item: #1 of 636 id: sajcd-102 author: None title: sajcd-102 date: None words: 8085 flesch: 45 summary: Implementing oral care to reduce aspiration pneumonia amongst patients with dysphagia in a South African setting. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajcd.v63i1.102 Original Research Implementing oral care to reduce aspiration pneumonia amongst patients with dysphagia in a South African setting Jaishika Seedat, Claire Penn Received: 28 Aug. 2014; Accepted: 27 Apr. 2015; Published: 16 Feb. 2016 Copyright: © 2016. keywords: aspiration; aspiration pneumonia; care; comparison; dysphagia; group; intervention; nurses; oral; participants; patients; pneumonia; study; study group; water cache: sajcd-102.htm plain text: sajcd-102.txt item: #2 of 636 id: sajcd-105 author: None title: sajcd-105 date: None words: 6614 flesch: 50 summary: The prevalence of hearing impairment within the Cape Town Metropolitan area. The prevalence of hearing impairment within the Cape Town Metropolitan area Lebogang Ramma, Ben Sebothoma Received: 28 Sep. 2014; Accepted: 20 Mar. 2015; Published: 08 Apr. 2016 Copyright: © 2016. keywords: age; assessment; cape; data; health; hearing; hearing impairment; history; impairment; loss; participants; prevalence; study; years cache: sajcd-105.htm plain text: sajcd-105.txt item: #3 of 636 id: sajcd-11 author: None title: SAJCD 87 date: None words: 6352 flesch: 44 summary: This role is implemented in collaboration with other experts in the field of the development of written language (ASHA, 2001). A study by Ehren and Ehren (2001) indicated that many speech-language therapists do not think that the assessment and intervention of written language is their role at the secondary school level. keywords: adolescents; africa; assessment; difficulties; intervention; language; language difficulties; language therapists; respondents; south; speech; therapists cache: sajcd-11.htm plain text: sajcd-11.txt item: #4 of 636 id: sajcd-110 author: None title: None date: None words: 5821 flesch: 41 summary: This highlights the importance of ototoxicity monitoring and management of hearing loss. The main aim of this article is to describe how ototoxicity monitoring is implemented in the curriculum within such an academic service-learning approach. keywords: audiology; clinic; health; hearing; hospital; learning; loss; monitoring; ototoxicity; patients; service; speech; students cache: sajcd-110.htm plain text: sajcd-110.txt item: #5 of 636 id: sajcd-111 author: None title: None date: None words: 6777 flesch: 49 summary: FIGURE 1: Model of bilingual language. Similar to Dell’s interactive model, models of bilingual language representation and processing also account for a conceptual or semantic layer (shared between languages for most concepts), a lexical layer (with distinct lexical representations for each of the languages) (Kroll & Stewart, 1994) and a phoneme layer (with a certain degree of overlap between the phonological systems of the languages depending upon how closely the languages are sublexically related) (Costa, 2005). keywords: accuracy; aphasia; bilingual; english; errors; language; naming; overlap; semantic; words cache: sajcd-111.htm plain text: sajcd-111.txt item: #6 of 636 id: sajcd-114 author: None title: None date: None words: 5925 flesch: 47 summary: Objective: The objective was to determine the existing and required levels of practice management knowledge as perceived by South African audiologists. The Z-proportional test was used to identify significant differences between existing and required levels of practice management knowledge. keywords: audiologists; audiology; knowledge; levels; management; practice; practice management; respondents; south; tasks; training cache: sajcd-114.htm plain text: sajcd-114.txt item: #7 of 636 id: sajcd-115 author: None title: None date: None words: 6074 flesch: 50 summary: Esophagitis as a cause of infant colic. Improvement of symptoms in infant colic following reduction of lactose load with lactase. keywords: age; category; colic; control; feeding; infantile; infants; participants; ssbc; table; weeks cache: sajcd-115.htm plain text: sajcd-115.txt item: #8 of 636 id: sajcd-117 author: None title: sajcd-117 date: None words: 5743 flesch: 48 summary: As a first step in establishing contextual appropriateness, the SADS is a valid and reliable screening tool that is sensitive in identifying stroke patients at risk for dysphagia within government hospitals in South Africa. Whilst exact statistics on the incidence of dysphagia amongst stroke patients in South Africa are not readily available, one may surmise that given the increasing prevalence of strokes (Connor & Bryer, 2006; Connor et al., 2008), there is likely a consequent increase in associated dysphagia. keywords: assessment; dysphagia; patient; results; sads; screening; south; stroke; study; swallowing; tool; validity cache: sajcd-117.htm plain text: sajcd-117.txt item: #9 of 636 id: sajcd-119 author: None title: None date: None words: 5867 flesch: 46 summary: Increased information about language and communication development in young children with VI may improve early identification of communication difficulties, assist in goal setting and draw attention to the need for early communication intervention for this population. Children with VI, and especially those with additional impairments, may require direct language instruction in order to develop language skills (Chen, 2001), highlighting the need to include speech-language therapists in the early intervention team for children with VI. Language and communication development in preschool children with visual impairment: A systematic review In This Original Research... Open Access • Abstract • Introduction • Method    • Study design    • Study inclusion criteria    • Study selection    • Data collection process and data items    • Risk of bias in selected studies    • Data analysis • Results and discussion    • Study characteristics    • Risk of bias within and across studies    • Language and communication characteristics of young children with VI • Conclusion • Acknowledgements    • Competing interests    • Authors’ contributions • References • Appendixes Abstract Top ↑ Background: Language and communication difficulties of young children with visual impairment (VI) are ascribed to intellectual disability, multiple disabilities and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) rather than their sensory impairment. keywords: characteristics; children; communication; development; language; research; studies; study cache: sajcd-119.htm plain text: sajcd-119.txt item: #10 of 636 id: sajcd-12 author: Fani, Gertrude Nomfula title: CPD questionnaire date: 2013-11-27 words: 995 flesch: 62 summary: Th ought that existing tools for written language assessments were suffi cient c. Used formal tools to assess written language d. Used informal tools to assess written language. Th ought existing tools for written language assessment were age- appropriate b. keywords: answer; language cache: sajcd-12.pdf plain text: sajcd-12.txt item: #11 of 636 id: sajcd-126 author: None title: None date: None words: 6351 flesch: 48 summary: Objective: To document and profile what has been published within the field of EHDI in South Africa over the last two decades (Jan 1995–Sept 2014) in order to gain a comprehensive overview of the current status and practice of screening and diagnosis in the field of paediatric hearing loss. Conclusion: Despite the clear progress being made in South Africa in the field of early hearing detection and intervention, there is a need for comprehensive studies on protocols and procedures in diagnosing paediatric hearing loss. keywords: africa; ehdi; hearing; hearing loss; intervention; journal; loss; research; screening; south; south africa; swanepoel cache: sajcd-126.htm plain text: sajcd-126.txt item: #12 of 636 id: sajcd-130 author: None title: sajcd-130 date: None words: 4343 flesch: 51 summary: The current recruitment of African language speakers for training in the profession needs to be intensified to accommodate the assessment and management of this population. As language assessments are conducted on people who exist within a cultural context, the cultural capital is embedded in language (Peltier, 2010; Seidman, 2008; Westby, 2009). keywords: african; assessment; eal; english; language; slts; south; speakers; speech; survey cache: sajcd-130.htm plain text: sajcd-130.txt item: #13 of 636 id: sajcd-132 author: None title: sajcd-132 date: None words: 7537 flesch: 42 summary: The practices, challenges and recommendations of South African audiologists regarding managing children with auditory processing disorders. South African Journal of Communication Disorders, 63(1), a132. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajcd.v63i1.132 Original Research The practices, challenges and recommendations of South African audiologists regarding managing children with auditory processing disorders Claire Fouché-Copley, Samantha Govender, Nasim Khan Received: 10 June 2015; Accepted: 18 Apr. 2016; Published: 09 June 2016 Copyright: © 2016. keywords: african; apd; assessment; audiologists; audiology; children; language; participants; processing; south; study; tools cache: sajcd-132.htm plain text: sajcd-132.txt item: #14 of 636 id: sajcd-134 author: None title: sajcd-134 date: None words: 8042 flesch: 55 summary: This study however, aimed to move beyond naming tasks and consider speech processing tasks that tap input and the entire speech processing system more systematically. Given the challenges faced with isiXhosa – there are currently very few isiXhosa-speaking clinicians in Southern Africa, despite this being the second most spoken language in the region – it might be helpful to have a computerised assessment that could then include recordings of isiXhosa words as well as automatic measures of eye gaze parameters. keywords: children; discrimination; isixhosa; language; naming; processing; production; repetition; speech; task; word cache: sajcd-134.htm plain text: sajcd-134.txt item: #15 of 636 id: sajcd-135 author: Office, Editorial title: Acknowledgement to reviewers date: 2015-07-30 words: 389 flesch: 34 summary: In an effort to facilitate the selection of appropriate peer reviewers for the South African Journal of Communication Disorders, we ask that you take a moment to update your electronic portfolio on www.sajcd.org.za for our files, allowing us better access to your areas of interest and expertise, in order to match reviewers with submitted manuscripts. Reviewer Acknowledgement Open Accesshttp://www.sajcd.org.za/ Page 1 of 1 The editorial team of the South African Journal of Communication Disorders recognises the value and importance of peer reviewers in the overall publication process – not only in shaping individual manuscripts, but also in shaping the credibility and reputation of our journal. keywords: communication; journal cache: sajcd-135.pdf plain text: sajcd-135.txt item: #16 of 636 id: sajcd-138 author: None title: sajcd-138 date: None words: 7767 flesch: 53 summary: Little is known about the development - especially the prodiction - of quantifiers in child language, specifically in speakers of an African language. Little is known about the development of quantifiers in child language, especially the production thereof, and particularly in children who speak an African language. keywords: acquisition; children; comprehension; data; english; grade; group; isixhosa; language; learners; lolt; production; quantifiers; study cache: sajcd-138.htm plain text: sajcd-138.txt item: #17 of 636 id: sajcd-141 author: None title: sajcd-141 date: None words: 9658 flesch: 50 summary: The passive The acquisition of the passive According to Deen (2011, p. 155), the passive might very well be the most widely researched grammatical construction in the field of child language acquisition due to the apparent delay in its acquisition. This lag between the development of comprehension and production skills has been widely reported in the literature on child language acquisition and has been found to exist across many languages among both monolinguals and bilinguals. keywords: acquisition; afrikaans; case; children; comprehension; development; english; exposure; isixhosa; language; monolingual; passive; production; scores cache: sajcd-141.htm plain text: sajcd-141.txt item: #18 of 636 id: sajcd-142 author: None title: sajcd-142 date: None words: 5113 flesch: 45 summary: When the experimental groups were compared to control group participants of similar ages, all implanted participants had higher long-term frequency (vFo) (prelingual vFo = 6.23, SD = 4.53; perilingual vFo = 4.43. Studies conducted on varying age groups and durations of implantation, that have focused on vocal characteristics of cochlear-implanted children, have shown that prelingually deaf children, who attain a cochlear implant before age 4, have improved control of their pitch and loudness during voice production (Hocevar-Boltezar et al., 2005). keywords: age; children; cochlear; control; group; participants cache: sajcd-142.htm plain text: sajcd-142.txt item: #19 of 636 id: sajcd-145 author: None title: sajcd-145 date: None words: 8896 flesch: 48 summary: Contrary to Bishop et al.’s (2004) prediction, Northern Sotho non-word repetition reliably discriminated between the two groups of normally developing Northern Sotho-speaking children. Results Distribution of Northern Sotho non-word repetition task scores The descriptive statistics for the NS NRT are given in Table 1. TABLE 1: Descriptive statistics for Northern Sotho non-word repetition task. keywords: children; english; language; non; northern; nrt; ns nrt; processing; pwm; reading; repetition; sotho; test; word cache: sajcd-145.htm plain text: sajcd-145.txt item: #20 of 636 id: sajcd-146 author: None title: sajcd-146 date: None words: 3700 flesch: 51 summary: Effect of voice therapy in sulcus vocalis: A single case study. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajcd.v63i1.146 Original Research Effect of voice therapy in sulcus vocalis: A single case study R. Rajasudhakar Received: 23 Nov. 2015; Accepted: 07 Aug. 2016; keywords: client; post; speech; study; sulcus; therapy; vocalis; voice; voice therapy cache: sajcd-146.htm plain text: sajcd-146.txt item: #21 of 636 id: sajcd-148 author: None title: sajcd-148 date: None words: 7302 flesch: 48 summary: Abstract Background: There is a need for validated neonatal feeding assessment instruments in South Africa. The purpose of neonatal feeding assessment is to accurately diagnose OPD to prevent the negative sequalae of OPD. keywords: assessment; content; delphi; development; dysphagia; feeding; feeding assessment; instrument; neonatal; nfas; opd; panel; participants; round; south cache: sajcd-148.htm plain text: sajcd-148.txt item: #22 of 636 id: sajcd-15 author: None title: SAJCD 218 date: None words: 451 flesch: 52 summary: You will find here a stimulating mix of audiology and speech pathology papers – linked together by the developing contexts in which the work was carried out, and the desire to build the evidence base for our work in this context. I am extremely proud of the journal’s growth over the last few years – both in terms of the number of papers submitted (we are very often run off our feet as we try to manage them!) keywords: papers cache: sajcd-15.htm plain text: sajcd-15.txt item: #23 of 636 id: sajcd-150 author: None title: sajcd-150 date: None words: 5658 flesch: 51 summary: The pilot study comprised 11 participants who underwent hearing screening. Procedures Hearing screening was conducted using the AccuScreen OAE/AABR screener. keywords: follow; hearing; hospital; levels; newborn; nhs; noise; participants; screening; south; study; time cache: sajcd-150.htm plain text: sajcd-150.txt item: #24 of 636 id: sajcd-154 author: None title: sajcd-154 date: None words: 5800 flesch: 48 summary: Hearing loss was most prominent in the ultra-high frequencies initially. High frequency acoustic reflex thresholds were more affected and supported the results of pure tone audiometry and DPOAE testing to confirm sloping high frequency sensorineural hearing loss bilaterally. keywords: duration; frequencies; frequency; hearing; loss; mdr; participants; patients; post; speech; study; treatment cache: sajcd-154.htm plain text: sajcd-154.txt item: #25 of 636 id: sajcd-155 author: None title: sajcd-155 date: None words: 6288 flesch: 40 summary: Limited and imbalanced aural rehabilitation service provision and limited locally relevant literature in South Africa seems to be a concern to the profession of audiology as there is more focus on life-threatening conditions, which is typical in developing countries (Olusanya, 2004). Thus, the current study would provide information about the current status of aural rehabilitation service provision, challenges, interest and related factors as reported by audiologists in current practice. keywords: africa; audiologists; audiology; challenges; communication; hearing; participants; provision; rehabilitation; services; south; training cache: sajcd-155.htm plain text: sajcd-155.txt item: #26 of 636 id: sajcd-157 author: None title: sajcd-157 date: None words: 7048 flesch: 50 summary: Teacher attitudes toward stuttering. The results also highlight some differences in the beliefs and attitudes of South African teachers compared to the individuals in the POSHA–S database. keywords: attitudes; disorders; journal; knowledge; louis; participants; posha; pws; sample; south; study; stuttering; teachers cache: sajcd-157.htm plain text: sajcd-157.txt item: #27 of 636 id: sajcd-158 author: None title: sajcd-158 date: None words: 10060 flesch: 43 summary: Non-medical resources: More than 90% of participants used food and liquid items usually and always in clinical swallow evaluation, but only 36.9% usually and always used eating utensils. The speech-language therapist therefore needs to be up-to-date with clinical swallow evaluation guidelines and recent research in such practices. keywords: africa; components; dysphagia; evaluation; health; language; participants; practice; resources; south; speech; stroke; study; swallow; swallow evaluation; therapists; use cache: sajcd-158.htm plain text: sajcd-158.txt item: #28 of 636 id: sajcd-16 author: None title: SAJCD 120 date: None words: 5201 flesch: 50 summary: Findings confirm the complexity of risk factors, and the influence that a variety of factors such as poor follow-up or return rate might have on the implementation of early hearing detection and intervention. Modifying risk factors to make them context-relevant is crucial as the literature has shown that adoption of an evidence-based model of care allows for best practice. keywords: birth; factors; hearing; loss; neonatal; neonates; risk; risk factors; screening; study; vlbw cache: sajcd-16.htm plain text: sajcd-16.txt item: #29 of 636 id: sajcd-163 author: None title: sajcd-163 date: None words: 5219 flesch: 50 summary: The interviews, medical file review and clinical feeding assessments were conducted by the first author, a qualified SLT, and three graduate students in speech-language pathology. Because state regulation not only impacts on feeding but on the full spectrum of infant behaviour, it may not directly contribute to the diagnostic process during feeding assessment. keywords: assessment; dysphagia; feeding; infant; mbss; neonatal; nfas; opd; participants; reliability; results; scale cache: sajcd-163.htm plain text: sajcd-163.txt item: #30 of 636 id: sajcd-164 author: None title: sajcd-164 date: None words: 5955 flesch: 53 summary: This improvement in EL1 group post-intervention scores suggests that the intervention was effective. The paired t-test confirmed significant improvements from pre- to post-intervention phonological segmentation skills in all three groups (EL1 p = 0.04, EL2 p = 0.002, CG p = 0.01). keywords: el1; el2; groups; intervention; language; learners; post; reading; results; scores; skills; test cache: sajcd-164.htm plain text: sajcd-164.txt item: #31 of 636 id: sajcd-166 author: None title: sajcd-166 date: None words: 8293 flesch: 47 summary: The Spearman correlation analysis draws the following picture: innate intersubjectivity TRC and MRC (rs = 0.06, p = 0.853), child language development TRC and MRC (rs = 0.45, p = 0.139), respectful caretaking TRC and MRC (rs = 0.50, p = 0.097) and communicative musicality and play TRC and MRC (rs = 0.38, p = 0.220). The caregiver students participated in a 4-week training programme (four modules with three teaching units) on the topics of innate intersubjectivity, child language development, respectful caretaking and communicative musicality and play (see Table 1). keywords: caregiver; children; communication; concept; development; didactics; language; lüdtke; mrc; orphanage; research; students; study; tanzanian; test; training; trc cache: sajcd-166.htm plain text: sajcd-166.txt item: #32 of 636 id: sajcd-167 author: None title: sajcd-167 date: None words: 2108 flesch: 41 summary: Postgraduate students and researchers alike enjoyed the interdisciplinary nature of this conference and the enthusiasm around the study of South African languages was infectious. Against this backdrop, Ramona Kunene-Nicolas from the Wits Linguistics Department and Heila Jordaan from the Wits Speech Pathology and Audiology Department decided to collaborate on one of their research interests: acquisition of South African languages by South Africa–based scholars. keywords: acquisition; african; development; language; south; speech cache: sajcd-167.htm plain text: sajcd-167.txt item: #33 of 636 id: sajcd-169 author: None title: sajcd-169 date: None words: 8411 flesch: 56 summary: In Paul Fletcher & Brian MacWhinney (Eds.), The handbook of child language (pp. 96–151). In Table 3 and Table 4, Zulu children performed better at labelling the correct items for nouns (F[2,33] = 3.70, p < 0.04) than labelling the correct items for predicates (F[2,33] = 0.94, p < 0.40) with post-hoc test Bonferroni confirming that there was a significant difference between the 36-month group and the 25-month group at p < 0.03. keywords: acquisition; children; comprehension; development; groups; isizulu; items; language; month; noun; picture; production; south; study; task; tool cache: sajcd-169.htm plain text: sajcd-169.txt item: #34 of 636 id: sajcd-17 author: None title: SAJCD 121 date: None words: 8290 flesch: 49 summary: In turn, teachers, as mediators of learning, need to create multiple opportunities for learners to practise the correct use of numeracy language (e.g. through general as well as small-group discussions). Line 24, testimonials from teacher support teachers: The teachers’ approach is going to be different especially with numeracy. keywords: development; education; english; language; learners; learning; mathematics; numeracy; participants; research; support; teachers; teaching; use cache: sajcd-17.htm plain text: sajcd-17.txt item: #35 of 636 id: sajcd-174 author: None title: sajcd-174 date: None words: 8922 flesch: 46 summary: Lastly, the role of the audiologists with regard to ototoxicity management in the hospital as regarded by the participants is also explored (e.g. whether they consider them as members of the ototoxicity management team, ototoxicity monitoring, disclosing of ototoxicity risks and support to patients who develop hearing loss as a result of ototoxicity). It is recommended that audiologists in hospital contexts actively advocate their role in the management of ototoxicity to encourage doctors to routinely refer such patients for screening. keywords: audiologists; care; doctors; health; hearing; information; knowledge; management; ototoxicity; participants; patients; research; results; role cache: sajcd-174.htm plain text: sajcd-174.txt item: #36 of 636 id: sajcd-178 author: None title: sajcd-178 date: None words: 9228 flesch: 52 summary: Doing so will help speech-language pathologists, teachers and parents to understand the social challenges faced by young stuttering children and to promote positive social interactions between children who do and do not stutter. New and growing efforts are seeking to investigate other variables that may explain stuttering attitudes, with specific interest in stuttering attitude development in young children (e.g. Langevin, Packman & Onslow, 2009; Weidner, St. Louis, Burgess & LeMasters, 2015). keywords: attitudes; children; k.o; louis; posha; states; study; stuttering; stuttering attitudes; turkey; turkish; united cache: sajcd-178.htm plain text: sajcd-178.txt item: #37 of 636 id: sajcd-18 author: None title: SAJCD 117 date: None words: 9157 flesch: 61 summary: Initial acquisition: implant system costs Cochlear implant system costs over time 1. Cochlear implant system costs between November 1986 and June 2010. keywords: aid; average; children; cochlear; costs; implant; implantation; individuals; participants; study; system; years cache: sajcd-18.htm plain text: sajcd-18.txt item: #38 of 636 id: sajcd-180 author: None title: sajcd-180 date: None words: 9806 flesch: 40 summary: Test of narrative language: Examiner’s manual. Macrostructural narrative language of adolescents and young adults with Down syndrome or fragile X syndrome. keywords: ability; adhd; attention; children; effect; language; medication; mph; narrative; oros; production; research; results; speech; story; study; tannock cache: sajcd-180.htm plain text: sajcd-180.txt item: #39 of 636 id: sajcd-182 author: None title: sajcd-182 date: None words: 7852 flesch: 62 summary: Conventional 226-Hz tympanometry is effective in evaluating middle ear functioning accurately in children older than 7 months, but its efficacy in infants aged 6 months and younger is limited because of the immaturity of infant outer and middle ears (Holte, Margolis & Cavanaugh, 1991; Hunter & Morgolis, 1992). Wideband acoustic immittance for assessing middle ear functioning for preterm neonates in the neonatal intensive care unit. keywords: ear; et al; hunter; khz; middle; neonates; reflectance; study; values; wai cache: sajcd-182.htm plain text: sajcd-182.txt item: #40 of 636 id: sajcd-183 author: None title: sajcd-183 date: None words: 6008 flesch: 42 summary: The questionnaires for the doctors sought to elicit information regarding the years of experience as a paediatric oncologists (Figure 1), their knowledge of the protocols in the management of paediatric cancer patients and the referral rate to audiologist for the management of a possible hearing loss. However, the exact statistic regarding paediatric cancer is not readily available, especially in South African public healthcare sectors (Childhood Cancer Foundation of South Africa, 2014), while in the United States, after accidents, cancer is the leading cause of death in paediatrics aged between 1 and 14 (Jemal et al., 2008). keywords: cancer; chemotherapy; children; effects; hearing; loss; oncologists; parents; study; treatment cache: sajcd-183.htm plain text: sajcd-183.txt item: #41 of 636 id: sajcd-184 author: None title: sajcd-184 date: None words: 5717 flesch: 45 summary: Siblings relationships of children with autism. Methods: Thirty typically developing adolescents who have siblings with ASD were selected to complete the survey instrument, the Lifespan Sibling Relationship Scale, using a cross-sectional design. keywords: asd; attitudes; autism; children; data; mean; participants; sibling; support cache: sajcd-184.htm plain text: sajcd-184.txt item: #42 of 636 id: sajcd-185 author: None title: sajcd-185 date: None words: 9301 flesch: 56 summary: Teachers’ negative attitudes towards the inclusion of the child with hearing loss are related to their personal experiences with hearing loss. Teachers’ knowledge regarding NIHL indicated that 3% (n = 6) of the participants were of the opinion that hearing loss can be reversed, 86% (n = 188) said NIHL can happen to anyone at any age and 10% (n = 22) thought that hearing loss can be reversed and can happen to anyone at any age. keywords: children; conservation; exposure; hearing; hearing loss; loss; nihl; noise; programmes; research; results; school; south; study; teachers cache: sajcd-185.htm plain text: sajcd-185.txt item: #43 of 636 id: sajcd-187 author: None title: sajcd-187 date: None words: 6411 flesch: 47 summary: Literature provides limited guidelines for best practice in social skills group interventions (Reichow & Volkmar, 2010). Pragmatic language skills of children with developmental disabilities: A descriptive and relational study in Turkey. keywords: data; group; intervention; language; learners; learning; participants; play; research; role; skills; study; therapy; use cache: sajcd-187.htm plain text: sajcd-187.txt item: #44 of 636 id: sajcd-188 author: Penn, Claire; Mupawose, Anniah; Stein, Jennifer title: From pillars to posts: Some reflections on Community Service six years on date: 2009-12-31 words: 7855 flesch: 55 summary: This feedback session has (with the exception Contact: Prof Claire Penn, Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg South Africa e-mail: Claire.Penn@wits.ac.za 8 DIE SUID-AFRIKAANSE TYDSKRIF VIR KOMMUNIKASIE-AFWYKINGS, VOL, 56, 2009 R ep ro du ce d by S ab in et G at ew ay u nd er li ce nc e gr an te d by th e P ub lis he r (d at ed 2 01 2. ) http://www.hst.org.za/search/basicresult.ohDV mailto:Claire.Penn@wits.ac.za of one year) taken place either in late May or early June of the graduates’ community service year. Such graduates had to use their own equipment or bor­ row equipment from others. keywords: african; community; department; disorders; feedback; graduates; health; issues; journal; language; posts; service; south; speech; training; university; year cache: sajcd-188.pdf plain text: sajcd-188.txt item: #45 of 636 id: sajcd-19 author: None title: SAJCD 86 date: None words: 6537 flesch: 55 summary: Use of dual task paradigm for assessing speech intelligibility in clients with Parkinson's disease. Scaling procedures for the measurement of speech intelligibility. keywords: assessment; changes; disorders; intelligibility; kent; language; motor; people; performance; speech; tasks; test; time; voice; words cache: sajcd-19.htm plain text: sajcd-19.txt item: #46 of 636 id: sajcd-190 author: Chambers, Nola title: Impact of the Telephone Assistive Device (TAD) on stuttering severity while speaking on the telephone date: 2009-12-31 words: 9960 flesch: 56 summary: This aim was operationalised into the following objectives to determine: (1) the immediate and delayed benefit from the TAD following a week of repeated use (as well as the relationship between this delayed benefit and the amount of time spent using the device during that week); (2) the difference, if any, in the benefit derived from the TAD between making telephone calls versus receiving telephone calls; (3) the carryover of benefit, if any, from using the TAD to telephone calls without using the TAD; (4) the impact of initial speech variables (stuttering severity and type of symptoms) and demographic variables (first versus second language use and self-reported restrictions in telephone use prior to the study) on the immediate and delayed benefit derived from the TAD and, (5) the participants’ perceptions of the TAD following a week’s re­ peated use of the device. Stuttering severity was measured first without and then with the device in partici­ pants’ naturalistic settings while making and receiving telephone calls (immediate benefit). keywords: aaf; benefit; calls; device; feedback; journal; participants; re­; severity; speech; study; stuttering; tad; telephone; use; week cache: sajcd-190.pdf plain text: sajcd-190.txt item: #47 of 636 id: sajcd-191 author: Ramma, Lebogang title: Knowledge and attitudes of teachers regarding the impact of classroom acoustics on speech perception and learning date: 2009-12-31 words: 8142 flesch: 65 summary: Twenty three (39%) of the participants reported that they had some type of input on classroom acoustics during their training as teachers, and eight (14%) said they had received some input about classroom noise via in-service training workshops. KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES OF TEACHERS REGARDING THE IMPACT OF CLASSROOM ACOUSTICS ON SPEECH PERCEPTION AND LEARNING Knowledge and attitudes of teachers regarding the impact of classroom acoustics on speech perception and learning Lebogang Ramma University of Cape Town Abstract This study investigated the knowledge and attitude of primary school teachers regarding the impact of poor classroom acoustics on learners’ speech perception and learning in class. keywords: acoustics; background; classroom; classroom acoustics; impact; knowledge; learners; learning; noise; perception; school; speech; study; teachers cache: sajcd-191.pdf plain text: sajcd-191.txt item: #48 of 636 id: sajcd-192 author: van der Linde, Jeannie; Kritzinger, Alta; Redelinghuys, Aniel title: The identification process in Early Communication Intervention (ECI) by Primary Health Care personnel in Ditsobotla sub-district date: 2009-12-31 words: 9793 flesch: 51 summary: If certain ECI functions are shared among professionals in PHC, case- finding of infants at risk for communication delays or disorders may be improved and appropriate ECI services may be rendered to families at PHC facilities. The information gathered through the research may also support the facilitation of a transdisciplinary team approach to service deliv­ ery in ECI in Ditsobotla sub-district, where effective collaboration between the PHC nurses, speech-language therapists, audiolo- gists, and PHC programme managers may be established. keywords: care; children; communication; data; district; eci; facilities; health; identification; infants; language; participants; personnel; phc; programme; referral; research; services; south; sub cache: sajcd-192.pdf plain text: sajcd-192.txt item: #49 of 636 id: sajcd-193 author: Panday, Seema; Kathard, Harsha; Pillay, Mershen; Govender, Cyril title: The homogeneity of audibility and prosody of Zulu words for Speech Reception Threshold (SRT) testing date: 2009-12-31 words: 14437 flesch: 71 summary: Performance intensity curves for Zulu words finally selected o o level (dB) -----Bhema ----- Finya -----Goba — hlala — hlaka -----Hlenga -----hluba — hola -----jaha -----kheta -----landa -----letha -----lima -----loya -----phonsa -----sefa ----- vuma ----- yifa ----- yosa ----- AVERAGE OF ALL ----- Bheka ----- dansa ----- gqoka ----- dinga ----- lunga ----- pheka ----- qoba ----- shaya ----- thanda ----- vula ----- yenza Figure 2. Performance intensity curves for Zulu words not selected 0 . keywords: audibility; e c; e d; e e; e gr; e n; e p; e t; homogeneity; intensity; l e; n t; nc e; r e; s e; speech; t h; t t; w e; words; y e; zulu cache: sajcd-193.pdf plain text: sajcd-193.txt item: #50 of 636 id: sajcd-195 author: Levin, Karen; Traub, Loren title: Inappropriate sexual behaviours experienced by Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists in South Africa date: 2006-12-31 words: 13303 flesch: 73 summary: Therefore the professions o speech pathology and audiology, which are predom inantly ema e professions in South Africa, cannot ignore ISB as a professiona issue because the experience o f ISB poses a serious n s k to both R othstein’s (1993) view o f ISB as a professional issue provided a lens through w hich keywords: e n; e p; ent; et al; experience; f isb; isb; n d; o f; o n; qualified; respondents; sexual; slp; south; student; study cache: sajcd-195.pdf plain text: sajcd-195.txt item: #51 of 636 id: sajcd-196 author: Sabat, Ayesha; Moodley, Legini; Kathard, Harsha title: Identity construction following Traumatic Brain Injury: A case study date: 2006-12-31 words: 14041 flesch: 74 summary: The notion that a sense o f s e lf is m aintained in even the most im paired com m unicator (Brumfitt, 1998) sup­ ports the need to understand the preserved se lf o f an individual with acquired com m unication impairment Therapeutic intervention m ay be enhanced b y understand­ ing the relationship betw een therapeutic outcom e and self- understanding. The significance o f generating an integrated understanding o f disability has lead to the blurring o f boundaries betw een SLT, sociology and disability theory (Pound et al., 2000). keywords: com; disability; experience; identity; life; n d; o f; participant; paul; research; self; sense; social; story; study; tbi; u n; unication cache: sajcd-196.pdf plain text: sajcd-196.txt item: #52 of 636 id: sajcd-197 author: Dangor, Tasneem; Ross, Eleanor title: Western and traditional medicine: Cultural beliefs and practices of South African Muslims with regard to Down Syndrome date: 2006-12-31 words: 14618 flesch: 66 summary: A further limitation re ­ lates to the lack o f generalizability o f the data. A nother participant reported that her doctor introduced her to other m oth­ ers/caregivers o f children w ith Down syndrome, which helped her deal with her feelings towards her child and contributed to more effective care and keywords: african; approach; beliefs; caregivers; child; children; com; cultural; edical; ent; healers; healing; health; ith; language; medicine; o f; participants; practices; professionals; research; south; speech; syndrome; traditional; uslim; western cache: sajcd-197.pdf plain text: sajcd-197.txt item: #53 of 636 id: sajcd-198 author: Kritzinger, Alta; Steenkamp, Lizanne title: Communication development of a young child with Foetal Renoid syndrome: A seven-year follow-up study date: 2006-12-31 words: 10107 flesch: 59 summary: e. Annual s e r ia l a ssessm ents o f the p a rtic ip a n t The increase in use o f isotretinoin among women o f this child­ bearing age group raised serious concerns regarding the possibil­ ity o f pregnancy during the use o f this powerful teratogen. keywords: assessment; children; communication; data; development; early; frs; intervention; isotretinoin; kritzinger; language; level; months; o f; participant; skills; study; table cache: sajcd-198.pdf plain text: sajcd-198.txt item: #54 of 636 id: sajcd-199 author: Overett, Wendy; Kathard, Harsha title: Profiles of outpatient speech-language therapy audiology clients at a tertiary hospital in the Western Cape date: 2006-12-31 words: 10120 flesch: 61 summary: f the above discussion regarding services for dif­ ferent age groups o f clients, the current study revealed that a large percentage (n=71; 64%) o f clients with a neurogenic communica­ tion disorder (without dysphagia) were under the age o keywords: audiology; cape; clients; communication; data; disorders; health; hospital; language; number; o f; opd; services; slt; south; speech; study; therapy; years cache: sajcd-199.pdf plain text: sajcd-199.txt item: #55 of 636 id: sajcd-20 author: None title: SAJCD 51 date: None words: 9551 flesch: 58 summary: These were then utilised in the second phase of the study where verbal translations were conducted with the five participants (Tables 2 - 4). Comparison of verbal translations made by the five participants The results of this aspect of the study have been tabulated in Table 2. keywords: african; assessment; book; command; english; igama; isizulu; khomba; lakho; language; participant; pen; point; south; speech; translation; yini cache: sajcd-20.htm plain text: sajcd-20.txt item: #56 of 636 id: sajcd-200 author: de Rauville, Ingrid; Chetty, Sandhya; Pahl, Jenny title: Current management for word finding difficulties by speech-language therapists in South African remedial schools date: 2006-12-31 words: 12857 flesch: 60 summary: Many factors impact on the complex management o f developmen­ tal WFDs by South African Speech-Language Therapists (SLTs), including: controversies about the nature and impact o f WFDs; the training o f SLTs in WFDs; the role o f the SLT in managing WFDs; the context in which services are provided; the model o f service delivery in use; policy issues including inclusive educa­ tion; outcomes based education and language issues. Within the processing view, the two inter-related compo­ nents o f the initial learning, organisation and storage o f informa­ tion that impacts on the learning keywords: african; assessment; children; difficulties; education; finding; group; intervention; language; learners; learning; lld; o f; remedial; research; schools; slts; south; speech; therapy; use; wfds; word; years cache: sajcd-200.pdf plain text: sajcd-200.txt item: #57 of 636 id: sajcd-203 author: McInroy, Althea; Kritzinger, Alta title: A single case study of the communication development of a high-risk neonate, from birth to discharge from a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) date: 2005-12-31 words: 9056 flesch: 50 summary: The moder- ate to high noise levels occurring regularly during data- collection times (Swanepoel, 2000) appear to be typical of de- scriptions of NICU environments in the literature (Gardner & Lubchenco, 1998) and are considered as a major source of physiological stress for preterm infants (Rossetti, 2001). Characteristics of participant at birth. keywords: birth; care; communication; communication development; development; infant; interaction; intervention; neonate; nicu; parents; participant; risk; rossetti; study cache: sajcd-203.pdf plain text: sajcd-203.txt item: #58 of 636 id: sajcd-204 author: Swanepoel, De Wet; Steyn, Karen title: Short report: Establishing normal hearing for infants with the auditory steady-state response date: 2005-12-31 words: 4162 flesch: 59 summary: Studies reporting ASSR thresholds for normal hearing infants using the dichotic and monotic multiple frequency technique also suggest similar average values between 25 and 40 dB (John et al., 2004; Lins et al., 1996). Since the hearing of young infants is not easily evaluated by conventional behavioural audiometric measures, diagnostic assessments utilising electro- physiologic techniques such as the Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR) is used to estimate hearing thresholds. keywords: assr; frequency; hearing; infants; loss; thresholds cache: sajcd-204.pdf plain text: sajcd-204.txt item: #59 of 636 id: sajcd-205 author: Moodley, Saloshni; Chetty, Sandhay; Pahl, Jenny title: The school-based speech-language therapist: Choosing multicultural texts