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Theses and Dissertations (Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology): Recent submissions
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(University of Pretoria, 2023-08-31)Hearing loss is a major global health concern, with prevalence rates expected to increase in the coming years. Although hearing loss affects individuals globally, a significant portion of individuals with hearing loss ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023-06)Background: Currently, more than one-third of the global workforce requires integrity of the voice to meet their occupational demands and are therefore considered professional voice users (PVUs)/ occupational voice users ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023)Two hundred and fifty million children under the age of five years, from low- and middle-income countries are at risk of not achieving their full developmental potential. Early childhood educators that use high-quality ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023)Background: As advanced dementia progresses, individuals become increasingly dependent on health, social, and community care services, and feeding difficulties become common. Oropharyngeal dysphagia is prevalent in people ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023)(1) Hearing health training and promotion is a priority for early childhood development (ECD) practitioners, but training opportunities are limited, especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). mHealth (mobile ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023)Background: There is limited knowledge of how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted service provision in South African public and private Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs), specifically from the perspective of speech-language ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023)Problem statement and rationale: Speech-language therapists (SLTs) play a central role in the assessment and treatment of individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The speech-language therapist’s role is to understand ...
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(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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(Routledge, 2023)Children in low-income communities are at risk for developmental delays and sensory losses. mHealth screening tools enable community health workers to detect developmental delays and sensory losses. This study aims to ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023)Purpose: Afrikaans is one of eleven official languages in South Africa, spoken by 6.8 million speakers. However, limited information exists regarding phonological development in this speaker group. This study aimed to ...
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(American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2022-09)PURPOSE : The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the uptake and scope of telehealth. This study determined the accuracy and reliability of a smartphone digits-in-noise (DIN) test when conducted by adult cochlear implant ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023-01-20)Introduction Nurses are key stakeholders in service provision to infants in neonatal intensive care units and are in the most optimal position to observe parental involvement. The COVID-19 pandemic led to various restrictions ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)Background: Screening tools are often developed and standardised in high-income countries (HICs), then adapted and translated for lower-middle income countries (LMICs) to save costs of developing a new tool. However, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)Background: It has often been reported that musicians may have an advantage, or a ‘musician advantage’, to perceive speech in the presence of background noise. Musicians may also have improved central auditory processing ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)The objective of this study was to determine the normative VOR gain output values of the crHIT with stationary visual targets (earthbound) in healthy participants in each decade age band of life; 10-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)Background: Stuttering support groups (SSGs) are a known, invaluable resource for people who stutter (PWS). General support groups have been well researched, however, research specifically into SSGs is only emerging. Further ...
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Test-retest reliability of the computerized rotational head impulse test in the pediatric population (University of Pretoria, 2022)Objective: This study aimed to determine the test-retest reliability of the computerized rotational head impulse test (crHIT) as an additional clinical tool to assess horizontal semi-circular canal (HSCC) function in ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023)Background: Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE) is a significant cause of mortality and neurological impairment among infants, especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Associated problems may include ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)The item consists of an introduction (chapter 1), methodology (chapter 2), an article (chapter 3), the discussion (chapter 4), the references (chapter 5), and the appendices (chapter 6). The aim of this study was to ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)Background: Counselling, collaboration with mothers, and management of oro-pharyngeal dysphagia within the first few days of an infant’s life, results in favourable breastfeeding outcomes. Little is known about speech-language ...
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