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Promoting awareness of open access publishing in speech-language therapy and audiology: Lessons from multilingual language assessment research
Access to speech-language therapy (SLT) and audiology (AUD) research is critical for clinicians, researchers, policymakers and the public to fulfil …
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Exploring diagnostic language assessment practices in South Africa: A national survey
Background: Diagnostic language assessment is central to speech-language therapy; however, in multilingual contexts such as South Africa, clinicians face challenges …
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The psychometric status of child language assessment tools in South Africa’s official languages
Despite advancements in recognising the importance of early child language development and linguistic diversity in South Africa, culturally and linguistically …
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Adjustment to the learning environment among university students who are deaf or hard of hearing
BACKGROUND: Ensuring students who are deaf/Deaf (d/Deaf) or hard of hearing (d/DHH) have access to higher education goes beyond legal …
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Current trends and identified gaps in dysphagia research in Africa: A scoping review
BACKGROUND: In the context of Africa and other resource-limited settings, there is a necessity to address the unique challenges faced …
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Developmental outcomes of small infants at a high-risk clinic: A short-term longitudinal study
BACKGROUND: Small infants face more developmental risks than their full-term peers, necessitating early intervention and long-term monitoring. OBJECTIVES: This study …
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South African Speech-Language Therapy and Audiology students’ experiences of academic and clinical curriculum transformation
BACKGROUND: South African Speech-Language Therapy and Audiology (SLH) programmes historically followed Western frameworks, often lacking in cultural and linguistic relevance …
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How I experienced tele-intervention: Qualitative insights from persons who stutter
BACKGROUND: Tele-intervention gained popularity, during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, prompting healthcare providers to adapt to remote service delivery. …
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Hearing aid verification: Practices and perceptions of South African audiologists
BACKGROUND: Hearing aid verification is required to objectively measure hearing aid outputs by ensuring that the amplified speech spectrum closely …
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Recent communication disorders research through the lens of the sustainable development goals
The South African Journal of Communication Disorders (SAJCD) publishes reports and papers concerned with research, and critically evaluative theoretical, philosophical …
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Healthcare professionals’ knowledge and practices in managing ototoxicity in children with cancer
BACKGROUND: Platinum-based chemotherapy poses a risk of ototoxic hearing loss, the effects of which can be devastating in paediatrics with …
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Clinical and audiological characteristics in adults with tinnitus in South Africa
BACKGROUND: In South Africa, the prevalence of tinnitus and its associated clinical and audiological characteristics remain underexplored, posing challenges in …
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Brainstem auditory evoked responses: Objective hearing threshold assessment in Holstein cows
BACKGROUND: Animal audiology utilizes brainstem auditory evoked responses (BAER) as a non-invasive tool to assess hearing in animals, including Holstein …
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The outcomes of an audiological management programme for neonates with hyperbilirubinaemia
BACKGROUND: Hyperbilirubinaemia is a contributing condition to the prevalence of neonatal hearing loss. Because of its pathophysiology, the use of …
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Community-based infant hearing screening: Outcomes of a rural pilot programme
BACKGROUND: Community-based universal newborn hearing screening (UNHS) has not been fully realised in South Africa despite the availability of contextually …
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Communication Intervention in South Africa: Advocating for the Listening and Spoken Language Approach
Adhering to Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) guidelines is critical for the timely identification and management of infants with …
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Caregivers’ expectations of their non-verbal autistic children in rural KwaZulu-Natal
BACKGROUND: Caregiver expectations have been shown to impact child outcomes. There is limited research regarding caregivers of non-verbal autistic children …
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Awareness of middle ear pathologies in South Africa: Towards a primordial preventive audiology
BACKGROUND: Public awareness of auditory pathologies, has been explored in the literature. However, there is limited evidence regarding public awareness …
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Student perspectives of simulated learning to improve their dysphagia management
BACKGROUND: The use of simulation to enhance knowledge translation and bridge the theoretical-clinical gap to enhance clinical training and competency …