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Browsing Theses and Dissertations (Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology) by Supervisor "Van der Merwe, Anita"
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(University of Pretoria, 2005-03-02)This study investigated speech sound and syllable development in eighteen Zulu speaking children, between the ages of 3;0 to 6;2. In addition, the frequency of occurrence of Zulu speech sounds and syllables in this age ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2014)Background: The growing number of children diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) underscores the importance of the role speech language pathologists play in addressing the language difficulties ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)Background. The diagnosis and treatment of childhood apraxia of speech (CAS), a sensorimotor speech disorder in children, is both challenging and controversial. Uncertainty exists regarding the disorder’s underlying nature ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-10-04)Teachers frequently present with voice problems as result of functional voice hyperfunction and it seems that occupational duties often impede successful implementation of a conventional voice conservation strategies. The ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2014)Background: Pragmatic and discourse problems after severe traumatic brain injury may have a negative impact on communication interaction. Caregivers are in a position where they observe these problems and have to deal with ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-01-11)The limited amount of normative information regarding speech motor development in the clinically important age range four to seven years served as motivation for this study. The main aim of the study was to collect normative ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)Background: Speech production in Bantu languages places great demands on neuromotor control, because unique speech motor behaviours such as syllabic tone variation and the aspiration of speech sounds require an additional ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2004-08-08)The present study is the first to examine the effect of first versus second language (L1 versus L2) speech production on specific temporal parameters of speech in bilingual speakers with neurogenic speech disorders. Three ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)Introduction: Bantu languages, such as Tswana, are tone languages which use syllabic tone variation to convey word meaning. Vocal pathologies may affect vocal fold control that is required to vary syllabic tone. A person ...
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