date: 2005-12-31 words: 11364 flesch: 62 summary: There is an extensive body of research that investigates learner response to multicultural literature in linguistically and culturally diverse classrooms (Althanases, 1998; Galda et al., 2001; Jordan & Purves, 1993; Naidoo, 1992; Webster, 2001; Willis & Johnson, 2000). There also appears to be a lack of South African studies and a lack of studies using primary school learners. keywords: department; education; folktales; language; learners; learning; literature; participants; researcher; responses; south; speech; story; study; texts cache: sajcd-205.pdf plain text: sajcd-205.txt item: #60 of 636 id: sajcd-206 author: Kathard, Harsha; Pillay, Mershen; Samuel, Michael; Reddy, Vijay title: Genesis of self-identity as DisOther: Life histories of people who stutter date: 2004-12-31 words: 12198 flesch: 66 summary: Over time, the importance of personal experience research has been recog- nised and research on varied dimensions has gathered gradual momentum (Corcoran & Stewart, 1998; Crichton-Smith, 2002; Die Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Kommunikasieafwykings, Vol. He proposed that the study of identity and disease/disorder could not be separated in personal experience research. keywords: disother; e n; e p; e t; h e; identity; n g; n t; participants; r e; research; school; self; stuttering cache: sajcd-206.pdf plain text: sajcd-206.txt item: #61 of 636 id: sajcd-207 author: Schoeman, Elsie M.; Fourie, David P. title: Being all ears: A systemic perspective of the role of the psychologist in cochlear implantation date: 2004-12-31 words: 6675 flesch: 59 summary: A hearing impaired family The therapist first saw the B. family to evaluate 2-year-old Mary for a possible cochlear implant. Family therapy: Critical evaluation. keywords: change; child; cochlear; family; gregory; hearing; implant; parents; sam; systems cache: sajcd-207.pdf plain text: sajcd-207.txt item: #62 of 636 id: sajcd-208 author: van Dijk, Catherine; Hugo, René; Louw, Brenda title: The needs of teachers of children with hearing loss within the inclusive education system date: 2004-12-31 words: 15088 flesch: 50 summary: The Needs of Teachers of Children with Hearing Loss within the Inclusive Education System 23 THE NEEDS OF TEACHERS OF CHILDREN WITH HEARING LOSS WITHIN THE INCLUSIVE EDUCATION SYSTEM Catherine van Dijk, Rene Hugo and Brenda Louw Department of Communication Pathology, University of Pretoria ABSTRACT In South Africa, the current movement towards the inclusion of children with disabilities, including children with hearing loss, is likely to have far-reaching consequences for both teachers and learners. Findings revealed that, although participants realised the importance of various aspects of development of the child with hearing loss, they generally did not realise the importance of receiving support from an educational audiologist. keywords: child; children; communication; education; hearing loss; knowledge; language; need; order; participants; school; sign; skills; south; speech; support; system; teachers cache: sajcd-208.pdf plain text: sajcd-208.txt item: #63 of 636 id: sajcd-209 author: None title: sajcd-209 date: None words: 5484 flesch: 51 summary: Validity and reliability The outcome measures used in the study are published and deemed valid and reliable tools to use for the assessment of infant feeding. According to Sarnat and Sarnat observations (1976), as well as other HIE grading systems such as the HIE score (Thompson, Van der Elst, Molteno & Malan, 1997) or the modified Sarnat encephalopathy grading (Horn, 2013; Shalak, Laptook, Velaphi & Perlman, 2003), infants with HIE may be at risk of early feeding problems. keywords: breastfeeding; day; feeding; hie; hospital; infants; neonate; participant; study; sucking; swallowing cache: sajcd-209.htm plain text: sajcd-209.txt item: #64 of 636 id: sajcd-21 author: None title: SAJCD 133 date: None words: 8388 flesch: 53 summary: Spatial speech perception benefits in young children with normal hearing and cochlear implants. According to the literature, adult CI users typically reach their performance plateau within 6 months to 1 year post-implantation (Teoh, Pisoni & Miyamoto, 2004). keywords: adults; benefit; cochlear; db ci; et al; implant; noise; participants; perception; speech cache: sajcd-21.htm plain text: sajcd-21.txt item: #65 of 636 id: sajcd-210 author: Kritzinger, Alta; Louw, Brenda title: Clinical training of undergraduate communication pathology students in the neonatal assessment and neonate-caregiver interaction in South Africa date: 2003-12-31 words: 9073 flesch: 67 summary: 7. T h e r e is a g r a d u a l i n c r e a s e in l e a r n e r responsibility for managing own learning experiences with a gradual decrease in supervisor support and clinical instruction over the four years of study. Since many infants and young children in South Africa are at risk for developmental delay, neglect and abuse due to low birth weight and poverty related factors (Central Statistical Services, 1997), the newborn period offers a unique opportunity to i n t e r v e n e e a r l y in o r d e r to p r e v e n t a d v e r s e developmental outcomes in infants. keywords: e c; e n; e o; e p; e s; n t; o n; r e; s s; t e; t s; u n cache: sajcd-210.pdf plain text: sajcd-210.txt item: #66 of 636 id: sajcd-211 author: Campbell, Nicole G.; Wilson, Wayne J. title: The performance of South African English first language child speakers on a "low linguistically loaded" central auditory processing test protocol date: 2003-12-31 words: 3461 flesch: 68 summary: Age in years Test Dichotic digits test Frequency pattern test - verbal Frequency pattern test • humming Low-pass filtered speech Speech MLD test (dB) Results with respect to predicted pass criteria as calculated by mean-2SD cutoffs, suggested that the SA speakers performed of a lower level than the American speakers by an average of 5.3% per ear for the two pair dichotic digits test, 1.9 dB for the masking level difference test, 8.8% per ear for the frequency pattern test - humming report, 14.5% per ear for the frequency patterns test - verbal report, and 39.7%> per ear for the low pass filtered speech test. keywords: auditory; language; speech; test cache: sajcd-211.pdf plain text: sajcd-211.txt item: #67 of 636 id: sajcd-214 author: Khoza, Katijah; Ross, Eleanor title: Auditory function in a group of adults infected with HIV/AIDS in Gauteng, South Africa date: 2002-12-31 words: 8008 flesch: 55 summary: The six specific sub-aims were to determine the prevalence of hearing loss in the sample; to assess the type, degree, configuration and symmetry of the hearing loss; to determine the relationship between the hearing symptoms and the progressive stages of HIV/AIDS; to explore the nature of onset of hearing loss (e.g. sudden vs. gradual/progressive onset); to determine the relationship between the nature of onset of sensorineural hearing loss and the severity of the hearing loss; and lastly, to relate the HIV/AIDS signs and symptoms of each subject to the nature of the hearing loss. The prevalence of hearing loss; the type, degree and configuration of the hearing loss; the relationship between the hearing symptoms and the progressive stages of the disease, and the type of onset of hearing problems were examined. keywords: aids; hearing; hearing loss; hiv; loss; onset; patients; south; stage; study; subjects cache: sajcd-214.pdf plain text: sajcd-214.txt item: #68 of 636 id: sajcd-216 author: Haupt, Lize; Alant, Erna title: The iconicity of picture communication symbols for rural Zulu children date: 2002-12-31 words: 9271 flesch: 63 summary: Iconicity information can greatly aid clinicians in such a selection, since iconic symbols are easier to learn (Fuller, 1987; Fuller, 1997; Lloyd & Fuller, 1990; Lloyd, Fuller & Arvidson, 1997; Lloyd, Loeding & Doherty, 1985; Luftig, 1983; Luftig, Page & Lloyd, 1983; Mizuko, 1987). It is expensive and virtually impossible to train all possible communication partners in the use of the relevant symbol set/system, therefore the use of iconic symbols is more efficient. keywords: children; communication; iconicity; label; overlay; participants; research; south; study; symbols; target; zulu cache: sajcd-216.pdf plain text: sajcd-216.txt item: #69 of 636 id: sajcd-217 author: Modi, Naina; Ross, Eleanor title: The current practices, training and concerns of a group of hospital-based speech therapists working in the area of dysphagia date: 2000-12-31 words: 11107 flesch: 46 summary: Results indicated that the overwhelm- ing majority of the respondents were involved in assessing and treating dysphagia patients. The majority of the respond- ents rated their knowledge about specific theoretical areas as well as their counselling abilities to be better than their actual skills and confidence in assessing and treating dysphagia patients. keywords: access; courses; dysphagia; knowledge; majority; management; patients; procedures; respondents; south; speech; therapists; training; undergraduate cache: sajcd-217.pdf plain text: sajcd-217.txt item: #70 of 636 id: sajcd-218 author: Joseph, Lavanithum; Alant, Erna title: Strangers in the house? Communication between mothers and their hearing impaired children who sign date: 2000-12-31 words: 8811 flesch: 61 summary: Communication between Mothers and their Searing Impaired Children who Sign 21 Type of signing used Home signs constituted the most common type of signing used, with 58% of signing mothers reporting its use. The present study explored the signing experience of 45 mothers of children in the junior primary phase at schools for the deaf in the Durban region of Kwa-Zulu Natal as a reflection of the use of signing within the home. keywords: children; communication; deaf; education; hearing; language; mothers; parents; signing; speech; study; use cache: sajcd-218.pdf plain text: sajcd-218.txt item: #71 of 636 id: sajcd-219 author: Moodley, Legini; Louw, Brenda; Hugo, René title: Early identification of at-risk infants and toddlers: A transdisciplinary model of service delivery date: 2000-12-31 words: 11353 flesch: 44 summary: Enhancing early intervention services to infants/toddlers and their families. The provision of training programmes in ECI by speech-language therapists and audiologists to community nurses, is poorly documented in the literature (Delport, 1998). keywords: attitudes; communication; community; community nurses; eci; intervention; knowledge; language; nurses; programme; risk; service; south; speech; training cache: sajcd-219.pdf plain text: sajcd-219.txt item: #72 of 636 id: sajcd-220 author: Hanekom, Tania; Hanekom, Johan J. title: Die bydrae van basiese navorsing in kliniese toepassings met verwysing na kogleêre inplantings date: 2000-12-31 words: 7520 flesch: 64 summary: n Verdere bespreking van die proses betrokke by die ontwikkeling van nuwe tegnologie val buite die bestek van hierdie artikel. Basiese navorsing stel dus ten doel eerstens om 'n beter begrip te verkry van die fundamentele werking van die onderliggende biologie en fisiologie van 'n lewende stelsel en tweedens om die reaksie van die stelsel op spesifieke insette of stimuli te voorspel. keywords: auditory; basiese; clark; cochlear; dat; deur; die; dit; hanekom; hearing; hierdie; inplantings; journal; kan; kogleere; model; modelle; navorsing; nie; research; shannon; stelsel; stimulation; van; van die; vir; wat; word cache: sajcd-220.pdf plain text: sajcd-220.txt item: #73 of 636 id: sajcd-221 author: Hanekom, Johan J. title: What do cochlear implants teach us about the encoding of frequency in the auditory system? date: 2000-12-31 words: 7541 flesch: 55 summary: This article further explores the coding of frequency in the phase-lock code, using neurophysiological and psychoacoustic data from auditory electrical stimulation as instrument. An existing model of frequency discrimination in the acoustically stimulated auditory system is extended to include electrical stimulation. keywords: cochlear; coding; data; discrimination; fibres; frequency; implants; javel; model; phase; spike; stimulation; stimulus; system cache: sajcd-221.pdf plain text: sajcd-221.txt item: #74 of 636 id: sajcd-222 author: Wilson, Wayne J.; Moodley, Selvarani title: Use of the CID W22 as a South African English speech discrimination test date: 2000-12-31 words: 4895 flesch: 58 summary: Technical information on the Tygerberg CID W22 recording is not available. It must be noted at this stage that a popular alternative to the Tygerberg CID W22 recording is to present the wordlists via monitored live voice (MLV). keywords: cid; dbspl; half; list; sae; scores; south; speech; w22 cache: sajcd-222.pdf plain text: sajcd-222.txt item: #75 of 636 id: sajcd-224 author: Baker, Belinda; Ross, Eleanor; Girson, Joan title: Attitudes of a group of South African speech-language pathologists towards stutterers and stuttering therapy date: 1997-12-31 words: 9489 flesch: 54 summary: Only 9.8% said that their train- ing had adequately prepared them for treating stutterers, which highlights the need for improved training methods, while 11.5% claimed that their positive attitudes were the result of their practical experiences with stutterers. Stutterers themselves have opposed the idea that they are a homo- geneous group which can be stereotyped (Fransella, 1968 as cited by Ham, 1990a) and there has been no significant difference in the self-descriptions of stutterers and non- stutterers (Kalinowski et al., 1987). keywords: agree; attitudes; clinicians; cooper; disagree; personality; speech; stutterers; stuttering; therapists; therapy; training cache: sajcd-224.pdf plain text: sajcd-224.txt item: #76 of 636 id: sajcd-225 author: Chambers, Nicole; Anderson, Ilona title: Teacher accuracy in the identification of pre-school pupils with hearing loss date: 1997-12-31 words: 5749 flesch: 69 summary: Teacher identification will be compared firstly to audio- metric only and then to combined audiometric and tympanometric screening results. The McNemar chi square was computed and found to be 0,31 for 1 degree of freedom, and indicated that no sig- nificant difference existed between teacher identification and audiometric identification (McCall & Kagan, 1994). keywords: e n; hearing; pupils; screening; teachers cache: sajcd-225.pdf plain text: sajcd-225.txt item: #77 of 636 id: sajcd-226 author: Popich, Elsa; Alant, Erna title: Interaction between a teacher and the non-speaking as well as speaking children in the classroom date: 1997-12-31 words: 8557 flesch: 60 summary: The South African Journal of Communication Disorders, Vol. 44, 1997 R ep ro du ce d by S ab in et G at ew ay u nd er li ce nc e gr an te d by th e P ub lis he r (d at ed 2 01 2) Interaction Between Teacher and the Non-speaking as well as Speaking Children in the Classroom 33 teractions between teachers and the speaking as well as non-speaking children in their classes. A t-test was completed to determine if the two groups (non-speaking children and speaking children) differed significantly. keywords: children; classes; classroom; communication; die; group; interaction; speaking; teacher; types; verbalizations; vol cache: sajcd-226.pdf plain text: sajcd-226.txt item: #78 of 636 id: sajcd-227 author: Bhoola, Daksha; Hugo, René title: Excess cerumen: Failure rate of Black and Indian preschool children from Durban on the Middle Ear Screening Protocol (MESP) date: 1997-12-31 words: 7438 flesch: 65 summary: (iii) Failure on Middle ear tests included: - eardrum abnormalities - tympanometry (iv) Failure of a subject on any one of the categories, un- der outer ear and middle ear tests independently, was regarded as a fail. INTRODUCTION The SANCD (1990) classifies auditory dysfunction that occurs when the site is the external ear or middle ear, as conductive hearing loss. keywords: black; cerumen; children; eac; ear; hearing; indian; inspection; middle; protocol; screening; study cache: sajcd-227.pdf plain text: sajcd-227.txt item: #79 of 636 id: sajcd-228 author: Leaf, Caroline M.; Louw, Brenda; Uys, Isabel title: The development of a model for geodesic learning: The geodesic information processing model date: 1997-12-31 words: 16913 flesch: 44 summary: Further research is needed to explore geodesic learning environments that foster a cli- mate of authentic learning. The role of geodesic frameworks such as the MMA in such an infrastructure is that of providing the how of the implementation of facil- itating geodesic learning environments. keywords: approach; brain; communication; dynamic; geodesic; information; interaction; iran; knowledge; language; learning; level; mma; model; nejad; processing; regulation; self; speech; systems cache: sajcd-228.pdf plain text: sajcd-228.txt item: #80 of 636 id: sajcd-229 author: Moolman, Enid; Alant, Erna title: The teaching of Blissymbols as a bridge into literacy for children with cognitive impairments: A comparison of two training approaches date: 1997-12-31 words: 10283 flesch: 60 summary: The symbol elements of the stimuli used in the generalization procedure were all introduced dur- ing training, but in combination with different elements: Single configuration as well as compound symbols were selected from different word categories (nouns, verbs, ad- jectives). Stage 1 concentrated on the training of compound symbols and Stage 2 on the training of single configuration symbols. keywords: approach; blissymbols; compound; configuration; evaluation; generalization; group; procedure; results; subjects; symbols; training cache: sajcd-229.pdf plain text: sajcd-229.txt item: #81 of 636 id: sajcd-23 author: Fani, Gertrude Nomfula title: CPD Questionnaire date: 2012-12-04 words: 492 flesch: 75 summary: A Swahili screening test for speech in neurological disorders was developed for sole use by speech therapists. 5. True (A) or false (B): A study on neonates with very low birth weight revealed a statistically significant relationship between risk factors and distortion product oto- acoustic emissions (DPOAE) screening results. keywords: speech cache: sajcd-23.pdf plain text: sajcd-23.txt item: #82 of 636 id: sajcd-230 author: Schmulian, Dunay; van der Merwe, Anita; Groenewald, Emily title: An exploratory study of an undefined acquired neuromotor speech disorder within the context of the four level framework for speech sensorimotor control date: 1997-12-31 words: 9422 flesch: 58 summary: One way of addressing the essence of motor speech disorders is by manipulating certain contextual factors such as sound structure and the articulatory characteristics of the utterance and thereby placing differential demands on the motor system. By de- termining and comparing reactions to variation in speech context, more insight could be gained into the nature of motor speech disorders and it can contribute towards dif- ferentiating disorders in the different stages of the motor process (Van der Merwe, 1986). keywords: analysis; control; der; der merwe; disorders; formant; merwe; motor; normal; sound; speech; subject; values; van; van der cache: sajcd-230.pdf plain text: sajcd-230.txt item: #83 of 636 id: sajcd-231 author: van Wyk, Liza; Uys, Isabel; Soer, Maggi title: Spraakdiskriminasie by bejaarde gehoorapparaatgebruikers date: 1997-12-31 words: 8760 flesch: 68 summary: RESULTATE Tabel 4 bied 'n opsomming van die twee navorsings- groepe se gemiddelde resultate op die verskillende toetse (Van Wyk, 1997). Na aanleiding van die 5%-vlak (p < 0,05) van beduidenheid is daar 'n beduidende verskil tussen die twee groepe se prestasie in die vier verskillende luisteromstandighede (R-N-K; R-K; L-K en L-N-K).' keywords: beduidende; bejaardes; daar; die; gebruik; groep; hierdie; met; nie; resultate; ta kt; tussen; van; vir; ο ο cache: sajcd-231.pdf plain text: sajcd-231.txt item: #84 of 636 id: sajcd-233 author: Voogt, G. R.; Schoeman, H. S. title: Ototoxicity of aminoglycoside drugs in tuberculosis treatment date: 1996-12-31 words: 3203 flesch: 83 summary: e s e i n e t e c t keywords: frequency cache: sajcd-233.pdf plain text: sajcd-233.txt item: #85 of 636 id: sajcd-234 author: Kleingeld, Karen; Louw, Brenda; Uys, Isabel C. title: Gesproke en geskrewe taalvermoëns van hulpklasleerlinge teruggeplaas in hoofstroomonderwys date: 1996-12-31 words: 7365 flesch: 62 summary: Beskrywing van die proefpersone se geskrewe taal- vermoens Uit die beskrywing van die proefpersone se geskrewe taalfunksionering word die gevolgtrekking gemaak dat 27,4% van die proefpersone ondergemiddeld presteer in geskrewe taal volgens die SAST en SAWLT. n Positiewe korrelasie is geidentifiseer in die vergelyking van die proefpersone se abstrak-konkreetheidsindeks in gesproke taal en die abstrak-konkrete inhoudskaal in geskrewe taal, asook tussen gemiddelde staneges in gesproke taal en gemid- delde staneges in geskrewe taal. keywords: aan; dat; deur; die; dus; geskrewe; geskrewe taal; gesproke; het; hierdie; kinders; korrelasie; language; nie; oor; proefpersone; resultate; skolastiese; spraak; taal; taalleergestremde; taalprobleme; taalvermoens; tot; tussen; van; verband; vir; wat; word cache: sajcd-234.pdf plain text: sajcd-234.txt item: #86 of 636 id: sajcd-235 author: Wium, Anna-Marie; Alant, Erna title: The development of a screening schedule for use by teachers to describe the communication abilities of children with severe disabilities date: 1996-12-31 words: 7624 flesch: 69 summary: 17 The Development of a Screening Schedule for Use by Teachers to Describe the Communication Abilities of Children with Severe Disabilities Anna-Marie Wium and Erna Alant Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication Department Communication Pathology University of Pretoria ABSTRACT The study developed a screening schedule for teachers to describe the communication abilities of children with severe disabilities Teachers were trained in the use of such an assessment procedure. Evaluation of the schedule by the teachers: The teachers evaluated the ease of use of the schedule by corn- Day 1:- Descriptive information of teachers: Teachers from schools for children with severe disabilities in the Pretoria area reg- istered for the workshop. keywords: communication; o n; questions; schedule; teachers; training; use cache: sajcd-235.pdf plain text: sajcd-235.txt item: #87 of 636 id: sajcd-236 author: Hanekom, Johan J.; Shannon, Robert V. title: Place pitch discrimination and speech recognition in cochlear implants users date: 1996-12-31 words: 12698 flesch: 67 summary: The electrode numbering conven- tion used in this paper is as follows: an electrode pair is referred to by the stimulation electrode number, and with the stimulation mode known (explained below), the return electrode is implicitly known. They compared speech perception abilities in ten subjects using their everyday maps2, and related this to the subjects' place pitch ranking abilities. keywords: cumulative; discrimination; electrode; jem; map; maps; mode; number; perception; performance; pitch; spacing; speech; speech perception; stimulation; subject cache: sajcd-236.pdf plain text: sajcd-236.txt item: #88 of 636 id: sajcd-237 author: van der Merwe, Anita; van Tonder, Marita; Pretorius, Estelle; Crous, Helga title: Stemprobleme by enkele groepe professionele stemgebruikers: Implikasies vir voorkoming date: 1996-12-31 words: 7569 flesch: 71 summary: Die essensie van voorkoming van stemmisbruik en 'n gevolglike stemprobleem-, is volgens Johnson (1991) die self-monitering van gedrag. Die luidheid van begeleiding word net deur 7 (35%) sangers beperk en 14 van die groep gebruik nie gereeld monitor-luidsprekers wat terugvoer van die stem verbeter nie. keywords: aan; dat; deur; die; dit; gebruik; geen; groepe; het; hierdie; kan; kennis; maar; moet; nie; ook; oor; persone; professionele; sal; sangers; slegs; stemprobleme; tabel; van; vir; voice; voorkom; voorkoming; wat; wel; word cache: sajcd-237.pdf plain text: sajcd-237.txt item: #89 of 636 id: sajcd-238 author: Bornman, Juan; Alant, Erna title: Nonspeaking children in schools for children with severe mental disabilities in the greater Pretoria area: Implications for speech-language therapists date: 1996-12-31 words: 8366 flesch: 61 summary: Nonspeaking children could not express themselves verbally and were therefore less frequently understood by teachers and their communica- tion ability was also described as significantly poorer than that of speaking children (See Table 4). Implications for Speech-language Therapists Juan Bornman and Erna Alant Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication Department of Communication Pathology University of Pretoria ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to describe children enrolled in registered schools for children with severe mental disabilities in the greater Pretoria area in order to compile a profile of nonspeaking children. keywords: aac; children; communication; figure; nonspeaking; schools; speech; survey; teachers; words; years cache: sajcd-238.pdf plain text: sajcd-238.txt item: #90 of 636 id: sajcd-239 author: Pansegrouw, Ilze; Alant, Erna title: Communication intervention in an adolescent with profound cognitive impairment and autistic features date: 1996-12-31 words: 10002 flesch: 60 summary: Figure 1 demonstrates that for the PCI person, social integration, i.e., the acquisition of communication skills and becoming independent within this context, is a high prior- ity. = Subject: communication skills / M/s = Mother: skills at training the subject S/i = Subject: independence at performing action rou- tines y FIGURE 2: Change of priority skills at weeks three and six X The South African Journal of Communication Disorders, Vol. 43, 1996 R ep ro du ce d by S ab in et G at ew ay u nd er li ce nc e gr an te d by th e P ub lis he r (d at ed 2 01 2) £ , o n u n u keywords: action; communication; communication skills; intervention; mother; person; priority; reinforcement; results; routines; skills; subject; symbol; table; task cache: sajcd-239.pdf plain text: sajcd-239.txt item: #91 of 636 id: sajcd-240 author: Kritzinger, Alta; Louw, Brenda; Hugo, René title: Early communication functioning of infants with cleft lip and palate date: 1996-12-31 words: 6651 flesch: 52 summary: Description of Subjects, N=44 16% 21% 16% 40% 5 B i l 34 subjects without intensive care (77,3%) 11 subjects tube fed (25%) 7 subjects breastfed (15,9%) 26 subjects bottle fed (59,1%) 1 subject with Down Syndrome 1 subject with sensorineural hearing loss due to congenital syphilis 1 subject with heart defect 1 subject with bilateral Polydactyly 1 subject with hernia 8 subjects <2.5kg (18,2%) 1 subject one of a twin 14 subjects with associated conditions (31.9%) 30 subjects without associated conditions (68,1%) keywords: cleft; communication; development; expressive; hearing; infants; language; lip; motor; palate; risk; skills; speech; subjects cache: sajcd-240.pdf plain text: sajcd-240.txt item: #92 of 636 id: sajcd-241 author: Watt, Nola; Penn, Claire; Jones, Dilys title: Speech-language evaluation of closed head injured subjects in South Africa: Cultural applicability and ecological validity of a test battery date: 1996-12-31 words: 8653 flesch: 55 summary: The impact of early demographic and injury related variables on communicative test performance was as- sessed. This is a counter-intuitive result, as many authors suspect that poor pragmatic skills, TABLE 4: Communicative tests significantly related to RTW (df=l) : Construct 1 Test ; X 2 value Motor speech OPE keywords: battery; breakdown; chi; communication; die; difficulties; discourse; head; head injury; injury; journal; language; moet; performance; south; speech; subjects; test; van; vir; word; work cache: sajcd-241.pdf plain text: sajcd-241.txt item: #93 of 636 id: sajcd-242 author: Martin, Bonnie J.W. title: Dysphagia evaluation and management: Clinical training, clinical competency and speciality recognition date: 1995-12-31 words: 3673 flesch: 43 summary: Improved quality of care, pa- tient outcomes and cost containment result from reduc- tions in variability of practice and increases in standardi- zation of specialty patient care. A comprehensive gradu- ate core curriculum, clinical competency training and specialty recognition are modalities that will ultimately lead to improvement in the standard of care for dysphagic individuals provided by speech-language pathologists. keywords: asha; committee; dysphagia; hoc; language; recognition; specialty; speech cache: sajcd-242.pdf plain text: sajcd-242.txt item: #94 of 636 id: sajcd-243 author: Kritzinger, Alta; Louw, Brenda; Hugo, René title: Communication skills of biologically at-risk neonates date: 1995-12-31 words: 8862 flesch: 52 summary: Neonatal risk and hearing loss. The thirteen risk conditions as indicated in Table 3 can therefore be considered as high risk factors for the sub- jects' neonatal communication development and are pre- sented in Table 4. keywords: assessment; communication; development; ear; hearing; infants; language; middle; motor; neonatal; neonates; nicu; precursors; risk; skills; subjects cache: sajcd-243.pdf plain text: sajcd-243.txt item: #95 of 636 id: sajcd-245 author: Ferguson, Judy; Reynolds, Louise title: The acoustic reflex at a 1000 Hz probe freqeuncy: Phasor and Vector Analysis date: 1995-12-31 words: 4822 flesch: 62 summary: ABSTRACT Phasor plots of reflex growth functions have been inconclusive concerning the effect of the reflex for mass dominated ears. If this were the case, then phasor diagrams may not be the clearest means to show the effect of the reflex, for high probe frequencies or mass dominated ears, but the true effect of the reflex may be clarified through rep- resenting the effect of the reflex through plotting the re- sistance and reactance changes as vectors. keywords: acoustic; ears; frequency; phasor; probe; reflex; resistance; stiffness cache: sajcd-245.pdf plain text: sajcd-245.txt item: #96 of 636 id: sajcd-246 author: Theron, Karen; van der Merwe, Anita; Baker, Malcom title: Antisiperende labiale koartikulasie: 'n Elektromiografiese studie by Afrikaanssprekendes date: 1995-12-31 words: 10849 flesch: 60 summary: Sommige navorsers het gevind dat die woordgrens nie die aanvang van die rondingsbeweging bei'nvloed nie (Daniloff & Moll, 1968; Benguerel & Cowan, 1974; Bell-Berti & Harris, 1982). - Die effek van woordgrense op die aanvang van die labiale rondingsbeweging. keywords: aanvang; aanvang van; aktiwiteit; antisiperende; antisiperingstyd; bepaal; beplanning; daar; dat; dat die; deur; die; die aanvang; dus; e e; e n; eksperimentele; emg; gebruik; geronde; het; koartikulasie; labiale; labiale koartikulasie; nie; resultate; spraak; studie; twee; uitings; van antisiperende; van die; van labiale; vir; vokaal; wat; word cache: sajcd-246.pdf plain text: sajcd-246.txt item: #97 of 636 id: sajcd-247 author: Voogt, G. R.; Schoeman, H. S. title: Tentative age-related norms for high frequency electric bone conduction audiometry date: 1995-12-31 words: 3168 flesch: 66 summary: The point of highest audible EBC frequency was defined as that level at which the subject indicated he could just barely detect the sound, this level being crossed in three runs consecutively. Figure 2 shows the mean, standard deviation and range of highest audible EBC frequency, set out in ten year age groups, for all the subjects together, except for the young- est and oldest age groups which were excluded because of one s u b j e c t only in each of these two age groups. keywords: age; bone; conduction; ebc; frequency; hearing; thresholds cache: sajcd-247.pdf plain text: sajcd-247.txt item: #98 of 636 id: sajcd-248 author: Oosthuizen, Idillette; Louw, Brenda; Uys, Isabel title: Die verband tussen gesproke en geskrewe taal van leergestremdes date: 1995-12-31 words: 11452 flesch: 72 summary: Die 2 ole is dat 'n diskrepansie tussen die toetsprestasies van die p r o e f p e r s o n e op hierdie onderskeie twee vaardighede kan bestaan, aangesien spontane gesprekvoering deur middel van konkrete taal kan geskied, terwyl die stillees- b e g r i p s t Na aanleiding van die waarde van Pearson se korrelasiekoeffisient kan daar bepaal word of betekenisvolle verbande tussen gesproke taalpara- meters, geskrewe taalparameters en fonologiese prosesseringsparameters bestaan, al dan nie. keywords: antwoord; dat; die; fonologiese; geskrewe; gesproke; het; hierdie; kan; language; nie; proefpersone; taal; taalprobleme; tussen; van; veranderlike; verband; vir; wat; word; β ο; β φ; ο ο; φ ο; φ φ cache: sajcd-248.pdf plain text: sajcd-248.txt item: #99 of 636 id: sajcd-249 author: Hanekom, Johan J. title: The masking property of the auditory system: The masking of speech signals date: 1995-12-31 words: 5438 flesch: 63 summary: KEY WORDS: auditory processing, masking functions, masking threshold, speech spectrum, spectrum synthesis, two- tone masking INTRODUCTION Many questions concerning masking1 in the auditory system remain unanswered. This might ac- count for the somewhat strange result, that the signal dis- torted by the level threshold sounded almost the same as the signal distorted by masking threshold (in the 75 % case). keywords: data; frequency; masking; masking threshold; signal; spectrum; speech; threshold; tone cache: sajcd-249.pdf plain text: sajcd-249.txt item: #100 of 636 id: sajcd-251 author: Cummings, Sandy; Groenewald, Emily; Hugo, René; Müller, Lida; van der Linde, Mike title: Speech production changes wih the use of a multichannel cochlear implant in postlingually hearing impaired adult date: 1994-12-31 words: 9487 flesch: 67 summary: These changes in speech production are pri- marily reliant on the type of information derived from stimulation and finally the implant listener's articula- tory adaptation to prolonged profound deafness, (Perkell et al., 1992). The most common changes in speech production with the use of multichannel cochlear implants can be de- scribed in terms of suprasegmental and segmental changes, although previous studies have indicated that the suprasegmental features are affected the most due to the presence of a profound hearing loss, (Leder et al., 1986). keywords: cochlear; cochlear implant; e n; e p; e s; hearing; implant; o n; speech; t e cache: sajcd-251.pdf plain text: sajcd-251.txt item: #101 of 636 id: sajcd-252 author: Marais, Debra; Alant, Erna title: The development of precursors to literacy in mentally disabled children date: 1994-12-31 words: 6223 flesch: 72 summary: The results of this research project support the hy- pethesis that metalinguistic (or language awareness) abilities in mentally handicapped children do not nec- essarily develop spontaneously as they do with normal X ο 3 ο U J ο: Ο ο cη π - - Χ - / ζ , Χ C D B F — S c o r e s o b t t a n d e x t r e m e e keywords: e n; language; literacy cache: sajcd-252.pdf plain text: sajcd-252.txt item: #102 of 636 id: sajcd-253 author: Alant, Erna title: The use of Bliss symbols as a first step into literacy with four children with Down syndrome date: 1994-12-31 words: 6450 flesch: 66 summary: Symbols taught during each period Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Period 4 Theme: Wild animals Insects Birds Good habits Period of exposure (days): 6 days 6 days 8 days 8 days Bliss symbols: nouns elephant monkey lion giraffe rhinoceros hippopotamus bee butterfly grasshopper museum duck owl ostrich parrot dentist teeth hair vegetables fruit milk verbs swing sit run bath is fly jump swim y brush eat drink other big small on high fast Initial stages of the intervention programme are discussed as well as the children's ability to read Bliss symbols six months after commencement of the programme. keywords: bliss; children; communication; concepts; die; language; months; period; reading; skills; symbols; table; teaching cache: sajcd-253.pdf plain text: sajcd-253.txt item: #103 of 636 id: sajcd-254 author: Delaney, Calum M. title: Criteria for managing audiometric data in occupational hearing conservation date: 1994-12-31 words: 4004 flesch: 58 summary: Hz is the hearing frequency most susceptible to damage by noise, the results of Robinson's work sug- gest that the degree of hearing loss is greatest at this frequency, it shows the greatest change at increasing The South African Journal of Communication Disorders, Vol. 41, 1994 R ep ro du ce d by S ab in et G at ew ay u nd er li ce nc e gr an te d by th e P ub lis he r (d at ed 2 01 2) C r Similarly, utilisation of threshold shift at iso- lated frequencies or in terms of an average at several frequencies may reduce the specificity of the measure by permitting hearing loss of other etiology to be misclassified as being noise-induced. keywords: conservation; die; exposure; frequencies; hearing; loss; noise cache: sajcd-254.pdf plain text: sajcd-254.txt item: #104 of 636 id: sajcd-255 author: Kahan, Elise; Ross, Eleanor title: Knowledge and attitudes of a group of South African mine workers towards noise induced hearing loss and the use of hearing protective devices date: 1994-12-31 words: 10111 flesch: 60 summary: The present research project endeavoured to ex- tend and build on Kielblock & Van Rensburg's pioneer- ing research efforts by surveying a broader range of knowledge and attitudes held by mine workers, towards noise induced hearing loss and the use of hearing pro- tective devices. - Similar studies on the knowledge and attitudes of work- ers towards noise induced hearing loss and the use of hearing protection devices, could be carried out with other at risk occupational groups in commerce and in- dustry e.g., airline pilots and construction workers. keywords: african; conservation; devices; health; hearing; hearing conservation; hearing loss; industry; loss; noise; programme; protection; respondents; results; south; study; use; workers cache: sajcd-255.pdf plain text: sajcd-255.txt item: #105 of 636 id: sajcd-256 author: Felsher, Lisa; Ross, Eleanor title: The knowledge and attitudes of occupational therapy, physiotherapy and speech-language therapy students, regarding the speech-language therapist's role in the hospital stroke rehabilitation team date: 1994-12-31 words: 11924 flesch: 62 summary: To investigate the knowledge and attitudes of final year occupational therapy, physiotherapy and speech- language therapy students, regarding the role of the speech-language therapist as a member of the stroke rehabilitation team in a hospital setting. The reason for only 35% of occupational therapy students mentioning the speech-language therapist's role in cog- nitive rehabilitation, may possibly be attributed to the fact that occupational therapy students view cognitive rehabilitation as falling within their own professional realm. keywords: e n; e p; language; language therapist; occupational; rehabilitation; role; speech; stroke; students; t e; therapist; therapy cache: sajcd-256.pdf plain text: sajcd-256.txt item: #106 of 636 id: sajcd-257 author: Thorpe, Sandra; Jardine, Carol title: The efficacy of the Prescription of Gain/Output (POGO) in fitting hearing aids to mild and moderate sensorineural hearing losses date: 1994-12-31 words: 7164 flesch: 64 summary: The amount of hearing aid gain is determined as a function of frequency and is related to the degree of hearing loss (Buerkli-Halevy, 1988). Tests for the selection of hearing aids. keywords: aid; aids; gain; hearing; noise; pogo; recognition; speech; subjects; word cache: sajcd-257.pdf plain text: sajcd-257.txt item: #107 of 636 id: sajcd-258 author: Seeff, Belinda K.; Bortz, Melissa A. title: Caregiver-child interaction in a rural village in South Africa date: 1994-12-31 words: 9853 flesch: 65 summary: Interview results showed that although the majority of caregivers assigned importance to interacting and playing with children, their reported actions were not congruent with this. After long ignoring the importance of the social setting for learning, attention was turned to as- sessing the support for language learning that children gain from their environment, as well as from those with whom they interact. keywords: acquisition; caregivers; children; communication; disorders; interaction; language; play; questions; researcher; south; speech; study; utterances; village; vol; western cache: sajcd-258.pdf plain text: sajcd-258.txt item: #108 of 636 id: sajcd-259 author: Reynolds, Louise; Morton, Lucille P. title: Direction of susceptance and conductance acoustic reflexes at high probe frequencies date: 1994-12-31 words: 6142 flesch: 61 summary: Little research has been reported on the effect of the reflex on admittance components, when recorded at probe frequencies above 660 Hz. The results also suggest that the continuum of reflex patterns may be seen in all nor- mal systems provided that one has a sufficient range of probe frequencies. keywords: acoustic; ears; frequencies; frequency; patterns; probe; reflex; susceptance cache: sajcd-259.pdf plain text: sajcd-259.txt item: #109 of 636 id: sajcd-26 author: None title: partners in basic education.html date: None words: 302 flesch: 37 summary: At the 2010 SASLHA conference, ‘New Directions’, there were several inputs highlighting the national crisis in basic education and the potential role the professions could play in improving education outcomes. We have therefore invited Professor Barbara Ehren, an expert in school-based interventions, to provide a response to the lead article which contextualises the argument for renewed roles for speech-language therapists and audiologists in basic education in South Africa. keywords: education cache: sajcd-26.htm plain text: sajcd-26.txt item: #110 of 636 id: sajcd-260 author: Jager, Glen W. title: Community based education in speech pathology and audiology at the University of Durban-Westville date: 1994-12-31 words: 9595 flesch: 54 summary: Students from other disciplines moved in and out of the programme for short periods of either one or six weeks: These were involved as much as possible in the programme to allow students of different disciplines the opportunity of working to- gether on common projects; to learn to understand each other; and to recognise common difficulties and con- straints. The unsuccessful student was one who had consistent difficulties, and one of two students who had received student ratings of making little contribution to the total project and of some