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Browsing Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology by Supervisor "De Sousa, Karina"
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Frisby, Caitlin
(University of Pretoria, 2019-08)
In both clinical practice and the literature, parent reports and poor speech recognition in noise performance are commonly associated with listening difficulty (LiD). However, the relationship between these reports and ...
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Schönborn, Danielle
(University of Pretoria, 2019-11)
A digits-in-noise test was launched as the smartphone hearing screening of South Africa (hearZA™) in 2016. This study investigated characteristics, help-seeking behaviour, and follow-up actions of individuals who failed ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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Schoeman, Michele Nicole
(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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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 ...