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Browsing Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology by Supervisor "Swanepoel, De Wet"
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(University of Pretoria, 2013-01-10)Apart from isolated programs in private and public health care sectors, South Africa has no existing systematic public infant hearing screening program at community level. As a result, early identification of hearing loss ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)Hearing loss is considered a global health concern with 466 million people affected worldwide. Current hearing health care delivery models are based on several consecutive face-to-face consultations that occur in-person. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023)Hearing aids serve as the prescribed intervention for addressing the majority of hearing losses, yet their adoption and usage encounter resistance among individuals. This is largely attributed to the hearing aid effect ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)Hearing loss is a serious disability that not only affects the individual and the family but also places a heavy burden on resources of communities and countries. Access to hearing care is unfortunately limited and ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007)Infant hearing screening (IHS) programs are not yet widespread in developing countries, such as South Africa. In order to ensure that the benefits of early hearing detection and intervention (EHDI) programs reach all ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2008-05-19)The field of early detection and intervention of hearing loss in neonates and infants has been marked by a growing international body of research investigating hearing screening programmes, protocols and outcomes of early ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)The prevalence of hearing loss is high, affecting 1.3 billion people globally. Most persons with disabling hearing loss reside in low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs) where current hearing healthcare systems are ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006)Rapid implementation of universal newborn hearing screening programs has exposed a need for a reliable test of middle ear function for timely identification of middle ear pathology and for differentiation between true ...
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(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 ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)Objective: Developing countries require contextual models for universal newborn hearing screening (UNHS) to optimise screening outcomes and cost-effectiveness. Postnatal visits at community-based midwife obstetric units ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-02-01)The P300 serves as a valuable tool in examining higher auditory functions such as auditory attention and discrimination. Exploration of the P300 could be of value in a multi-lingual South Africa where auditory processing ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021)Title: Listening effort in children with severe-profound sensorineural unilateral hearing loss. Name: Ilze Oosthuizen Supervisor: Prof. De Wet Swanepoel Co-supervisors: Prof. Lidia Pottas & Prof. Erin M. Picou Department: ...
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(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. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021)Sensory inputs of hearing and vision during early childhood development support the achievement of language, speech and educational milestones. The early detection of sensory impairment is essential for facilitating early ...
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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)(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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Noise-induced hearing loss : prevalence, degree and impairment criteria in South African gold miners (University of Pretoria, 2012)Despite the preventability of noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) a high prevalence is still reported in South African mines. The study aimed to describe the hearing of gold miners pertaining to the prevalence and degree of ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)The interaction between age and noise and their individual effects on hearing is complex, making it difficult to distinguish between noise-induced hearing loss and agerelated hearing loss at an individual level. This ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)Despite the global focus on newborn hearing screening, this practice has remained almost exclusively reserved for the developed world (Olusanya, Luxon, & Wirz, 2004; Swanepoel, Hugo, & Louw, 2006). In South Africa, a ...
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