reliance on the efforts of others for own project. keywords: community; development; education; evaluation; experience; health; learning; needs; people; programme; project; research; role; service; south; students; university cache: sajcd-260.pdf plain text: sajcd-260.txt item: #111 of 636 id: sajcd-261 author: Louw, Brenda title: Editing a scientific journal on communication disorders in South Africa: A unique challenge date: 1994-12-31 words: 6143 flesch: 56 summary: The answer is yes, as these problems are being addressed internationally by conferences, task groups and public actions in order to improve the quality of journals and to develop the editing process of scholarly journals into a profession (Glass, 1994). Scholarly journals serve as archives of re- search data, contain literature reviews, and other types of materials that contribute to the scientific base of a discipline or that have broad and lasting clinical rel- evance. keywords: african; communication; die; disorders; editor; editorial; journal; language; moet; peer; publication; research; review; south; speech; van; word cache: sajcd-261.pdf plain text: sajcd-261.txt item: #112 of 636 id: sajcd-262 author: Uys, Isabel C. title: Kommunikasiepatologie: Onderrig vir die toekoms date: 1993-12-31 words: 6335 flesch: 66 summary: Die enigste gevolgtrekking wat gemaak kan word, is dat daar erens 'n wanpassing is tussen die aard van die opvoeding en dienslewering aan die een kant, en die aard van die behoeftes en eise van die gestremde bevolking aan die ander kant. 1 Een van die implikasies van uitbreiding van opleiding is fasiliteite en personeel. keywords: aan; daar; dat; deur; die; dienslewering; dit; e e; e p; het; hierdie; hulle; kan; moet; nie; onderrig; ons; ook; opleiding; spraak; van; vir; wat; word cache: sajcd-262.pdf plain text: sajcd-262.txt item: #113 of 636 id: sajcd-263 author: Hugo, S. R.; Hugo, W. M.J. title: Departmental evaluation: Speech therapy and audiology, An academic department aimed at teaching a profession date: 1993-12-31 words: 6414 flesch: 41 summary: An analysis indicates that the purposes and objectives of departmental evaluation can be subdivided into three major categories. A major objective of departmental evaluation is to generate useful information for the improvement of departmental activities: information to management of the department for decision making and to do plan- ning. keywords: audiology; department; education; evaluation; information; management; model; number; performance; professional; speech; staff; therapy cache: sajcd-263.pdf plain text: sajcd-263.txt item: #114 of 636 id: sajcd-264 author: Leaf, Caroline M.; Uys, Isobel C.; Louw, Brenda title: The Mind-Mapping approach (MMA): A culture and language "free" technique date: 1993-12-31 words: 7622 flesch: 53 summary: In MMA therapy, the thought processes of the brain are being stimulated as information is being structured according to the way the brain functions. Brain-behaviour relationships Luria's emphasis on understanding brain functions as interlocking functional subsystems has been a particu- larly important concept in the Mind-Mapping approach (Luria, 1982). keywords: approach; brain; culture; die; information; language; leaf; learning; mapping; mind; mma; music; technique; therapy cache: sajcd-264.pdf plain text: sajcd-264.txt item: #115 of 636 id: sajcd-265 author: Platzky, Rozanne; Girson, Joan title: Indigenous healers and stuttering date: 1993-12-31 words: 5414 flesch: 66 summary: Authorities in the field of speech therapy have, over the years, re- searched heredity as a causative factor. As a solution she pro- poses a community based approach to speech therapy, i.e. training community workers to provide basic therapy and knowledge of when and to whom referrals should be made. IHs are already recognised and consulted by most Black South Africans. keywords: beliefs; ihs; south; speech; stuttering; subjects; therapy; treatment; van cache: sajcd-265.pdf plain text: sajcd-265.txt item: #116 of 636 id: sajcd-266 author: Meyer, Santie E. title: Vokaalreëls by dowes date: 1993-12-31 words: 8460 flesch: 69 summary: Die tweede formant van die Id is egter laer as die van die /i/ 'n Laaste opmerking ten opsigte van die luiste- raarsbeoordelings is dat dit wil voorkom asof luisteraars nie dieselfde perseptuele strategiee gebruik in die beoordeling van die spraak van die sprekers nie. keywords: ander; daar; dat; dat die; deur; die; die spreker; dit; dowe; gebruik; hearing; het; journal; kan; korrek; korrekte; luisteraars; nie; ook; produksie; slegs; speech; spraak; spreker; tabel; twee; uit; van; van die; vir; vokaal; vokale; wat; word cache: sajcd-266.pdf plain text: sajcd-266.txt item: #117 of 636 id: sajcd-267 author: Jardine, Caroline A. title: A new look at cochlear mechanics date: 1993-12-31 words: 10307 flesch: 58 summary: Such evidence suggests that there could be mechanical coupling of OHC responses to the IHC. Inner hair cell response to tonal stimulation in the presence of broadband noise. keywords: cells; cochlear; efferent; emissions; energy; et al; frequency; hair; hearing; kemp; kim; membrane; model; ohc; research; response; system cache: sajcd-267.pdf plain text: sajcd-267.txt item: #118 of 636 id: sajcd-268 author: Swidler, Marilyn; Ross, Eleanor title: Burnout: A smouldering problem amongst South African speech-language pathologists and audiologists? date: 1993-12-31 words: 12201 flesch: 68 summary: This section of the questionnaire included items aimed to elicit respondents' perceptions of the possible influence of socio-economic and politico-cultural factors on the experience of work stress. Your participation in this study will add to our knowledge and understanding of work stress within our profession. keywords: burnout; e d; e e; e n; e p; e s; l e; n d; n t; o n; r e; s o; s s; t s; work cache: sajcd-268.pdf plain text: sajcd-268.txt item: #119 of 636 id: sajcd-269 author: Erasmus, Isna; van der Merwe, Anita; Groenewald, Emily title: Spraakklankdistorsie by neuromotoriese spraakafwykings: 'n Vergelyking tussen serebellêre disartrie en verbale apraksie date: 1993-12-31 words: 9368 flesch: 60 summary: Daar kan gespekuleer word dat verbaal-apraktiese sprekers moontlik ideosin- kratiese aantasting van sinchronisasie van fonasie en artikulasie vertoon en dat SAT-foute, alhoewel dit voorkom by verbaal-apraktiese sprekers, onvoorspelbaar is in terme van die aard van die SAT-foute (Freeman et al., 1978; Van der Merwe et al., 1989). Tabel 1 gee 'n volledige uiteensetting van die wyse van die samestelling van die teikenmateriaal en die gemete spraakparameters binne elke uiting. keywords: aard; akoestiese; apraksie; apraktiese; daar; dat; der; deur; die; disartrie; disartriesprekers; elke; gemiddelde; het; hierdie; kan; kent; merwe; moontlik; neuromotoriese; nie; resultate; rosenbek; sat; serebellere; soos; speech; spraakklankdistorsie; spreker; toon; van; van die; verbaal; verbale; vir; wat; word cache: sajcd-269.pdf plain text: sajcd-269.txt item: #120 of 636 id: sajcd-27 author: None title: HOW CAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE.html date: None words: 16876 flesch: 52 summary: According to Webb et al. (2010), there is a general tendency for African language learners and teachers to overestimate their proficiency in English, and underestimate their L1 proficiency. An evaluation of language education models in Africa: findings & recommendations from the UNESCO Institute for Education-ADEA stocktaking report on Lingua. keywords: african; children; curriculum; department; development; education; english; grade; language; learners; learning; literacy; model; national; policy; roles; schools; service; slps; sltas; south; south africa; speech; support; system; teachers; use cache: sajcd-27.htm plain text: sajcd-27.txt item: #121 of 636 id: sajcd-270 author: Cloete, Kobie; Groenewald, Emily; van der Merwe, Anita; Badenhorst, Jean title: 'n Elektroglottograflese analise van sekere stemparameters: Normatiewe aanduidings date: 1993-12-31 words: 9162 flesch: 72 summary: Indien die gekombineerde werking van die twee afsonderlike stembande 'n reeks weerstandsveranderinge tot gevolg het wat varieer in terme van tyd en/of amplitude, word die stem as grof, skor of hees waargeneem (Horii, 1980; Hollien, 1987; Orlikoff & Kahane, 1991). PROSEDURE VIR DATAVERSAMELING Die plasing van die elektrodes op die proefpersoon se larinks het volgens die prosedure, soos aanbeveel deur'McFarlane en Watterson (1991) keywords: /a:/; dat; die; dit; e e; e n; e p; fonasie; gem; hierdie; journal; mans; moet; nie; normale; ouderdomsgroepe; piek; ppaf; ppff; resultate; t e; tot; van; van die; vir; waardes; wat; word cache: sajcd-270.pdf plain text: sajcd-270.txt item: #122 of 636 id: sajcd-271 author: van Kleeck, Anne title: Future trends in language intervention: Addressing cultural bias in service delivery date: 1992-12-31 words: 11870 flesch: 61 summary: While some cultures may exhibit a strong tendency to emphasize one of the foregoing methods of teaching language to children, the Kwara'ae seem to believe that the best and fastest way to teach children language is mul- tifaceted. The acquisition of routines in child language. keywords: adults; american; cambridge; children; communication; cultures; development; families; hanen; interaction; language; mainstream; ochs; press; program; social; speech; talk; university cache: sajcd-271.pdf plain text: sajcd-271.txt item: #123 of 636 id: sajcd-272 author: Stobbart, Carlin L. title: Bilingualism: Theoretical perspectives of language diversity date: 1992-12-31 words: 10961 flesch: 46 summary: In the discussion on second language acquisition which re- lates to both children and adults an attempt will be made to highlight those factors that will facilitate language acquisition The South African Journal of Communication Disorders, Vol. 39, 1992 R ep ro du ce d by S ab in et G at ew ay u nd er li ce nc e gr an te d by th e P ub lis he r (d at ed 2 01 2) Speech therapists and audiologists must, therefore, gain insight into the normal processes of second language acquisition within particular cultural contexts. keywords: acquisition; bilingualism; children; communication; competence; development; kessler; language; language acquisition; learning; proficiency; second cache: sajcd-272.pdf plain text: sajcd-272.txt item: #124 of 636 id: sajcd-273 author: Bortz, Melissa A. title: Language abilities of 18-month-old Zulu speakers date: 1992-12-31 words: 10075 flesch: 60 summary: The parent report was devised by the writer based on information on develop- ment of child language from sources such as Nicolosi & Collins (1989); The results of this study, although indicating that all measures are useful, also indicate that parent report provides a general evaluation of all parameters of child language. keywords: abilities; child; children; communication; disorders; interaction; language; month; mother; parent; report; speech; study; subjects; tester; words; zulu cache: sajcd-273.pdf plain text: sajcd-273.txt item: #125 of 636 id: sajcd-274 author: Alant, Erna title: Augmentative and alternative communication in South Africa: Accessibility and implementation date: 1992-12-31 words: 5585 flesch: 55 summary: The aims of the paper are threefold: 1. to discuss the issue of community-based rehabilitation as a background to the proposed service model 2. to describe the service model used for the implementation of AAC strategies in the Centre for Augmentative and Alterna- tive Communication (CAAC) based at the University of Pre- toria, by focussing on the aims and the process used for training 3. to highlight critical issues relating to the follow-up visits to various training contexts. Community people will gladly accept the benefits, but not as easily accept the responsibility people have expected (Rifkin 1986, p.243). keywords: aac; communication; community; context; health; people; strategies; training; use cache: sajcd-274.pdf plain text: sajcd-274.txt item: #126 of 636 id: sajcd-275 author: Campbell, Corrieta; Louw, Brenda title: Ouerleiding by ouers van swarts babas met 'n gesplete lip en verhemelte date: 1992-12-31 words: 6966 flesch: 65 summary: Volgens Krogmann (1979) is die ouers van die baba belang- rike lede van die multi-dissiplinere span. Ten spyte daarvan dat die diagnose van hulle kind se gebrek deur mediese personeel aan die ouers oorgedra is, blyk dit duidelik uit die resultate dat nie een van die proefpersone in Groep 1 kennis gedra het van die moontlike oorsake van 'n ge- splete lip en verhemelte nie. keywords: aan; babas; cleft; daar; dat; deur; die; dit; gesplete; groep; het; hierdie; hulle; inligtingstuk; kan; lip; lip en; nie; ook; oor; ouerleiding; ouers; palate; proefpersone; swart; van; van die; verhemelte; vir; vraelys; wat; word cache: sajcd-275.pdf plain text: sajcd-275.txt item: #127 of 636 id: sajcd-276 author: McKenzie, Judith A. title: The provision of speech, language and hearing services in a rural district of South Africa date: 1992-12-31 words: 5355 flesch: 59 summary: No countries are homogeneous; differences in structure, wealth, geography, disease pictures, and be- liefs may influence how health services are delivered. In 1987, rehabilitation services were implemented at Tint- swalo Hospital. keywords: cbr; community; district; health; hearing; phc; principles; rehabilitation; services; slht; south cache: sajcd-276.pdf plain text: sajcd-276.txt item: #128 of 636 id: sajcd-277 author: Schneider, Marguerite title: The nature and management of communication disorders in a rural area: The role of the community speech and hearing therapy workers date: 1992-12-31 words: 7593 flesch: 59 summary: From the table it is clear that hearing disorders are the most common types of disorders seen by the CWs at the hospitals. The first is that indeed this does reflect a real situation Rural Area 59 where hearing disorders form a large part of the communica- tion disorders in disadvantaged rural areas. keywords: communication; communication disorders; community; cws; disorders; hearing; hospital; number; problems; south; speech; study; therapy; total cache: sajcd-277.pdf plain text: sajcd-277.txt item: #129 of 636 id: sajcd-278 author: Bortz, Melissa A.; Schoub, Barbara; Mckenzie, Judy title: Community work project in Gazankulu: A community-based training experience date: 1992-12-31 words: 6283 flesch: 54 summary: It would have been irrespons- ible to undertake community work projects without providing the necessary follow up services. On the first day stroke patients who had previously been referred to members of the Tintswalo rehabilitation team or community rehabilitation workers, were to be observed in their homes. keywords: community; field; hearing; language; programme; project; rehabilitation; speech; tintswalo; trip; work cache: sajcd-278.pdf plain text: sajcd-278.txt item: #130 of 636 id: sajcd-279 author: Pahl, Jenny; Kara, Meenakumari B. title: The Renfrew Word Finding Scale: Application to the South African context date: 1992-12-31 words: 4935 flesch: 60 summary: Jensen (1980) discussed test bias in terms of the content validity of test items and the standardisation population. This can be done by renorming existing tests, adapting test items or developing local norms (see, for example the discussion about this by Vaughn-Cooke, 1983). keywords: african; group; items; language; mean; renfrew; scores; south; subjects; test cache: sajcd-279.pdf plain text: sajcd-279.txt item: #131 of 636 id: sajcd-28 author: None title: EVALUTAION OF A PROGRAMME.html date: None words: 8062 flesch: 52 summary: Learners need to develop phonological awareness skills to an age-appropriate level at school entry. LO1 is a stepping stone for acquiring phonological awareness skills, which is integral to the development of emergent literacy skills. keywords: awareness; education; focus; language; learners; learning; literacy; participants; processing; programme; research; skills; strategies; teachers cache: sajcd-28.htm plain text: sajcd-28.txt item: #132 of 636 id: sajcd-280 author: Penn, Claire; Milner, Kelly; Fridjhon, Peter title: The Communicative Effectiveness Index: Its use with South African stroke patients date: 1992-12-31 words: 10988 flesch: 68 summary: The majority of aphasic patients in this country are bi- or multi- lingual (Penn & Beecham, 1992). Due to a long history of inequality and educational disadvantage, the majority of aphasic patients in South Africa are economically disadvantaged. keywords: african; aphasic; ceti; communication; die; group; hemisphere; item; language; lomas; moet; patients; results; south; study; subjects; testing; time; van; wab; word cache: sajcd-280.pdf plain text: sajcd-280.txt item: #133 of 636 id: sajcd-282 author: Penn, Claire title: Myrtle L. Aron date: 1990-12-31 words: 2873 flesch: 55 summary: Aron, M.L. Community Speech and Hearing Therapy: Orientation and training. 3 Myrtle L. Aron Claire Penn, Ph.D (Witwatersrand) Head, Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg Professor Myrtle Lily Aron retired this year after over thirty six years service to the profession of Speech Pathology and Audiology in South Africa. keywords: aron; communication; department; hearing; m.l; research; south; speech cache: sajcd-282.pdf plain text: sajcd-282.txt item: #134 of 636 id: sajcd-283 author: Wolk, Lesley; Uys, Isabel; Norman, Marcelle; Kagan, Aura; Lewsen, Brenda J.; Klein, Hanna; Fredman, Marion; Behrmann, Marlene; Jacobson, Marlene C.; Kaplan, Danielle; Wahlhaus, Margaret M. title: Messages of goodwill to Prof. M.L. Aron date: 1990-12-31 words: 5047 flesch: 62 summary: 19U0 R ep ro du ce d by S ab in et G at ew ay u nd er li ce nc e gr an te d by th e P ub lis he r (d at ed 2 01 2) 13 A Personal Tribute to Prof. Chookie Aron Marion Fredman Haifa, Israel Prof. Chookie Aron had more influence on my professional career than any other individual. 37. 1990 R ep ro du ce d by S ab in et G at ew ay u nd er li ce nc e gr an te d by th e P ub lis he r (d at ed 2 01 2) 14 Reflections on Prof. Chookie Aron Margaret Marks Wahlhaus Johannesburg keywords: aron; die; haar; het; nie; professional; professor; south; speech; time; vir cache: sajcd-283.pdf plain text: sajcd-283.txt item: #135 of 636 id: sajcd-284 author: Wolk, Lesley; Conture, Edward G.; Edwards, Mary L. title: Comorbidity of stuttering disordered phonology in young children date: 1990-12-31 words: 5131 flesch: 53 summary: There are also reports of language delay in young children who stutter, although this does not appear to be nearly as pre- valent in young stutterers as articulation difficulties (Blood- stein, 1987). Although much literature isjavailable regarding the nature of speech disfluencies in young stutterers and the nature of phonological difficulties in young children, there is still limited information regarding the co-occurrence of the two disorders in young children. keywords: articulation; children; difficulties; disorders; language; speech; studies; stutterers; stuttering; van; young cache: sajcd-284.pdf plain text: sajcd-284.txt item: #136 of 636 id: sajcd-285 author: Rumble, Susan; Malan, Karen title: The development of a framework for assessing developing conversational skills date: 1990-12-31 words: 5272 flesch: 47 summary: Further, some were developed explicitly for use with older age groups - Penn's (1985J Profile of Communicative Appropriateness for adult populations and Prutting & Kirchner's (1987) OF S's MEAN AGE AGE RANGE 3 years 4 3.6 years 3.4 - 3.9 4 years 4 4.5 years 4.3 - 4.7 5 years 4 5.3 years 5.1 - 5.5 Each subject was audio- and video-taped while conversing individually with the investigator in a familiar room at the creche. keywords: age; categories; children; conversational; data; development; framework; topic; use; years cache: sajcd-285.pdf plain text: sajcd-285.txt item: #137 of 636 id: sajcd-286 author: van der Merwe, A.; Grimbeek, R. J. title: 'n Vergelyking van die invloed van sekere kontekstuele faktore op die simptome van persone met verworwe verbale apraksie en verbale ontwikkelingsapraksie date: 1990-12-31 words: 9176 flesch: 75 summary: van voorkoms van die foutkategoriee by elke proefpersoon. — Die frekwensie van voorkoms van sekere simptome gee aanleiding tot individuele simptoombeelde en hierdie simptoombeelde dui op die moontlikheid van tipes ver- bale apraksie. keywords: d e; dat; die; e e; e l; e m; e n; e o; e p; e r; e s; e van; foute; het; hierdie; k e; n s; nie; o n; ook; proefpersone; s o; simptome; t e; van; van die; verbale; voorkoms; w e; wat; word cache: sajcd-286.pdf plain text: sajcd-286.txt item: #138 of 636 id: sajcd-287 author: Wahlaus, M. Marks title: Stuttering: Can research unravel the riddle? date: 1990-12-31 words: 4228 flesch: 56 summary: If different behaviours are manifested with the pro- duction of words beginning with different phonemes, this can- not be ignored when stuttering behaviours are studied. Particular attention is paid to the lack of one accepted definition of stuttering. keywords: definition; findings; nature; research; speech; studies; stutterers; stuttering; van; word cache: sajcd-287.pdf plain text: sajcd-287.txt item: #139 of 636 id: sajcd-288 author: Olivier, Lidia; Louw, Brenda; Hugo, René title: Die invloed van otitis media op die sentrale ouditiewe vermoëns van kinders met sensoriese integrasieprobleme date: 1990-12-31 words: 7746 flesch: 70 summary: Net soos in die geval van die FG- PI-funksie versus die SSI-PI-funksie was die resultate van die proefpersone in groep A in 'n meerdere mate afwykend in vergelyking met die van die proefpersone in groep B: Jerger (1981) het aangetoon dat in die geval van kinders met onvol- doende breinstamfunksionering die prestasie in die SSI-KKB binne normale perke val, terwyl die SSI-IKB afwykende resul- tate vertoon. Insluiting van die oudioloog in die span wat die kind met sensoriese integrasie- probleme hanteer, kan tot voorkoming van die nadelige in- vloed van otitis media op die sentrale ouditiewe vermoens, en gevolglik die algehele funksionering van die kind, lei. keywords: die; e b; e d; e e; e gr; e l; e n; e p; e r; e t; g e; groep; k e; m e; media; n t; nc e; otitis; ouditiewe; resultate; s e; sentrale; van; w e cache: sajcd-288.pdf plain text: sajcd-288.txt item: #140 of 636 id: sajcd-289 author: Moodley, Asoka title: The effect of guessing on the speech reception thresholds of chilldren date: 1990-12-31 words: 3456 flesch: 63 summary: Possess air conduction pure tone thresholds of 20dB HL, or better, in the test ear at the octave frequencies from 250-4000Hz. Table 1: Number, age and sex of subjects taking part in study AGE IN YEARS In clinical practice the audiologist considers that agreement between speech reception threshold and PTA of ± 6dB is within acceptable limits (Oslen & Matkin, 1979). keywords: guessing; instructions; reception; speech; srt; test; threshold cache: sajcd-289.pdf plain text: sajcd-289.txt item: #141 of 636 id: sajcd-29 author: None title: LANGUAGE TEACHING.html date: None words: 8724 flesch: 51 summary: Furthermore it has become evident in studies of university students (Pienaar, 2009) that language problems are perpetuated at this level, and there is growing concern among academics that many students, regardless of educational background and whether they are L1 or second-language (L2) speakers of the language of instruction at the university, enter the tertiary level with weak language and literacy skills and are ill-equipped to deal with the demands of academic language in the various disciplines. One of the central issues in educational linguistics is the notion of academic language (Wong-Fillmore & Snow, 2000; Cummins, 2008). keywords: achievement; africa; children; education; english; instruction; language; learners; learning; research; schools; south; teachers; teaching cache: sajcd-29.htm plain text: sajcd-29.txt item: #142 of 636 id: sajcd-290 author: le Roux, L.; Turton, R. W. title: Methodological considerations in employing the continuous discourse tracking procedure with hearing-impaired adults date: 1990-12-31 words: 7934 flesch: 70 summary: i n d - T h e - E a r models a n d since t h e r e is no t u t h e r e are LESS feedback problems t h a n with B keywords: e c; e n; e p; e s; h e; m e; n d; n t; o n; r e; t e; t h cache: sajcd-290.pdf plain text: sajcd-290.txt item: #143 of 636 id: sajcd-291 author: Govender, Cyril D. title: Diagnostic reference data for the Monaural Brain-stem Auditory Evoked Response (BAER) date: 1990-12-31 words: 7424 flesch: 59 summary: Diagnostic reference data were established for the absolute latencies ofpeaks I to VI; relative latencies of peaks I-III;III-V and I- V; absolute amplitudes ofpeaksland Vand the relative amplitude ratio of peaks V:I. These results are discussed in terms of the literature and implications for clinical application and further research. The difference is greater for peak V than for the earlier peaks, and also produces shorter IPLs within females. keywords: amplitude; baer; brain; data; latency; peak; reference; relative; response; stem; table cache: sajcd-291.pdf plain text: sajcd-291.txt item: #144 of 636 id: sajcd-292 author: Hugo, S. R.; Uys, I. C. title: Kurrikulumontwikkeling vir spraak-taalterapie en oudiologie: Basis en beginsels date: 1990-12-31 words: 6126 flesch: 62 summary: Met inagneming van die bevolkingstoename van hierdie drie groepe, is die opleiding van spraakterapeute en oudioloe uit hierdie groepe noodsaaklik (Penn, 1986; Crossley, 1987). Dit blyk uit vraelyste wat aan 'n verteenwoordigende populasie van spraak-taal-gehoorterapeute gestuur is, asook uit onderhoude wat met die persone gevoer is, dat 73% aanpassing van die opleiding by RSA-omstandighede voorstaan, terwyl 62% voor- standers is van verandering in opleiding om voorsiening te maak vir klemverskuiwing met betrekking tot die beroeps- funksies (Hugo & Uys, 1988). keywords: aan; alle; ander; asha; daar; dat; deur; die; dit; het; hierdie; kan; moet; nie; oor; opleiding; oudioloe; pretoria; sal; speech; spraakterapeute; suid; tot; uit; universiteit; uys; van; vir; wat; wees; word cache: sajcd-292.pdf plain text: sajcd-292.txt item: #145 of 636 id: sajcd-293 author: Oosthuizen, Carol L. title: Segmental speech timing at the phoneme and syllable levels in English and Afrikaans speaking white South African children date: 1989-12-31 words: 5233 flesch: 62 summary: Development in the various levels of speech timing has not been fully investigated. Cooper (1977) identified three levels on which children learn control of speech timing: 1. keywords: african; afrikaans; children; closure; duration; english; speakers; speech; stop; syllables; timing; vot; vowel cache: sajcd-293.pdf plain text: sajcd-293.txt item: #146 of 636 id: sajcd-294 author: Alant, Erna title: Language intervention at schools: Changing orientations within the South African context date: 1989-12-31 words: 5347 flesch: 65 summary: One of the more controversial issues in the American litera- ture in the last decade, has been the involvement of the speech and language therapist in dealing with children who speak nonstandard languages. Consequently language issues are over- looked and children with language differences suffer a variety of abuses within the educational system. keywords: h e; language; r e; t h cache: sajcd-294.pdf plain text: sajcd-294.txt item: #147 of 636 id: sajcd-295 author: le Roux, Karin; van der Merwe, Anita; Louw, Brenda title: Videofluorografiese ondersoek van die slukproses by serebraal gestremde kinders date: 1989-12-31 words: 6372 flesch: 64 summary: Die volwassene se slukproses, vokalisering en asemhaling verskil dus baie van die van 'n baba. Dit is egter wel betekenisvol dat die ataktiese en atetotiese serebraal gestremdes as 'n groep na vore tree teenoor die spastiese groep aangesien die aard van die letsel by die eerste twee tipes geheel andersoortig en ook meer ooreen- stemmend is as die letsel van die spastiese tipe. keywords: aan; bolus; daar; dat; die; dit; faringale; fase; gestremde; groep; het; hierdie; kan; kinders; logemann; nie; ook; orale; probleme; proefpersone; serebraal; slukprobleme; slukproses; tot; van; van die; vertoon; vir; voldoende; wat; word cache: sajcd-295.pdf plain text: sajcd-295.txt item: #148 of 636 id: sajcd-296 author: Simpson, Michelle; Shapiro, Glenda title: Communicative competence in a group of visually impaired children date: 1989-12-31 words: 4971 flesch: 51 summary: Ander- son et al. (1984) attempted to overcome some of the methodo- logical shortcomings of previous studies, and found that at a purely structural level, the language of blind children resem- bles that of their sighted peers, whereas, when examined in its discourse context, there are consistent discrepancies. This, to- gether with the fact that McGinnis (1981) feels that more research is needed on the communication of blind children, particularly in the area of gestural communication, compelled the writer to examine more specifically the communicative competence of a group of visually-impaired children. keywords: appropriate; blind; children; communication; competence; development; interaction; language; non; pca; subjects cache: sajcd-296.pdf plain text: sajcd-296.txt item: #149 of 636 id: sajcd-297 author: van der Merwe, A.; Uys, I. C.; Loots, J. M.; Grimbeek, R. J.; Jansen, L. P.C. title: Die invloed van sekere kontekstuele faktore op stemaanvangstyd, vokaalduur en uitingduur by verbale apraksie date: 1989-12-31 words: 13327 flesch: 75 summary: Die data van twee van die drie Engelssprekende dames wat as kontroles opgetree het, is nie volledig ontleed nie. die eerste dame voltooi is, is steekproefontledings op die data van die ander twee gedoen. keywords: afwyking; apraktiese; artikulasie; daar; dat; dat die; die; dit; dus; e e; e gr; e n; e p; e r; eenhede; het; hierdie; k e; kan; l e; mate; millisekondes; n g; n s; nc e; nie; ook; s e; sat; sprekers; t e; uiting; uitingduur; van; van die; verbaal; vir; vokaalduur; wat; word cache: sajcd-297.pdf plain text: sajcd-297.txt item: #150 of 636 id: sajcd-298 author: Rosen, Lindy; Keen, Rosemary title: A preliminary investigation of the pragmatic abilities of a group language disordered children date: 1989-12-31 words: 10358 flesch: 70 summary: The adult partner in Interaction I was able to control to some extent in the semi-structured interaction the potential for a variety of communicative and conversational acts and examples of communication breakdown, whereas the interac- tion between each pair of language impaired children was entirely spontaneous. This profile evolved from Wollner and Geller's interest in de- scribing the salient features of the communication perfor- mance of a group of language impaired children (Wollner & Geller, 1982). keywords: e d; e n; e s; e t; h e; n t; r e; r t; s s; s t; t h; t t cache: sajcd-298.pdf plain text: sajcd-298.txt item: #151 of 636 id: sajcd-299 author: Uys, Isabel C. title: Single case experimental designs: An essential service in communicatively disabled care date: 1989-12-31 words: 7213 flesch: 66 summary: On the issue of whether statistical tests should be used to draw inferences from single case research, Kazdin (1984:321) con- cludes that statistical analyses does not necessarily conflict with single case designs or their purposes; that when applied research attempts to developja technology of behaviour change and to achieve clinically impjortant effects, statistical analyses will have limited value, but that there are several uses of statis- tics that may contribute to the goals of applied research. ferent kinds of single case experimental designs and the researcher must be sure that the appropriate design is selec- ted for a specific study. keywords: b e; e c; e h; e n; e p; e s; e t; m e; n t; r e; s t; t h; t r cache: sajcd-299.pdf plain text: sajcd-299.txt item: #152 of 636 id: sajcd-3 author: None title: SAJCD 256 date: None words: 5228 flesch: 53 summary: Child language assessment and intervention in a multilingual context: The state of the art in the rainbow nation. The panel was chosen because of their innate and learnt knowledge of isiXhosa and because of their interest and knowledge of young children’s speech and language development. keywords: children; delphi; development; language; panel; research; south; speech; words cache: sajcd-3.htm plain text: sajcd-3.txt item: #153 of 636 id: sajcd-30 author: None title: teacher support - an exploration.html date: None words: 9649 flesch: 52 summary: This article explores how the teachers facilitated language skills in their classrooms as a result of strategies learnt in a CPD programme, and how they experienced the support provided. Method Aim of the research and objectives The aim of the research was to describe the outcomes of a particular CPD programme for foundation-phase teachers for the facilitation of language skills. keywords: development; education; focus; group; language; learners; learning; literacy; participants; programme; research; skills; strategies; support; teachers cache: sajcd-30.htm plain text: sajcd-30.txt item: #154 of 636 id: sajcd-300 author: Tombak, Yael; Shapiro, Glenda title: A comparative study inferential comprehension strategies between a language-learning disabled and non language-learning disabled child date: 1988-12-31 words: 10548 flesch: 67 summary: Table 3: Results of inferential comprehension test 2 j FACTORS SI S2 ! Other factors of the inferential comprehension model out- lined earlier, may be investigated, such as the influence of level of abstraction, text organization or other categories of inference, on inferential strategies. keywords: children; comprehension; inference; knowledge; language; learning; reasoning; responses; strategies; strategy; study; test cache: sajcd-300.pdf plain text: sajcd-300.txt item: #155 of 636 id: sajcd-301 author: Maritz, N. G.; Uys, I. C.; Louw, B. title: Otitis media and language performance in learning disabilities date: 1988-12-31 words: 6030 flesch: 52 summary: Four experimental groups were used, viz: learning-disabled children, divided into those with and without a history of recurrent otitis media and average academic achievers again divided into those with and without a history of recurrent otitis media. The results indicate that recurrent otitis media impaired the receptive and expressive language performance of the subjects used in this study. keywords: celf; children; groups; language; learning; media; n g; otitis; performance cache: sajcd-301.pdf plain text: sajcd-301.txt item: #156 of 636 id: sajcd-302 author: Nel, Mirna; Odendaal, Willem; Hurter, Marina; Meyer, Santie; Van der Merwe, Anita title: Die voorkoms en aard van gehoorprobleme en middeloorpatologieë by 'n groep Swart stedelike kinders in Graad 1 date: 1988-12-31 words: 3869 flesch: 62 summary: Dit beves- tig Brooks (1980) se stelling dat baie kinders met middeloor- patologie se gehoor as normaal beskou sou word indien im- mittansiemetings nie deel van die toetsbattery sou wees nie. van die ore wat egter uitgeval het op die suiwertoon-en immittansiesif- tingstoetse is egter ook otologies as normaal bevind sodat 92,8% van die populasie otologies normaal was. keywords: akoestiese; dat; die; dit; hearing; het; kinders; media; middeloorpatologie; nie; normale; ore; otitis; tipe; van; vir; voorkoms; wat; word cache: sajcd-302.pdf plain text: sajcd-302.txt item: #157 of 636 id: sajcd-303 author: Cilliers, Carin; Rossouw, Deon P.; Meyer, Santie; Hurter, Marina title: Die aard en voorkoms van middeloorpatologieë in laerskole vir normaalhorende Blanke kinders date: 1988-12-31 words: 3936 flesch: 66 summary: Data-ontleding Die ondersoek van die timpaniese membraan is na aanleiding van die oor-, neus- 'n Laaste faktor wat die resul- tate kon be'invloed, is die ouderdomme van die kinders. keywords: dat; die; dit; ekonomiese; het; kinders; media; nie; ore; otitis; skool; sosio; tabel; totaal; van; voorkoms; wat; word cache: sajcd-303.pdf plain text: sajcd-303.txt item: #158 of 636 id: sajcd-304 author: Cilliers, N. J.; van der Merwe, A.; Hurter, M.; Nel, O. title: The manifestation of middle ear pathology in an elderly group date: 1988-12-31 words: 6749 flesch: 63 summary: In this group of elderly subjects, acoustic immittance results indicating a normal middle ear system (Type A tympano- gram) occurred most frequently. It seems possible, therefore, that a stiffening of the middle ear system could cause abnormal acoustic immittance results. keywords: acoustic; age; ear; ears; immittance; middle; pathology; results; subjects; tympanograms; type cache: sajcd-304.pdf plain text: sajcd-304.txt item: #159 of 636 id: sajcd-305 author: van der Merwe, A.; Uys, I. C.; Loots, J. M.; Grimbeek, R. J. title: Ouditief waarneembare foute by verbale apraksie: Aanduidings van die aard van die afwyking date: 1988-12-31 words: 9461 flesch: 64 summary: Die produksie van die uitings is egter stadig en met hoorbare distorsie van die klankeienskappe. Dit wil dus voorkom asof dit 'n ongewone verskynsel is by verbale apraksie en dat die persoon bewus is van die vokale in die uiting en die posisie daarvan. keywords: afwykings; ander; apraksie; apraktiese; daar; dat; deur; die; distorsie; dit; dus; eenheid; foute; het; hierdie; kan; klanke; maar; meer; moontlik; nie; ook; probleem; speech; sprekers; struktuur; uiting; van; van die; verbaal; verbale; vervangings; vir; voorgekom; voorkom; waargeneem; wat; wel; word cache: sajcd-305.pdf plain text: sajcd-305.txt item: #160 of 636 id: sajcd-306 author: Kleiman, Juleen; Bucke, Lesley title: Word-finding strategies in closed head injured adults date: 1988-12-31 words: 7366 flesch: 58 summary: Number of different strategies used: ' Unsuccessful 7 2 4 Number of different strategy sequences: Successful 5 0 3 Number of different strategy sequences: Unsuccessful 73% 78% 70% Successful with Percentage: cueing phonemic cues 61% 83% 53% Percentage: Verbal contextual cues 45% 56% 29% Successful Mean 5.0 sec 9.5 sec 3.0 sec Duration: Range 2.0 - 8.0 sec 4.5 - 13.0 sec 1.5 - 5.0 sec Duration: Unsuccessful Mean 11.0 sec 10.0 sec 6.5 sec Range 5.5 - 18.5 sec 4.5 - 18.0 sec 0.5 - 16.5 sec Number of different strategies used: Successful 4 3 3 Number of different strategies used: Unsuccessful 7 4 3 Number of different strategy sequences: keywords: aphasia; chi; discourse; finding; head; language; naming; sec; strategies; strategy; subjects; teicher; word cache: sajcd-306.pdf plain text: sajcd-306.txt item: #161 of 636 id: sajcd-307 author: Penn, Claire; Sonnenberg, Beulah; Schnaier, Yael title: Dementia and communication pathology: Two case examples date: 1988-12-31 words: 6435 flesch: 44 summary: Tertiary education Environmental support Strong family support from husband, sister, friends Strong support from husband, friends Initial symptomatology — difficulties in certain cognitive functions — lack of concentration, memory — degree of disorientation — dysgraphia — slurring speech — difficulty with polysyllabic words — slight personality changes — frequent falls — reduction in rate and volume of speech Neurological involvement — degree of generalized cerebral atrophy with slight dilation of lateral ventricles and en- largement of sulci — moderate widening of cortico-subarachnoid channels, specifically in posterior fossa — general atrophy in cortical and cerebellar areas — compression of lateral ventricles and dilation of quadrigeminal cistern Neuropsychological features — moderate generalised cerebral dysfunction involving all cognitive, perceptual and moto- ric abilities - compatible with dementia — mild dementia — early intellectual concretism — impaired concentration — intact immediate memory — impaired recent verbal and non-verbal memory Neuropsychiatric features — buoyant, cheerful, friendly personality — alert — high level of awareness — depressed — apathetic 1 Physical features — youthful appearance — exercises daily with good co-ordination, normal gait and station — marked akinesia of trunkal movements j — axial rigidity j — dystonia in extension | — gait — small steps with tendency towards | retropulsion 1 — supranuclear opthalmoplegia ' — stiff facial features — lack of expression Speech and language features mild slurring articulation pattern difficulty articulating complex words and sounds particularly blends and fricatives excessive output with much digression and tangential communication problems with specificity and conciseness severe anomia affecting fluency and flow difficulties comprehending more complex material severe reading and writing difficulties heavy reliance op interlocutor for topic choice and direction of conversation many compensatory strategies willingfless to communicate effectively pseudobulbar palsy severe mixed dysarthria — speech highly unintelligible apathy of spontaneous output telegrammatic output with perseveration of words and phrases reduced speed of word retrieval / receptive language primarily intact. Abnormalities of fundamental functions produce the cardinal features of subcortical dementia in- cluding deficits in information processing, mood, cognition and motivation. keywords: aphasia; bayles; communication; cummings; dementia; disease; features; language; memory; patient; speech; subcortical cache: sajcd-307.pdf plain text: sajcd-307.txt item: #162 of 636 id: sajcd-308 author: Kass, C. V.; Wahlhaus, M. Marks title: Bonferroni's bound: A control of significance level errors in speech pathology and audiology research date: 1988-12-31 words: 4115 flesch: 59 summary: Less understood are the implications when an in- dividual researcher applies many statistical tests (in contrast to many researchers applying a single test as dis- © SASHA 1988' R ep ro du ce d by S ab in et G at ew ay u nd er li ce nc e gr an te d by th e P ub lis he r (d at ed 2 01 2) 76 G V Kass and Μ Marks Wahlhaus cussed above). Alle bydraes word deur minstens twee konsultante nagegaan wat nie ingelig is oor die identiteit,van die skrywer nie. keywords: die; level; moet; new; nie; researcher; significance; speech; statistical; tests; van; word cache: sajcd-308.pdf plain text: sajcd-308.txt item: #163 of 636 id: sajcd-309 author: Behrmann, Marlene; Herdan, Sharon title: The case for cognitive neuropsychological remediation date: 1987-12-31 words: 5479 flesch: 56 summary: The subject of the present study, CCM, participated