)Aided language stimulation is an augmented input strategy that facilitates the expressive and receptive language skills of persons who require augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). The aim of this study was to ...
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(Routledge, 2022)BACKGROUND : Friendship is a crucial relationship for young adults with disabilities as it offers practical support and enjoyment, and it is essential to well-being and health. The present study examined the friendships ...
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(University Library System, University of Pittsburgh, 2022-12)South Africa is a low to middle income country (LMIC) with a population of 60 million people. The public health sector serves more than 80% of the population. Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital is a central level ...
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(Taylor and Francis, 2023)PURPOSE : The worldwide Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted inequities faced by persons with complex communication needs (CCN) in accessing health information and education. This study reports on the perspectives of South ...
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(Taylor and Francis, 2024)PURPOSE : This is the second of two papers summarizing studies reporting on the design of electronic graphic symbol-based augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems. The aim of this paper was to describe the ...
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Designing electronic graphic symbol-based AAC systems: a scoping review. Part 1 : System description (Taylor and Francis, 2024)PURPOSE : This is the first of two papers summarizing studies reporting on the design of electronic graphic symbol-based augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems, to determine the state of the field. The ...
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(Taylor and Francis, 2023)BACKGROUND : Participation in society is the cornerstone to living a meaningful, connected, and healthy life. Persons with complex communication needs, however, often have restricted opportunities to participate in everyday ...
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(Taylor and Francis, 2023)PURPOSE : Limited clinical and research evidence is available to support healthcare practitioners in the communication assessment and intervention of persons who are minimally conscious. This study placed a specific focus ...
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(Suid Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, 2023-03)Code-switching is a complex skill that refers to the use of two or more languages by a speaker during one utterance or conversation (Gort, 2012:46; Van Dulm, 2007:1; Myers-Scotton, 2009:239). In South Africa, with its ...
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(American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2022-12)PURPOSE : Falling is a multifactorial condition that can cause severe injury and even death in older adults. Early identification of fall risk factors, as the first step of preventive health care, can assist in reducing ...
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(American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2022-09)PURPOSE : This systematic review aimed to update and explore the extant literature (2011–2020) regarding ethics knowledge in audiology and to compare the findings to an earlier study (2001–2010). METHOD : This systematic ...
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(AOSIS, 2022-12-08)BACKGROUND : Whilst otoacoustic emission (OAE) testing has proved to be valuable in revealing information about cochlear outer hair cell integrity, it does not provide insight into the afferent and efferent pathways once ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022-11)Background: Health professionals working in rehabilitative settings often encounter clients with little or no functional speech (LNFS) who would benefit from Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC), however, their ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)Persons in a minimally conscious state (MCS+) often have fluctuating levels of alertness as well as varying self- and environmental awareness. They inconsistently follow concrete- one-step instructions, show a fluctuating ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)Background: Disability is still a controversial topic in many nations, in part because of ongoing stigma. People with disabilities have been stigmatised throughout history as being morally unacceptable or unwell and in ...
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