Manchaiah, Vinaya; Sharma, Anu; Rodrigo, Hansapani; Bailey, Abram; De Sousa, K.C. (Karina); Swanepoel, De Wet(MDPI, 2023-03-01)
Over-the-counter hearing aids have been available to consumers in the US since 17 October
2022 following a ruling by the Food and Drug Administration. However, their reception by hearing
healthcare professionals (HHP) ...
COVID-19 brought travel as we know it to a complete standstill. At the time it was believed that the impact of
the pandemic was unprecedented and that the projected recovery would need to be both different and
transformative. ...
Carmody, Natalie; Hunter, Michael; Eikelboom, Robert H.(Taylor and Francis, 2024)
OBJECTIVE : To examine help-seeker satisfaction with the first communication of a tinnitus diagnosis by a healthcare provider, whether help-seekers undertook treatment and how they rated this treatment.
DESIGN : A survey ...
Mothemela, Bopane; Manchaiah, Vinaya; Mahomed-Asmail, Faheema; Knoetze, Megan Clarissa; Swanepoel, De Wet(Taylor and Francis, 2024)
OBJECTIVE : This systematic review examined the audiological and non-audiological factors that influence hearing aid use, benefit and satisfaction in adults based on studies published during the last decade (2010 and ...
Knoetze, Megan Clarissa; Beukes, Eldre W.; Manchaiah, Vinaya; Oosthuizen, Ilze; Swanepoel, De Wet(Taylor and Francis, 2024)
OBJECTIVE : This study aimed to explore the main reasons for hearing aid uptake from a user perspective and recommendations to others with hearing difficulties.
DESIGN : A cross-sectional survey design was used. Responses ...
The positive impact of group music-making on subjective well-being has been shown in various contexts, yet very few studies have focused on community musicals. The purpose of this intrinsic case study was to explore the ...
In The Axiological Status of Theism and Other Worldviews (2020), I defend the Complete Understanding Argument for anti-theism, which says that God’s existence makes the world worse with respect to our ability to understand ...
Food blending involving legumes and cereals that has been widely explored, however, there is a paucity of evidence of the use of ‘neglected crops’ such as sesame oil seed in complementing cereals and legumes to alleviate ...
Maasz, Johan Jacobus; Van der Linde, Jeannie; Milton, Carmen; Graham, Marien Alet; Du Toit, Maria Neethling(Taylor and Francis, 2024)
BACKGROUND : Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) receive extensive education and training on voice and voice disorders. Therefore, they are integral in rendering transgender voice and communication training (TVCT), as part ...
This article focuses on Imraan Coovadia’s High Low In-between and investigates how the novel’s join protagonists, Nafisa and Shakeer, navigate their contemporary Durban. The mother and son, I point out, present two disparate ...
We assessed pathways between sexual minority stigma and condomless anal intercourse (CAI) among two samples of Black South African men who have sex with other men (MSM). Two cross-sectional surveys were conducted in Tshwane, ...
Ncube, Sthembiso; Van der Linde, Jeannie; Du Toit, Maria; Graham, Marien Alet; Eccles, Renata(Elsevier, 2024)
BACKGROUND : Nurses are key healthcare professionals in service provision to infants and their families in neonatal intensive care units and are pivotal in observing parental involvement in their infant’s care. The COVID-19 ...
Gwande, Victor Muchineripi; Mlombo, Abraham(Brill Academic Publishers, 2023-08)
This paper discusses relations between South Africa and Southern Rhodesia from 1939 to 1948. The article begins in 1939 when the outbreak of the Second World War brought mixed fortunes for the two neighbours. For Southern ...
South African film budgets do not allow for extensive preparation and rehearsal periods. South African film actors prepare their portrayal of emotion as part of their performance scores in isolation and are expected to ...
One important evidence-based component of early communication interventions
in high-income countries is teaching parents and other primary caregivers
to provide communication opportunities in daily activities to ...
BACKGROUND : Equitable partnerships across borders, sectors and communities are integral in creating shared understanding, novel solutions and sustainable development. Sustainable development goal (SDG) 17: Partnerships ...
Authoritarian governments seem to use the same methods of coercion the world over. Recent developments in Belarus and Zimbabwe resonate with this observation. President Alexander Lukashenko prevailed in a deeply flawed and ...
PURPOSE : The development of culturally and linguistically appropriate resources to support communication interventions for underserved communities is an urgent necessity. The purpose of the study was to obtain stakeholder ...