in the Behrmann (1987) study and as is evident, did not achieve perfect scores on irregular word writing. The fact that the Group Β words showed some improvement in intra-therapy testing implies that the treat- ment of Group A words did not merely act as a rote learning of a list of words. keywords: ccm; group; lexical; post; results; route; spelling; therapy; treatment; words; writing cache: sajcd-309.pdf plain text: sajcd-309.txt item: #164 of 636 id: sajcd-31 author: None title: Its not just the learner.html date: None words: 11831 flesch: 58 summary: They were asked to explain the difficulties experienced with regard to written language, and the challenges and solutions linked to these. The current opportunities for the development of written language were insufficient and teachers identified further opportunities to promote the learners’ written language development. keywords: classrooms; difficulties; education; grade; language; learners; literacy; opportunities; reading; school; skills; south; study; support; teachers; writing cache: sajcd-31.htm plain text: sajcd-31.txt item: #165 of 636 id: sajcd-310 author: van der Merwe, A.; Uys, I. C.; Loots, J. M.; Grimbeek, R. J. title: Die invloed van sekere kontekstuele faktore op die ouditief waarneembare foute by verbale apraksie date: 1987-12-31 words: 10216 flesch: 68 summary: Die apparate wat gebruik is vir die ouditiewe analise was ook van die taallaboratorium van die Universiteit van Pre- toria en het bestaan uit: — Die Tandberg TCR 5600 kassetspeler; — Die Tandberg Learning Laboratory met 'n IS 9-luid- spreker. van voorkoms van die foutkategoriee by die verskillende klankstruktuur- groepe Klank- struk- Foutkategoriee | keywords: aan; afwykings; ander; apraksie; artikulasie; daar; dat; die; dit; dus; eenhede; eienskappe; faktore; foute; foutkategoriee; frekwensie; het; hierdie; kan; klankstruktuur; nie; ook; proefpersone; rosenbek; simptome; temporale; uiting; van; van die; verbale; verskillende; vir; vloei; voorkoms; wat; word cache: sajcd-310.pdf plain text: sajcd-310.txt item: #166 of 636 id: sajcd-311 author: Smit, Helene J.E.; Louw, Brenda; Uys, Isabel C. title: 'n Ondersoek na die ekspressiewe kommunikasievermoëns van premature hoërisikokinders date: 1987-12-31 words: 7484 flesch: 64 summary: Die moeder-kind-kommunikasie-interaksie Tabel 7 verskaf 'n visuele voorstelling van die resultate van die moeder-kind-kommunikasie-interaksie. korreleer met resultate van studies van die normale ontwik- keling van Engelssprekende kinders van Tyack et al. keywords: aan; children; dat; deur; die; ekspressiewe; gebruik; het; hierdie; hoerisikokinders; hulle; kan; kinders; kommunikasievermoens; language; moeder; nie; ondersoek; ook; premature; proefpersone; resultate; tabel; tot; van; van die; vertoon; vir; wat; word cache: sajcd-311.pdf plain text: sajcd-311.txt item: #167 of 636 id: sajcd-312 author: Alant, Erna title: Communication abilities of non-standard language speaking children: A follow-up study date: 1987-12-31 words: 8661 flesch: 58 summary: Table 3: Significant differences between means on categories used jby the therapist and child for the first and second testing Table 4: Test for the difference in means between the two groups (children that failed and passed) with respect to the story variables Therapist Child i Proba- Proba- Category T-value bility Category T-value bility Qo 5,03 0,0001 φ φ Qc -3,14 0,0037** This pragmatic approach reflects an awareness of the difficulties involved iri comparing and describing com- munication abilities of children merely by looking at the formal structure of language (Labov 1972, Trudgill 1983, Erickson and Omark 1981). keywords: analysis; children; communication; context; die; differences; interaction; language; learning; performance; question; response; school; situation; standard; story; testing; therapist cache: sajcd-312.pdf plain text: sajcd-312.txt item: #168 of 636 id: sajcd-313 author: Meyer, Santie; Hurter, Marina; van Rensburg, Felicity title: Gehoorsiftingresultate van 'n groep Kleurlingleerlinge date: 1987-12-31 words: 3878 flesch: 62 summary: 'n Verdere verantwoordelikheid rus op alle belanghebbendes om die inligting verder uit te brei en na aanleiding van die bevindings praktiese en koste- effektiewe oplossings vir die probleme te formuleer (Wilson, 1985). Veral in laasgenoemde geval word die effekti- witeit van die insluiting van die akoestiese reflekse in die siftingsbattery bevraagteken. keywords: aantal; dat; die; dit; ekonomiese; het; kinders; lae; nie; omgewing; ore; sosio; tabel; van; vir; wat; word cache: sajcd-313.pdf plain text: sajcd-313.txt item: #169 of 636 id: sajcd-314 author: Slabber, Enid; Hugo, René; Louw, Brenda title: Geskrewe en gesproke Afrikaanse sintaktiese vermoëns van hardhorende kinders date: 1987-12-31 words: 6457 flesch: 65 summary: Die gebruik van komplekse sinstrukture en die korrektheid van woordvolgorde in die taal van gehoorgestremdes is egter 'n navorsingsgebied wat verdere indringende aandag moet geniet. Tabel 2 verskaf 'n uiteensetting van die geevalueerde sin- strukture wat deur die proefpersone tydens gesproke en geskrewe taal gebruik is. keywords: dat; deur; die; dit; gebruik; gehoorgestremde; geskrewe; geskrewe taal; gesproke; gesproke taal; hierdie; kind; kinders; korrek; meer; nie; proefpersone; sinne; sinstrukture; sintaktiese; taal; tydens; van; vir; wat; woordvolgorde; word cache: sajcd-314.pdf plain text: sajcd-314.txt item: #170 of 636 id: sajcd-315 author: Dickens, L. P. title: Speech discrimination in the elderly date: 1987-12-31 words: 5980 flesch: 66 summary: All subjects SD 15.37 18.83 19.46 17.31 22.10 24.10 21.10 Die Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Kommunikasieafwykings, Vol. 34, 1987 R ep ro du ce d by S ab in et G at ew ay u nd er li ce nc e gr an te d by th e P ub lis he r (d at ed 2 01 2) 62 L.P. Dickens Table 4: A N O V A summary table showing interaction between age (A) and speech score (S) CID W-22 χ SPIN Η χ CSPIN Η Source df F Ρ CID W-22 χ SPIN Η χ CSPIN Η A 2 12.30 .0000 CID W-22 χ SPIN Τ χ CSPIN Τ S 2 235.15 .0000 CID W-22 χ SPIN Τ χ CSPIN Τ SXA 4 3.19 .0154 Table 5: A N O V A summary table showing interaction between audiogram configuration (G) and speech score (R). keywords: age; cid; discrimination; group; hearing; scores; speech; spin; w-22 cache: sajcd-315.pdf plain text: sajcd-315.txt item: #171 of 636 id: sajcd-316 author: Voogt, Gustav R. title: Early detection of ototoxicity by high-frequency audiometry: A case study date: 1987-12-31 words: 4297 flesch: 65 summary: Die name van alle skrywers moet in die Verwysingslys verskyn. Alle bydraes word deur minstens twee konsultante nagegaan wat nie ingelig is oor die identiteit van die skrywer nie. keywords: audiometry; day; die; frequency; hearing; melanin; moet; nie; ototoxicity; test; tobramycin; van; word cache: sajcd-316.pdf plain text: sajcd-316.txt item: #172 of 636 id: sajcd-317 author: Gregory, Hugo H. title: The problem of stuttering: Where are we in 1986? date: 1986-12-31 words: 4343 flesch: 63 summary: 9 Increased measurement of stuttering behaviour, and here we still have a problem of definition, has resulted in more efficient and effective therapy. From Sheehan and Wischner, I learned that the momentary reduction of anxiety and tension that follows the occurrence of stuttering probably reinforces unadaptive stuttering behaviour (Sheehan, 1953; Wischner, 1950). keywords: behaviour; children; die; speech; stutterers; stuttering; therapy; word cache: sajcd-317.pdf plain text: sajcd-317.txt item: #173 of 636 id: sajcd-318 author: Alant, Erna; Beukes, S. M. title: The application of the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised (PPVT-R) to non-mainstream children date: 1986-12-31 words: 6610 flesch: 65 summary: Alant, E. The development of a procedure for analysing com- munication of pre-school children. Item % Correct Type of Response 8: band (tyre) 37 wiel (wheel) 37%, tyre 26% 9: koei (cow) 61 bees (beast) 11% 10: lamp (lamp) 59 lig (light) 33%, globe 3% 15: verband (bandage) 62 voet (foot) 20%, bandage 4% 18: heining (fence) 33 hek (gate) 19%, planke (planks) 10%, fence 6% 22: seil (sail) 36 skip (ship) 36%, (om te) ry (to ride) 10% Tables 3 and 4 clearly demonstrate the statement of Leeman (1981) that direct translation of test items is problematic because of the different ways in which experience is conceptualized in different cultures and expressed in different dialects/languages. keywords: afrikaans; children; die; group; items; language; ppvt; pre; probing; school; speech; stuttering; test; van cache: sajcd-318.pdf plain text: sajcd-318.txt item: #174 of 636 id: sajcd-319 author: Jacobson, Marlene C.; Traill, Anthony title: Assessment of speech intelligibility in five South-Eastern Bantu languages: Critical considerations date: 1986-12-31 words: 12169 flesch: 50 summary: Black, J.W. Accompaniments of word intelligibility. For this reason they would add an additional dimension of complexity to intelligibility word lists. keywords: affricate; bantu; bantu languages; communication; die; disorders; e.g.; eastern; english; fricative; hearing; intelligibility; items; journal; languages; listener; lists; materials; phonemes; phonemic; research; selection; sotho; sotho languages; south; southern; speakers; speech; speech intelligibility; stop; task; van; word; word intelligibility; zulu cache: sajcd-319.pdf plain text: sajcd-319.txt item: #175 of 636 id: sajcd-320 author: Louw, Brenda; Uys, Isabel C. title: Kritiese beoordeling van evaluasietegnieke van toepassing op gesplete-lip-en-verhemelte-babas date: 1986-12-31 words: 11043 flesch: 57 summary: Die verspreiding van die proefpersone na aanleiding van die graad van die afwyking word in Tabel 2 verskaf. Dit bring mee dat die persentasiewaardes van die kenmerke van die proefpersone in hierdie twee kolomme dus nie op 'n totaal van 100% te staan kom nie. keywords: aan; babas; blyk; cleft; communication; daar; dat; data; deur; die; disorders; dit; dus; evaluasiemodel; evaluasietegnieke; evaluering; gesplete; het; hierdie; inligting; interaksie; journal; kan; kommunikasie; lip; louw; meetinstrumente; moet; nie; ontwikkeling; orofasiale; palate; proefpersone; resultate; speech; swart; tabel; toepassing; van; van die; verhemelte; verkry; verskaf; vertoon; vir; vroee; wat; word cache: sajcd-320.pdf plain text: sajcd-320.txt item: #176 of 636 id: sajcd-321 author: de Jager, Matilda title: Aspekte van tydreëling in normale en verbaal-apraktiese spraak date: 1986-12-31 words: 7080 flesch: 71 summary: Die temporale reel in Engels, naamlik dat die duur van die KV in 'n KVK- en 'n KVKK-eenheid ongeveer dieselfde bly in verhouding tot die totale duur ten spyte van die feit dat die KV in KVK twee derdes en in KVKK in werklikheid die helfte van die totale uiting uitmaak (Walsch 1984), kom dus nie by die Afrikaanse proefpersone voor nie. Die temporale reel in Engels, naamlik dat die duur van die KV in 'n KVK- en KVKK-eenheid ongeveer dieselfde bly in verhouding tot die totale duur (Walsh 1984), kom dus nie by die Afrikaanssprekende proefpersone voor nie. keywords: apraktiese; daar; dat; deur; die; dieselfde; dit; dus; kan; nie; normale; persentasie; produksie; spreker; tot; van; vir; wat; word cache: sajcd-321.pdf plain text: sajcd-321.txt item: #177 of 636 id: sajcd-322 author: Irvine, Lesley; Behrmann, Marlene title: The communicative and congnitive deficits following closed-head injury date: 1986-12-31 words: 5353 flesch: 54 summary: Sarno (1980, 1984) has identified three subtypes of CHI subjects, each subtype demonstrating some degree ofllanguage impairment. While previous research has recognised the existence of cognitive problems such as poor abstract thought and slow speed of processing in CHI subjects (Hagen, 1984), the contention of a causal relationship is novel. keywords: chi; head; holland; language; m m; performance; results; subjects; testing cache: sajcd-322.pdf plain text: sajcd-322.txt item: #178 of 636 id: sajcd-323 author: Warren, Sonya; Meyer, Santie; Tesner, Herman E.C. title: Signed lexical items in an Afrikaans oral residential school for the deaf date: 1986-12-31 words: 6968 flesch: 64 summary: However, because sign languages differ just as much as spoken languages differ from one another (Markowicz, 1977, as cited by Mussel- white and St. Louis, 1982) 'consistency' of sign use in this country would be virtually impossible. Caccamise et al. (1978), state that the standardization can only occur through consistency of sign use, that is, through public and institutional acceptance of the same sign, for the same meaning, by different users. keywords: afrikaans; body; deaf; hand; opposite; residential; school; signs; south; subjects; vertical cache: sajcd-323.pdf plain text: sajcd-323.txt item: #179 of 636 id: sajcd-324 author: Aron, Myrtle L.; Lewis, Robyn E.; Willemse, Judy L. title: The use of signs and the coding of prefix markers by teachers at a school for deaf date: 1986-12-31 words: 7428 flesch: 67 summary: In order to relate sign language to coding, Woodward (1972) suggested a sign continuum, with natural sign language at one end and the contrived sign systems at the other. This shift has come about largely due to the apparent failure of oralism and oral education to teach spoken language and the increased use, interest and research into sign languages. keywords: deaf; hand; language; movement; noun; sign; system; use; v v; variations cache: sajcd-324.pdf plain text: sajcd-324.txt item: #180 of 636 id: sajcd-325 author: Schneider, Marguerite title: An intonational analysis of deaf speech: A case study date: 1986-12-31 words: 6074 flesch: 63 summary: Tone Units: Table 1 summarises M's use of tone units. Table 1: The use of tone units by Μ Number of complete intelligible tone units 567 Total number of words 2157 Average number of words per tone unit 3,7 Percentage of tone units which ranged from 1 to 5 words 81,1% Percentage of tone units which ranged from 6 to 10 words 18,9% Number of minor sentence tone units 43 Number of minor sentence tone units expressed as a percentage of the total 7,5 % Number of incomplete tone units 10 keywords: crystal; deaf; nuclear; placement; speech; tone; tonic; units; use cache: sajcd-325.pdf plain text: sajcd-325.txt item: #181 of 636 id: sajcd-326 author: Dickens, Lucille P.; Delaney, Callum M. title: An evaluation of the speech perception in noise test date: 1986-12-31 words: 4064 flesch: 65 summary: Alle para- grawe moet teenaan die linkerkantlyn begin word en moet nie inge- keep word nie. Hoofopskrifte moet, waar dit van toepassing is, in die volgende volgorde wees: METODE, RESULTATE, BESPREKING, GEVOLGTREKKING, ERKENNINGS en VERWYSINGS. ι Die Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Kommunikasieafwykings sal nie materiaal aanvaar wat reeds elders gepubliseer is, of wat tans deur ander publikasies oorweeg word nie. keywords: die; hearing; level; moet; scores; speech; spin; test; van; word cache: sajcd-326.pdf plain text: sajcd-326.txt item: #182 of 636 id: sajcd-327 author: Kobrin, Meryl; Wolk, Lesley title: The relationship between phonology and inflectional morphology in an agrammatic aphasic date: 1985-12-31 words: 6491 flesch: 57 summary: Analysis procedure specific to particular tasks j I. CCVCC word list j a) A frequency count of correct versus incorrect initial and final clusters in the three categories was carried out. b) Phonological errors occurring in final clusters were differen- tiated according to type, on the basis of two broad categories, namely sequencing and substitution errors. b) Frequency count of sequencing versus substitution error types in final clusters Table 3 Distribution of phonological errors in final cluster position according to sequencing and substitution error types Category of Error PC PCM MC Category of Error No. keywords: aphasic; category; clusters; errors; goodglass; morphemes; pcm; person; plural; r.p; segment; singular; study cache: sajcd-327.pdf plain text: sajcd-327.txt item: #183 of 636 id: sajcd-328 author: Goldblum, Glenn M. title: Aphasia: A societal and clinical appraisal of pragmatic and linguistic behaviours date: 1985-12-31 words: 7145 flesch: 44 summary: Their documentation of a relationship between pragmatic function and linguistic performance, (which contrasts with the limit- ed data reported in the adult aphasic literature) may reflect Prut- ting et al's (1984) use of societal criteria to evaluate the childrens' language use, using a protocol based upon a sound theoretical frame- Glen Goldblum work (Austin, 1962; Searle, 1969 cited by Prutting et al, 1984) to evaluate a range of pragmatic behaviours. While Prutting and Kirchner (1983), have emphasised the necessi- ty to gather and analyse data utilising methods which reflect ad- vances in our theoretical knowledge, to date there appears to be no study in the field of aphasia utilising societal criteria to analyse the individual's pragmatic strengths and deficits across a range of pragmatic behaviours. keywords: aphasic; behaviours; competence; data; die; fluent; groups; holland; language; non; performance; protocol; prutting cache: sajcd-328.pdf plain text: sajcd-328.txt item: #184 of 636 id: sajcd-329 author: Penn, Claire title: The profile of communicative appropriateness: A clinical tool for the assessment of pragmatics date: 1985-12-31 words: 4799 flesch: 57 summary: On the other hand, there is ample evidence to suggest that many aspects of communicative competence are amenable to analysis and can be systematically described and related. COMPONENTS OF COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE Probably the most important area of control which the normal speaker-hearer has over his language in real life is his competence with regard to discourse. keywords: aphasia; appropriateness; aspects; communication; competence; language; pca; profile; speech; study; subjects cache: sajcd-329.pdf plain text: sajcd-329.txt item: #185 of 636 id: sajcd-330 author: van Zyl, Ingrid; Alant, Erna; Uys, Isabel C. title: Immediate echolalia and the interactive behaviour of autistic children date: 1985-12-31 words: 5953 flesch: 49 summary: Prizant & Duchan (1982) analyzed immediate echoic utterances ac- cording to gaze behaviour and other non-verbal components such as general body orientation and manipulation of objects. Of the language abnormalities which are quoted as primary criter- ia in the diagnosis of autism, immediate echolalia is the most fre- quently cited characteristic of autistic children who have some verbal expressive ability (Prizant & Duchan, 1982). keywords: behaviour; child; children; echolalia; features; non; relevance; subject; utterances; verbal cache: sajcd-330.pdf plain text: sajcd-330.txt item: #186 of 636 id: sajcd-331 author: Meyers, Ingrid; Anderson, Denise title: A stuttering therapy programme with spastic dysphonia: A single case study date: 1985-12-31 words: 5211 flesch: 63 summary: The study also showed that behaviour therapy can be applied to consciously manipulate vocal cord behaviour, thus supporting the views held by Boone (1977), and Mowrer and Case (1982). Fx waveform vocal pitch. a) Jitter cycle to cycle variations in frequency. keywords: dysphonia; folds; phonation; post; pre; programme; reading; speech; stuttering; therapy; vocal; voice cache: sajcd-331.pdf plain text: sajcd-331.txt item: #187 of 636 id: sajcd-332 author: Cohn, Benita; Girson, Joan; Wahlhaus, Margaret M. title: A fluency-based programme with a clutterer: A case study date: 1985-12-31 words: 5214 flesch: 55 summary: With regard to the tachylalic symptom of the subject, there was a marked reduction of excessive speed in spontaneous speech and reading from pre- to post-intervention. The obligatory symp- toms include short attention span and poor concentration, lack of 'complete' awareness of the disorder, and an excessive number of repetitions in speech. keywords: clutterer; cluttering; fluency; intervention; post; programme; speech; subject; therapy; weiss cache: sajcd-332.pdf plain text: sajcd-332.txt item: #188 of 636 id: sajcd-333 author: Behrmann, Marlene title: Laryngeal behaviour and fluency-inducing therapy date: 1985-12-31 words: 4507 flesch: 57 summary: Post-intervention tracings reveal no Gx activity thus provid- ing further evidence for a change in laryngeal behaviour. 2b Example of post-intervention laryngographic tracing during reading ings. keywords: behaviour; fluency; intervention; pattern; post; pre; speech; stuttering; therapy; tracings cache: sajcd-333.pdf plain text: sajcd-333.txt item: #189 of 636 id: sajcd-334 author: Meyer, Santie title: 'n Spektrografiese ontleding van die vokale van Afrikaanssprekende gehoorgestremdes date: 1985-12-31 words: 5142 flesch: 66 summary: Wanneer Figure 3, 4 en 5 bestudeer word, blyk dit ook duidelik dat die eersteformantfrekwensies van die hardhorende groep hoer gemiddelde waardes toon as die van die normaalhorende groep, veral vir die voorvokale. we sprekers nie akkurate plasing van die artikulators bemeester het nie — veral as die geringer mate van oorvleueling van die normaal- horendes in gedagte gehou word (Angelocci et al., 1964). keywords: dat; deur; die; dit; dowe; frekwensie; fundamentele; gehoorgestremde; gemiddelde; groep; monsen; nie; normaalhorende; ook; sprekers; van; van die; verskil; vir; vokale; word cache: sajcd-334.pdf plain text: sajcd-334.txt item: #190 of 636 id: sajcd-335 author: Womersley, Juliette; Dickens, Lucille title: Normal acoustic reflex amplitude growth and the influence of cochlear hearing loss date: 1985-12-31 words: 4921 flesch: 58 summary: Inter-study variability in the description of normal ARA growth could have resulted from a non- standardised basis of amplitude measurement; sensation level (SL) versus hearing level (HL) measurement methods. On the basis of HL and SL measurement methods, the Meniere's Disease group yielded an ARA growth rate similar to that of nor- mal subjects, while the heterogeneous pathology group showed a faster than normal ARA growth rate. keywords: ara; cochlear; group; growth; measurement; rate; reflex; subjects cache: sajcd-335.pdf plain text: sajcd-335.txt item: #191 of 636 id: sajcd-336 author: Helfand, Susan; Yifat, Rachel title: ABR audiometry: Application to the paediatric population date: 1985-12-31 words: 3642 flesch: 53 summary: 3. ABR Audiometry (ABR) ABR testing had been conducted at both the National Institute of Personnel Research and at the Speech and Hearing Clinic, Univer- sity of the Witwatersrand. In Subject 6 where severe retardation may have confounded any impression of auditory functioning, ABR results ensured that the problem of a concomitant severe hearing handicap was recognized and followed up much earlier. keywords: abr; audiometry; bilateral; hearing; loss; months; responses; results; severe cache: sajcd-336.pdf plain text: sajcd-336.txt item: #192 of 636 id: sajcd-337 author: Meyer, Santie; van den Berg, Carlin title: Die voorkomsfrekwensie van oor- en gehoorpatologie by kinders in die afgesonderde gemeenskap van Tshikunda - Malema date: 1985-12-31 words: 3992 flesch: 64 summary: Aangesien dit bekend is dat otitis media 'n hoe voorkoms toon in gebiede waar mediese sorg ontoereikend is en die populasie onbe- wus is van die implikasies van die toestand (Northern en Downs, 1984), ontstaan die vraag of dit ook die geval by hierdie Vendastam 'n Ondersoek na die voorkoms en aard van oor- Vir die klassifikasie van die resultate van proefpersone met sereuse otitis media, is van die prosedure van Cantekin (1983) gebruik ge- maak. keywords: dat; deur; die; dit; gehoorprobleme; hierdie; kan; kinders; media; nie; ooren; otitis; resultate; tabel; van; vir; voorkoms; wat; word cache: sajcd-337.pdf plain text: sajcd-337.txt item: #193 of 636 id: sajcd-338 author: Moodley, Asoka title: Speech discrimination abilities of hearing impaired children using conventional hearing aids and radio neckloop at different signal-to-noise ratios date: 1985-12-31 words: 7945 flesch: 65 summary: DISCUSSION Most workers in the field of audiology agree that the use of speech discrimination tests both in quiet and noise is the most adequate approach to the evaluation of hearing aids. it was shown that hearing aids showed a remarkable similarity in frequency response when used with the direct audio input facility, in contrast to the, vari- able and often unpredictable, microphone-telecoil differences. keywords: aid; aids; children; die; discrimination; hearing; hearing aid; loop; microphone; neck; neck loop; noise; radio; radio neck; setting; signal; speech; van cache: sajcd-338.pdf plain text: sajcd-338.txt item: #194 of 636 id: sajcd-340 author: Prutting, Carol A. title: The pragmatics of language: Theoretical and applied issues date: 1984-12-31 words: 2310 flesch: 63 summary: As Johnson (1946) stated decades ago: leaving any consideration of language behavior The South African Journal of Communication Disorders, Vol. 31 1984 R ep ro du ce d by S ab in et G at ew ay u nd er li ce nc e gr an te d by th e P ub lis he r (d at ed 2 01 2) The Pragmatics of Language 5 out of a discussion of personality would be somewhat like leav- ing the cheese out of a cheese souffle. We are in an exciting and challenging era and those of us who call ourselves speech, language clinicians are in the business of social change. keywords: language; new; paradigm; shift; speech; york cache: sajcd-340.pdf plain text: sajcd-340.txt item: #195 of 636 id: sajcd-341 author: Penn, Claire; Lewis, Robyn; Greenstein, Andrea title: Sign language in South Africa: Some research and clinical issues date: 1984-12-31 words: 3958 flesch: 60 summary: For the past two decades, sign language has enjoyed the in- creasing attention of researchers and clinicians alike. This field of study has been particularly active in America where, since Stokoe's extensive research (1976,1978) there has been a wide- spread acceptance of sign language as the heritage of a distinct social minority — the Deaf* Community, with its own culture and norms. keywords: african; deaf; language; sign; south; standard; subjects cache: sajcd-341.pdf plain text: sajcd-341.txt item: #196 of 636 id: sajcd-342 author: Schneider, Loren B.; Traill, Anthony; Wolk, Lesley title: Laryngeal trauma: A diagnostic case study date: 1984-12-31 words: 6260 flesch: 62 summary: M.P.'s control of the laryngeal sphincter is obviously not impaired and he has learnt to exercise a fine control over this highly ef- ficient adductory mechanism in order to create conditions for vocal cord vibration. 15.01.78 Motorcycle accident Crushed tracheal cartilages and severe damage to larynx Post-Traumatic Aphonia 30.01.78 Tracheostomy; Graft inserted around trachea 28.04.78 Direct laryngoscopy; Bronchoscopy; tracheal dilation Left vocal fold moved poorly; Right vocal fold normal; Marked fibrosis and stenosis keywords: ^ ^; cords; epiglottis; figure; ft ft; m.p; phonation; speech; therapy; vocal; voice cache: sajcd-342.pdf plain text: sajcd-342.txt item: #197 of 636 id: sajcd-343 author: Bucher, Monica; Bortz, Melissa; Anderson, Denise title: The verbal and nonverbal communicative abilities of pre-adolescent stutterers date: 1984-12-31 words: 4816 flesch: 51 summary: Verbal communication is defined by Wiig and Semel (1976) as the exchange of ideas, intentions, or infor- mation by speakers using a common language (p. 323). 2 — moderate stuttering behaviour, consisting of a sin- gle severe symptom or two mild examples, thus in- terfering somewhat with verbal communication. keywords: analysis; behaviour; communication; function; scores; speech; stutterers; stuttering; subjects cache: sajcd-343.pdf plain text: sajcd-343.txt item: #198 of 636 id: sajcd-344 author: Uys, Isabel C.; Alant, Erna title: Die keuring van eerstejaarstudente in die Department Spraakheelkunde en Oudiologie (Universiteit van Pretoria) date: 1984-12-31 words: 4571 flesch: 60 summary: ses van keuring wel baie nuttig en relevant wees, hoewel daar noodwendig altyd krities gekyk sal word na die inhoud en wy- se van die keuringsproses. Hoewel keuring nie ge- rig is op die verhoging van die slaagsyfer in 'n kursus nie, maar eerder die selektering van studente wat die beste bydrae tot die beroep sou kon maak, kan 'n verhoging in slaagsyfer wel 'n maatstaf wees in die meting van betrokkenheid van die stu- dent by die kursus. keywords: aan; daar; dat; die; dit; finale; het; hierdie; jaar; kan; kursus; nie; onderhoud; oudiologie; praktiese; prestasie; studente; tabel; tot; tussen; van; vir; wat; word cache: sajcd-344.pdf plain text: sajcd-344.txt item: #199 of 636 id: sajcd-345 author: Wolk, Lesley title: Phonological and neuroanatomical findings in three cases with apraxia of speech date: 1984-12-31 words: 9251 flesch: 57 summary: Case 1 had the most severe form of apraxia of speech, and Case 3 the least severe disorder. Subjects had to have suffered a left (L) cerebral infarct, and were required to have reached a point Table 1 Description of cases keywords: a.m.; aphasia; apraxia; area; articulatory; broca; cases; errors; f.t; feature; findings; language; phonological; processes; speech; tasks; word cache: sajcd-345.pdf plain text: sajcd-345.txt item: #200 of 636 id: sajcd-346 author: Goldsmith, Tessa; Anderson, Denise title: The enigma of fluency: A single case study date: 1984-12-31 words: 5909 flesch: 61 summary: Fluency was in- duced by slowing speech rate and prolonging phonation. Intervention As mentioned above, slowing speech rate and prolonging pho- nation induced fluency in this subject. keywords: die; disorders; fluency; hearing; journal; moet; perkins; rate; relapse; speech; stuttering; subject; therapy; van; word cache: sajcd-346.pdf plain text: sajcd-346.txt item: #201 of 636 id: sajcd-347 author: None title: sajcd-347 date: None words: 4867 flesch: 52 summary: If PWS present with negative emotions or anxiety as a result of different factors, including stuttering, it may negatively impact the voice characteristics, such as voice quality (Pullin & Cook, 2013). Because of limited research in this area and the importance and extent to which stuttering affects a person, the aim was to describe the acoustic and perceptual parameters of voice quality in adults with DS. keywords: analysis; dsi; participants; pws; quality; severity; speech; study; stuttering; voice cache: sajcd-347.htm plain text: sajcd-347.txt item: #202 of 636 id: sajcd-348 author: Russel, Ann title: The communicative performance of a severely hearing-impaired adolescent date: 1981-11-11 words: 5610 flesch: 69 summary: This indicates the relative efficiency of a combined oral-manual compared to an oral — or manual — only mode of communication.2 1 TABLE II: Predominant channels of communication used by the subject and each participant in each contextual setting Channels of communication most frequently used Dyad S Μ S Τ S Ρ Conversing V V* V V* V VG/M* Explaining VG/M + V VG/M* VG/M VG/M* G/M Playing VG/M* VG/M VG/M* VG/M VG/M* G/M * indicates the dominant speaker in each dyadic interaction + indicates that neither speaker held the dominant position in the dyadic situation. The natural method of communication among the congenitally hearing- impaired is by means of signs, and most hearing-impaired parents use Die Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Kommunikasieafwy kings, Vol. 28,1981 R ep ro du ce d by S ab in et G at ew ay u nd er li ce nc e gr an te d by th e P ub lis he r (d at ed 2 01 2) 4 Ann Russell sign language with their young hearing-impaired children. keywords: children; communication; die; game; hearing; language cache: sajcd-348.pdf plain text: sajcd-348.txt item: #203 of 636 id: sajcd-349 author: de Koker, Elize title: 'n Ondersoek na taalprobleme by leergestremde kinders date: 1981-11-11 words: 8253 flesch: 82 summary: As gevolg van die aard van die toets is daar egter ook nadele aan verbonde: — Die toets is op grond van die kwantitatiewe aard daarvan onderhewig aan kritiek aldus Bloom en Lahey. Die moontlikheid van taalprobleme tot in die adolessente fase (Wiig en Semel, 2 3 ) is met ander woorde nie uitgesluit nie. keywords: daar; dat; die; dit; het; kinders; leergestremde; nie; ook; taalprobleme; van; vir; vol; wat; word; ο ο; ο •st; •st cache: sajcd-349.pdf plain text: sajcd-349.txt item: #204 of 636 id: sajcd-35 author: None title: pg2-5.html date: None words: 5608 flesch: 49 summary: The current context: speech language therapy and audiology in South Africa South Africa has experienced major socio-political changes over the past 20 years. A study by Jordaan and Yelland (2003) attempted to determine how South African SLTs provide language intervention for multilingual language-impaired children. keywords: africa; children; communication; development; journal; knowledge; language; resources; slts; south; speech; test cache: sajcd-35.htm plain text: sajcd-35.txt item: #205 of 636 id: sajcd-350 author: Crary, Michael A.; Comeau, Suzanne title: Phonologically based assessment and intervention in Spastic Cerebral Palsy: A case analysis date: 1981-11-11 words: 2828 flesch: 58 summary: Crary and H u n t 3 (in preparation) have demonstrated the clinical effectiveness of a pattern approach in the identification and subsequent elimination of phonological processes in the speech of one child with a repaired palatal cleft. In an attempt to identify phonological processes in the speech pattern of our subject two procedures were employed: (1) the Phonological Process Analysis (Weiner9), and (2) analysis of a spontaneous speech sample using procedures outlined by Crary.1 Table I presents the results of Weiner's analysis procedure. keywords: analysis; process; speech; therapy; word cache: sajcd-350.pdf plain text: sajcd-350.txt item: #206 of 636 id: sajcd-351 author: Wolk, Lesley title: Vocal tract dynamics in an adult stutterer date: 1981-11-11 words: 5311 flesch: 60 summary: observe laryngeal behaviour directly during connected speech for the purpose of providing objective data that would assist in evaluating the role of the larynx in the dysfluency of this adult stutterer. ! Laryngeal behaviour during a stuttering block on /k/ in cancellations. keywords: behaviour; laryngeal; speech; stuttering; treatment; vocal cache: sajcd-351.pdf plain text: sajcd-351.txt item: #207 of 636 id: sajcd-353 author: Zsilavecz, Ursula title: Cybernetic functioning in stuttering date: 1981-11-11 words: 3423 flesch: 62 summary: Continuous masking noise and D A F elicits a higher degree of fluency than intermittent masking noise. The aim of this study was to evaluate different kinds of masking noise and DAF, in order to identify the condition which would elicit the highest incidence of fluency in a group of stutterers. keywords: masking; noise; stuttering cache: sajcd-353.pdf plain text: sajcd-353.txt item: #208 of 636 id: sajcd-354 author: Malan, Karen C. title: An investigation of non-standard english syntax in 12-year old coloured children date: 1981-11-11 words: 5938 flesch: 60 summary: a b o v 1 0 and Baratz,2 in separate studies, found that when adolescent Black NSE speakers in the United States were given standard English (SE) sentences to repeat, the majority tended to re-encode the sentences into NSE form in their responses. A total of 9 syntactic classes were found to contain NSE constructions; for purposes of the present article, however, only those classes containing NSE forms used significantly by the group (the critical constructions) are presented. keywords: children; constructions; forms; language; nse cache: sajcd-354.pdf plain text: sajcd-354.txt item: #209 of 636 id: sajcd-355 author: Shapiro, Michelle title: The effect of intracranial pressure on the performance of an aphasic subject: A case history date: 1981-11-11 words: 4528 flesch: 62 summary: One assessment was scheduled to be held in the morning at 8.30;.that is, at the time of higher I.C.P. The subject's comprehension performance was found to be better at higher I.C.P. The LARSP profiles revealed consistent performance of the subject at high and low I.C.P. in terms of the length of the sample; mean sentence length; distribution of the structures on the clause, phrase and word levels; number of expansions; and error types. keywords: aphasia; i.c.p; language; level; performance; pressure; subject; test cache: sajcd-355.pdf plain text: sajcd-355.txt item: #210 of 636 id: sajcd-356 author: Mentis, Michelle title: The comprehension of deictic terms in normal and language impaired children date: 1981-11-11 words: 6062 flesch: 72 summary: This study examined the comprehension of four pairs of deictic terms in a group of language impaired children and compared their interpretation of these terms with those of non-language impaired children of the same age range. There are three factors that contribute to the underlying complexity of deictic terms. keywords: children; contrast; group; language; speaker; terms cache: sajcd-356.pdf plain text: sajcd-356.txt item: #211 of 636 id: sajcd-357 author: Gordon, E.; Gordon, A.; Gordon, L.; Shapiro, M.; Mentis, M.; Suchet, M. title: Biofeedback and stuttering date: 1981-11-11 words: 4683 flesch: 81 summary: With p r o p e r i n t e r p r e t a t i f f e r e n c e s d e t e keywords: e n; s e; t e cache: sajcd-357.pdf plain text: sajcd-357.txt item: #212 of 636 id: sajcd-358 author: Lodewyckx, Merisa title: Die waarde van voorafopleiding deur die ouer vir pedo-oudiometrie by drie- en vierjarige kleuters date: 1981-11-11 words: 5440 flesch: 68 summary: Die oplossing hiervoor is grootliks gelee in die opleiding van die kind voor formele gehoortoetsing en meer spesifiek opleiding tuis deur die ouer. Volgens verskeie teoritici en navorsers is die oplossing vir hierdie probleem moontlik te vinde in die opleiding van die kind voor formele toetsing.2' 4 ' 5 Die resultate van hierdie studie dien as voldoende bewys dat die Opleidingsprogram wat opgestel is, 'n waardevolle metode bied vir die opleiding van die kleuter voor formele gehoortoetsing. keywords: angs; dat; die; e e; e t; het; kind; van; vir; wat; word cache: sajcd-358.pdf plain text: sajcd-358.txt item: #213 of 636 id: sajcd-359 author: Wright, Susan G. title: The acquisition of some dimensional adjectives by both normal and language-impaired children date: 1981-11-11 words: 6218 flesch: 62 summary: Does the pattern of dimensional adjective acquisition in these children match that of children with adequate language skills? If this reasoning is correct, ESs may be assumed to be significantly delayed in dimensional adjective acquisition due to their inability to cope as efficiently as CSs, with the adjective pairs under varying task conditions. keywords: acquisition; adjective; language; length; tallness; width cache: sajcd-359.pdf plain text: sajcd-359.txt item: #214 of 636 id: sajcd-36 author: None title: pg6-12.html date: None words: 6902 flesch: 55 summary: At present there are no questionnaires available in Afrikaans with which to explore the experience of symptoms of vertiginous patients presenting to health care services. Effects of vestibular rehabilitation therapy on emotional aspects in chronic vestibular patients. keywords: afrikaans; anxiety; avss; consensus; delphi; dizziness; health; participants; patients; results; scale; study; symptoms; vertigo; vestibular cache: sajcd-36.htm plain text: sajcd-36.txt item: #215 of 636 id: sajcd-360 author: Wolk, Lesley title: Spastic Dysphonia: A case report date: 1980-11-14 words: 6659 flesch: 60 summary: SUMMARY An in-depth investigation of a 55-year-old woman with spastic dysphonia was performed. Spastic dysphonia has long been recognized as the most mysterious and the most poorly understood of all voice disorders. keywords: disorder; dysphonia; speech; voice cache: sajcd-360.pdf plain text: sajcd-360.txt item: #216 of 636 id: sajcd-361 author: Niemand, Elmarie title: Ouditiewe aandag by die voorskoolse kind date: 1980-11-14 words: 7719 flesch: 68 summary: Die invloed van die intensiteit van die aanbieding Daar word gevind dat daar 'n betekenisvolle afname in respons voorkom by subtoetse 4 en 5, waar net van spraakseine gebruik gemaak is, wanneer hierdie seine teen 60 dB aangebied word. MATERIAAL EN APPARAAT Hier kan 'n tweeledige verdeling gemaak word, naamlik eerstens, die apparaat en materiaal wat van toepassing was by die seleksie van die Die Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Kommunikasieafwykings, Vol. 27, 1980 R ep ro du ce d by S ab in et G at ew ay u nd er li ce nc e gr an te d by th e P ub lis he r (d at ed 2 01 2) 24 Elmarie Niemand proefpersone en tweedens, apparaat en materiaal wat betrekking het keywords: aandag; aangesien; daar; dat; die; dit; dus; hierdie; kan; maskering; nie; ook; ouditiewe; proefpersone; sal; sein; tot; van; van die; vir; wat; word cache: sajcd-361.pdf plain text: sajcd-361.txt item: #217 of 636 id: sajcd-362 author: Segal, Denise title: Relationship between verbal language and symbolic play - A case study date: 1980-11-14 words: 8610 flesch: 60 summary: The linguistic ability and play of a language-impaired child were analysed to determine whether a breakdown in symbolic play occurs together with a language deficit. He theorized 2 4 that children Die Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Kommunikasieafwykings, Vol. 27, 1980 R ep ro du ce d by S ab in et G at ew ay u nd er li ce nc e gr an te d by th e P ub lis he r (d at ed 2 01 2) 38 Denise Segal aged two to four years develop a general representational ability which manifests in all symbolic systems, namely, deferred imitation, imagery, drawing, dreaming, symbolic play and language. keywords: child; d s; language; play; vol cache: sajcd-362.pdf plain text: sajcd-362.txt item: #218 of 636 id: sajcd-363 author: Uliel, Sheila title: Acoustic reflex measurements and the loudness function in sensorineural hearing loss date: 1980-11-14 words: 8856 flesch: 57 summary: Figures 5 and 6 illustrate the differences in acoustic reflex amplitude response growth between one subject who reported an increased sensitivity to loudness with normal hearing, and another subject, also with normal hearing, who did not experience this. Example of acoustic reflex amplitude response growth in a case of normal hearing where hyperacusis was reported The South African Journal of Communication Disorders, Vol. 27, 1980 R ep ro du ce d by S ab in et G at ew ay u nd er li ce nc e