Browsing Research Articles (Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology) by Title

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  • Vocal quality after a performance in actors compared to dancers 
    Leyns, Clara; Daelman, Julie; Meerschman, Iris; Claeys, Sofie; Van Lierde, K.M. (Kristiane); D'haeseleer, Evelien (Elsevier, 2022-01)
    STATE OF THE ART : Theater actors are a high risk group for developing voice disorders. AIMS : The first purpose of this study was to examine and compare the objective and subjective vocal quality between professional ...
  • Vocal quality, symptoms, and habits in musical theater actors 
    D'haeseleer, Evelien; Quintyn, Fien; Kissel, Imke; Papeleu, Tine; Meerschman, Iris; Claeys, Sofie; Van Lierde, K.M. (Kristiane) (Elsevier, 2022-03)
    PURPOSE : The purpose of this study was to measure and compare the voice characteristics and vocal complaints and habits of musical theater actors and musical theater students. METHOD : Thirty participants were included ...
  • The vocal symptoms and habits of professional voice users 
    Van Overmeiren, T.; Meerschman, I.; D'haeseleer, Evelien; Van Lierde, K.M. (Kristiane) (Royal Belgian Society, 2019)
    The vocal symptoms and habits of professional voice users. BACKGROUND/AIM : Professional voice users are a heterogeneous group of professionals at risk of developing vocal problems throughout their careers. Although ...
  • Voice quality of choir singers and the effect of a performance on the voice 
    Meerschman, Iris; D'haeseleer, Evelien; Cammu, Heleen; Kissel, Imke; Papeleu, Tine; Leyns, Clara; Daelman, Julie; Dannhauer, Jelena; Vanden Abeele, Laura; Konings, Valerie; Demarbaix, Erik; Van Lierde, K.M. (Kristiane) (Elsevier, 2023)
    BACKGROUND : The voice use of choir singers is understudied despite the imbalance of high vocal demands versus low vocal education, and consequently increased risk for voice problems. Also, there is a lack of information ...
  • Vuvuzela sound measurements 
    Swanepoel, De Wet; Hall, James Wilbur; Koekemoer, Dirk (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2010-04)
    Our recent paper in the SAMJ reported the maximum output levels of a vuvuzela at various distances from the horn. In response to enquiries, we provide additional information on the method and results reported in the earlier ...
  • Vuvuzela – good for your team, bad for your ears 
    Swanepoel, De Wet; Hall, James Wilbur; Koekemoer, Dirk (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2010-02)
    Traditionally made from a kudu horn, the vuvuzela was used to call together meetings and could be heard by distant peoples summoned to attend. Today soccer stadiums in South Africa are invariably filled with its loud and ...
  • Wave-mechanical model for chemistry 
    Boeyens, Jan Christoffel Antonie (Springer, 2015-10)
    The strength and defects of wave mechanics as a theory of chemistry are critically examined. Without the secondary assumption of wave-particle duality, the seminal equation describes matter waves and leaves the concept ...
  • What can speech production errors tell us about crosslinguistic processing in bilingual aphasia? Evidence from four English/Afrikaans bilingual individuals with aphasia 
    Kendall, D.L. (Diane); Edmonds, Lisa; Van Zyl, Anine; Odendaal, Inge; Stein, Molly; Van der Merwe, Anita (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2015-06-26)
    INTRODUCTION : The aim of this study is contribute to clinical practice of bilinguals around the globe, as well as to add to our understanding of bilingual aphasia processing, by analysing confrontation naming data from ...
  • What influences decision-making for cochlear implantation in adults? Exploring barriers and drivers from a multistakeholder perspective 
    Ebrahimi-Madiseh, Azadeh; Eikelboom, Robert H.; Bennett, Rebecca J.; Upson, Gemma S.; Friedland, Peter L.; Swanepoel, De Wet; Psarros, Colleen; Lai, Wai Kong; Atlas, Marcus D. (Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, 2020-11)
    OBJECTIVES : To explore the factors influencing the uptake of cochlear implants in adults, determine the impact of each factor, and to conceptualize the journey to implantation from a multistakeholder perspective. DESIGN ...
  • Why do people who stutter attend stuttering support groups? 
    Bloye, Nicola E.; Abdoola, Shabnam S.; Eslick, Casey J. (AOSIS, 2023-08-03)
    BACKGROUND : Stuttering support groups (SSGs) have been a long-standing invaluable resource for people who stutter (PWS) but research into SSGs is only emerging. Speech-language therapists (SLTs) need further insight to ...
  • Why parents refuse newborn hearing screening and default on follow-up rescreening : a South African perspective 
    Scheepers, Lucia Jane; Swanepoel, De Wet; Le Roux, Talita (Elsevier, 2014-04)
    OBJECTIVES : This study describes screen refusal and follow-up default characteristics together with caregiver reasons for screen refusal and follow-up default in two South African universal newborn hearing screening ...
  • Why parents refuse newborn hearing screening in South Africa? 
    Swanepoel, De Wet; Scheepers, Lucia Jane; Le Roux, Talita (Elsevier, 2014-07)
    No abstract available.
  • Wideband acoustic immittance for assessing middle ear functioning for preterm neonates in the neonatal intensive care unit 
    Gouws, Nandel; Swanepoel, De Wet; De Jager, Leigh Biagio (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2017-06-28)
    BACKGROUND : The primary aim of newborn hearing screening is to detect permanent hearing loss. Because otoacoustic emissions (OAEs) and automated auditory brainstem response (AABR) are sensitive to hearing loss, they ...
  • Wound-healing after tonsillectomy - a review of literature 
    Davidoss, Nishant Hemanth; Eikelboom, Robert H.; Friedland, Peter Leon; Santa Maria, Peter Luke (Cambridge University Press, 2018-09)
    OBJECTIVE : To summarise the available literature related to wound healing post tonsillectomy, including the stages of healing, experimental models for assessing healing (in animals and humans) and the various factors that ...
  • Young children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder – communication profiles 
    De Beer, Mari; Kritzinger, Alta M. (Aletta Margaretha); Zsilavecz, Ursula Louise (South African Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2010-12)
    The aim of the article is to describe the communication profiles of five young children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) from 4 to 58 months of age. A collective case-study design following a quantitative and ...