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 ...
INTRODUCTION :
Semi-occluded vocal tract exercises (SOVTEs) are frequently used exercises in voice therapy. An important shortcoming to most SOVTEs is the inability to include continuous speech in these exercises. A ...
Botes, Mignon; Swanepoel, De Wet; Graham, Marien Alet; Van der Linde, Jeannie(South African Medical Association, 2023-09)
BACKGROUND : Regular developmental surveillance using structured developmental screening tools is a proven way to effectively identify developmental delays and disabilities. Most screening tools are developed and standardised ...
Madzivhandila, Andani Gluggy; Le Roux, Talita; De Jager, Leigh Biagio(Elsevier, 2024-02)
OBJECTIVE :
Increasing options are becoming available for clinicians and healthcare professionals who use smartphone-based applications (apps) to identify hearing loss. The use of smartphone-based apps for newborn hearing ...
Chee, Jeremy; Eikelboom, Robert H.; Smits, Cas; Swanepoel, De Wet; Wee, Shiou Liang; Ng, Tze Pin; Heywood, Rebecca L.(Taylor and Francis, 2024-04)
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Appropriate speech-in noise assessment is challenging in multilingual populations. This study aimed to assess whether first preferred language affected performance on an English Digits-in-noise (DIN) test ...
Frisby, Caitlin; De Sousa, K.C. (Karina); Eikelboom, Robert H.; Mahomed-Asmail, Faheema; Moore, David R.; De Kock, Tersia; Manchaiah, Vinaya; Swanepoel, De Wet(Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2024-07)
OBJECTIVES : Hearing loss prevalence is increasing, with an estimated 2.5 billion people affected globally by 2050. Scalable service delivery models using innovative technologies and task-shifting are World Health Organization ...
Kaspar, Annette; Swanepoel, De Wet; Pifeleti, Sione(Sage, 2023)
Global efforts are underway to reduce hearing and vision disorders worldwide, especially those due to avoidable causes among children living in low and middle-income nations. The strategies recommended by the World Health ...
Patel, Meghna; Ncube, Sthembiso; Du Toit, Maria; Muller Vorster, Carlien; Dawood, Raeesa; Du Preez, Chriséle; Eccles, Renata(Nova Southeastern University, 2024-06)
PURPOSE : Allied healthcare professionals are key stakeholders involved in managing children with autism spectrum disorder. Adequate knowledge, interprofessional education, and collaborative practice should therefore be ...
Fourie, Kayla; Richardson, Maeve; Van der Linde, Jeannie; Abdoola, Shabnam S.; Mosca, Renata; Eccles, Renata(Elsevier, 2017-11)
OBJECTIVES :
The study aimed to determine the incidence and nature of voice disorders, as reported by ear, nose, and throat specialists (ENTs), in the Gauteng private healthcare context.
STUDY DESIGN :
This is a ...
INTRODUCTION : Access to ear and hearing health services are limited or non-existent
in low-income countries, with less than 10% of the global production of hearing
aids distributed to this population. The aim of this ...
BACKGROUND AND AIM : The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 1.5 billion and 2.2 billion people have hearing and vision impairment, respectively. The burden of these non-communicable diseases is highest in low- ...
INTRODUCTION : Increasingly person-centered care (PCC) is being recognized as an
important aspect of speech-language pathology and audiology (SLP/A) service
delivery. This study aimed to (i) identify preferences toward ...
Aazh, Hashir; McFerran, Don; Danesh, Ali A.; Louw, Christine; Moore, Brian C.J.(Taylor and Francis, 2024)
OBJECTIVE :
To evaluate differences in tinnitus impact, hyperacusis and hearing threshold level (HTL) between patients with unilateral and bilateral tinnitus. For patients with unilateral tinnitus, to compare audiological ...
INTRODUCTION : Smartphone technology can provide an effective means to bring
real-life and (near-)real-time feedback from hearing aid wearers into the clinic.
Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) encourages listeners ...
INTRODUCTION : Previous longitudinal studies indicate that hearing loss and cognitive impairment are associated in non-tonal language-speaking older adults. This study aimed to investigate whether there is a longitudinal ...
Manchaiah, Vinaya; Swanepoel, De Wet; Sharma, Anu(Frontiers Media, 2023-03-23)
Hearing aids are the most commonly used treatment for people with age-related hearing loss, however, hearing aid uptake is low, primarily due to high cost of the device, stigma, and a lack of perceived need. To address ...
This study investigates South African teachers’ attitudes in schools for learners with special educational needs specifically learners with severe intellectual disability (SID) using a quantitative and descriptive online ...
Classrooms across the world are becoming more diverse, forcing mainstream teachers to accept responsibility for teaching second language (L2) learners. As a result, pedagogical translanguaging has come to the fore as a ...
Carmody, Natalie; Eikelboom, Robert H.; Tegg-Quinn, Susan(Sage, 2023-06)
The objective of this scoping review was to describe the extent and type of evidence related to seeking help for tinnitus and
satisfaction with healthcare providers including diagnosis, services and treatments along the ...
Reddy, Tarryn Marisca; Heinze, Barbara M.; Biagio-de Jager, Leigh; Maes, Leen(Taylor and Francis, 2023)
OBJECTIVES :
To compare the response rate and response parameters of cervical and ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (c&oVEMP) elicited by narrowband (NB) and broadband (BB) CE-Chirp, with the more classical ...