gr an te d by th e P ub lis he r (d at ed 2 01 2) Acoustic Reflex Threshold 73 1 000 keywords: acoustic; frequency; hearing; loss; loudness; recruitment; reflex; tone cache: sajcd-363.pdf plain text: sajcd-363.txt item: #219 of 636 id: sajcd-364 author: Bluestone, Ruth title: The communicative abilities of mild mental retardates date: 1980-11-14 words: 6584 flesch: 65 summary: Although it has been determined that the speakers used nonverbal behaviours as a distinct mode of communication, the exact nature of nonverbal communication and its relationship to verbal communication is not clear. The results obtained in this study indicate that in interpersonal communication situations, mildly retarded speakers utilize and rely to a great extent on nonverbal communication channels. keywords: communication; die; game; language; listener; speakers; speech; study; verbal cache: sajcd-364.pdf plain text: sajcd-364.txt item: #220 of 636 id: sajcd-365 author: Traill, A. title: A note on pitch control in esophageal speech date: 1980-11-14 words: 2010 flesch: 69 summary: However, it is obviously not necessary that unrelated harmonics should show precisely these kinds of pitch variation; they may in fact have the same pitch pattern and these patterns may be level. SUMMARY An unusual case of esophageal pitch control first discussed in this Journal is re-examined in the light of additional data. keywords: harmonics; pitch cache: sajcd-365.pdf plain text: sajcd-365.txt item: #221 of 636 id: sajcd-366 author: Alant, Erna title: Post-laryngectomy therapy: A communication approach date: 1980-11-14 words: 3413 flesch: 57 summary: The communication approach towards rehabilitation emphasizes the necessity of incorporating verbal communication and non-verbal communication into the diagnostic and therapy procedures because of the close link between the two modes of communication. This can be done by using video tapes, slides or any other visual presentation that could facilitate the explanation and observation of non-verbal communication. keywords: communication; laryngectomy; patient; speech cache: sajcd-366.pdf plain text: sajcd-366.txt item: #222 of 636 id: sajcd-367 author: Steenekamp, Ronél title: Die moeder-kind-verhouding by kinders met 'n gesplete lip en/of verhemelte en minimale-brein disfunksie date: 1980-11-14 words: 8305 flesch: 79 summary: dat die moeder-kind-verhouding betekenisvol swakker is by die ondersoekgroepe as die van die kontrolegroep. Hi Die moeder-kind-verhouding is betekenisvol swakker by die onderskeie ondersoekgroepe as die van die kontrolegroep. keywords: dat; die; die moeder; e gr; e n; e p; e s; g e; gesplete; haar; het; hierdie; kan; kind; kinders; lip; moeder; n d; nc e; nie; r e; van; van die; verhouding; wat; word cache: sajcd-367.pdf plain text: sajcd-367.txt item: #223 of 636 id: sajcd-368 author: Berger, Hilary; Sinoff, Aletta title: Aspects of cohesion, tense and pronoun usage in the discourse of the older language-impaired child date: 1978-11-14 words: 6850 flesch: 66 summary: Recent research in child language has indicated the need to view pragmatics. In terms of acquisition of tense use, it appears that from approximately six to seven years of age, the child's ability is comparable to that of the adult.5 This however does not account for the specific handling of tense beyond the single sentence level, for example, the reporting of direct speech in discourse. keywords: discourse; language; measures; number; pronouns; tense cache: sajcd-368.pdf plain text: sajcd-368.txt item: #224 of 636 id: sajcd-369 author: Tesner, H.E.C; Naudé, E.C. title: 'n Palatografies-fotografiese ondersoek van die Afrikaanse konsonantklanke date: 1978-11-14 words: 2366 flesch: 79 summary: Die standaardafwyking van die area van aanraking vir elke konsonant- klank in die verskillende klankomgewings is bereken om η aanduiding te gee van die stabiliteit van die artikulasiekontakpunt. Die velere klanke word hier buite rekening gelaat omdat moontlike verskuiwings van die area van aanraking na agter nie deur hierdie metode opgeteken kan word nie. keywords: aanraking; die; nie; van; vir; word cache: sajcd-369.pdf plain text: sajcd-369.txt item: #225 of 636 id: sajcd-37 author: Strasheim, Esedra; Kritzinger, Alta; Louw, Brenda title: The development of a neonatal communication intervention tool date: 2011-11-07 words: 5791 flesch: 44 summary: During phase 2, a tool for parent guidance titled Neonatal communication intervention programme for parents was compiled in English and isiZulu. Keywords: developmental care, early communication intervention, neonatal communication intervention, neonatal nursery, public health context 14 SAJCD • keywords: africa; care; communication; hospitals; intervention; language; neonatal; participants; slts; south; study cache: sajcd-37.pdf plain text: sajcd-37.txt item: #226 of 636 id: sajcd-370 author: Binder, Glenn title: Selected acoustic characteristics of emerging esophageal speech: Case study date: 1978-11-14 words: 6134 flesch: 57 summary: U S A S S 3 , 8 - 1 9 6 7 a n d The development of esophageal speech was examined in a laryngectomee subject to observe the emergence of selected acoustic characteristics, and their relation to listener intelligibility ratings. keywords: e p; esophageal; figure; speech cache: sajcd-370.pdf plain text: sajcd-370.txt item: #227 of 636 id: sajcd-371 author: Thompson, Alison K. title: A clinical rating scale of speech dysfunction on Parkinson's disease date: 1978-11-14 words: 6548 flesch: 59 summary: Prosody Dysprosody, or monotonous speech, relates to a lack of control over the stress and inflection variations natural to normal speech. As speech performance is one index of the patient's general level of functioning, this information is of assistance in the formulation of decisions for ongoing medical management. keywords: articulation; disease; e p; intensity; parkinson; patient; quality; speech cache: sajcd-371.pdf plain text: sajcd-371.txt item: #228 of 636 id: sajcd-372 author: Geffen, Delsa title: The effects of Mandibular Osteotomy on articulation and resonance date: 1978-11-14 words: 4311 flesch: 67 summary: SUMMARY Pre- and post-operative speech samples were studied in nine adult cases who received mandibular osteotomy. the anterior digastricus and the geniohyoid muscles, and the possibility of the deterioration of speech quality being related to a muscular change in the posture or support of the tongue warrants further investigation. keywords: speech cache: sajcd-372.pdf plain text: sajcd-372.txt item: #229 of 636 id: sajcd-373 author: van Wyk, Maggi title: 'n Oudiovisuele analise van woordverdeelherhalings by hakkelaars date: 1978-11-14 words: 7433 flesch: 72 summary: of meer langer was as die van die ooreenstemmende konsonant van die Z Z o o r d Hierdie bevindings stem ooreen met Kliniese waarnemings beklemtoon dat die woorddeelherhalings van hakkelaars van die van nie-hakkelaars keywords: daar; dat; deur; die; dit; duur; e e; e gr; e n; e p; het; hierdie; kan; msek; nc e; nie; ook; s e; speech; van; wat; woorddeelherhalings; word cache: sajcd-373.pdf plain text: sajcd-373.txt item: #230 of 636 id: sajcd-374 author: Wolk, Lesley title: A markedness analysis of initial consonant clusters in Aphasic Phonological Impairment: A case study date: 1978-11-14 words: 10239 flesch: 64 summary: u u u u u u u u u u u u u Continuant u u m m m m u u m m u u m m m m m m m m u u m m m Strident u u u u u u u u m m m m u u u u u u u u u u m m u Voiced u m u m u m u m u m u m u u u u u u u u u m u m u Lateral + - Nasal u u u u u u u u u u u u m m m u u u u u u u u u u 6u 5u 5u 4u 6u 5u 7u 6u 4u 3u 5u 4u5u 6u 5u 7u 6u 6u 6u 5u 6u 5u 5u 4u k g s ζ X Consonantal u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u Sonorant m m m m m m m m m m m m u u u u m u u u m m m m m Anterior u u u u u u u u m m m m u u m u u u m m m m u keywords: analysis; aphasia; ay u; cluster; complexity; consonant; errors; m u; speech; testing; u nd; u u; values cache: sajcd-374.pdf plain text: sajcd-374.txt item: #231 of 636 id: sajcd-375 author: Kadish, Jocelyn title: A neuropsychological approach to the study of gesture and pantomime in aphasa date: 1978-11-14 words: 6653 flesch: 60 summary: The areas implicated above seemed to overlap with those presumed to subserve expressive gesture, while the posterior cerebral areas concerned with receptive gesture appeared intact. (c) As demonstrated in Table IV, scores yielded by the gesture tests confirmed the above i.e. a score of 453 out of a maximum score of 480 obtained for expressive gesture, while a score of 20 out of a maximum of 20 obtained for receptive gesture. keywords: aphasia; brain; communication; die; expressive; functions; gestural; gesture; language; speech; tests cache: sajcd-375.pdf plain text: sajcd-375.txt item: #232 of 636 id: sajcd-376 author: Traill, A. title: On so-called 'lateral[s]': Some observations from palatography and spectrography date: 1977-11-15 words: 8135 flesch: 61 summary: The articulation is deviant firstly in the slit rather than groove articulation and the fact that the slit, although symmetrical along the midline of the palate is unvaryingly wide along its entire length. In addition it is often noted that the lips may be involved in some degree in sigmatism, though precise details of the type of labial articulation are not specified. keywords: articulation; case; point; right; sigmatisms; tongue cache: sajcd-376.pdf plain text: sajcd-376.txt item: #233 of 636 id: sajcd-377 author: Kagan, Aura title: A phonological analysis of the expressive and receptive articulatory difficulties of an aphasic with apraxia of speech: A case study date: 1977-11-15 words: 8241 flesch: 62 summary: Spreen,3 3 however, points out that a phonological investigation of aphasia is valuable, as phonological errors, besides being of inherent linguistic interest, tend to confuse the study of higher-level speech functions. This was based on a finding by Lecours and Lhermitte^18 that the likelihood of phonological error on , a particular phoneme is direct- ly related to the extent of its similarity to other phonemes in its immediate vicinity. keywords: analysis; apraxia; distance; errors; feature; phoneme; results; speech cache: sajcd-377.pdf plain text: sajcd-377.txt item: #234 of 636 id: sajcd-378 author: Tuch, Sharon title: The production of coherent narrative texts by older language impaired children date: 1977-11-15 words: 9101 flesch: 52 summary: This ability appears to require both greater linguistic and cognitive skill and might be deficient in older children, who, having passed the period of early language acquisition, may by this time have acquired 'grammatical competence' at the single sentence level. (SP. & H. THERAPY) (WITWATERSRAND) Speech Therapy Department, Transvaal Memorial Hospital for Children, Johannesburg. keywords: competence; conjunctions; events; grp; language; measures; semantic; ε grp cache: sajcd-378.pdf plain text: sajcd-378.txt item: #235 of 636 id: sajcd-379 author: Hay, I.S. title: Die meting van middeloorfunksie van die normale menslike oor: 'n Timpanometriese ondersoek date: 1977-11-15 words: 6407 flesch: 79 summary: By nadere ondersoek blyk dit dat' die metode wat Feldman3 gebruik het om die statiese G- en B-waardes te meet, verskil van die van die huidige ondersoek se metode. Verder moes daar vasgestel word of die rigting van drukverandering by die bepaling van die timpanogram van belang was en of die gebruik van 220 Hz sowel as 660 Hz as meetfrekwensie van waarde is by die bepaling van normale waardes. keywords: dat; die; het; hierdie; nie; timpanogram; tipe; van; vir; waardes; wat; word; ο ο cache: sajcd-379.pdf plain text: sajcd-379.txt item: #236 of 636 id: sajcd-38 author: None title: pg13-18.html date: None words: 5720 flesch: 44 summary: Most participants appeared to be inexperienced in providing neonatal communication intervention services. In order to fulfil the roles and responsibilities in neonatal communication intervention effectively, the SLT requires certain tools. keywords: africa; care; communication; hospitals; intervention; language; neonatal; participants; slts; south; study cache: sajcd-38.htm plain text: sajcd-38.txt item: #237 of 636 id: sajcd-380 author: Shavell, Audrey title: Drooling in Cerebral Palsy date: 1977-11-15 words: 7531 flesch: 73 summary: v o o o o o o o o o o o ^ o w o o « o o o o o o o keywords: drooling; e p; palsy; patients; speech cache: sajcd-380.pdf plain text: sajcd-380.txt item: #238 of 636 id: sajcd-381 author: Groenewald, Emily title: 'n Akoestiese ontleding van die glottale puls van sekere stempatologiese verskynsels date: 1977-11-15 words: 4713 flesch: 63 summary: oog o p 'n kritiese evaluering van die toepassingsmoontlikhede van die metode omvang van die patologie stem ooreen met bevindings van Smith en Lieber- m a n , 1 8 Lieberman,11 Von Leden en Koike,2 3 Iwata en Von Le- den 5 en Koike en Markel;8 en (iv) die potensieel waardevolle rol van 'n golfvorm analise as hulpmid- del by diagnose en objektiewe evaluasie by terapie, word onder- skryf deur navorsing van Wechsler.24 (d) Die resultate van die studie dui op die waarde van die meting van botoon amplitudes soos gevind is by proefpersoon 1 en 13 en dui op die waar- skynlike waarde van metings van addisionele hoer botone soos by proef- persone 7 en 8. (e) Resultate dui ook op die waarde van metings van verskillende fonasie- wyses waardeur waardevolle inligting verkry kan word, soos gevind is by proefpersone 4, 7, 10 en 11. keywords: akoestiese; dat; deur; die; dit; elke; glottale; inligting; kan; nie; normale; patologiese; resultate; soos; tot; van; verband; vir; wat; word cache: sajcd-381.pdf plain text: sajcd-381.txt item: #239 of 636 id: sajcd-382 author: Karr, Gabrielle M. title: The performance of stutterers on selected central auditory tests date: 1977-11-15 words: 4862 flesch: 61 summary: Similarly, the performance of stutterers on dichotic tests, (which assess tem- poral lobe functioning11) is held in question. The competing stimuli were combined to form a single word, e.g. Stimulus: (RC) white (LC) foot Response: fight It has been suggested that on dichotic tests, errors produced by the dominant ear are the result of the interaction between the dominant and non-dominant ears.28 It is important to remember that in the SSW an RE A for competing stimuli occurred. keywords: auditory; ear; group; masking; performance; speech; ssw; stutterers; test cache: sajcd-382.pdf plain text: sajcd-382.txt item: #240 of 636 id: sajcd-383 author: Narun, Linda title: A therapy programme for pre-school language impaired children date: 1976-12-31 words: 4851 flesch: 60 summary: Viewing child language syntactically, is limited in that it does not account for the possible restricted nature of the utterances. The linguistic performance of language impaired children tends to be in- consistent. keywords: auxiliary; child; children; language; sentence; therapy; verb cache: sajcd-383.pdf plain text: sajcd-383.txt item: #241 of 636 id: sajcd-384 author: Milstein, Rosanna title: Language of the English-speaking Coloured child date: 1976-12-31 words: 8422 flesch: 69 summary: In the area of Coloured language, the field is wide open to investigation. This may give an indication as to which language functions should be started with and which may be used to facilitate carryover. keywords: child; children; die; english; errors; group; language; sentences; speech; test cache: sajcd-384.pdf plain text: sajcd-384.txt item: #242 of 636 id: sajcd-385 author: Klaff, Avril title: Mass generalised learning applied to the problem of carry-over in articulation therapy date: 1976-12-31 words: 6332 flesch: 65 summary: This technique has its origin in the early work of Travis (1931) but the procedure formulated by Van Riper in 1939 is frequently referred to as the traditional approach to articulation therapy. Impetus for change in the nature of articulation therapy has also resulted from the application of linguistic theory to normal and defective articulation. keywords: articulation; carry; e p; learning; phase; production; speech; t e; therapy cache: sajcd-385.pdf plain text: sajcd-385.txt item: #243 of 636 id: sajcd-386 author: van der Merwe, Anita title: 'n Neuro-evolusionêre en neurofisiologiese benadering tot die ondersoek en behandeling van verworwe disartrie date: 1976-12-31 words: 6236 flesch: 70 summary: In terme van die leer van devolusie is die negatiewe element dus die verlies van die minder georganiseerde, meer komplekse en meer willekeurige funksies, terwyl die positiewe element die vrylating is van meer georganiseerde, meer eenvoudige en meer outomatiese funksies. Indien die neuro-evolusionere beginsels van sentrale senuweestelselfunksies toegepas word op spraakmotoriek, impliseer dit 'n rangorde van kompleksiteit van spraakgedrag wat geleidelik tot stand kom en ook afgebreek kan word as gevolg van breinskade van die motoriese areas. keywords: aan; artikulasie; bewegings; die; disartrie; dit; funksies; kan; meer; mees; neuro; nie; normaal; ook; simptome; speech; spraak; tot; van; van die; verworwe; vir; vlak; vol; wat; word cache: sajcd-386.pdf plain text: sajcd-386.txt item: #244 of 636 id: sajcd-387 author: Lister, Beverley A. title: Articulation in apraxia of speech date: 1976-12-31 words: 7228 flesch: 70 summary: A quantitative measure of distance between error sound and target sound showed that the types of aphasics did not differ on distance, and apraxics could therefore not be said to be closer to the target sound than a sensory aphasic. Thus it was possible to quantita- tively state the difference between error sound and target sound in the respon- ses on the articulation tests. keywords: aphasia; aphasics; apraxia; articulation; distance; errors; mrs; picture; speech cache: sajcd-387.pdf plain text: sajcd-387.txt item: #245 of 636 id: sajcd-388 author: Uys, I. C. title: Die diagnosering van stamel as 'n vorm van psigoneurologiese disfunksie date: 1976-12-31 words: 4546 flesch: 65 summary: van senuwee-oordrastowwe, tesame met sel- en organisme sensitiwiteit, tot 'n wanbalans in die funksionering van die twee opwekkingsisteme (die retikulere en limbiese) kan bydra. Die „oe sluit-toets stel die retilculere formasie en talamus in staat om alfa-sinchronisasie te bevorder en word dus aanbeveel.7 Die hiperventilasie-toets veroorsaak sametrekking van die bloedvate en kan ook aanduidend wees van moontlike epilepsie.23 2. keywords: aan; dat; diagnostiese; die; dit; evaluasie; hierdie; kan; nie; pnd; psigoneurologiese; simptome; stamel; toetse; van; verband; verskillende; vir; vol; wat; word cache: sajcd-388.pdf plain text: sajcd-388.txt item: #246 of 636 id: sajcd-389 author: Klein, Hanna title: A filtered speech test for an aging population date: 1976-12-31 words: 5299 flesch: 72 summary: Filtered speech tests have been used to diagnose the presence of lesions in the higher auditory pathway. 23 December 1976 R ep ro du ce d by S ab in et G at ew ay u nd er li ce nc e gr an te d by th e P ub lis he r (d at ed 2 01 2) Filtered Speech for the Aged 89 Male Female Mean Age Total No. 60-69 years 6 6 65.5 12 70-79 years 5 9 74.2 14 80-89 years 1 3 82.5 4 Total • 12 18 74.0 30 TABLE I. Number and Age of Subjects in the Experimental Group. keywords: age; ear; group; hearing; left; right; speech; test cache: sajcd-389.pdf plain text: sajcd-389.txt item: #247 of 636 id: sajcd-39 author: None title: pg48-55.html date: None words: 8742 flesch: 47 summary: In phrasing this request, no reference was made to communication difficulties. A second implication of this study pertains to the identification by the SLT of communication difficulties in individuals with MTBI. keywords: brain; communication; difficulties; et al; individuals; injury; loss; mtbi; participants; study; word cache: sajcd-39.htm plain text: sajcd-39.txt item: #248 of 636 id: sajcd-390 author: Block, Linda title: A comparison of the SISI and the stapedius reflex test in the differential diagnosis of cochlear pathology date: 1976-12-31 words: 5490 flesch: 69 summary: The number of test increments. A COMPARISON OF THE SISI AND THE STAPEDIUS REFLEX TEST IN THE DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF COCHLEAR PATHOLOGY LINDA BLOCK, B.A. (Sp. & H. Therapy) (WITWATERSRAND) Forest Town School for Cerebral Palsied Children, Johannesburg. keywords: cochlear; group; pathology; recruitment; reflex; scores; sisi; test cache: sajcd-390.pdf plain text: sajcd-390.txt item: #249 of 636 id: sajcd-391 author: Green, Marlene title: Semantic acquisition in language impaired and normal speaking four year old children date: 1975-12-31 words: 8872 flesch: 62 summary: Further her theory lies in close agreement with Vygotsky, 2 6 as both empha- size that the strategy used for abstracting semantic features from the environ- ment closely affects the meaning of the word thus evolved. Journal of the South African Speech and Hearing Association, Vol. 22, December 1975 R ep ro du ce d by S ab in et G at ew ay u nd er li ce nc e gr an te d by th e P ub lis he r (d at ed 2 01 2) Semantic Acquisition in Four-yr. olds 11 Figure 1 Systematic manipulation of semantic features shown on examples of the bed series Fig. keywords: acquisition; features; language; semantic; subjects; word cache: sajcd-391.pdf plain text: sajcd-391.txt item: #250 of 636 id: sajcd-392 author: Panagos, John M. title: Probing comprehension of WH questions in an echolalic child date: 1975-12-31 words: 3525 flesch: 67 summary: The development of Wh questions in child speech. Although, as mentioned, spoken sentences were now meaningful and syntactically well-formed, inconsistency in answering questions puzzled and Journal of the South African Speech and Hearing Association, Vol. 22, December 1975 R ep ro du ce d by S ab in et G at ew ay u nd er li ce nc e gr an te d by th e P ub lis he r (d at ed 2 01 2) WH Questions in an Echolalic Child 25 frustrated Evan's parents, and presented a challenge to the clinician on the case. keywords: adverbials; evan; questions; time cache: sajcd-392.pdf plain text: sajcd-392.txt item: #251 of 636 id: sajcd-393 author: Lanham, L. W.; Kerr, W. A. title: Pitch in esophageal speech date: 1975-12-31 words: 4899 flesch: 61 summary: In this article the main focus is on high-pitched phonation which has pro- perties sufficiently distinct to warrant separation from the common low- pitched esophageal phonation. Apart from (b), which does not create discernible harmonics to any extent, the other differences, probably collectively, contri- bute to the auditory impression of higher pitch. keywords: case; esophageal; frequency; phonation; pitch; speech; voice cache: sajcd-393.pdf plain text: sajcd-393.txt item: #252 of 636 id: sajcd-394 author: Dinner, M. I. title: The role of speech therapy in the head and neck service date: 1975-12-31 words: 2584 flesch: 53 summary: The role of the surgical techniques of speech rehabilitation of the laryngectomised patient, who has failed to re- spond to the therapist's instruction in oesophageal speech rehabilitation, is high-lighted. Objective speech evaluations in the reed fistula and air tunnel device patients, by tests such as selective quantitative measures, measures of intelligibility and selective qualitative measures may highlight certain advantages of these methods of speaking. keywords: air; die; fistula; patients; rehabilitation; speech cache: sajcd-394.pdf plain text: sajcd-394.txt item: #253 of 636 id: sajcd-395 author: Lloyd, Linda title: Impedance measurements in the diagnosis of Meniere's disease date: 1975-12-31 words: 7382 flesch: 69 summary: Middle ear pressure was also measured. Middle Ear Pressure All Subjects, with the exception of Subject 5, had middle ear pressures of Ο mm of water bilaterally. keywords: e c; ear; ed e; impedance; s u; t s; ο ο cache: sajcd-395.pdf plain text: sajcd-395.txt item: #254 of 636 id: sajcd-396 author: Hurwitz, Diane title: The nature of jargon in the normal and language impaired child date: 1975-12-31 words: 4346 flesch: 69 summary: The jargon utterances of two groups of two subjects each, group A, children with normal speech and language development, and group B, children with delayed or impaired speech and language development, were recorded and transcribed. Group A were children with normal speech and language development. keywords: child; development; jargon; language cache: sajcd-396.pdf plain text: sajcd-396.txt item: #255 of 636 id: sajcd-397 author: Penn, Claire title: A linguistic approach to the detection of minimal language dysfunction in aphasia date: 1974-12-31 words: 9185 flesch: 72 summary: It was presumed that if difficulty should occur in test sentences, this would be a function of sen- tence complexity rather than length. In a like manner, H.J.'s performance on test sentences where the relative pronoun or complementizer had been optionally deleted, also proved to be of interest. keywords: e n; e p; n t; s e; t e; tests cache: sajcd-397.pdf plain text: sajcd-397.txt item: #256 of 636 id: sajcd-398 author: Solarsh, Barbara title: A comparison of the performance of five aphasic patients on different tests of language ability date: 1974-12-31 words: 6177 flesch: 75 summary: · COMPARISON OF R E S U L T S OF THE T H R E E TESTS WITH COMMUNI- CATION SCORE 1. i n e t h e n a t u r e of t h e p r o b l e m a n d t h e m o keywords: e s; e t; t s cache: sajcd-398.pdf plain text: sajcd-398.txt item: #257 of 636 id: sajcd-399 author: Lotter, Elsie C. title: Die ontwikkeling en toetsing van artikulasievermoëns by die Afrikaanssprekende kind date: 1974-12-31 words: 5772 flesch: 85 summary: Die respons van elke proefpersoon op elke prent is aangeteken, vir sowel bepaling van die bekendheid van prente, as beoordeling van artikulasievermoe. Waar baie navorsingsprogramme tans gerig is op veral die ontwikkeling van die taalstelsel as geheel en die verband tussen die onderafdelings van taal (wat ook die foneemstelsel en die realisering daarvan insluit) is daar 'n dringende behoefte aan basiese inligting. keywords: d e; die; e e; e l; e n; e p; e t; g e; m e; n s; o n; r e; r t; s e; s p; s t; van; vir; word cache: sajcd-399.pdf plain text: sajcd-399.txt item: #258 of 636 id: sajcd-4 author: None title: SAJCD 124 date: None words: 5350 flesch: 54 summary: Subsequent researchers supported the idea that, irrespective of ethnic or linguistic background, children move through the same stages of early language development at a fairly predictable rate (Cole, 1982). Gentner (1982) argued that nouns must precede verbs in early language development because the concept of an object (noun) is easier to grasp than an action (verb). keywords: african; development; items; language; lds; parents; rescorla; south; study; toddlers; vocabulary cache: sajcd-4.htm plain text: sajcd-4.txt item: #259 of 636 id: sajcd-40 author: Fani, Gertrude title: CPD questionnaire date: 2011-11-07 words: 509 flesch: 61 summary: Services for people with communication disorders: a) are often well understood b) are well resourced c) often have low priority in health care systems d) are well established worldwide. Studies in the local context are necessary to: a) determine the prevalence of communication disorders in South Africa b) obtain legislative support for service delivery c) describe the status of services currently available d) all of the above. keywords: mtbi cache: sajcd-40.pdf plain text: sajcd-40.txt item: #260 of 636 id: sajcd-400 author: Shavell, Audrey title: A review of speech therapy services in ten cerebral palsy schools in the Republic of South Africa date: 1974-12-31 words: 11271 flesch: 85 summary: h o - G a t e s R e i e s R e keywords: e c; e e; e l; e n; e p; e s; e t; n c; n s; n t; o n; r e; r t; s t; t o; u n cache: sajcd-400.pdf plain text: sajcd-400.txt item: #261 of 636 id: sajcd-401 author: Thompson, Alison K. title: Audiometric Weber and Rinne test as compared pure-tone thresholds date: 1974-12-31 words: 4504 flesch: 79 summary: P o r t E l i z M e a s u r e s t keywords: weber cache: sajcd-401.pdf plain text: sajcd-401.txt item: #262 of 636 id: sajcd-402 author: Office, Editorial title: Editorial date: 1973-12-31 words: 535 flesch: 42 summary: Professor Pienaar, father of speech therapy and audiology in South Africa, retired from the University of Pretoria at the end of 1972 and is now Professor Emeritus of that University. Professor Westphal was a student in Phonetics under Professor Pienaar at the University of the Witwatersrand. keywords: pienaar; professor cache: sajcd-402.pdf plain text: sajcd-402.txt item: #263 of 636 id: sajcd-403 author: Aron, Myrtle L. title: Pierre de Villiers Pienaar date: 1973-12-31 words: 3637 flesch: 55 summary: This Clinic was established in 1936 by P. de V. Pienaar with a view to training speech therapists. During the first decade after P. de V. Pienaar had started the training facility for speech therapists, he continued to develop the programme methodically and with far reaching aims. keywords: die; hearing; pienaar; speech; university cache: sajcd-403.pdf plain text: sajcd-403.txt item: #264 of 636 id: sajcd-404 author: Damsté, P. H.; Wieneke, G. H. title: Experiments on the elasticity of the vocal cords date: 1973-12-31 words: 3331 flesch: 80 summary: The plan was to determine the Young's modulus of a satisfactorily large num- ber of vocal cords from men, women, women with masculine voices and possibly children and to see if the values of the Young's modulus in the four groups were significantly different. The Young's modulus in the range of strain less than 25% does not show significant differences in vocal cords from males and females without mascu- line voice change. keywords: vocal; voice cache: sajcd-404.pdf plain text: sajcd-404.txt item: #265 of 636 id: sajcd-405 author: Westphal, E. O. J. title: Syllable and sound change in Southern Bantu languages date: 1973-12-31 words: 8913 flesch: 71 summary: +lateral-molar 18 +- faucal +pharyngeal 19 20 21 22 +clear +ejected +vocalized +voiced sounds +pressed -'normal' -non-terminal -aspirated -injected -devocalized -unvoiced sounds -scraped -dentilabial -alveolar -prepalatal -velar -laryngeal 4.0 Degree operators (for 3.0 and for 1.1) -front/-back = central -high/-low = mid +- front +- back +- high +- low 5.0 Release type features 23 + - Ρ (plosive) 24 +- F (fricative and affricate) 25 +- Κ (clicks) 26 +P = passive (in which -w- is an essential element), keywords: bantu; features; languages; syllabic; vowel cache: sajcd-405.pdf plain text: sajcd-405.txt item: #266 of 636 id: sajcd-406 author: Luchsinger, R. title: Visualization of change of sound characteristics on the level of the vocal cords date: 1973-12-31 words: 2087 flesch: 74 summary: i o n is reported of an apparatus for producing short s t r o b o s c o van die frekwensie, intensiteit en oorgange van die stem te korrelleer met 'n reeks s t r o b o keywords: ο ο cache: sajcd-406.pdf plain text: sajcd-406.txt item: #267 of 636 id: sajcd-407 author: Uys, I. C. title: 'n Biologies-gefundeerde hipotese in verband met die ontslaan van hakkel date: 1973-12-31 words: 5770 flesch: 70 summary: Met inagneming van bogenoemde navorsingsresultate kan die hipotese dus gestel word dat temporale patrone vir spraak, waarop neuromuskulere outo- matismes gebaseer is, 'n fisiologiese ritme van veranderinge van toestande openbaar nl. siklusse van ± 6 per sekonde. Die erns van die hakkel word bepaal deur hoeveelheid a. lettergreep- of klankherhalings; ' b. klankverlengings; c. gebreekte woorde; d. ongewone klem of spanning. keywords: aanvang; baie; daar; dat; die; dit; hakkel; hakkelaars; het; hierdie; kan; kom; nie; sal; speech; spraak; stuttering; tot; van; verband; vir; voor; wat; word cache: sajcd-407.pdf plain text: sajcd-407.txt item: #268 of 636 id: sajcd-408 author: Silverman, S. Richard title: Today and tomorrow in the education of the deaf date: 1973-12-31 words: 4992 flesch: 57 summary: This interpretation is still a hypothesis, Important is the clinical exper- ience that young children in whom the partial hearing loss is detected early and who are given the benefit of early and habitual exposure to loud speech, with a hearing aid as soon as they are old enough, do develop speech and effective use of their residual hearing much better than children with similar audiograms who have not had the advantage of early auditory exposure and training. This audience does not need to be reminded how the encouraging progress in the identification and assessment of hearing impairment in young children has underlined the necessity and, yes, the opportunity for effective preschool programs. keywords: children; deaf; hearing; language cache: sajcd-408.pdf plain text: sajcd-408.txt item: #269 of 636 id: sajcd-409 author: Marks, Margaret title: An application of learning theory to secondary aspects of stuttering date: 1973-12-31 words: 3745 flesch: 59 summary: If 'town' is the feared word in the sentence 'I'm going to town', the following diagrams represent two types of avoidance responses: Journal of the South African Speech and Hearing Association, Vol. 20, December 1973 R ep ro du ce d by S ab in et G at ew ay u nd er li ce nc e gr an te d by th e P ub lis he r (d at ed 2 01 2) An Application of Learning Theory to Stuttering 71 (i) I'm going to., going to., t-t-town Β Ε (ii) I'm going to the city Α Β / ν When the patient comes to therapy, he has his set of premiums: negative for the moment of stuttering, positive for avoidance behaviours. keywords: behaviour; learning; responses; speech; stuttering cache: sajcd-409.pdf plain text: sajcd-409.txt item: #270 of 636 id: sajcd-410 author: Hay, I. title: Functional dysacusis: The utilization of EEG activity in the determination of hearing threshold level, a case report date: 1973-12-31 words: 1529 flesch: 72 summary: Summated evoked responses and raw EEG tracings show- ing the effect that switching from left to right ear has on the EEG tracings. right ears. keywords: ear; eeg; right cache: sajcd-410.pdf plain text: sajcd-410.txt item: #271 of 636 id: sajcd-411 author: Kerr, W. A.; Lanham, L. W. title: Anatomical and spectrographic analysis of the voice in disease: A report of five cases date: 1973-12-31 words: 9340 flesch: 69 summary: The title over each spectrogram should be interpreted thus: CASE DV Esophageal (wide) is a wide-band spectrogram identified by the number V and representing the voice of Case D who has esophageal voice. Spectrographic evidence attests to the absence of frequency modulation in esophageal voice. keywords: case; e gr; e p; esophageal; li ce; nc e; pharyngeal; r ep; speech; voice cache: sajcd-411.pdf plain text: sajcd-411.txt item: #272 of 636 id: sajcd-412 author: Davies, David; Whiting, D. M.; Miller, B. H.; Cremin, B. J.; Morrison, G. title: A preliminary assessment of redical surgery in cleft palate deformities date: 1972-12-31 words: 3506 flesch: 66 summary: Veau1 4, who did much to stimulate modern cleft palate surgery, repaired lip and hard palate together, followed later by repair of the soft palate. No patients will be excluded from this series because of the size of the congenital defect, and there will be no particular selection of cases-t'o any of the above series. keywords: errors; lip; palate; repair; speech cache: sajcd-412.pdf plain text: sajcd-412.txt item: #273 of 636 id: sajcd-413 author: Uys, Wilma title: 'n Elektromiografiese analise van die lipfunksies van die gesplete lip-geval date: 1972-12-31 words: 2246 flesch: 65 summary: omdat dit die elektriese potensiaal wat opgewek word tydens aktiwiteit, registreer.4 METODE Die doel van die studie was om die lipfunksies van die gesplete lip-geval te vergelyk met die van die normale en sodoende vas stel: a) of die lipfunksies ooreenstem met die van die normale; b) of kompensatoriese werking ingetree het; c) of die operasietegniek geslaagd is; d) keywords: dat; die; eksperimentele; gesplete; groep; lip; nie; proefpersone; van; wat; word cache: sajcd-413.pdf plain text: sajcd-413.txt item: #274 of 636 id: sajcd-414 author: Horn, Loretta title: Language development of the cleft palate child date: 1972-12-31 words: 6258 flesch: 56 summary: every measure of communication skill for which comparisons with normal children were possible. Relatively few studies have been carried out to experimentally investigate the language of children with clefts. keywords: children; cleft; development; die; language; palate; palate children; speech; structures cache: sajcd-414.pdf plain text: sajcd-414.txt item: #275 of 636 id: sajcd-415 author: Bligh, Nigel title: Therapy for a group of tongue thrust swallowers and their mothers date: 1972-12-31 words: 4107 flesch: 67 summary: Journal of he South African Speech and Hearing Association, Vol. 19, December 1972 R ep ro du ce d by S ab in et G at ew ay u nd er li ce nc e gr an te d by th e P ub lis he r (d at ed 2 01 2) Therapy for a Group of T o n g u e T h r u s t Swallowers and their Mothers 35 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION By the very nature of the disorder and its prognosis, tongue thrust therapy has a tendency to be both dull and rather discouraging.3 1 3 METHOD The aims of the study were (a) to investigate an approach to therapy for tongue thrusters, (b) to investigate certain aspects of group therapy, i.e. group size, age range and variation in therapist, and (c) to explore a method of parent counselling. keywords: children; group; speech; therapy; thrust; tongue cache: sajcd-415.pdf plain text: sajcd-415.txt item: #276 of 636 id: sajcd-416 author: Hugo, René title: 'n Kommunikatiefgefundeerde ondersoek na bepaalde waarnemingsverskynsels by disfemie date: 1972-12-31 words: 5618 flesch: 69 summary: Met behulp van die Mann-Whitney-Wilcoxon-toets kan aangetoon word dat die suiwertoon- drempelwaardes van die regterore van die eksperimentele groep verskil, op die 2%-peil van betekenis, van die van die kontrolegroep. Is die suiwertoonkurwe en spraakdiskriminasievermoens van die hakkelaar vergelykbaar met die van die nie-hakkelaar? keywords: dat; die; dit; groep; hierdie; kan; nie; tussen; van; verskil; vir; wat; woorde; word cache: sajcd-416.pdf plain text: sajcd-416.txt item: #277 of 636 id: sajcd-417 author: Caplan, Lesley title: An investigation of some aspects of stuttering-like speech in adult dysphasic subjects date: 1972-12-31 words: 7453 flesch: 63 summary: One may approach this from the etiological point of view, but in this study, the writer has chosen to examine symptomologically Tydskrif van die Suid-Afrikaanse Vereniging vir Spraak- en Gehoorheelkunde Vol. 19, Desember 1972 R ep ro du ce d by S ab in et G at ew ay u nd er li ce nc e gr an te d by th e P ub lis he r (d at ed 2 01 2) 5 4 Lesley Caplan some dimensions of the stuttering-like speech of dysphasics, and to compare them with some dimensions of stuttered speech as reported in the literature. Despite this, the findings should not be considered an impasse and the comments of the judges in evaluating the speech as stuttered speech emphasizes this point. keywords: die; dysfluencies; dysfluency; e p; o n; speech; stuttering; subjects; words; ο ο cache: sajcd-417.pdf plain text: sajcd-417.txt item: #278 of 636 id: sajcd-418 author: Fredman, Marion title: The Sklar Aphasia Scale in a foreign language date: 1971-12-31 words: 3095 flesch: 81 summary: o o o o o o 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 c ο - « 5 CO CO CO CO CO CO CO « Π CO CO CO j2 j2 £ CO _g ϊί CO CO UlHlHlHl-iH^ce ctfctfctfctfctfcQctfLH ε ε ε ε ε ε ε a C C ' C h C C C ^ keywords: test cache: sajcd-418.pdf plain text: sajcd-418.txt item: #279 of 636 id: sajcd-419 author: Abramovitz, Arnold title: Devising a development test of auditory perception: Problems and prospects date: 1971-12-31 words: 5375 flesch: 56 summary: We will one day have a developmental test, or series of tests, that will provide genuine assistance in the multi-faceted problem of the assessment of auditory perception, but it will require the pooled resources of a multi-disciplinary team of workers—psychologists, linguists, phoneticians, audiologists, otologists, paediatricians, speech therapists, speech trainers, educationists, musicians, neurologists, physicists, sound engineers, statisticians, and other specialists impossible to specify in advance. Why should auditory perception prove to be such a different kettle of fish? keywords: auditory; children; die; figure; ground; hearing; perception; sounds; test; van cache: sajcd-419.pdf plain text: sajcd-419.txt item: #280 of 636 id: sajcd-420 author: Lotter, Elsie C. title: Die nut van die "ITPA" vir die spraakterapeut asook 'n ondersoek na die moontlikheid van 'n vertaling en aanpassing by Suid-Afrikaanse omstandighede date: 1971-12-31 words: 7025 flesch: 71 summary: Die items van die subtoetse van die ITPA is in 'n sekere volgorde volgens moeilikheidswaarde gegradeer. (2) By die Afrikaanstalige groep verloop die proflele van die dogters oor die algemeen effens meer gelyk as die van die seuns. keywords: aantal; afrikaanse; afrikaanstalige; daar; dat; deur; die; dit; gebruik; groep; het; hierdie; items; itpa; kan; kinders; moontlik; nie; ondersoek; ook; subtoets; suid; toets; tot; uit; van; van die; vertaling; vir; vol; wat; word cache: sajcd-420.pdf plain text: sajcd-420.txt item: #281 of 636 id: sajcd-421 author: Noach, Marlene title: Concept formation in the speaking autistic child date: 1971-12-31 words: 3968 flesch: 59 summary: • The abnormal perceptual experience of autistic children—their, char- acteristic visual and auditory avoidance16 further supports specula- tion regarding a disturbance in concept formation, which occupies a higher level than perception in the hierarchies of experience. . In addition, it w^s found that autistic children were more likely to remember nonsense phrases than normal children, so that it was concluded that their verbal recall was independent of meaning. keywords: autism; autistic; children; complex; concept; formation; subjects cache: sajcd-421.pdf plain text: sajcd-421.txt item: #282 of 636 id: sajcd-422 author: Ossip, Sandra title: Operation of the auditory feedback monitoring loop in children with articulatory defects date: 1971-12-31 words: 4148 flesch: 58 summary: This study constitutes a preliminary evaluation of the utilization of auditory feedback for the acquisition of normal speech in normal speaking