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Browsing Theses and Dissertations (Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology) by Supervisor "Swanepoel, De Wet"
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)It is estimated that approximately 360 Million people have a permanent disabling hearing loss (WHO, 2015). The majority of these people live in lower to middle income countries, where screening and follow-up treatment is ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)It is estimated that approximately 360 Million people have a permanent disabling hearing loss (WHO, 2015). The majority of these people live in lower to middle income countries, where screening and follow-up treatment is ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2011)Objectives: The aim of the study was to describe the prevalence and nature of auditory and otological manifestations in adults with HIV/AIDS according to clinical examinations and self-reported symptoms. Auditory profiles ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2013)Sclerosteosis is a rare genetic bone dysplasia disorder characterised by generalised craniotubular bone modelling. Alongside many clinical appearances marked in sclerosteosis, the auditory system is considerably compromised ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)Automated smartphone-based threshold audiometry has the potential to provide affordable audiometric services in underserved contexts where adequate resources and infrastructure are lacking. This study investigated the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2011)Bilateral cochlear implantation is accepted medical practice since 2008 in clinically suitable adults and children to enhance bilateral processing benefits. Bilateral implantation may lead to the restoration of some bilateral ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010)Determining auditory functioning in difficult-to-test populations such as cerebral palsy (CP) remains a challenge in paediatric audiology. The auditory brainstem response (ABR) is favoured as the procedure to assess auditory ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-03-22)There has always been a need for objective tests that assess auditory function in infants, young children, and/or any patient whose development level precludes the use of behavioral audiometric techniques. Although the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)Hearing and vision loss in children pose significant academic, social, and developmental challenges. Currently, there are limited studies on dual sensory screening programmes. This study aimed to describe a dual sensory ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)Unidentified hearing loss has a negative impact on a child’s speech, language and communication abilities. This in turn creates a barrier to social development and educational achievement placing a child at a risk for ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012-01-16)Two of the primary occupational health threats to employees in the mining industry are noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) and occupational lung diseases (OLD) with Tuberculosis (TB) included in the latter. The objective of ...
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Development and validation of a South African English smartphone-based speech-in-noise hearing test (University of Pretoria, 2017)Approximately 80% of the adult and elderly population ≥65 years have not been assessed or treated for a hearing loss, despite the effect a hearing loss has on communication and quality of life (World Health Organization ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2008-12-19)Speech audiometry is considered an essential tool in the assessment of hearing, not only to validate pure tone measurements, but also to indicate speech perception as a critical communicative function. The use of sentence ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)Background: Early identification and intervention for infants and young children with developmental delays may negate or minimise the negative effect of a disability on a child's development. Poor follow-up on early ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)The study examined developmental screening and communication delays in infants from underserved PHC contexts in South Africa. More specifically the Road to Health Booklet (RTHB) checklist was compared to a standardized ...
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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, 2018)Developmental delays are increasing worldwide, as a result of exposure to environmental risk factors, such as poverty. Early detection services are often inaccessible in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) due to limited ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2009-12-07)Although the suppressive effect of the medial olivocochlear system (MOCS) on peripheral auditory active mechanisms is well documented in humans, the effect of efferent inhibition over prolonged periods of acoustic stimulation ...
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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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