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Browsing Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology by Type "Article"
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(Unisa Press, 2011)This study aimed to determine the ability of a specific group of adolescents with hearing loss to access and use academic information in order to establish the kind of support that might be required for adolescents with ...
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(Mary Ann Liebert, 2015-11)BACKGROUND : This study determined the accuracy of pure tone air conduction (AC) thresholds obtained using a synchronous telemedicine approach without a sound booth in a rural South African community. The global need ...
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(South African Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2007-08)The Four-level framework of speech sensorimotor control (van der Merwe, 1997)complicates the traditional view of dysarthria as a purely motor execution disorder. According to this framework, hypokinetic, hyperkinetic and ...
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(AOSIS, 2024-06-12)BACKGROUND: Language analytic ability is well researched in the context of foreign language acquisition but its role in the acquisition of grammar in the native language is under investigation. OBJECTIVES: Our study ...
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(F1000 Research Ltd, 2022-08-04)BACKGROUND : The association between reporting adverse coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination effects and those with a history of audiovestibular difficulties is unknown. The aim of this research is therefore ...
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(Sage, 2022)The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence and distress of tinnitus pre- and post-cochlear implantation in patients with bilateral severe to profound hearing loss. In this retrospective study, we included patients ...
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(Acoustical Society of America, 2021-08-24)Speech-in-noise tests use fixed signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) procedures to measure the percentage of correctly recognized speech items at a fixed SNR or use adaptive procedures to measure the SNR corresponding to 50% correct ...
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(MDPI, 2024-02)The aim of the present study was to investigate adverse effects of head injury, neck trauma, and chronic noise exposure on the complaint profile in people with Ménière’s disease (MD). The study used a retrospective design. ...
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(AVES, 2023-07)BACKGROUND : The aim of the current study was to explore the associations among different therapeutic procedures, self-administered exercise, and characteristics of Ménière’s disease. METHODS : The study used a retrospective ...
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(Mary Ann Liebert, 2013-04)OBJECTIVE: The study investigated whether video-otoscopic images taken by a telehealth clinic facilitator are sufficient for accurate asynchronous diagnosis by an otolaryngologist within a heterogeneous population. ...
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(Sage, 2022-11)BACKGROUND : Hearing loss poses a significant burden globally. Its prevalence is exceptionally high in countries across the African region, where healthcare resources and services remain inaccessible. This study aimed to ...
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(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2015-12-09)BACKGROUND : In future, the South African Department of Health aims to purchase services from accredited private service providers. Successful private audiology practices can assist to address issues of access, equity ...
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(Sage, 2018)This systematic review and meta-analysis examined the efficacy of auditory training and cognitive training to improve cognitive function in adults with hearing loss. A literature search of academic databases (e.g., MEDLINE, ...
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(Blackwell, 2007-10)Please refer to abstract in article
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(South African Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2007-08)The study examined the nature of the undergraduate curricula for Auditory Processing Disorders (APD)for communication pathologists (speech-language therapists and audiologists) within the South African context. An exploratory ...
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(AOSIS, 2019-11)BACKGROUND : Studies indicate that difficulties English second language (ESL) learners experience in the classroom may not be attributed to only listening comprehension of the language of learning and teaching (LoLT). ...
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(BMC, 2021-11)BACKGROUND: There is an urgent need to develop new therapies to improve cognitive function in adults following cochlear implant surgery. This study aims to determine if completing at-home computer-based brain training activities ...
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(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2017-10-26)Children with autistic disorder (AD) display atypical eye contact and struggle with the social imitation of eye contact. Impaired social imitation may be indicative of disruptions in motor learning processes. The application ...
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(Taylor and Francis, 2021)OBJECTIVES : The number of bilateral adult cochlear implant (CI) users and bimodal CI users is expanding worldwide. The addition of a hearing aid (HA) in the contralateral non-implanted ear (bimodal) or a second CI (bilateral) ...
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(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2017-05-22)BACKGROUND : Specific breastfeeding and swallowing characteristics in neonates with hypox-icischaemic encephalopathy (HIE) have not yet been well described in the literature. Considering the relatively high incidence of ...
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