children and children having functional articulatory errors. Auditory feedback con- sequently appears to play an important role in the process of speech acquisition. keywords: child; feedback; monitoring; speech; system cache: sajcd-422.pdf plain text: sajcd-422.txt item: #283 of 636 id: sajcd-423 author: Hay, I. S. title: Kortikale Komper-Oudiometrie - "Electric Response Audiometry (ERA)" date: 1970-12-31 words: 4286 flesch: 63 summary: Die respons van 'n baba van 'n paar dae oud lyk ook heeltemal anders as die van 'n baba van 'n paar maande oud. Daar is 'n neigin£ by die respons van die kind om die Nl-komponent te verloor eh N2 begin dan toeneem in belangrikheid. keywords: daar; dat; die; dit; gebruik; het; hierdie; kan; kind; komper; kortikale; metode; nie; positiewe; response; stimuli; van; vir; vol; wat; word cache: sajcd-423.pdf plain text: sajcd-423.txt item: #284 of 636 id: sajcd-424 author: Laubscher, Alida M.U. title: Language development of a group of hearing impaired children date: 1970-12-31 words: 6696 flesch: 67 summary: Miller, W., Ervin, S., T h e development of child grammar in child language. Menyuk (1963) reported on the development of transformations Conjunction and Conjunction Deletion by normal hearing children ranging in age from 3-0 to 6-0 years. keywords: children; hearing; language; verb cache: sajcd-424.pdf plain text: sajcd-424.txt item: #285 of 636 id: sajcd-425 author: Oken, Ilana title: An investigation into the language and generalization abilities in the brain-injured and non brain-injured mentally retarded child date: 1970-12-31 words: 7503 flesch: 66 summary: In using the Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities, (the ITPA), the writer attempted to describe various areas of strengths and weaknesses within the two samples of retarded children, investigating: (i) Whether the frequently stated assumption that the brain-injured child has a peaked profile and that the mentally retarded child has Journal of the South African Logopedic Society, Vol. 17, No. 1: December 1970 R ep ro du ce d by S ab in et G at ew ay u nd er li ce nc e gr an te d by th e P ub lis he r (d at ed 2 01 2) The Brain-injured and N o n Brain-injured Mentally Retarded Child 33 a relatively flat profile exists, and whether this differentiation exists in the language abilities of the two diagnostic groups; (ii) whether retarded children differ psycholinguistically from average children of comparable mental age; (iii) whether there is a typical profile for the brain-injured mentally retarded and the non brain-injured mentally retarded. Bateman and Wetherell feel that an important implication in the education of retarded children can be derived from the knowledge of a deficit in automatic rote aspects of language usage. keywords: brain; child; children; generalization; group; language; non; subjects; test cache: sajcd-425.pdf plain text: sajcd-425.txt item: #286 of 636 id: sajcd-426 author: Traill, A. title: Transformational grammar and the case of an Ndebele speaking aphasic date: 1970-12-31 words: 9302 flesch: 63 summary: This means, that although it appears that the errors on nouns arise independently of the errors on governed forms, this is not in fact so; there is not complete freedom of choice for noun prefixes and governed prefixes. The impairment is eventually located in a part of the lexicon, but owing to the standard view of linguistic competence, this explana- tion poses problems which at present resist resolution. keywords: class; language; noun cache: sajcd-426.pdf plain text: sajcd-426.txt item: #287 of 636 id: sajcd-427 author: Uys, I. C. title: 'n Ondersoek na sekere biolinguistiese verskynsels by hakkel date: 1970-12-31 words: 5486 flesch: 77 summary: Keuring, op grond van die erns van die hakkel, het geskied op grond van die volgende kriteria: (a) Dat die persone hulleself as hakkelaars beskou; (b) Die beoordeling van die voorkoms van hakkelspasmas is gedoen deur twee Opgeleide spraak- terapeute, tydens die opname, asook volgens die bandopname. keywords: b e; dat; die; e e; e gr; e l; e p; hakkel; hierdie; k e; nc e; van; voorkoms; wat; word cache: sajcd-427.pdf plain text: sajcd-427.txt item: #288 of 636 id: sajcd-428 author: Uys, I. title: Prof. P. de V. Pienaar - 'n Blyk van waardering date: 1969-12-31 words: 2 flesch: 120 summary: PDF File keywords: pdf cache: sajcd-428.pdf plain text: sajcd-428.txt item: #289 of 636 id: sajcd-429 author: Bar, Asher; Singer, Joyce; Feldman, Robert G. title: Subvocal mucle activity during stuttering and fluent speech: A comparison date: 1969-12-31 words: 2570 flesch: 65 summary: 5. Hardyck, C. D., Petrinovitch, L. F. and Ellsworth, D. W. (1966): Feedback of speech muscle activity during silent reading: rapid extinction. The stutterer demonstrated the earliest onset of muscle activity, and the longest time period between onset of muscle activity and onset of voice in a Type 1 response (anticipation of stuttering followed by actual stuttering). keywords: activity; difficulty; muscle; speech; stutterer cache: sajcd-429.pdf plain text: sajcd-429.txt item: #290 of 636 id: sajcd-43 author: Pascoe, Michelle title: Communicating openly: SAJCD is now an openacess journal date: 2010-12-10 words: 1127 flesch: 57 summary: Many of the authors of journal papers are drawn from this same pool. The Internet has revolutionised publishing, and journal articles are now primarily accessed electronically. keywords: access; journal; south cache: sajcd-43.pdf plain text: sajcd-43.txt item: #291 of 636 id: sajcd-430 author: Eisenson, Jon title: Developmental aphasia date: 1969-12-31 words: 5245 flesch: 52 summary: Perhaps aphasic children have a slower central nervous system maturation than normal children or even our mentally subnormal children who acquire speech. Until fairly recently, clinical impression rather than the results of systematic experimental studies provided the data for our observations in regard to the auditory functioning of aphasic children. keywords: aphasic; children; die; events; impairment; language; order; speech cache: sajcd-430.pdf plain text: sajcd-430.txt item: #292 of 636 id: sajcd-431 author: Goodgoll, Michael L. title: The Aristotelian mode of thought underlying research and theorizing in the field of stuttering date: 1969-12-31 words: 4656 flesch: 55 summary: The fact that individual stutterers showed in some cases opposite behaviours was not considered important enough to report; nor was it considered an invalidation of his conclusion. Johnson concludes that the question of whether or not a given child is or is not stuttering at any given moment cannot be answered by measuring or observing the nonfluency of his speech.w However, the question of whether or not a given child is or is not stuttering was not originally asked, and it is highly apparent that Johnson's statistical treatment of his data, being concerned with group tendencies, does not allow for any conclusions regarding individual stutterers. keywords: aristotelian; individual; speech; stuttering cache: sajcd-431.pdf plain text: sajcd-431.txt item: #293 of 636 id: sajcd-432 author: Pletz, E. B. title: Some misconceptions about infantile autism date: 1969-12-31 words: 6006 flesch: 60 summary: Careful and detailed studies of the behaviour of autistic children (hand flapping in particular) have been carried out. They showed that: (a) there is a statistically significant consistency in the frequencies of these behaviours among autistic children and within the same child. keywords: autism; behaviour; child; children; die; operant; reinforcement; speech; therapy cache: sajcd-432.pdf plain text: sajcd-432.txt item: #294 of 636 id: sajcd-433 author: Levinsohn, J. title: The investigation of the disintegration of phonemic discrimination on a perception and production level in adults with aphasia date: 1969-12-31 words: 6260 flesch: 77 summary: ο <Λ c ο υ ο -α Μ Λ V— CQ 0J U. CQ 3 Ό Ο Τ3 Ο C <Λ I S •α c Eisenson3 uses Luria's explanation of the auditory analyser (situated in the secondary division of the auditory cortex of the left cerebral hemisphere) to explain that the process of auditory perception is not merely a passive receiving of stimuli but includes the analysis and integration of these stimuli. keywords: ear; speech; ο ο cache: sajcd-433.pdf plain text: sajcd-433.txt item: #295 of 636 id: sajcd-434 author: Office, Editorial title: Editorial date: 1968-01-20 words: 1699 flesch: 61 summary: Ons sien met gretigheid uit na die volgende twintig jaar van publikasie van die tydskrif en glo dat dit in dieselfde gees, wat die dryfveer was van die prestasies van die verlede, sal geskied—'n gees bestaande uit weetgierigheid, belangstelling en ondersoek wat die vooruitgang waarop ons hoop in die toekoms, sal aanhits. Ondersoek van die samevattende indeks bring 'n ander belangrike rigting aan die lig, nl. die vlugge ontwikkeling van die leerteorie en die praktiese toepassing daarvan. keywords: aan; die; dit; hierdie; ons; van; wat cache: sajcd-434.pdf plain text: sajcd-434.txt item: #296 of 636 id: sajcd-435 author: van Riper, C. title: Prognostic factors in stuttering date: 1968-01-20 words: 3884 flesch: 61 summary: J. Speech Hearing Dis- orders, 25, 219-237. J. Speech (Hearing Dis- orders, 29, 312-321. 50a. keywords: hearing; prognosis; speech; stutterers; stuttering; therapy; van cache: sajcd-435.pdf plain text: sajcd-435.txt item: #297 of 636 id: sajcd-436 author: Nel, W. G. title: 'n Evaluasie van gedragsterapie by die behandeling van funksioneel disfonie by kinders date: 1968-01-20 words: 2170 flesch: 60 summary: Daar kon slegs 'n begin gemaak word met die behandeling van kinders en derhalwe is die deel van die ondersoek as 'n voorstudie beskou. Opsomming Terapie gebaseer op beginsels van die leerteorie word bespreek, en die behavioristiese benadering tot terapie vir kinders met knobbels op die stemplooie word ge-evalueer. keywords: deur; die; dit; gebruik; gedrag; kan; nie; terapeut; van; vir; wanneer; wat; word cache: sajcd-436.pdf plain text: sajcd-436.txt item: #298 of 636 id: sajcd-437 author: Marks, Margaret title: Are we good behaviourists? date: 1968-01-20 words: 3726 flesch: 53 summary: Behaviour therapy gives us no more licence to deal with deep-seated emotional problems than we had when the prevailing psychoanalytic ideas set definite limits; instead, it places on us additional responsibilities to those posed by study in our own area: if we are to utilise the techniques of behaviour therapy we must have a thorough knowledge of the under- lying theoretical principles. Only when we understand the implications of learning theory will we be able to apply behaviour therapy techniques in our treatment and, carrying this even further, will we be able to devise methods based on a rigorous scientific approach to the problems of the person with defective communication skills. keywords: behaviour; behaviour therapy; die; learning; speech; techniques; therapy; van cache: sajcd-437.pdf plain text: sajcd-437.txt item: #299 of 636 id: sajcd-438 author: Izikowitz, Joyce title: The austistic child: An approach to handling date: 1968-01-20 words: 4570 flesch: 68 summary: Parents of autistic children are as varied in their personalities and the way they deal with children as is any other group of parents. (b) They progressed from passive, still children to hyperactive and destructive, to children with acceptable behaviour. keywords: child cache: sajcd-438.pdf plain text: sajcd-438.txt item: #300 of 636 id: sajcd-439 author: Bloom, Jeanette title: Studies on child grammar date: 1968-01-20 words: 7141 flesch: 68 summary: STUDIES ON CHILD GRAMMAR JEANETTE BLOOM, B . Clinical observation of children who appear to have delayed speech, frequently reveals the presence of numerous articulation errors in con- junction with immature sentence construction, implying a possible relation- ship between articulation and syntactic abilities. keywords: child; grammar; language; level; phrase; sentences cache: sajcd-439.pdf plain text: sajcd-439.txt item: #301 of 636 id: sajcd-440 author: Swiegers, E.; Uys, I. C. title: 'n Geval van kinderafasie date: 1967-09-20 words: 3030 flesch: 76 summary: Waarneming van ruimte en tyd en orientasie tot ruimte en tyd, ook met die doel om liggaamsbewegings en koordinasie te verbeter; (e) Klassifikasie en kategorisering met behulp van items van die Nebraska en Goldstein-Shearer toetse. Dit neem die vorm aan van 'n geringe ver- swakking van die gesigspiere en ook 'n verhoging van die reflekse. keywords: aan; baie; die; dit; het; kan; maar; nie; nog; ook; pasient; van; vir; wat; wees; word cache: sajcd-440.pdf plain text: sajcd-440.txt item: #302 of 636 id: sajcd-441 author: Aron, Myrtle L. title: The relationships between measurements of stuttering behaviour date: 1967-09-20 words: 10468 flesch: 69 summary: \ο σ\ ο Μ ο ο ο ό ό Ο t> Μ ̂-ΟΟ Ν 00 ο Λ ο m ν-> ο Ο ^ ν οο η Ο OWO \0 ΙΛί̂ΟΛΟ 00 σ\ ο ο Ο Ή Μ Ν Μ ο Μ \0 Ν Ο Η Η Μ W Ο Ο ̂ (j> Ο Ο̂ νι Ο πί Ο Ο Q \ t>00 keywords: experimenter; frequency; ratings; reading; severity; speech; stuttering; subjects; ν ο; ο η; ο μ; ο ο cache: sajcd-441.pdf plain text: sajcd-441.txt item: #303 of 636 id: sajcd-442 author: Perelló, Jorge title: Some comments on dysphonia date: 1967-09-20 words: 665 flesch: 67 summary: With regard to the professional speaker, it is thought that laryngolo- gists are too eager to refer these patients to speech therapists when the usual treatment of silence, antibiotics or vitamins has failed. There has been a tendency to refer dysphonic patients who present no laryngeal pathology to speech therapists who, at times, have little success with these patients. keywords: dysphonia; speech cache: sajcd-442.pdf plain text: sajcd-442.txt item: #304 of 636 id: sajcd-443 author: Reef, H. title: Apraxia dysarthria date: 1967-09-20 words: 3928 flesch: 68 summary: Even if the true nature of speech disorder is not recognised, the organic factor will be recognised. Part 2 By definition the disorder of apraxia dysarthria is due to an organic brain lesion and the patients who come for therapy do not suffer from any of the progressive diseases which lead to total incapacity or death. keywords: apraxia; dysarthria; motor; movements; speech cache: sajcd-443.pdf plain text: sajcd-443.txt item: #305 of 636 id: sajcd-444 author: Nelson, G. K. title: The electrical activity of the brain in some disorders related to communication date: 1966-09-20 words: 16468 flesch: 79 summary: t h e E E G a b n o r m a l h e E E G a n o m a l keywords: e c; e e; e g; e gr; e n; e p; e t; h e; n d; n t; nc e; o n; o t; r e; r t; s e; s s; s t; t h; t t; u t cache: sajcd-444.pdf plain text: sajcd-444.txt item: #306 of 636 id: sajcd-445 author: Whiting, Diana M. title: The aphasic child date: 1966-09-20 words: 5104 flesch: 79 summary: T h e r e is usually some evidence of a constant chatter of perseverative patterns in no way resembling words these children attempt to say. T h e s e keywords: e n; e s; h e; n t; r e cache: sajcd-445.pdf plain text: sajcd-445.txt item: #307 of 636 id: sajcd-446 author: Walker, D. H. title: Minimal closure in cleft lip and palate surgery date: 1966-09-20 words: 2735 flesch: 73 summary: Slaughter's original views suggested that in wide clefts where it is almost impossible to get a normal appearance at the first operation, one should be satisfied with any joining of muscle across the cleft lip and gum. He also recommended the closure of bilateral clefts in two stages. keywords: cleft; die; lip; palate cache: sajcd-446.pdf plain text: sajcd-446.txt item: #308 of 636 id: sajcd-447 author: Lubinsky, Frume T. title: An investigation into some of the adjustment problems of the adolescent stutterer date: 1966-09-20 words: 3470 flesch: 57 summary: T h e group means in each of the adjustment areas measured were compared pair-wise. T h e r e were 50 stutterers i n the experimental group and 50 non-stutterers in the control group. keywords: adjustment; adolescent; scores; stutterers; stuttering cache: sajcd-447.pdf plain text: sajcd-447.txt item: #309 of 636 id: sajcd-448 author: Newstadt, G. J. title: The syndrome of early infantile autism date: 1965-09-20 words: 3146 flesch: 64 summary: Autistic children, however, show these patterns for years on end and to the exclusion of any other. (c) Autistic children are never cuddly and never respond to being picked up. keywords: autism; children; objects; speech cache: sajcd-448.pdf plain text: sajcd-448.txt item: #310 of 636 id: sajcd-449 author: Harrison, Enid M. title: The brain-damaged child and learning problems date: 1965-09-20 words: 3185 flesch: 66 summary: There are many children in normal schools who would be saved feelings of failure, frustration, fear and from becoming problem children if helped to achieve success in their first years at school. This type of child is also handled at our school. keywords: brain; child; children; die; learning; problems cache: sajcd-449.pdf plain text: sajcd-449.txt item: #311 of 636 id: sajcd-45 author: Wium, Anna Maria; Louw, Brenda; Eloff, Irma title: Speech-language therapists supporting foundation phase teachers with literacy and numeracy in a rural and township context date: 2010-12-10 words: 7870 flesch: 51 summary: In confirmation of the gains made in attitude, testimonials obtained from a group of educator support educators who unofficially attended the workshops verified the positive attitudes noted in participant feedback. Within a collaborative and consultative approach, this study developed a multicomponent continued professional development (CPD) programme for foundation-phase educators to facilitate listening and language skills, particularly the language skills required for numeracy. keywords: education; educators; gains; knowledge; language; learners; learning; level; participants; programme; research; skills; support; training cache: sajcd-45.pdf plain text: sajcd-45.txt item: #312 of 636 id: sajcd-450 author: Office, Editorial title: Discussion of Mrs. E. M. Harrison's paper date: 1965-09-20 words: 1310 flesch: 63 summary: There are many children in normal schools who would be saved feelings of failure, frustration, fear and from becoming problem children if helped to achieve success in their first years at school. Ε. M. Harrison gebruik om sekere breinbeseerde kinders wat nie fisies gestrem is nie, te leer skryf, is in verband gebring met die werk en bevindings van die beroemde Russiese sielkundige en neuro- psigiater, Prof. A. R. Luria. keywords: children; die; luria; nie; van; word cache: sajcd-450.pdf plain text: sajcd-450.txt item: #313 of 636 id: sajcd-451 author: Bradley, Betty Hunt title: Tonal responses of metally retarted brain-injured children date: 1965-09-20 words: 2965 flesch: 58 summary: In recent years there has been an increased interest in auditory disorders of children and this has been extended to include the problem of auditory disorders in mentally retarded brain- injured children. The 70 mentally retarded brain-injured child- ren were selected from a larger group of children who had a diagnosis of brain-injury and who had also received classifications on the basis of criteria in her behavioral descriptions of the four disability groups. keywords: brain; children; gellner; groups; performance; section; tones cache: sajcd-451.pdf plain text: sajcd-451.txt item: #314 of 636 id: sajcd-452 author: Guldenpfenning, W. M. title: Cerebral palsy and the bobath treatment date: 1965-09-20 words: 1576 flesch: 54 summary: The accent in cerfebral palsy is apt to be on the motor abnormality, and with this in mind, we are often inclined to split up motor function into so-called component parts and even to speak of higher and lower levels of motor function, forgetting sometimes that normal motor function is one perfectly integrated whole in which no level is higher or lower in importance or effect, as every part of the motor system is necessary for normal function, each playing its part as required. Furthermore no motor system can function efficiently without a sensory input and the sensory input may be regarded as the most important factor in motor function, whether this be in the spinal cord or in the physical sphere. keywords: function; motor cache: sajcd-452.pdf plain text: sajcd-452.txt item: #315 of 636 id: sajcd-453 author: Hatchuel, W. title: Factors causing severe deafness in childhood date: 1965-09-20 words: 2987 flesch: 66 summary: It would therefore be wise to study the family history, whenever cases of congenital deafness occur. Clayton Jones E. (1947) 'Rubella as a cause of congenital deafness in England'. keywords: cases; cause; children; deafness; school; syndrome cache: sajcd-453.pdf plain text: sajcd-453.txt item: #316 of 636 id: sajcd-454 author: Cornelius, Dorothy title: Speech therapy in coloured schools date: 1965-09-20 words: 3509 flesch: 68 summary: Although no definite conclusions can be drawn at this stage, the study does seem to point out that a larger percentage of speech defects were found among children from the lower socio- economic groups. Therefore, it would seem desirable to study speech defects in a more random sample of the adult population before making any generali - zations. keywords: cases; children; community; defects; schools; speech cache: sajcd-454.pdf plain text: sajcd-454.txt item: #317 of 636 id: sajcd-455 author: Whiting, Diana M. title: Glossectomy date: 1965-09-20 words: 1091 flesch: 63 summary: Vlinical experience with 3 cases of partial glossectomy - one involving half the anterior third, one the whole anterior third and one the whole anterior half of the tongue - has shown how readily and with very little help such patients can adopt articulatory positions to produce normal speech. In recent years several patients who have undergone partial or total Glossectomy have been referred to us for help in re-establishing adequate speech. keywords: glossectomy; speech; total cache: sajcd-455.pdf plain text: sajcd-455.txt item: #318 of 636 id: sajcd-456 author: Office, Editorial title: Editorial date: 1963-09-20 words: 404 flesch: 70 summary: Die sukses van 'n tydskrif van hierdie aard hang uitsluitlik af van die aktiewe belangstelling van die lede en die bydraes wat hulle lewer. Ons is hiertoe instaat gestel deur die samewerking van die personeel van die Departement Spraakheelkunde by die Universiteit van Pretoria. keywords: die; south; van cache: sajcd-456.pdf plain text: sajcd-456.txt item: #319 of 636 id: sajcd-457 author: Bohr, John W. F. title: The effects of electronic and other external control methods on stuttering: A review of some research techniques and suggestion for further research date: 1963-09-20 words: 20308 flesch: 113 summary: i n g p e r f o r m a n c e of m a l e f o r m e r s t u t - t e r e r s differs from, t h a t of m a l e s w e r e s t w a s a r o u s e d in t h e e x p e keywords: e e; e n; e s; h e; n t; r e; t e; t t cache: sajcd-457.pdf plain text: sajcd-457.txt item: #320 of 636 id: sajcd-458 author: Uys, I. C.; Prade, B. title: Bevindings op die gebied spraak- stem en gehoorgebreke by skoolgaande kinders date: 1963-09-20 words: 3533 flesch: 103 summary: i s e e r m e r e n d e e l s g e n o e m d e g e g e w e n s b l y keywords: d e; e b; e e; e l; e n; e r; e s; e t; g e; k e; n d cache: sajcd-458.pdf plain text: sajcd-458.txt item: #321 of 636 id: sajcd-459 author: Doehler, Mary A. title: Speech and the laryngectomized date: 1963-09-20 words: 5577 flesch: 114 summary: r e r e a l o r b e r e i w o r d v keywords: e t cache: sajcd-459.pdf plain text: sajcd-459.txt item: #322 of 636 id: sajcd-46 author: von Wûhlisch, Friderike Schmidt; Pascoe, Michelle title: Maximising health literacy and client recall of clinical information: An exploratory study of clients and speech-language pathologists date: 2010-12-10 words: 11994 flesch: 51 summary: Always Often Sometimes Occasionally Never Appendix B. Preliminary framework for speech-language pathologists when making practical decisions to assist client health literacy and recall If clients choose not to adhere to treatment prescribed Table I. Strategies and their advantages/disadvantages in intervention Strategy Advantages Disadvantages Written materials Allows recall and revision of important clinical information Only for people who have good literacy skills Easy to file, store and copy Cultural mismatch: some cultures heavily favour oral language, Appropriate for speedy review and reference and written materials are less likely to be used as a means for accessing information Illustrations Aid understanding of complex information A certain level of visual literacy is required Very useful for clients with low literacy skills Some information is too abstract and complex to be depicted Looks interesting and eye-catching in illustrations Telephonic contact Human contact which can be speedily accessed: best at times of crisis Clients may not have a telephone of their own (or no airtime) Useful for reminder calls Clients may not be willing to call their clinician Builds a relationship between SLP and client Client and clinician need to share a language Mobile phones widely available Audio-visual materials Does not require literacy skills Clients need access to equipment Human contact: listening to a voice is reassuring Recording consultations might inhibit open discussions Durable and relatively inexpensive Could be translated into any language Minimally adds to clinician’s workload Can be shared with other significant persons SMS Cellphones are widely used (over 70% of South Africans make use of Clients need to have good literacy skills and be familiar with the mobile phones) (Internet World Stats, 2010) technology Best when recommendations are simple and can be given in point form Might be less used by older clients who are not used to this form A tool for quick reminders of communication By using the ‘please call me’ function, clients can get into telephonic Need for good manual dexterity contact with the SLP at no cost Not for life-threatening situations as there is too much room Clients use from the privacy of their own home and caregivers do not for misunderstandings need to leave the patient unaccompanied Restrictive (often too much information that needs to be conveyed) Can be time-consuming Cannot provide practical demonstrations or immediate feedback Reminders on mobile Serves best as a post-consultation reminder of important points Need for good manual dexterity phones People carry mobile phones with them at all times so reminders Restrictive (often too much information that needs to be would be immediate conveyed) keywords: care; case; clients; compliance; contact; health; health literacy; information; language; literacy; need; recall; skills; slp; slps; south; strategies; study; time; treatment; use cache: sajcd-46.pdf plain text: sajcd-46.txt item: #323 of 636 id: sajcd-460 author: Breckwoldt, G. H. title: The Breckwoldt laryngo-reflectoscope date: 1963-09-20 words: 6367 flesch: 113 summary: h e o t h e r h a n d m i r r o r for o b s e r v keywords: e n; e t; h e cache: sajcd-460.pdf plain text: sajcd-460.txt item: #324 of 636 id: sajcd-461 author: Office, Editorial title: Editorial date: 1962-09-20 words: 617 flesch: 71 summary: aspekte van die mediese wetenskap wat van direkte belang is vir die spraakterapeute. 1962 uitgawe van die Tydskrif van die Suid-Afrikaanse Spraakheelkundige Vereniging aan te bied, en ons is vertrou dat die groot verskeidenheid van onderwerpe wat bespreek word iets van belang vir elke leser sal verskaf. keywords: die; ons; south; van cache: sajcd-461.pdf plain text: sajcd-461.txt item: #325 of 636 id: sajcd-462 author: Walker, D. H. title: Cleft lip and palate date: 1962-09-20 words: 8173 flesch: 68 summary: Die voorkoms van die verhemelte na die operasie is geen aanduiding van die kwaliteit van de spraak wat gevorm sal word nie. Daar is gegewens wat bewys dat die groei- proses, van die middelste derde van die gesig, minder gesteur word, as die operasie op die verhemelte nie baie groot is nie, en/of as dit uitgestel word tot die keywords: child; cleft; die; e p; flaps; lip; nie; operation; palate; patient; repair; speech; van; van die; verhemelte; word cache: sajcd-462.pdf plain text: sajcd-462.txt item: #326 of 636 id: sajcd-463 author: Fawcus, R.; Fawcus, M. A. title: Some observations on group work with adult stammerers date: 1962-09-20 words: 6353 flesch: 60 summary: Our therapy has evolved from experience and observation of many stammerers, just as the stammerer in the group must finally learn from his own observations and experiences. Little or no attempt is made to screen stammerers who want to join the classes, and the main factor determining which group or groups the student joins will be the particu- lar evening on which he wants to come. keywords: approach; avoidance; behaviour; die; group; speech; stammerer; stammering; students cache: sajcd-463.pdf plain text: sajcd-463.txt item: #327 of 636 id: sajcd-464 author: Bloch, Joy title: Case history of an eighteen-year-old stutterer date: 1962-09-20 words: 3043 flesch: 69 summary: An intelligent 18-year-old male stutterer, who has been receiving speech therapy at the University of the Witwatersrand Speech, Voice and Hearing Clinic, for the past two years, was asked to write on his experiences as a stutterer. He has had a variety of therapies at various times, including speech therapy, hyp- notherapy and psychotherapy. keywords: speech; stutter; stutterer; stuttering; therapy cache: sajcd-464.pdf plain text: sajcd-464.txt item: #328 of 636 id: sajcd-465 author: Jacobs, Ruth title: A neurological approach to speech therapy for the cerebal palsied date: 1962-09-20 words: 6244 flesch: 69 summary: That is why we find good speech in children with head and neck control, and where the upper part of the body is least affected. In older children, where speech has already set up abnormal reac- tions, R.I.P's will reduce spasticity and nor- malise muscle tone so that speech will im- prove. keywords: breathing; child; control; die; head; movements; muscle; position; speech; therapist; tone cache: sajcd-465.pdf plain text: sajcd-465.txt item: #329 of 636 id: sajcd-466 author: Lubinsky, F. T.; Sprott, J. title: Case report of a brain-injured child; illustrating a teamwork approach to rehabilitation date: 1962-09-20 words: 3124 flesch: 71 summary: These activities were carried out mainly in groups and it was obvious that John enjoyed being with other children. On the 25/1/62 a boy aged 11 years, whom we shall refer to as John, was ad- mitted to the Transvaal Memorial Hospital. keywords: die; john; speech; therapist; therapy; time cache: sajcd-466.pdf plain text: sajcd-466.txt item: #330 of 636 id: sajcd-467 author: Anderson, Ingram F. title: Some reflections on the genetics of mental disorder date: 1962-09-20 words: 3574 flesch: 59 summary: While these reflections have been rather terse and incomplete, they do highlight the emergent fact of an operative genetic com- ponent in many forms of mental disorder. Genetic advice is furnished in a wide variety of circumstances, not least of all in cases of mental disorder. keywords: deficiency; die; disorder; genetics; hurst; psychoses; society; van; word cache: sajcd-467.pdf plain text: sajcd-467.txt item: #331 of 636 id: sajcd-468 author: Office, Editorial title: Editorial date: 1962-09-20 words: 185 flesch: 51 summary: Ruth Clark worked in South Africa some years ago and we are privileged to publish her review of recent research on the parietal lobes, proprioceptive Sensibilities and tactilc and kinesthetic abilities in speech production — avenues of investigation which offer exciting possibilities for future work. Felix Trojan and Herta Weihs have provided us with some idea of the Conti- nental approach to speech and voice therapy. keywords: south cache: sajcd-468.pdf plain text: sajcd-468.txt item: #332 of 636 id: sajcd-469 author: Clark, Ruth M. title: Recent research on the parietal lobes, proprioceptive sensibilities and tactile and kinesthetic abilities in speech production date: 1962-09-20 words: 1941 flesch: 52 summary: Because of this lack of recogni- tion and the apparent subservient status of pro- prioception to the other sense, which are often considered of greater importance, this sense is neglected in the training programme of those who do not have normal speech. PURPOSE OF THE STUDY Dr. Larson (2) wondered if the ability to feel existed to the same extent among children with functional articulatory disorders as among children with normal speech. keywords: sensibilities; speech; study cache: sajcd-469.pdf plain text: sajcd-469.txt item: #333 of 636 id: sajcd-47 author: de Beer, Mari; Kritzinger, Alts; Zsilavcz, Ursula title: Young children with fetal alcohol spetrum disorder - communication profiles date: 2010-12-10 words: 9026 flesch: 39 summary: Child participants from different age groups were sampled and compared (Leedy & Ormrod, 2005) in order to indicate trends in their development. Description of child participants (N=5) Characteristic Participant 1 Participant 2 Participant 3 Participant 4 Participant 5 Chronological age 4 months 18 months 35 months 51 months 58 months Age when diagnosed with FASD At birth 15 months 28 months 48 months At birth Age when placed in foster care system 5 weeks 12 months 26 months 24 months At birth Age when adopted N/A N/A N/A N/A During first year of life Gender Male Male Female Female Male Vol 57 • December 2010 • SAJCD 37 COMMUNICATION PROFILES IN FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDER and the Department of Communication Pathology at the University were used for the sessions. keywords: age; alcohol; assessment; characteristics; children; communication; development; disorder; fasd; foster; infants; language; level; participants; profiles; research; spectrum; study cache: sajcd-47.pdf plain text: sajcd-47.txt item: #334 of 636 id: sajcd-470 author: Trojan, F.; Weihs, H. title: General and differential therapy in the field of logopedics and phoniatrics date: 1962-09-20 words: 5535 flesch: 55 summary: The aims of treatment vary according to the etiology and nature of speech and voice disorders. This also continues during the period of rapid growth, such as In Adolescence we find disposition for upper respiratory tract infections; toxic infection (focal infection such as diseases of the teeth and chronic tonsillitis may also influence voice disorders in adulthood); con- stitutionally determined faults of posture and breathing; allergy and bronchial asthma, vege- tative and vasomotor lability; functional psychic and motor disturbances. keywords: breathing; disorders; general; larynx; logopedic; speech; therapy; treatment; trojan; und; vocal; voice cache: sajcd-470.pdf plain text: sajcd-470.txt item: #335 of 636 id: sajcd-471 author: Office, Editorial title: Editorial date: 1961-09-20 words: 260 flesch: 65 summary: In this issue therefore, we have presented a detailed discussion and new informa- tion on topics that are of interest and importance to all workers in speech therapy and related fields. EDITORIAL There are many speech therapists who are aware of the value of the Bobath techniques in the handling of the cerebral palsied child, but the article by Jacobs and keywords: child cache: sajcd-471.pdf plain text: sajcd-471.txt item: #336 of 636 id: sajcd-472 author: Shapiro, Glenda; Jacobs, Ruth title: Speech therapy for the cerebral palsied child: A plan of treatment based on the Bobath Technique date: 1961-09-20 words: 1721 flesch: 71 summary: The speech therapist must not allow any deterio- ration of muscle tone while giving her speech lessons. Here, once again muscle tone must be normalised. keywords: child; speech; therapist cache: sajcd-472.pdf plain text: sajcd-472.txt item: #337 of 636 id: sajcd-473 author: Myklebust, Helmer R. title: Aphasia in children: Suggestions for management and training date: 1961-09-20 words: 6689 flesch: 73 summary: It should be em- phasized here that receptive aphasic children can be confused especially with children who have deafness as well as with the emotionally disturbed or the mentally retarded. Receptive aphasic children can be helped a great deal. keywords: aphasic; child; children; expressive; language; parents; training; use cache: sajcd-473.pdf plain text: sajcd-473.txt item: #338 of 636 id: sajcd-474 author: Haynes, D. R. title: A survey of surgical procedures for the relief of deafness due of otosclerosis date: 1961-09-20 words: 3671 flesch: 57 summary: In 1952, Samuel Rosen, employing the fundamental techniques of Lempert, revived the operation for stapes mobilization and obtained considerable success. It gave a higher percentage of permanently successful results than the operation for stapes mobilization. keywords: hearing; stapes; window cache: sajcd-474.pdf plain text: sajcd-474.txt item: #339 of 636 id: sajcd-479 author: Office, Editorial title: Editorial date: 1960-09-20 words: 312 flesch: 69 summary: In recent years there has been a growing awareness that we have based the practice of our profession on research studies that have been carried out elsewhere. I A L The field of speech therapy in South Africa, as elsewhere, is dynamic and one must therefore expect changing ideas, needs and trends. keywords: south cache: sajcd-479.pdf plain text: sajcd-479.txt item: #340 of 636 id: sajcd-48 author: Jordaan, Heila Letitia title: Development of semantic processes for academic language in foundation phase EAL learners date: 2010-12-10 words: 8968 flesch: 57 summary: Academic language for English language learners. The aim of this study was to investigate the development of language skills in foundation phase English Additional Language (EAL) learners attending schools where English is the language of learning and teaching. keywords: children; development; eal; education; english; grade; language; learners; learning; research; results; semantic; skills; south; study; verbs cache: sajcd-48.pdf plain text: sajcd-48.txt item: #341 of 636 id: sajcd-480 author: Aron, M. title: Some general aspects concerning stuttering which indicate fields of research date: 1960-09-20 words: 5028 flesch: 77 summary: D i s o r d e r s . D i s o r d e r s . keywords: o n cache: sajcd-480.pdf plain text: sajcd-480.txt item: #342 of 636 id: sajcd-482 author: Blake, Yvonne title: The treatment in a child guidance clinic of emotionally disturbed children showing speech defects date: 1960-09-20 words: 2668 flesch: 64 summary: Child- ren who are showing speech defects for emo- tional reasons cannot be grouped together any more significantly than those showing other disturbances — there may be an emphasis on oral difficulties in such children — particular concern say about oral aggression: biting, eating up, greed — but then again the under- lying anxiety or need may be only indirectly concerned with speech or the mouth and more directly with relationships — especially inter- family relationships. Mothers and children are grateful; and there is nothing to be said against such clinics except that they side-track the whole issue of etiology, of speech defects as a symp- tom that means something, as an expression of persisting infantile conflict that has value in the economy of the child. keywords: child; speech; symptom cache: sajcd-482.pdf plain text: sajcd-482.txt item: #343 of 636 id: sajcd-484 author: Jacobson, A.; Dreyer, C. J. title: The treatment of the cleft lip and palate patient date: 1959-09-11 words: 4386 flesch: 61 summary: This closure is essential for normal speech. The production of normal speech in the cleft palate patient is the ultimate objective of the speech therapist. keywords: cleft; palate; patient; speech; teeth; treatment cache: sajcd-484.pdf plain text: sajcd-484.txt item: #344 of 636 id: sajcd-485 author: Bauman, S. title: The initiation of pharyngeal voice and early speech lessons in the laryngectomee date: 1959-09-11 words: 2723 flesch: 76 summary: When the laryngectomee has regained the art of producing voice and speech, he should reintroduce into his speaking activities all the auxilliary actions that accompany dynamic com- munication such as a facil expression, pleasant hand movements and short phrases which the normal person continually uses such as Oh, really, Is that so, Pardon, etc. Throughout therapy and especially in the initial stages the patient should feel that the whole September procedure is easy, and because of their anatomical structure, perfectly natural and attainable. The 0 V Μ is sometimes unacceptable to patients, especially women, because of the emphasis on assuming a kinaesthetic set similar to that required for belching. keywords: patient; speech; voice cache: sajcd-485.pdf plain text: sajcd-485.txt item: #345 of 636 id: sajcd-486 author: Tragott-Vorwerg, F. M. title: Trends in the field of habilitation of the cerebral palsied date: 1959-09-11 words: 2540 flesch: 62 summary: There are enormous sums of money devoted to cerebral palsy work in progressive countries over- seas. There is no one country which can offer perfection in every aspect of cerebral palsy work and the State-aided schools in the Union can hold their own with any I saw overseas. keywords: children; palsied; palsy; training; work cache: sajcd-486.pdf plain text: sajcd-486.txt item: #346 of 636 id: sajcd-487 author: Office, Editorial title: Editorial date: 1958-09-11 words: 288 flesch: 56 summary: In this issue of the Journal, there are three articles on language disorders in children. Since reading is an important aspect of the language functwn, an article on the teaching of reading to the Cerebral Palsied Child by Ε. M. Harrison is presented in this issue; Isaac Jolles presents his views on the teaching of language and conceptual thinking to the brain-injured child, and an interesting case history of an aphasic child, compiled jointly by Dr. Law and Mrs. Shavell concludes thai section of the Journal in which the emphasis has been on language disorders. keywords: language cache: sajcd-487.pdf plain text: sajcd-487.txt item: #347 of 636 id: sajcd-488 author: Harrison, E. M. title: Teaching reading to the cerebral palsied child date: 1958-09-11 words: 3102 flesch: 68 summary: Matching pairs of words and also matching similar words. The child should, by the end of the Kinder- garten training, be organised in his approach to tasks, be able to match words (which to him are at this stage just shapes), and have developed R ep ro du ce d by S ab in et G at ew ay u nd er li ce nc e gr an te d by th e P ub lis he r (d at ed 2 01 2) JOURNAL OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN LOGOPEDIC SOCIETY perception of sounds, and be able to recognize, recall and reproduce concrete shapes. keywords: child; picture; programme; reading; sounds; words cache: sajcd-488.pdf plain text: sajcd-488.txt item: #348 of 636 id: sajcd-489 author: Jolles, Isaac title: The training of language and conceptual thinking in the child with brain damage date: 1958-09-11 words: 2123 flesch: 62 summary: Before proceeding further with this discussion, a description of the type of child with whom we are concerned in this paper is in order. For example, in classes for children of normal intelli- gence one may find a pupil whose Stanford-Binet (verbal) IQ is 85 but whose Arthur (non-verbal) IQ is 119. keywords: child; language; orange; pictures cache: sajcd-489.pdf plain text: sajcd-489.txt item: #349 of 636 id: sajcd-49 author: Kathard, Harsha; Norman, Vivienne; Pillay, Mershen title: Configurations of self-identity formations of adults who stutter date: 2010-12-10 words: 8928 flesch: 52 summary: Such ambivalence becomes a useful basis for negotiating different selves. It is suggestive of a compassionate living of different selves, acknowledging that DisOther is part of one’s story but not the only story. keywords: disother; experience; formations; identity; identity formations; kathard; life; participants; research; self; stories; story; study; stuttering cache: sajcd-49.pdf plain text: sajcd-49.txt item: #350 of 636 id: sajcd-490 author: Shavell, Audrey title: The post operative progress of a child suffering traumatic cerebral lesion date: 1958-09-11 words: 2396 flesch: 71 summary: He is a very observant child, playful, has a long atten- tion span and mixes well with other children, both siblings and school peers. Child was accidentally shot by a 0.22 rifle at 5.30 p.m. on the 18.1.57 HISTORY: keywords: child; hand; left; right; speech; wound cache: sajcd-490.pdf plain text: sajcd-490.txt item: #351 of 636 id: sajcd-491 author: Rummel, Alice title: Organic dyslalia date: 1958-09-11 words: 2458 flesch: 53 summary: Psychologically, articulation, which is the moulding of speech sounds, is not a special faculty in itself, but is rather an amalgamation of several abilities that develop side by side during the first years of life. There are four aspects necessary for the production of normal speech: keywords: abnormality; defect; organic; sounds; speech cache: sajcd-491.pdf plain text: sajcd-491.txt item: #352 of 636 id: sajcd-492 author: Weiss, L. title: A study of European speech: Defective school children in Pretoria date: 1958-09-11 words: 467 flesch: 76 summary: Dual medium schools cannot be compared as only three schools were available for study, although it can be stated that the incidence of spaech defectives was higher than among any of the other types of schools. 