Kelly-Ann Kater,Jaishika Seedat
Kelly-Ann Kater
Background: Early identification of dysphagia followed by intervention reduces, length of hospitalisation, degree of morbidity, hospital costs and risk of aspiration pneumonia. The emergency department offers an opportun...
Ten years' experience with bone conduction hearing aids in the Western Cape, South Africa [0.03%]
南非西开普省骨导助听器十年临床经验
Silva Kuschke,Christine Rogers,Estie Meyer
Silva Kuschke
Untreated conductive and mixed hearing losses as a result of middle ear pathology or congenital ear malformations can lead to poor speech, language and academic outcomes in children. Lack of access to centralised hearing healthcare in resou...
A shared reading intervention: Changing perceptions of caregivers in a semi-rural township [0.03%]
一种共享的阅读干预措施：改变半乡村城镇中的护理人员的认知
Tarryn Coetzee,Sharon Moonsamy,Joanne Neille
Tarryn Coetzee
Background: Many caregivers from low-middle income (LMI) households consider that preschool children are too young for shared book reading. Thus, many caregivers are unaware of their potentially powerful role in their ch...
South African speech-language therapists' practices regarding feeding tube placement in people with advanced dementia [0.03%]
南非言语治疗师对晚期痴呆患者使用喂食管的做法
Mariaan Cloete,Esedra Krüger,Jeannie Van der Linde et al.
Mariaan Cloete et al.
Background: Studies related to tube feeding in people with dementia (PWD) remain a contested topic, neglecting the importance of speech-language therapists' (SLTs) role in dysphagia management. Furthermore, SLT practices...
Contralateral suppression of transient evoked otoacoustic emissions in adults: A normative study [0.03%]
成人瞬态诱发性耳声发射的交叉抑制：规范性研究
Simone Zevenster,Alida Naudé
Simone Zevenster
Background: Whilst otoacoustic emission (OAE) testing has proved to be valuable in revealing information about cochlear outer hair cell integrity, it does not provide insight into the afferent and efferent pathways once ...
In pursuit of best practice through contextually relevant, accountable and responsive research [0.03%]
通过具有情境相关性、负责性和回应性的研究来追求最佳实践
Anita Edwards,Faheema Mahomed-Asmail,Anna-Mari Olivier et al.
Anita Edwards et al.
No abstract available.
Ben Sebothoma,Minkhenso Maluleke
Ben Sebothoma
Background: Middle ear pathologies are associated with and persist in individuals living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Yet, limited research exists on middle ear pathologies in children living with human immun...
Stitching a new garment: Considering the future of the speech-language therapy profession globally [0.03%]
缝制新衣：考虑全球言语治疗职业的未来
Bea Staley,Marise Fernandes,Ellen Hickey et al.
Bea Staley et al.
Providing equitable support for people experiencing communication disability (CD) globally is a historical and contemporary challenge for the speech-language therapy profession. A group of speech-language therapists (SLTs) with ongoing and ...
Exploring swallowing, feeding and communication characteristics of toddlers with severe acute malnutrition [0.03%]
探索重度急性营养不良幼儿的吞咽，喂养和交流特点
Casey J Eslick,Esedra Krüger,Alta Kritzinger
Casey J Eslick
Background: Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is associated with cognitive and motor deficits. Little is known about the swallowing, feeding and communication characteristics of hospitalised toddlers with SAM, limiting the...
A survey of communication supports in Grade R classrooms in the Western Cape, South Africa [0.03%]
南非西开普省幼儿园课堂交流辅助设施调查研究
Harsha Kathard,Prianka Parusnath,Lehana Thabane et al.
Harsha Kathard et al.
Background: Early classroom communication supports are critical in influencing oral language development and emergent literacy skills. It is both support from peers and adults, as well as the environment that impacts the...