• Hearing healthcare professionals’ views about over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids : analysis of retrospective survey data 

  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) ...
• Modifying the model : developing the domestic tourism remodelling model 

  Harris, Karen Leigh; Botha, Christoffel Rudolph (AfricaJournals, 2023)

  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. ...
• Vernacular Afrikaans : descriptions and attitudes 

  Maritz, Ansie (Department of General Linguistics, Stellenbosch University, 2023)

  No abstract available.
• Help-seeker satisfaction with diagnosis and treatment of tinnitus 

  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 ...
• Factors influencing hearing aid use, benefit and satisfaction in adults : a systematic review of the past decade 

  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 ...
• Reasons for hearing aid uptake in the United States: a qualitative analysis of open-text responses from a large-scale survey of user-perspectives 

  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 PERMA model, wellbeing and Whoop-Up : a musical variety show for adult members of a school community 

  Panebianco-Warrens, Clorinda Rosanna; Fouche, Melani (Intellect Ltd, 2023-09)

  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 ...
• Completing the complete understanding argument: a rejoinder to Roberto Di Ceglie 

  Lougheed, Kirk (Springer, 2023-04)

  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 ...
• Evaluating essential micronutrient content, sensory acceptability & economic viability of formulated sesame (Sesamum indicum), pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) & groundnut (Arachis hypogea) food blend 

  Marongwe, Farai Desire; Masamha, Blessing; Nyakudya, T; Mandumbu, Ronald; Kamota, Agather; Nyamadzawo, George (University of Kassel, 2023-11)

  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 ...
• Perceptions, knowledge, and perceived competencies of South African speech-language pathologists to render transgender voice and communication training 

  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 ...
• Cultural entanglement, displacement and contemporary Durban in Imraan Coovadia’s High Low In-between 

  Muller, Alan (Routledge, 2023)

  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 ...
• Struktuuranalise van 'die jaar van die vuuros' van W.A. de Klerk 

  Lötter, Johannes Casparus (University of Pretoria, 1957)
• Information, motivation and behavioral skills as mediators between sexual minority stigma and condomless anal sex among Black South African men who have sex with men 

  Knox, Justin; Shiau, Stephanie; Kutner, Bryan; Reddy, Vasu; Dolezal, Curtis; Sandfort, T.G.M. (Theo) (Springer, 2023-05)

  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, ...
• Nurses' perspectives on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on parental involvement in NICUs 

  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 ...
• Cooperation and competition : South Africa and southern Rhodesia during and after the Second World War 

  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 ...
• Training strategies towards performing emotions on film : an integrated approach 

  Bester, Lelia; Munro, Marth (Routledge, 2024)

  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 ...
• Using a self-guided app to provide communication strategies for caregivers of young children with developmental disorders 

  Romski, MaryAnn; Sevcik, Rose A.; King, Marika; DeLeo, Gianluca; Branum-Martin, Lee; Bornman, Juan, 1968- (Wiley, 2023-03)

  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 ...
• The importance of SDG 17 and equitable partnerships in maximising participation of persons with communication disabilities and their families 

  Dada, Shakila; Wylie, Karen; Marshall, Julie; Rochus, David; Bampoe, Josephine Ohenewa (Taylor and Francis, 2023)

  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 ...
• Unmasking the dictator : how digital technologies expose authoritarianism in Belarus and Zimbabwe 

  Mututwa, Wishes Tendayi; Akpojivi, Ufuoma (Intellect, 2023-07)

  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 ...
• Stakeholder validation of a Sepedi core vocabulary list as a resource for augmentative and alternative communication 

  Tonsing, Kerstin Monika; Mothapo, Ngwanamashiane R.B.; Morwane, Refilwe E.; Soto, Gloria (Taylor and Francis, 2024)

  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 ...

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