3. Some interesting differences were found in the incidence of speech defectives children in different types of schools. keywords: schools cache: sajcd-492.pdf plain text: sajcd-492.txt item: #353 of 636 id: sajcd-493 author: Office, Editorial title: Editorial date: 1958-09-11 words: 288 flesch: 49 summary: The general impression seems to be that speech therapists deal only with speech defects, per se. JOURNAL OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN LOGOPEDIC SOCIETY June itoria During the past few years, members of the medical and dental professions, teachers, psychologists, etc., and also the public in general, have come to recognise and accept Logopedics as an important and necessary element of the modern society in which we live. keywords: logopedics; speech cache: sajcd-493.pdf plain text: sajcd-493.txt item: #354 of 636 id: sajcd-494 author: de Hirsch, Katrina title: Tests designed to discover potential reading difficulties at the six-year old level date: 1958-09-11 words: 5774 flesch: 62 summary: Among them the Bellevue- Wechsler Scale for Children seems to be the most satisfactory. We agree with Gillingham's observation that children with a mental· age under 6£ are not ready for the printed word (5). keywords: child; children; difficulties; language; reading; test; time; trouble; use; youngsters cache: sajcd-494.pdf plain text: sajcd-494.txt item: #355 of 636 id: sajcd-495 author: Ordman, C. title: Case history of a brain-injured child date: 1958-09-11 words: 1584 flesch: 73 summary: He was encouraged to respond to relevant speech such as Give it to me, Pick it up and Do you want a sweet? R ep ro du ce d by S ab in et G at ew ay u nd er li ce nc e gr an te d by th e P ub lis he r (d at ed 2 01 2) June JOURNAL OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN LOGOPEDIC SOCIETY 2. A third E.E.G. taken 17 months later showed a normal record of Cortical activity for his age. keywords: months; school; speech; therapist cache: sajcd-495.pdf plain text: sajcd-495.txt item: #356 of 636 id: sajcd-496 author: Breckwoldt, G. H. title: Chronaxy measurement of the nervus recurrens and its applications date: 1958-09-11 words: 2767 flesch: 65 summary: June JOURNAL OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN LOGOPEDIC SOCIETY This table shows that for each sex there are not only 3 or 4 types of voice, but that there is an infinity of voice types, one leading into the other. HUSSON writes about his findings in this field and says that in phonasthenia the change in recurrent chronaxy is most noticeable. keywords: chronaxy; high; husson; intermediary; recurrent; soprano; voice cache: sajcd-496.pdf plain text: sajcd-496.txt item: #357 of 636 id: sajcd-498 author: Fleming, Marion title: Relationships between stammering and aphasia date: 1957-09-07 words: 3250 flesch: 62 summary: One can find other correspondences — for example, there is the stammerer who expresses him- self fluently in writing where the act of uttering is difficult; there is the aphasic in whom the power to PAPER PAPER PAPER PAPER PAPER PAPER PAPER PAPER PAPER PAPER PAPER PAPER IS THE THIRD MOST IMPORTANT COMMODITY IN THE WORLD! Finally the extra-ordinary contortions of the speech organs performed by many stammerers in their attempts to utter are akin to the apraxia of the mouth which is seen in so many patients suffering from verbal aphasia. keywords: aphasia; paper; speech; stammerer; stammering; words cache: sajcd-498.pdf plain text: sajcd-498.txt item: #358 of 636 id: sajcd-499 author: Bangs, J. L. title: Pre-school language education for the brain-damaged child date: 1957-09-07 words: 2300 flesch: 56 summary: Socialization in the sense I am using it involves alterations in the child's self-concept, development of parallel play, then cooperative play and establishment of identification with parents, teachers and other children. It is not apparent that we are interested in, and working with, a rather homogenous group of children and I am sure that most of you have anticipated one of the most diffi- cult problems confronting us; the procedures needed to identify these children adequately. keywords: brain; child; children; language; play; speech cache: sajcd-499.pdf plain text: sajcd-499.txt item: #359 of 636 id: sajcd-5 author: None title: SAJCD 248 date: None words: 5426 flesch: 47 summary: Clinical prognostic factors for tinnitus retraining therapy with a sound generator in tinnitus patients. Signs of temporomandibular disorders in tinnitus patients and in a population-based group of volunteers: Results of the Study of Health in Pomerania. keywords: frequency; group; hearing; participants; patients; study; tinnitus; tmd; tone cache: sajcd-5.htm plain text: sajcd-5.txt item: #360 of 636 id: sajcd-50 author: Olivier, Anna-Mari; Anthonissen, Christine; Southwood, Frenette title: Literacy development of English language learners: The outcomes of an intervention programme in grade R date: 2010-12-10 words: 9027 flesch: 47 summary: Keywords: emergent literacy, English language learners, language stimulation programme, preschoolers, second-language learners *For the purposes of this article, the term English language learners (ELLs) will be used for such learners, i.e. for learners who are educated through the medium of English, but who have an L1 other than English. 58 SAJCD • Vol 57 • December 2010 Literacy development of English language learners: keywords: children; development; ells; english; grade; group; intervention; language; learners; literacy; programme; reading; skills; study; subtests cache: sajcd-50.pdf plain text: sajcd-50.txt item: #361 of 636 id: sajcd-500 author: Breckwoldt, G. H. title: New aspects of voice physiology: Vocal fold vibrations without air-stream in a living human being date: 1957-09-07 words: 1986 flesch: 71 summary: Scientists who held against MULLER'S EXPERIMENT the fact that he had gained his results from experiments with the heads of bodies and not with living individuals, were directed to experiments demonstrating subglottal pressure in vivo i.e. in patients who, after tracheotomy had to wear a cannula. We can determine that during a sustained tone no change in subglottal pressure takes place. keywords: air; folds; pressure; stream cache: sajcd-500.pdf plain text: sajcd-500.txt item: #362 of 636 id: sajcd-501 author: de Hirsch, Katrina; Jefferson Jansky, Jeanette title: Word deafness date: 1957-09-07 words: 2831 flesch: 61 summary: The term word deafness has been used in the literature with reference to both children and adults; the present discussion is confined to word deafness in children. During phase two (from about 1868 to 1900) the expressive aspects of the disorder were emphasised, and Hale-White, Golding-Bird, Bastian and others described children who had a language all their own. keywords: children; deaf; deafness; language; speech; word cache: sajcd-501.pdf plain text: sajcd-501.txt item: #363 of 636 id: sajcd-502 author: Office, Editorial title: Editorial date: 1957-09-07 words: 370 flesch: 72 summary: I E T Y A R L Editorial Ύ^ΗΕΝ writing about speech therapy, as about any therapy, both the etiological and therapeutic aspects of speech disorders must be taken into account. The two articles which describe case histories (in the case of Miss Whiting—diagnosis, and in the case of Mrs. Lubinsky, therapy) indicate the advance of practical work done in speech therapy in South Africa, and further contributions along these lines would be welcomed for the Journal. keywords: therapy cache: sajcd-502.pdf plain text: sajcd-502.txt item: #364 of 636 id: sajcd-503 author: Aron, M. title: Stuttering therapy - an integration of speech therapy and psychotherapy date: 1957-09-07 words: 4408 flesch: 68 summary: This was clearly illustrated to me when I observed stuttering group therapy. Apart from the fact that group therapy is more expedient than individual therapy, it has many social and psychological facets. keywords: speech; stuttering; therapy cache: sajcd-503.pdf plain text: sajcd-503.txt item: #365 of 636 id: sajcd-504 author: Whiting, D. M. title: Sub-mucous cleft palate – Case histories date: 1957-09-07 words: 1638 flesch: 69 summary: This diagnosis of sub-mucous cleft palate was confirmed by the Plastic Surgery Unit, and surgery was undertaken. He reported that this was certainly a case of sub-mucous cleft palate and that the soft palate was definitely short. keywords: cleft; palate; speech cache: sajcd-504.pdf plain text: sajcd-504.txt item: #366 of 636 id: sajcd-505 author: Marks, Margaret title: Stuttering as learned behaviour: Theoretical and therapeutic implications date: 1957-09-07 words: 1585 flesch: 63 summary: Secondary drives are acquired on the basis of the primary drives, e.g., anxiety and fear are secondary drives based on the primary drive, pain. The acquisition of secondary symptoms could be described in learning terms as follows: Communication—to get his words out—is the stutterer's drive. keywords: learning; reward; stuttering cache: sajcd-505.pdf plain text: sajcd-505.txt item: #367 of 636 id: sajcd-506 author: Behr, A. L. title: Understanding the hard-of-hearing child date: 1957-09-07 words: 1717 flesch: 69 summary: Gates, A. T. and Kushner, R.E.—Learning to use Hearing Aids : A Study of Factors Influencing ths Decision of Children to wear Hearing Aids.' (Teachers' College, Columbia University, New York, 1946.) The meanings which children give to words spoken by their' parents and teachers are not always the accepted custom- ary meanings, but are modified and altered in a special 'way by the personal feelings which arise through the use of those words. keywords: child; children; hard; hearing cache: sajcd-506.pdf plain text: sajcd-506.txt item: #368 of 636 id: sajcd-507 author: Lubinsky, F. T. title: Negative practice in dysphemic therapy – A case history date: 1957-09-07 words: 1383 flesch: 74 summary: I have found these therapies most successful in the cases of adolescents with severe secondary symptoms and bad attitudes towards their stuttering. He was also using many secondary symptoms in dramatised and later, real life situations. keywords: speech; therapy cache: sajcd-507.pdf plain text: sajcd-507.txt item: #369 of 636 id: sajcd-509 author: Wright, M. title: The cortical localisation of speech; 1. An analysis of preliminary difficulties date: 1955-09-06 words: 3741 flesch: 65 summary: Applying the three primary divisions of semiotic to descriptions of partial l a n g u a g e defects resulting from localised cerebral dam- age,it seems that any description in which specific reference can b e confined to the re- lations between words and objects to which they refer belongs to the field of descriptive semantics; any description in which specific reference can be confined to the relations be- tween linguistic expressions (e.g., in the formu- lation of sentences) belongs to the sphere of descriptive syntactics, while descriptions in which specific and necessary reference must b e made to the patient's response to words (e.g., his understanding of words) belong to descriptive pragmatics. g e . keywords: g u; n g cache: sajcd-509.pdf plain text: sajcd-509.txt item: #370 of 636 id: sajcd-51 author: Pascoe, Michelle; Maphalala, Zinhle; Ebrahim, Aeysha; Hime, Daneil; Mdladla, Bathobile; Mohamed, Nerosha; Skinner, Mandy title: Children with Speech Difficulties: A survey of clinical practice in the Western Cape date: 2010-12-10 words: 9752 flesch: 52 summary: Keywords: articulation, assessment, clinical practice, intervention, phonology, speech difficulties Vol 57 • December 2010 • SAJCD 67 CHILDREN WITH SPEECH DIFFICULTIES The identification and management of speech difficulties in children is important because such difficulties can result in communication problems for the child. Phonological assessment of child speech. keywords: assessment; children; difficulties; english; intervention; language; participants; slts; south; speech; speech difficulties; study; therapy cache: sajcd-51.pdf plain text: sajcd-51.txt item: #371 of 636 id: sajcd-510 author: Stern, Erica title: Speech recording in stuttering therapy date: 1955-09-06 words: 1967 flesch: 76 summary: The writer would b e interested to know of the results obtained by other speech thera- pists using speech recording in stuttering therapy. It is the opinion of the writer, therefore, that a tape recorder should only b e used with stuttering pupils when it is possible to record a fluent sample of their speech, or at least speech that is decidedly more fluent than their usual way of speaking. keywords: speech cache: sajcd-510.pdf plain text: sajcd-510.txt item: #372 of 636 id: sajcd-511 author: Haynes, D. R. title: The role of speech audiometry in practical otology date: 1955-09-06 words: 2715 flesch: 64 summary: In practice, speech audiograms can be done quickly, especially when a rough assessment R ep ro du ce d by S ab in et G at ew ay u nd er li ce nc e gr an te d by th e P ub lis he r (d at ed 2 01 2) J O U R N A L O F T H E S On the contrary, I emphasise that complete examination of hearing now con- sists of clinical examination, including tuning fork tests, pure-tone and speech audiograms. keywords: hearing; speech cache: sajcd-511.pdf plain text: sajcd-511.txt item: #373 of 636 id: sajcd-512 author: Philips, Joan title: The relation between speech therapy and psychotherapy date: 1955-09-06 words: 2425 flesch: 69 summary: We can, to begin with, distinguish between two main types of speech defects:— (1) Mechanical defects, e.g., those due to organic conditions such a s cleft palate, fail- ure to enunciate clearly, inability to pro- nounce certain consonants, faulty accent, etc. (2) Defects involving, or related to person- ality difficulties, i.e., symptoms of disturbance within the personality which take the form of speech defects, e.g., stammering or refusal to speak. I E T Y 1 5 any more than the psychotherapist can set out to cure a neurosis and at the same time teach good speech. keywords: speech cache: sajcd-512.pdf plain text: sajcd-512.txt item: #374 of 636 id: sajcd-515 author: Lubinsky, F. T. title: Inleiding van ontspanning tot 'n groepterapeutiese program vir moeders van kinders met spraak-gebreke date: 1955-09-06 words: 2985 flesch: 106 summary: i e g e l e e n t h e Lesings w a s deur die raadgeeister g e g e e om in die b e h keywords: e e; e l; e n; e s; g e cache: sajcd-515.pdf plain text: sajcd-515.txt item: #375 of 636 id: sajcd-516 author: Lejeune, Y. A. title: Projective interpretation of intelligence tests date: 1955-09-06 words: 3754 flesch: 84 summary: it w e r e also noted. e passed the test at the 9 - y e a r level, while a further 1 4 % h a d mental a g e s over 8 y e a r s 6 months, a n d might possibly h a v e p a s s e d keywords: e s cache: sajcd-516.pdf plain text: sajcd-516.txt item: #376 of 636 id: sajcd-517 author: Silansky, Milicent title: Speech therapy at the Pretoria school for Cerebral Palsy date: 1955-09-06 words: 8201 flesch: 94 summary: e r e i C a s e s h a v e to b e chosen carefully a s there is insufficient time to give s p e e c h therapy to all who a r e in n e e d of it. keywords: c h; e c; e e; e n; e s; h e; l e; r e; s p; t e cache: sajcd-517.pdf plain text: sajcd-517.txt item: #377 of 636 id: sajcd-519 author: Develing, Sheila G. title: Editorial date: 1954-09-05 words: 219 flesch: 69 summary: In order to produce more journals we must have far more co-operation from members in the form of articles, case histories, book reviews, etc. We must not regress, but must publish more journals per annum. keywords: committee; society cache: sajcd-519.pdf plain text: sajcd-519.txt item: #378 of 636 id: sajcd-52 author: Sovani, Pallavi Vishwas; Mukundan, Dr. Geetha title: Comparison of post menopausal voice changes across professional and non-professional users of the voice date: 2010-12-10 words: 6570 flesch: 58 summary: No norms have been cited in literature to account for voice changes due to menopause. The findings could aid research on voice changes in women using or not using hormonal replacement therapy, and also voice changes in Table VII. keywords: age; changes; level; menopause; postmenopausal; study; teachers; voice; women cache: sajcd-52.pdf plain text: sajcd-52.txt item: #379 of 636 id: sajcd-520 author: Johnson, Wendell title: Stuttering: An interpretation of research findings date: 1954-09-05 words: 6199 flesch: 87 summary: i n t e r e s t s of t h e r e d r e n t o C e r t a i n M e keywords: e n; e r; n s; n t; o n; s t; t e; t t cache: sajcd-520.pdf plain text: sajcd-520.txt item: #380 of 636 id: sajcd-521 author: Shavell, Audrey title: A method of achieving carryover of relaxation into life situations date: 1954-09-05 words: 933 flesch: 56 summary: The writer does not believe that relaxation training is a 'panacea' to speech therapists, but that specific methods of ensuring, carryover of relaxation into social situations must be used for those patients who are taught general bodily relaxation. One often finds in general Logopedic practice a patient who successfully masters tne tecnnique of general bodily, relaxation and differential relaxation in the clinic situation, but who finds it very difficult to obtain a carryover of relaxation into everyday living. keywords: carryover; relaxation cache: sajcd-521.pdf plain text: sajcd-521.txt item: #381 of 636 id: sajcd-523 author: Streit, Joan title: Sound games for dyslalias: The practical application of Van Riper's theoretical chart date: 1954-09-05 words: 2145 flesch: 84 summary: By the time Stage 6 has been completed, it is often still necessary to allow the child to discriminate by saying contrasting sounds. C o r r e c t keywords: game; sound; stage cache: sajcd-523.pdf plain text: sajcd-523.txt item: #382 of 636 id: sajcd-524 author: van Thal, Joan H. title: The treatment of habitual dysphonia date: 1954-09-05 words: 2647 flesch: 67 summary: Those who refuse voice therapy are of no further interest; but a careful assessment of the reason for the vocal dysfunction must be made in those who seek rehabilitation. From time to time patients consult a laryngologist complaining of hoarseness and loss of voice for which no cause can be found either in the larynx or its nerve supply. keywords: exercises; head; patient; voice cache: sajcd-524.pdf plain text: sajcd-524.txt item: #383 of 636 id: sajcd-525 author: Whiting, Diana M. title: Editorial date: 1950-09-04 words: 369 flesch: 64 summary: Committee members: Mrs Myra Carel, Mrs Elaine Clemons, Miss Tibby Dison. / It is nearly two years since our first S.A.L.S. Journal was published in March, 19^7. keywords: journal; society cache: sajcd-525.pdf plain text: sajcd-525.txt item: #384 of 636 id: sajcd-527 author: Curry, E. Thayer title: Is your boy's voice 'changing'? date: 1950-09-04 words: 2019 flesch: 75 summary: Parents would be better able to under- stand and guide their boys during this period if they were familiar with recent scientific information about the nature of voice change. Probably the individual most concerned with this matter of voice change is the teen-ager himself. keywords: change; voice cache: sajcd-527.pdf plain text: sajcd-527.txt item: #385 of 636 id: sajcd-528 author: Whiting, D. M. title: Some initial problems encountered in the organization and integration of a speech therapy department in a Transvaal provincial hospital date: 1950-09-04 words: 2243 flesch: 67 summary: Jt' 1 8 e8sential for us to consider each patient as an individual, interpreting his difficulties in the light of his own personality, particularly as one so often finds that doctors and staff of other departments are too busy to con- sider him For the smooth running of any one department, it is essential to co-operate with other departments. keywords: department; hospital; speech cache: sajcd-528.pdf plain text: sajcd-528.txt item: #386 of 636 id: sajcd-529 author: van Renen, S. B. title: Tongue troubles date: 1950-09-04 words: 1210 flesch: 72 summary: My first experience of tongue troubles begins during a reading lesson when I was brought out to the front of my class at a junior school and asked whether I was trying to annoy ray teacher or attract attention by reading in such a hesitant and tense manner. He asked me a question and I , opened my mouth to answer, but I was concentrating more on the thought don't stutter now or show him that you are at stutterer than the reply to his question. keywords: stutterer cache: sajcd-529.pdf plain text: sajcd-529.txt item: #387 of 636 id: sajcd-53 author: Fani, Gertrude title: CPD Questionnaire date: 2010-12-10 words: 1005 flesch: 39 summary: Teachers in South Africa: a) are trained to develop language learning skills b) are too busy to work on language learning during classroom teaching c) may be unaware of this responsibility as well as lack the necessary training d) can access speech-language therapists to assist in classroom language intervention. Language skills that develop during the foundation phase are important for academic development and teachers can therefore play a role in the effective learning of academic language. keywords: language cache: sajcd-53.pdf plain text: sajcd-53.txt item: #388 of 636 id: sajcd-530 author: Osborne, Alison title: My experience of laryngectomies and oesophageal speech date: 1950-09-04 words: 1766 flesch: 77 summary: Both these men had had total Laryngectomies performed, followed by speech therapy. The ex-boxer had only had speech therapy over a period of weeks (6-9). keywords: speech cache: sajcd-530.pdf plain text: sajcd-530.txt item: #389 of 636 id: sajcd-531 author: Carel, Myra title: Some psychological factors in alalia prolongata date: 1950-09-04 words: 659 flesch: 74 summary: For so long as a child has no need or reason to implement gestures and sounds with properly constructed words, there is no incentive to acquire normal and progressive speech, and thus the lack of such incentive may well develop into a case of delayed speech. F Emotional conflict often causes delayed speech or speech tn^h^v, 1 i c t 7 a r l keywords: speech cache: sajcd-531.pdf plain text: sajcd-531.txt item: #390 of 636 id: sajcd-532 author: Stern, Erica title: Recent research in dyslalias date: 1950-09-04 words: 1825 flesch: 75 summary: The speech correction teachers who co-operated in this investigation were asked to supply the following informa- tion as regards each of their pupils:- name, sex, defec- tive sound, age on admission to speech correction class, and duration of speech correction lessons. In 1937 the Cape Education Department introduced free lessons in speech correction for primary school children, and today there are + 32 speech correction teachers throughout the Cape Province giving lessons to ± 2000 speech defective school children in eight cities and towns. keywords: correction; speech cache: sajcd-532.pdf plain text: sajcd-532.txt item: #391 of 636 id: sajcd-533 author: Samuels, Patricia R. title: A new theory on the relationship of stuttering and handedness date: 1950-09-04 words: 909 flesch: 62 summary: The problem she presented was does stuttering appear more fre- quently in twinning families than in families without records of duplicate births?. As regards speech in twinning families, there were 66 stutterers in these 1250 twinning families. keywords: stuttering; twinning cache: sajcd-533.pdf plain text: sajcd-533.txt item: #392 of 636 id: sajcd-534 author: Gorvy, Rhona A. title: Editorial date: 1948-09-21 words: 380 flesch: 62 summary: We hope that this journal will -aid in expressing the views and knowledge of our members, that it may be a common forum for a critical and unbiased approach to speech problems: that we will not only bo able to indicate new paths for research, but retest, discard or confirm old theories and prac- tices, so often accepted as fact, though their baSGs are merely assumptions. In that a large part of our approach to the individual is an attempt to understand the influence of cultural forces on his particular personality, we can envisage with satisfaction a future in which there will be not only a body for co-ordinating the activities of speech therapists in South Africa and elsewhere, but there will be a body which will co-ordinate the activities of various workers in differing,but related fields, to the benefit of the deviate individual. keywords: speech cache: sajcd-534.pdf plain text: sajcd-534.txt item: #393 of 636 id: sajcd-535 author: Stern, Erica title: A preliminary study of bilingualism and stuttering in four Johannesburg schools date: 1948-09-21 words: 2940 flesch: 75 summary: According to tho report of the Trans- vaal Commission on Education (1939) 1.5 per cent of school children in the Transvaal'stutter. Ho found 2 por cent of Rand school children to bo stutterers. keywords: afrikaans; children; die; stutterers; years cache: sajcd-535.pdf plain text: sajcd-535.txt item: #394 of 636 id: sajcd-536 author: van der Sandt, W. title: Vir die toekomstige gehoorapparaat-verbruiker date: 1948-09-21 words: 1520 flesch: 68 summary: Die patroon van u gehoorkurwe sal toon hooveel baat u van 'n gehoor- apparaat kan verwag. Met die verbetering van u algemene gesondheid, mag u gehoor outomatios ook verbeter. Die normalo menslike oor beskik oor gewoldigo moontlikhede wat betrof gehoorsgovoeligheid, Om die telefoontermo te gebruik - dit staan gelykaan 120 decibels, Dio decibels, vernoem na Alexander Graham Bell, die ontworper van die telofoon, is 'n eenheid wat gebruik word om klank-intensiteit to meet. keywords: aan; die; dit; kan; moet; nie; oor; sal; van; wat; word cache: sajcd-536.pdf plain text: sajcd-536.txt item: #395 of 636 id: sajcd-537 author: Stohr, Thelma title: Case study of dyslexia date: 1948-09-21 words: 2066 flesch: 70 summary: These were word recognition, (from the look and say method), phonetic blending,which strangely enough proved futile, and tracing, which although fairly useful, was not always successful. A vocabulary ability in which the individual must be able to acquire an increasing vocabulary by understanding the meanings of words and to unlock or work out long and incomprehensible appearing words. keywords: case; reading; tho; word cache: sajcd-537.pdf plain text: sajcd-537.txt item: #396 of 636 id: sajcd-538 author: Rycroft, D. K. title: Hearing aids and "deaf" education date: 1948-09-21 words: 1593 flesch: 66 summary: Speech therapists who deal with partially deaf children and overseas schools, for the deaf, are attaching increasingly greater importance to early auditory stimulation and the skilled fitting of individual hearing aids wherever possible. He was found however to have enough hearing to benefit from a hearing aid, but, being obliged to earn a living, he was unable to spare time or money for a lengthy re-education in sound discrimination, This boy, with a great deal of residual hearing, faces a life of deafness and of social and occupational maladjustment which could have been prevented had his. keywords: children; deaf; hearing cache: sajcd-538.pdf plain text: sajcd-538.txt item: #397 of 636 id: sajcd-545 author: None title: sajcd-545 date: None words: 6571 flesch: 54 summary: The provision of tinnitus management by health professionals responsible should be more accessible to young adults with tinnitus with regard to their awareness of strategies available and who they can seek help from. However, various studies have established that there is an increase of reported tinnitus in young adults, which motivated the researcher to conduct this study. keywords: adults; awareness; effects; hearing; noise; participants; study; tinnitus cache: sajcd-545.htm plain text: sajcd-545.txt item: #398 of 636 id: sajcd-546 author: Office, Editorial title: Acknowledgement to reviewers date: 2017-01-18 words: 390 flesch: 39 summary: In an effort to facilitate the selection of appropriate peer reviewers for the South African Journal of Communication Disorders, we ask that you take a moment to update your electronic portfolio on www.sajcd.org.za for our files, allowing us better access to your areas of interest and expertise, in order to match reviewers with submitted manuscripts. It is good practice as a reviewer to update your personal details regularly to ensure contact with you throughout your professional term as reviewer to the South African Journal of Communication Disorders. keywords: communication; journal cache: sajcd-546.pdf plain text: sajcd-546.txt item: #399 of 636 id: sajcd-547 author: Rosendorff, M. L. title: Rhythmic distraction techniques in a dysphemic therapy: A general discussion date: 1948-09-21 words: 1334 flesch: 63 summary: According to this definition then, one may consider imposed rhythms, including the three gen- eral types, bodily rhythms, speech rhythms, and rhythmic sensory stimulation, as distractions. Distraction techniques do not allow for the stut- terer to become toughened up towards his defect, nor does it allow him to bo properly adjusted to it. keywords: speech; stutterer cache: sajcd-547.pdf plain text: sajcd-547.txt item: #400 of 636 id: sajcd-548 author: Office, Editorial title: Acknowledgement to reviewers date: 2017-01-27 words: 507 flesch: 14 summary: It is good practice as a reviewer to update your personal details regularly to ensure contact with you throughout your professional term as reviewer to the South African Journal of Communication Disorders. In an effort to facilitate the selection of appropriate peer reviewers for the South African Journal of Communication Disorders, we ask that you take a moment to update your electronic portfolio on www.sajcd.org.za for our files, allowing us better access to your areas of interest and expertise, in order to match reviewers with submitted manuscripts. keywords: communication; disorders; journal cache: sajcd-548.pdf plain text: sajcd-548.txt item: #401 of 636 id: sajcd-549 author: Office, Editorial title: Acknowledgement to reviewers date: 2017-01-27 words: 340 flesch: 37 summary: In an effort to facilitate the selection of appropriate peer reviewers for the South African Journal of Communication Disorders, we ask that you take a moment to update your electronic portfolio on www.sajcd.org.za for our files, allowing us better access to your areas of interest and expertise, in order to match reviewers with submitted manuscripts. It is good practice as a reviewer to update your personal details regularly to ensure contact with you throughout your professional term as reviewer to the South African Journal of Communication Disorders. keywords: journal cache: sajcd-549.pdf plain text: sajcd-549.txt item: #402 of 636 id: sajcd-55 author: None title: sajcd-55 date: None words: 5004 flesch: 46 summary: Secondary objectives were to determine (1) which infection control measures are applied in audiology practices; (2) how frequently specific infection control measures are applied in audiology practices; (3) current compliance with infection control measures in accordance with measures required by the South African Department of Health; (4) possible needs for further continued professional development in the area of infection control; and (5) guidelines for the development of future programmes focused on infection control. Data collection The questionnaire consisted of the following sections: biographic information; infection control measures in audiology; transmission of infectious diseases; knowledge regarding infection control; application measures in infection control; and personal views. keywords: audiologists; audiology; bankaitis; control; infection; infection control; measures; respondents; study cache: sajcd-55.htm plain text: sajcd-55.txt item: #403 of 636 id: sajcd-550 author: None title: sajcd-550 date: None words: 7055 flesch: 51 summary: Keywords and phrases included: ‘noise in classrooms’, ‘effect of classroom noise’, ‘inclusive classroom’, ‘reverberation and speech perception’, ‘effect of noise on academic performance’ and ‘classroom accommodation’. The effect of classroom noise on attention and speech perception of second-graders learning in their second language compared to those learning in their first language showed that word recognition in both groups was worse under noise conditions but the effect was greater for second language learners (Nelson, Kohnert, Sabur & Shaw, 2005). keywords: acoustics; children; classroom; education; effect; language; learners; learning; noise; research; reverberation; speech cache: sajcd-550.htm plain text: sajcd-550.txt item: #404 of 636 id: sajcd-552 author: None title: sajcd-552 date: None words: 5057 flesch: 52 summary: The following questions are relevant and should be reflected on to create the shift in health care practice: How do we transition from the old to the new inclusive health care process? This article thus examines an inclusive model of intervention to patients with a hearing loss who report on spiritual healing, as documented narratives of patients are lacking in the literature. keywords: care; deaf; god; health; hearing; medical; model; patient; research; study cache: sajcd-552.htm plain text: sajcd-552.txt item: #405 of 636 id: sajcd-553 author: None title: sajcd-553 date: None words: 2915 flesch: 51 summary: The Safety at Sports and Recreational Events Act of 2010 does not include any information that is related to the safety of sports participants (Republic of South Africa, 2010), and the safety section within the legislation pertains to the attendance of a sporting event. Recreational scuba divers in SA undergo a medical examination that includes a hearing assessment (Pillay & Jardine, 2010), in light of the failure to adequately equalise ear pressure that may result in a ruptured tympanic membrane and subsequent pain (Strauss & Aksenov, 2004). keywords: africa; ear; participants; skydiving; south; sport; study cache: sajcd-553.htm plain text: sajcd-553.txt item: #406 of 636 id: sajcd-555 author: None title: sajcd-555 date: None words: 3512 flesch: 51 summary: The use of community members or first-language speakers as experts of the language when selecting word recordings for SRT tests, is another method to consider when developing contextually relevant materials in South Africa. In particular, it considers the value of adding expert speaker ratings of test word recordings where those expert speakers were drawn from the population in which the test is to be used. keywords: isizulu; language; recordings; speech; srt; study; test; word cache: sajcd-555.htm plain text: sajcd-555.txt item: #407 of 636 id: sajcd-556 author: None title: sajcd-556 date: None words: 5528 flesch: 53 summary: SRT tests typically consist of a list of words presented to a listener who must repeat each word as heard. Panday, Kathard, Pillay and Govender (2007, 2009) provided a description of how these threats may be addressed when developing SRT tests. keywords: consistency; hearing; isizulu; journal; language; south; speakers; speech; srt; srt test; study; test; words cache: sajcd-556.htm plain text: sajcd-556.txt item: #408 of 636 id: sajcd-557 author: None title: sajcd-557 date: None words: 4580 flesch: 56 summary: In addition to the clinical aspect of audiology, prevention of hearing impairment and the promotion of hearing health are also critical and therefore incorporated into the realm of audiology (Anderson & Shames, 2011). Despite the existence of the audiology profession since the 1940s, hearing impairment remains a major public health concern. keywords: audiology; awareness; health; hearing; loss; noise; participants; south; study cache: sajcd-557.htm plain text: sajcd-557.txt item: #409 of 636 id: sajcd-559 author: None title: sajcd-559 date: None words: 7627 flesch: 49 summary: However, the aim was not about generalisation but to gain an insight into caregiver reading practices so that literacy programmes are built on these strengths. Nevertheless, the findings contribute to understanding the context of children’s homes and caregiver reading practices that promote literacy. keywords: caregivers; children; development; english; home; knowledge; language; learning; literacy; reading; skills; south; strategies cache: sajcd-559.htm plain text: sajcd-559.txt item: #410 of 636 id: sajcd-566 author: None title: sajcd-566 date: None words: 6886 flesch: 50 summary: Use of single case study research in child speech, language and communication interventions. Participant IsiXhosa–English bilingual children with possible speech sound disorders were referred to the researcher by teachers at local crèches. keywords: bilingual; children; dodd; english; gcobisa; intervention; isixhosa; language; sound; speech cache: sajcd-566.htm plain text: sajcd-566.txt item: #411 of 636 id: sajcd-567 author: None title: sajcd-567 date: None words: 6358 flesch: 57 summary: Self-generated phrases were defined as phrases used to communicate thought involving semantic processing, while automatic phrases were defined as overlearned forms, involving phonological processing, following definition of propositional (self-generated) and non-propositional (automatic) phrases proposed by Lum and Ellis (1994). When compared to other types of treatment, such as rehearsed and unrehearsed phrase production, combining melody to phrase production in MIT had longer term effects on the production of phrases (Wilson et al., 2006). keywords: aphasia; arabic; intonation; mit; phrases; self; speech; therapy; treatment cache: sajcd-567.htm plain text: sajcd-567.txt item: #412 of 636 id: sajcd-570 author: None title: sajcd-570 date: None words: 6826 flesch: 48 summary: (3) the perceived status, prestige and potential salary; and (4) personal motivation and interest in the selection of a career in SLT. Opportunities and challenges male students experience during teaching and learning in the health care professions In health care sciences training programmes, such as nursing and occupational therapy, more male students are entering these female-dominated fields and this raises the question whether students’ gender has implications for training. The aim of this study was to describe the perceptions of male students in a specific SLPA training programme regarding gender imbalances. keywords: career; female; gender; male; men; professions; research; slpa; students; table; training; women cache: sajcd-570.htm plain text: sajcd-570.txt item: #413 of 636 id: sajcd-571 author: None title: sajcd-571 date: None words: 6556 flesch: 52 summary: In South Africa, attempts have been made to collect normative data through language samples and observations around certain aspects of child language development within diverse cultural and linguistic groups. This research aimed to demonstrate the appropriateness and usefulness of the translated and culturally and linguistically adapted MSEL across four South African languages (Afrikaans, isiZulu, Setswana and South African English) through two sub-aims: (1) to describe differences, if any, in MSEL performance across language groups and (2) to describe differences, if any, in MSEL performance between age groups. keywords: africa; assessment; children; group; language; learning; months; msel; mullen; scales; scores; south cache: sajcd-571.htm plain text: sajcd-571.txt item: #414 of 636 id: sajcd-573 author: None title: sajcd-573 date: None words: 10247 flesch: 45 summary: MMR methods research is eminently suited to addressing such questions. The worldview matrix as a strategy when designing mixed methods research. keywords: creswell; data; designs; disorders; findings; journal; language; methods; methods research; mmr; questions; research; researchers; results; speech; study cache: sajcd-573.htm plain text: sajcd-573.txt item: #415 of 636 id: sajcd-574 author: None title: sajcd-574 date: None words: 4643 flesch: 53 summary: Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the South African English smartphone DIN test’s performance as part of the audiometric test battery. Development of the hearing in noise test for the measurement of speech reception thresholds in quiet and in noise. keywords: din; hearing; noise; smits; speech; test cache: sajcd-574.htm plain text: sajcd-574.txt item: #416 of 636 id: sajcd-58 author: None title: sajcd-58 date: None words: 5037 flesch: 43 summary: Due to the dearth of information on the current clinical practice, this study addressed the following question: What is the clinical practice of South African audiologists, with specific reference to the availability of audiological equipment and protocols for paediatric audiological assessment? Method Top ↑ Aim The study aimed to:• determine the availability of clinical audiological equipment used by audiologists in Gauteng for paediatric audiological assessment and HA fitting • determine the availability of clinical protocols used by audiologists in Gauteng for paediatric audiological assessment and HA fitting. Objectives: To determine the availability of audiological equipment and clinical protocols used by audiologists in Gauteng for paediatric audiological assessment and hearing aid (HA) fitting. keywords: africa; departments; equipment; fitting; hearing; paediatric; participants; sector; south cache: sajcd-58.htm plain text: sajcd-58.txt item: #417 of 636 id: sajcd-581 author: None title: sajcd-581 date: None words: 2392 flesch: 50 summary: Whilst the distribution of the number of births and the population accessing public versus private health care is similar in some developed countries such as the United Kingdom, their health sector had the largest number of employees in 2012, and the number of health care workers within their national health service has grown over the years (Jayaweera, 2015). Furthermore, the Health Professions Council of South Africa has regulations governing the provision of health care, and the use of such cadres of screeners would need to be regulated by such a governing body. keywords: african; care; health; hearing; journal; screening; south cache: sajcd-581.htm plain text: sajcd-581.txt item: #418 of 636 id: sajcd-582 author: None title: sajcd-582 date: None words: 6835 flesch: 49 summary: Introducing diagnostic hearing testing within the school environment could remedy some of these challenges, such as poor follow-up of recommendations made, as well as unnecessary referrals. However, although school hearing screening programmes are a reality in most developed countries, developing countries still lack such services as a result of resource constraints (Monica et al., 2016). keywords: audiology; audiometry; children; hearing; hearing loss; journal; loss; noise; participants; school; screening; south; study; telehealth; testing cache: sajcd-582.htm plain text: sajcd-582.txt item: #419 of 636 id: sajcd-583 author: None title: sajcd-583 date: None words: 6829 flesch: 51 summary: The baseline characteristics are shown in Table 2. TABLE 2: Baseline characteristics of study participants by study group. How we design feasibility studies. keywords: effect; intervention; months; participants; post; rct; research; schools; study; treatment cache: sajcd-583.htm plain text: sajcd-583.txt item: #420 of 636 id: sajcd-584 author: None title: sajcd-584 date: None words: 6278 flesch: 53 summary: Within this study sample, 95.8% of late PTB children presented with language impairment. Late PTB children can, therefore, easily be overlooked, as the focus of research is often on the population at greater risk for severe disability. keywords: birth; children; conditions; impairment; language; language impairment; lbw; preterm; ptb; sample; study; weight cache: sajcd-584.htm plain text: sajcd-584.txt item: #421 of 636 id: sajcd-585 author: None title: sajcd-585 date: None words: 4895 flesch: 55 summary: Distortion product otoacoustic emission level maps from normal and noise-damaged cochleae. These results showed this study’s participants were more likely to show DPOAEs of higher intensity at lower f2 frequencies. FIGURE 1: Mean distortion product otoacoustic emission absolute levels per intensity and frequency ratio combinations for each frequency (f2): (a) right ear at 2003 Hz, (b) left ear at 2003 Hz, (c) right ear at 2519 Hz, (d) left ear at 2519 Hz, (e) right ear at 3175 Hz, (f) left ear at 3175 Hz, (g) right ear at 3996 Hz, (h) left ear at 3996 Hz, (i) right ear 5000 Hz, (j) left ear at 5000 Hz, (k) right ear at 6996 Hz, (l) left ear at 6996 Hz, (m) keywords: dpoae; ear; spl; stimulus cache: sajcd-585.htm plain text: sajcd-585.txt item: #422 of 636 id: sajcd-587 author: None title: sajcd-587 date: None words: 5508 flesch: 50 summary: Why parents refuse newborn hearing screening and default on follow-up rescreening – A South African perspective. In pursuit of successful hearing screening: An exploration of factors associated with follow-up return rate in a risk-based newborn hearing screening programme. keywords: caregivers; factors; follow; health; hearing; hospital; participants; return; screening; study cache: sajcd-587.htm plain text: sajcd-587.txt item: #423 of 636 id: sajcd-589 author: Office, Editorial title: Acknowledgement to reviewers date: 2017-12-21 words: 426 flesch: 35 summary: In an effort to facilitate the selection of appropriate peer reviewers for the South African Journal of Communication Disorders, we ask that you take a moment to update your electronic portfolio on http://www.sajcd.org.za for our files, allowing us better access to your areas of interest and expertise, in order to match reviewers with submitted manuscripts. It is good practice as a reviewer to update your personal details regularly to ensure contact with you throughout your professional term as reviewer to the South African Journal of Communication Disorders. keywords: communication; journal; reviewers cache: sajcd-589.pdf plain text: sajcd-589.txt item: #424 of 636 id: sajcd-591 author: None title: sajcd-591 date: None words: 5795 flesch: 50 summary: However, there is limited evidence on whether these two measures are comparable in the identification of middle ear pathologies in adults living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Objective: This study aimed to determine the correlation between video otoscopy and standard tympanometry with 226 Hz probe tone in the identification of middle ear pathologies in adults living with HIV in Limpopo, South Africa. keywords: ear; ear pathologies; findings; hiv; journal; middle; otoscopy; pathologies; south; study; tympanometry; video cache: sajcd-591.htm plain text: sajcd-591.txt item: #425 of 636 id: sajcd-594 author: None title: sajcd-594 date: None words: 6407 flesch: 41 summary: Although one could find speech and hearing services at primary-, secondary- and tertiary-level health facilities, because of shortages of health care providers, most communities do not have the services of SLH professions in the public sector (Khoza-Shangase et al., 2017). (2011) advocate when they emphasise that SLH professions in South Africa need to be socially responsive and population focussed in order to make meaningful contributions to development in this country. keywords: african; authors; country; education; health; language; professions; slh; slh professions; south; south africa; speech; training cache: sajcd-594.htm plain text: sajcd-594.txt item: #426 of 636 id: sajcd-596 author: None title: sajcd-596 date: None words: 4225 flesch: 44 summary: Garstecki and Erler (1998) also reported that individuals who had a severe degree of hearing loss were likely to adhere to ototoxicity monitoring services, thus supporting the notion that hearing loss, especially when severe, is a motivating factor for adherence to recommended ototoxicity monitoring services. Statistical factors associated with utilisation of ototoxicity monitoring services for multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis patients in the Western Cape. keywords: health; hearing; loss; mdr; monitoring; ototoxicity; patients; services; treatment cache: sajcd-596.htm plain text: sajcd-596.txt item: #427 of 636 id: sajcd-6 author: None title: SAJCD 242 date: None words: 6068 flesch: 49 summary: Children are exposed to multiple forms of literacy including an assortment of digital literacies such as the internet, social networks (e.g. Facebook), cell phones, text messaging, instant messaging and video games, and they are also active participants in these practices. Computerised assessments may, for instance, be used to screen large groups of children for speech-language problems, making it more cost-effective than individual assessments. keywords: assessment; book; children; goal; language; narratives; participants; picture; presentation; speech; story; study; video cache: sajcd-6.htm plain text: sajcd-6.txt item: #428 of 636 id: sajcd-600 author: None title: sajcd-600 date: None words: 6043 flesch: 44 summary: These role players, including speech-language therapists, collaborate with teachers and implement teacher support programmes. Teacher training in spotlight. keywords: adhd; context; development; grade; learning; participants; programme; research; support; teachers; training cache: sajcd-600.htm plain text: sajcd-600.txt item: #429 of 636 id: sajcd-601 author: None title: sajcd-601 date: None words: 4258 flesch: 50 summary: Abstract Introduction Method Materials and instrumentation Application development Procedures Vocabulary measures E-book intervention Post- and follow-up testing Data coding and analysis Ethical consideration Results Discussion Limitations Clinical implications Conclusion Acknowledgements References Appendix 1 Footnote About the Author(s) E-book intervention The experimental group (n = 33) received the e-book intervention in groups of 3–4 children, three times per week in 20-min sessions, for a period of 2 weeks, that is, 6 sessions (2 h) in total. keywords: book; children; group; intervention; knowledge; learning; participants; vocabulary; words cache: sajcd-601.htm plain text: sajcd-601.txt item: #430 of 636 id: sajcd-602 author: None title: sajcd-602 date: None words: 4044 flesch: 49 summary: Video case studies are well suited to illustrating communication disorders and may also be easier to remember and relate to information already in the long-term memory. Video case studies are particularly well suited to illustrating communication disorders, because they allow students to temporarily distance themselves from the real-time requirements of communication interaction and free up cognitive resources needed to engage with language as an object of study. keywords: cases; focus; learning; module; participants; students; study; video cache: sajcd-602.htm plain text: sajcd-602.txt item: #431 of 636 id: sajcd-604 author: None title: sajcd-604 date: None words: 5376 flesch: 45 summary: Through EI services children with hearing impairment can be well prepared as they enter formal education (Harrington et al., 2009; Kanji & Khoza-Shangase, 2016). Communication and school readiness abilities of children with hearing impairment in South Africa: A retrospective review of early intervention preschool records. keywords: abilities; age; children; communication; early; hearing; hearing impairment; impairment; school; south cache: sajcd-604.htm plain text: sajcd-604.txt item: #432 of 636 id: sajcd-606 author: None title: sajcd-606 date: None words: 4735 flesch: 40 summary: Forty-eight per cent of participants identified ototoxic drugs, with pharmacy students performing slightly better than the other groups. Only 33% of pharmacy students indicated that patients with a past history of hearing loss should not take ototoxic drugs, and 60% of medical students agreed with them (p < 0.001). keywords: audiology; hearing; knowledge; loss; ototoxicity; pharmacotherapy; pharmacy; students; study cache: sajcd-606.htm plain text: sajcd-606.txt item: #433 of 636 id: sajcd-607 author: None title: sajcd-607 date: None words: 5407 flesch: 43 summary: In the current study, there was no significant correlation between the preoperative hearing threshold levels and the preservation of post-operative residual hearing (p = 0.174). James et al. (2005) studied 12 patients who had received a long electrode and reported that there was preservation of post-operative residual hearing. keywords: cochlear; electrode; findings; hearing; hearing findings; post; preservation; study; surgery cache: sajcd-607.htm plain text: sajcd-607.txt item: #434 of 636 id: sajcd-608 author: None title: sajcd-608 date: None words: 5323 flesch: 43 summary: Coaching teachers to support child communication across daily routines in Early Head Start classrooms. Inequality in early childhood: Risk and protective factors for early child development. keywords: children; classroom; coaching; communication; development; ecd; language; practitioners; preschool; strategies cache: sajcd-608.htm plain text: sajcd-608.txt item: #435 of 636 id: sajcd-610 author: None title: sajcd-610 date: None words: 6054 flesch: 51 summary: As language assessments are conducted with people who exist within a cultural context, the cultural capital is embedded in language (Blair, 2016; Espinoza-Herold & González-Carried, 2017; Haneda, 2014; Smith, 2015; Westby, 2009). This article presents and discusses the results of a study that critically evaluated and interrogated the use of language assessment tools, in their current form, within the South African context. keywords: african; assessment; children; culture; eal; english; journal; language; research; responses; south; speech; study cache: sajcd-610.htm plain text: sajcd-610.txt item: #436 of 636 id: sajcd-611 author: None title: sajcd-611 date: None words: 4641 flesch: 50 summary: With the specific classification of hearing loss into various degrees, the prevalence of slight hearing impairment was 10.94% and that of disabling hearing impairment was 8.94% (Table 3). Contributing factors to high prevalence of hearing impairment in the Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipal area, South Africa: keywords: africa; health; hearing; hearing impairment; impairment; participants; prevalence; south; study cache: sajcd-611.htm plain text: sajcd-611.txt item: #437 of 636 id: sajcd-613 author: Office, Editorial title: Editorial date: 1965-09-20 words: 584 flesch: 68 summary: Deur die aanbieding van hierdie volledige besprekings hoop ons dat die groot verskeidenheid van onderwerpe wat deur die medewerkers aangebied word in die smaak van al ons lesers sal val. op die gebied van die Spraakheelkunde en verwante gebiede van belang is. keywords: die; ons; van cache: sajcd-613.pdf plain text: sajcd-613.txt item: #438 of 636 id: sajcd-615 author: None title: sajcd-615 date: None words: 3370 flesch: 45 summary: She noted that while community service SLTs were perceived to have adequate knowledge in the field, they felt inadequate in terms of their skills. (2015) stated that less than half of the sample of community service SLTs felt competent to practise in dysphagia as they lacked confidence, which resulted in feelings of underpreparedness. keywords: community; decision; dysphagia; making; mentorship; service; slts; south cache: sajcd-615.htm plain text: sajcd-615.txt item: #439 of 636 id: sajcd-616 author: Office, Editorial title: Acknowledgement to reviewers date: 2018-11-26 words: 427 flesch: 34 summary: 00 Acknowledgement to reviewers In an effort to facilitate the selection of appropriate peer reviewers for the South African Journal of Communication Disorders, we ask that you take a moment to update your electronic portfolio on https://sajcd.org.za for our files, allowing us better access to your areas of interest and expertise, in order to match reviewers with submitted manuscripts. It is good practice as a reviewer to update your personal details regularly to ensure contact with you throughout your professional term as reviewer to the South African Journal of Communication Disorders. keywords: communication; journal; reviewer cache: sajcd-616.pdf plain text: sajcd-616.txt item: #440 of 636 id: sajcd-62 author: None title: sajcd-62 date: None words: 5985 flesch: 43 summary: Material A structured telephonic survey of all private health care institutions that provided obstetric services was used for initial data collection amongst ward matrons in private health care institutions with obstetric units. After removing duplicated listings (6 listings), partially government funded institutions (8 listings) and institutions that no longer existed (4 listings), 286 institutions remained to be considered as eligible private health care sector institutions. keywords: age; care; diagnosis; health; hearing; intervention; months; participants; south; swanepoel cache: sajcd-62.htm plain text: sajcd-62.txt item: #441 of 636 id: sajcd-621 author: None title: sajcd-621 date: None words: 7191 flesch: 42 summary: In particular, some participants reported being unfamiliar on how to approach the identification of tinnitus and difficulty is also encountered when counselling tinnitus patients. The type of management implemented for tinnitus patients is determined by the experience of clinicians (Hall, Szczepek, Kennedy, & Haider, 2015). keywords: audiologists; management; participants; patients; south; study; tinnitus; tinnitus management; tinnitus patients; training cache: sajcd-621.htm plain text: sajcd-621.txt item: #442 of 636 id: sajcd-622 author: None title: sajcd-622 date: None words: 301 flesch: 45 summary: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajcd.v66i1.622 Note: DOI of original article: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajcd.v65i1.584 Corrigendum Corrigendum: Gestational age and birth weight variations in young children with language impairment at an early communication intervention clinic Lauren C. Fouché, Alta Kritzinger, Talita Le Roux Published: 12 Sept. 2019 Copyright: © 2019. About the Author(s) Lauren C. Fouché Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, University of Pretoria, South Africa Alta Kritzinger Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, University of Pretoria, South Africa Talita Le Roux Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, University of Pretoria, South Africa Citation Fouché, L.C., Kritzinger, A., & Le Roux, T. (2019). keywords: language cache: sajcd-622.htm plain text: sajcd-622.txt item: #443 of 636 id: sajcd-623 author: Office, Editorial title: Table of Contents Vol 65, No 1 (2018) date: 2018-12-16 words: 954 flesch: -49 summary: The dangers of a single story Katijah Khoza-Shangase, Munyane Mophosho South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 65, No 1 | a594 | 09 July 2018 Original Research Mixed-methods research: A tutorial for speech-language therapists and audiologists in South Africa Anna-Marie Wium, Brenda Louw South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 65, No 1 | a573 | 12 July 2018 Original Research A comparison between video otoscopy and standard tympanometry findings in adults living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in South Africa Ben Sebothoma, Katijah Khoza-Shangase South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 65, No 1 | a591 | 16 July 2018 Original Research Towards the preferred stimulus parameters for distortion product otoacoustic emissions in adults: A preliminary study Lucretia Petersen, Wayne J. Wilson, Harsha Kathard South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 65, No 1 | a585 | 16 July 2018 Original Research A pilot study to determine the feasibility of a cluster randomised controlled trial of an intervention to change peer attitudes towards children who stutter Rizwana B. Mallick, Lehana Thabane, A.S.M. Borhan, Harsha Kathard South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 65, No 1 | a583 | 18 July 2018 62 70 79 88 95 108 115 125 Page i of ii Table of Contents i Original Research Adapting and translating the Mullen Scales of Early Learning for the South African context Juan Bornman, MaryAnn Romski, Kerstin Tonsing, Rose Sevcik, Robyn White, Andrea Barton-Hulsey, Refilwe Morwane South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 65, No 1 | a571 | 08 March 2018 Original Research Intervention for bilingual speech sound disorders: A case study of an isiXhosa–English-speaking child Kate Rossouw, Michelle Pascoe South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 65, No 1 | a566 | 19 March 2018 Original Research First-language raters’ opinions when validating word recordings for a newly developed speech reception threshold test Seema Panday, Harsha Kathard, Mershen Pillay, Wayne Wilson South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 65, No 1 | a555 | 29 March 2018 Discussion Forum Early hearing detection and intervention: Reflections from the South African context Amisha Kanji South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 65, No 1 | a581 | 19 April 2018 Original Research Male students’ perceptions about gender imbalances in a speech-language pathology and audiology training programme of a South African institution of higher education Sandra du Plessis South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 65, No 1 | a570 | 16 May 2018 Original Research Evaluating a smartphone digits-in-noise test as part of the audiometric test battery Jenni-Mari Potgieter, De Wet Swanepoel, Cas Smits South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 65, No 1 | a574 | 21 May 2018 Original Research Skydiving: The audiological perspective Dhanashree Pillay, Shaaista Dada South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 65, No 1 | a553 | 28 SAJCD 65-1_2018_Contents.indd http://www.sajcd.org.za Open Access Table of Contents i Original Research The internal and external consistency of a speech reception threshold test for isiZulu speakers with normal hearing sensitivity Seema Panday, Harsha Kathard, Mershen Pillay, Wayne Wilson South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 65, No 1 | a556 | 25 June 2018 Original Research Caregivers’ reading practices to promote literacy in a South African children’s home: Experiences and perceptions Faadhilah Tayob, Sharon Moonsamy South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 65, No 1 | a559 | 28 June 2018 Original Research Assessing the efficacy of asynchronous telehealth-based hearing screening and diagnostic services using automated audiometry in a rural South African school Samantha M. Govender, Maurice Mars South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 65, No 1 | a582 | 05 July 2018 Original Research Language and culture in speech-language and hearing professions in South Africa: keywords: african; communication disorders; journal; vol cache: sajcd-623.pdf plain text: sajcd-623.txt item: #444 of 636 id: sajcd-625 author: None title: sajcd-625 date: None words: 7045 flesch: 46 summary: Keywords: stroke; dysphagia management; early identification; dysphagia intervention; doctors and registered nurses. This testifies that doctors and registered nurses may have insufficient knowledge of dysphagia to intervene optimally and may not be sure of their role and scope of practice within dysphagia management. Significance and limitations Doctors and registered nurses identify and manage dysphagia to the best of their knowledge, but risk under-identifying patients or harming them, because their knowledge of dysphagia may be insufficient. keywords: african; doctors; dysphagia; et al; management; nurses; participants; patients; practice; screening; south; stroke; study; swallowing; use cache: sajcd-625.htm plain text: sajcd-625.txt item: #445 of 636 id: sajcd-631 author: None title: sajcd-631 date: None words: 4643 flesch: 48 summary: High HIV prevalence in rural areas may be attributed to, amongst other factors, poor socioeconomic conditions, high unemployment rates and limited access to healthcare services and resources. In 2002, HIV prevalence in South Africa was estimated to be 4.25 million, increasing to 7.52 million in 2018. keywords: group; hearing; hiv; loss; participants; prevalence; south; study; tinnitus; treatment cache: sajcd-631.htm plain text: sajcd-631.txt item: #446 of 636 id: sajcd-633 author: None title: sajcd-633 date: None words: 3987 flesch: 51 summary: The highest prevalence of disabling hearing loss in both children and adults can be found in South Asia, Asia-Pacific and sub-Saharan Africa (WHO, 2012). For example, a lack of knowledge about the association between deaf-mutism and early hearing loss could delay the diagnosis and treatment. keywords: awareness; health; hearing; jeddah; loss; participants; saudi; study cache: sajcd-633.htm plain text: sajcd-633.txt item: #447 of 636 id: sajcd-634 author: None title: sajcd-634 date: None words: 5250 flesch: 41 summary: The terms SLD, ‘language learning disability’ and ‘dyslexia’ are often used interchangeably by professionals and parents alike. Circles of knowledge and the challenge of individual profiles for bilingual students with language learning disabilities. keywords: africa; assessment; b ld; disabilities; education; factors; journal; language; learning; south cache: sajcd-634.htm plain text: sajcd-634.txt item: #448 of 636 id: sajcd-635 author: None title: sajcd-635 date: None words: 7595 flesch: 46 summary: The application of the Act to traditional healers other than African traditional healers is becoming increasingly moot in SA. Twenty-seven audiologists were willing to collaborate with traditional healers to support the patient. keywords: african; audiologist; beliefs; client; female; healers; healing; healthcare; model; participants; practice; south; study cache: sajcd-635.htm plain text: sajcd-635.txt item: #449 of 636 id: sajcd-636 author: None title: sajcd-636 date: None words: 7213 flesch: 46 summary: In a study by Alp, Leblebicioglu, Doganay and Voss (2011) regarding infection control practices in countries with limited resources, a comparison was made between two countries, Turkey and the Netherlands, of different socio-economic statuses. Infection control practice in countries with limited resources. keywords: africa; audiologists; audiology; control; healthcare; hearing; infection; infection control; ipc; measures; participants; south; study cache: sajcd-636.htm plain text: sajcd-636.txt item: #450 of 636 id: sajcd-638 author: None title: sajcd-638 date: None words: 4287 flesch: 48 summary: Objectives: To determine the hearing function and early effects of noise on the hearing ability of sound engineers, and to establish whether there are hearing conservation programmes (HCPs) available for sound engineer participants in Johannesburg. The hearing function of sound engineers: A hearing conservation perspective. keywords: engineers; hearing; loss; nihl; noise; participants; results; sound; study cache: sajcd-638.htm plain text: sajcd-638.txt item: #451 of 636 id: sajcd-64 author: None title: sajcd-64 date: None words: 7326 flesch: 44 summary: The results revealed a distinct pattern of core stuttering behaviours in NS, although discrepancies existed regarding stuttering severity and frequency. The video and audio recordings enabled the researchers to analyse not only the speech and language components of the assessment but also the behavioural aspects such as the associated motor behaviours, core stuttering behaviours and secondary behaviours associated with stuttering. keywords: assessment; behaviours; checklist; communication; data; diagnosis; language; participants; researchers; speech; study; stuttering cache: sajcd-64.htm plain text: sajcd-64.txt item: #452 of 636 id: sajcd-640 author: None title: sajcd-640 date: None words: 4931 flesch: 40 summary: Perceptions of mothers with preterm infants about early communication development: A scoping review. https://doi.org/10.4102/sajcd.v67i1.640 Original Research Perceptions of mothers with preterm infants about early communication development: A scoping review Elanie van Schalkwyk, Samantha Gay, Julia Miller, Elani Matthee, Berna Gerber Received: 29 May 2019; Accepted: 24 Oct. 2019; Published: 29 Jan. 2020 Copyright: © 2020. keywords: communication; development; health; infants; interaction; mothers; perceptions; preterm; research; review cache: sajcd-640.htm plain text: sajcd-640.txt item: #453 of 636 id: sajcd-648 author: None title: sajcd-648 date: None words: 5527 flesch: 40 summary: With regards to using stuttering intervention that is comprehensive or involves the whole-person approach, it allows clinicians to be responsive to the heterogeneity (race, culture and language, among other factors) of the individuals who stutter that we serve. These results are similar to those found by Klompas and Ross (2004) and Blumgart et al. (2012), which indicated from participants’ self-reports how stuttering intervention had improved their overall sense of well-being. keywords: approach; assessment; behaviours; core; feelings; fluency; intervention; participant; speech; stuttering; therapy cache: sajcd-648.htm plain text: sajcd-648.txt item: #454 of 636 id: sajcd-649 author: None title: sajcd-649 date: None words: 6390 flesch: 50 summary: Educators and assistant educators were not provided with support that they needed in terms of workshops, training, counselling and debriefing, as evident in the following quote: ‘Not in South Africa … at all … Nothing in South Africa. Whilst educator training is a step in a positive direction, educator training alone would not be sufficient. keywords: africa; assistant; blindness; challenges; children; communication; deaf; education; educators; learners; south; training cache: sajcd-649.htm plain text: sajcd-649.txt item: #455 of 636 id: sajcd-651 author: None title: sajcd-651 date: None words: 6269 flesch: 49 summary: Conclusion: Half the children in this study showed hearing loss, which has serious implications for the holistic management of the children within the health and educational contexts. Caregivers suspected hearing loss in 13 (43%) participants, and 24 (80%) participants had never had an audiological assessment even though they had reported ear pathology to other health professionals, indicating a need for caregiver reports of ear-related concerns to be addressed through audiological assessments (Carney & Moeller, 1998; North-Matthiassen & Singh, 2006; Olyer, Oyler, & Matkin, 1988; Paluski & Kaderavek, 2002). keywords: africa; aids; children; health; hearing; hearing loss; hiv; journal; loss; participants; research; results; south; study cache: sajcd-651.htm plain text: sajcd-651.txt item: #456 of 636 id: sajcd-652 author: Penn, Claire title: Signs of the times: Deaf language and culture in South Africa date: 1993-12-31 words: 10861 flesch: 62 summary: The topic of sign language reflects just such debate and controversy - particularly in the South African con- text. I will propose that the study of sign language and the issues which surround it, provide insight into many of the broader issues of history, language identity, cul- ture, education and language planning in this country. keywords: africa; children; country; culture; deaf; deafness; figure; hand; hearing; language; people; research; school; sign; sign language; south cache: sajcd-652.pdf plain text: sajcd-652.txt item: #457 of 636 id: sajcd-653 author: Louw, Brenda title: Editorial date: 1990-12-31 words: 2 flesch: 120 summary: PDF File keywords: pdf cache: sajcd-653.pdf plain text: sajcd-653.txt item: #458 of 636 id: sajcd-654 author: Levin, S. E. title: Editorial date: 1970-12-31 words: 2 flesch: 120 summary: PDF File keywords: pdf cache: sajcd-654.pdf plain text: sajcd-654.txt item: #459 of 636 id: sajcd-655 author: Heese, H. de V. title: Personal Opinion date: 1969-12-31 words: 2 flesch: 120 summary: PDF File keywords: pdf cache: sajcd-655.pdf plain text: sajcd-655.txt item: #460 of 636 id: sajcd-656 author: Penn, Claire title: Fluency and aphasia: A pragmatic reconsideration date: 1983-12-31 words: 5530 flesch: 77 summary: o t h e r are in the cluster fidd S S s m a 7 ^ i r T S e n t ί* ***** ( t r e e ) keywords: fluency cache: sajcd-656.pdf plain text: sajcd-656.txt item: #461 of 636 id: sajcd-657 author: Hay, Izak S. title: Hoë frekwensie-timpanometrie date: 1983-12-31 words: 3031 flesch: 72 summary: By beskouing van die teorie van die middeloor as akoestiese- meganiese stelsel'·13 word dit duidelik dat die impedansie by 'n lae frekwensie soos 220Hz deur styfheid oorheers word ter- wyl dit by hoer frekwensies soos byvoorbeeld by 660Hz die massa van die stelsel is, wat 'n groter rol begin speel. Die resonansfrekwen- sie word verhoog deur 'n toename in styfheid (otosklerose) en dit word verlaag deur 'n afname in styfheid (dislokasie van die ossikels). keywords: 220hz; 660hz; dat; die; dislokasie; dit; frekwensie; groep; het; timpanogramme; timpanometrie; tipe; van; vir; word cache: sajcd-657.pdf plain text: sajcd-657.txt item: #462 of 636 id: sajcd-658 author: Jacobson, Marlene C. title: Intelligibility alterations in an oral cancer patient following primary surgery and two reconstructions: A case study date: 1983-12-31 words: 6227 flesch: 64 summary: The present study indicates that speech intelligibility was greatest prior to any reconstructive procedures. Single word intelligibility was greatest prior to any reconstructive procedure, that is, with contracted primary closure alone. keywords: e p; fig; intelligibility; patient; reconstruction; speech cache: sajcd-658.pdf plain text: sajcd-658.txt item: #463 of 636 id: sajcd-659 author: Basson, Marina title: Die gebruik van die akoestiese refleks vir bepaling van die gehoorapparaat winsinstelling date: 1983-12-31 words: 2859 flesch: 68 summary: Hierdie verband het kliniese toepas- singsmoontlikhede in die sin dat die oudioloog die ARD- meting kan gebruik as 'n objektiewe meting vir die bepaling van die winsinstelling van die gehoorapparaat. Moont- like verklarings vir diέ bevinding kan onttrek word uit studies gedoen deur onder andere Borg2 en Liden, Nordlund en Hawkins.5 Borg2 vind dat die sametrekking van die stapediusspier by die ARD, lae frekwensie energie (onder 100Hz) meer attenueer as die van hoe frekwensie. keywords: ard; dat; die; gehoorapparaat; het; spraakdiskriminasietellings; van; winsinstelling cache: sajcd-659.pdf plain text: sajcd-659.txt item: #464 of 636 id: sajcd-66 author: None title: None date: None words: 7667 flesch: 40 summary: Within the private sector specifically, Swanepoel, Ebrahim, Joseph, and Friedland (2007) investigated new-born hearing screening in a South African private health care hospital; and Meyer, Swanepoel, Le Roux and Van der Linde (2012) explored early detection of infant hearing loss in the private health care sector of South Africa; while Scheepers, Swanepoel and Le Roux (2014) interrogated the reasons why parents refuse hearing screening and default on follow-up rescreening in South Africa. Early detection of infant hearing loss in the private health care sector of South Africa. keywords: africa; care; clinic; doh; ehdi; health; hearing; hpcsa; loss; research; respondents; screening; south; study; swanepoel cache: sajcd-66.htm plain text: sajcd-66.txt item: #465 of 636 id: sajcd-660 author: Caplan, Lesley title: Some comments on aspects of the methodology for the measurement of stuttering date: 1983-12-31 words: 3964 flesch: 57 summary: These features do manifest in the overall tempo of speech and a consideration of the rate of utterance is important in a comprehensive appraisal of stuttering behaviour. Andrews G„ & Harvey, R. (1981): Regression to the Mean in Pretreatment Measures of Stuttering. keywords: behaviour; communication; conflict; data; measurement; research; speech; study; stuttering cache: sajcd-660.pdf plain text: sajcd-660.txt item: #466 of 636 id: sajcd-661 author: Gillmer, Erentia; Merwe, Anita van der title: Die stemaanvangstyd van apraktiese en disartriese sprekers date: 1983-12-31 words: 5058 flesch: 80 summary: Tydens die meting van die SAT van die proefpersone met ver- bale apraksie, is 'n onstabiliteit in die stem opgemerk wat nie by die normale of disartriese sprekers voorgekom het nie Hierdie onstabiliteit het die volgende behels, nl. dat 'n paar pulsenngs van stem voorgekom het waarna die stem heeltemal opgehou het om dan weer later in die produksie te begin Dit stem ooreen met resultate soos verkry deur Freeman, Sands en Harris.4 Die verskynsel kan moontlik toegeskryf word aan die soekbewegings na die piek van artikulasie wat die spreker vertoon, nadat hy reeds begin het om stem te inisieer. Aangesien die kontrolegroep se gemiddelde waardes baie varieer, kan daar nie norms opgestel word vir die SAT vir /p/ in Afrikaans nie, en kan geen uitspraak oor die lengte van die SAT in hierdie geval gemaak word nie. keywords: daar; dat; die; dit; gemiddelde; het; hierdie; klanke; nie; sat; sprekers; van; vir; wat; word cache: sajcd-661.pdf plain text: sajcd-661.txt item: #467 of 636 id: sajcd-662 author: Segal, Denise E. title: Communication, symbolic play, and play-extension in pre-school, hearing-impaired children date: 1983-12-31 words: 7093 flesch: 69 summary: It is evident from Figure 2, that subject F stands apart from subjects G, Η, I and J, the latter all displaying fluctuation over a broad range for play extension. Communication, symbolic play, and play-extension in pre-school hearing-impaired children Denise Ε Segal, MA (Speech Pathology) (Witwatersrand) Speech Therapy Department Hillbrow Hospital, Johannesburg ABSTRACT * ^ ' keywords: children; communication; hearing; language; play cache: sajcd-662.pdf plain text: sajcd-662.txt item: #468 of 636 id: sajcd-664 author: Kagan, Aura; Saling, Michael; Wahlhaus, Margaret M. title: Clinical implications of a neuropsychological approach to aphasia date: 1983-12-31 words: 4379 flesch: 50 summary: First, what appears to be the same symptom complex, may actually be related to one of several primary problems. In other words, global aphasia should be viewed as a complex combination of several primary problems rather than as an undifferentiated whole. keywords: aphasia; damage; lesion; luria; primary; problems; speech; subject cache: sajcd-664.pdf plain text: sajcd-664.txt item: #469 of 636 id: sajcd-665 author: Botha, Mariette title: 'n Ondersoek na die vokaalduur van die esofagale Afrikaanssprekende date: 1983-12-31 words: 4096 flesch: 66 summary: en die kontinuiteit (pouses wat voorkom in die spraakstroom) van die esofagale spreker ooreenstem met die van die normaalsprekende. Die totale spraakvaardigheid van elke spreker is soos volg be- reken op die vyfpuntskaal: 'n gemiddelde vaardigheidstelling is bereken deur die ses vaardigheidstellings van elk van die vyf luisteraars bymekaar keywords: daar; dat; deur; die; esofagale; het; kan; konsonant; konsonantomgewing; nie; normaalsprekendes; postvokaalduur; sprekers; stemlose; van; van die; vir; vokaalduur; wat; word cache: sajcd-665.pdf plain text: sajcd-665.txt item: #470 of 636 id: sajcd-669 author: None title: sajcd-669 date: None words: 6864 flesch: 45 summary: These studies, as shown in Table 1, investigated the following aspects, which the current author believes have implications for the burden of disease influence on HCPs: studies on intensifying action to address HIV and TB in the mining sector; reviews on health risks amongst goldminers; investigations on challenges of occupational health facing the department of health – protecting employees against TB and caring for former mineworkers with occupational health disease; occupational safety and health in mining anthology on situations in 16 mining countries; and studies looking at whether 85 dBA as a regulation point is protective enough to prevent ONIHL in South African miners. Adams et al. (2018), in their investigations on occupational health challenges faced by the Department of Health in South Africa, recommend protection of employees against TB and caring for former mineworkers with occupational health diseases, surprisingly without any mention of the benefits of this recommendation on HCPs and miners’ hearing preservation. keywords: africa; aids; burden; disease; hcps; health; hearing; hiv; khoza; loss; mining; noise; occupational; onihl; south cache: sajcd-669.htm plain text: sajcd-669.txt item: #471 of 636 id: sajcd-670 author: None title: sajcd-670 date: None words: 7226 flesch: 40 summary: Regulations on noise induced hearing loss for the compensation fund made by the minister under compensation for occupational injuries and diseases act, 1993. The management of occupational noise–induced hearing loss in the mining sector in Africa: A systematic review – 1994 to 2016. keywords: african; audiology; context; hcps; health; hearing; khoza; loss; noise; onihl; review; shangase; south; tele; use cache: sajcd-670.htm plain text: sajcd-670.txt item: #472 of 636 id: sajcd-671 author: None title: sajcd-671 date: None words: 8127 flesch: 40 summary: Abstract Introduction Evaluation of risk versus benefit Factors influencing benefit or risk evaluation in hearing conservation programmes What the regulator and audiologists need to consider Decision-making: Principles to consider when deciding on the options Immediate plan: What audiologists should do Future directions Acknowledgements References About the Author(s) It therefore becomes critical that such benefit or risk evaluations of HCPs are comprehensive, inclusive and ongoing with representation of all stakeholders – but with management and leadership from the regulating body – externally to and independent of the employer. keywords: african; audiologists; benefit; employees; evaluation; hcps; health; hearing; khoza; loss; mining; noise; onihl; risk; safety; shangase; south cache: sajcd-671.htm plain text: sajcd-671.txt item: #473 of 636 id: sajcd-675 author: None title: sajcd-675 date: None words: 6821 flesch: 46 summary: Investigations of auditory filters based excitation patterns for assessment of noise induced hearing loss. A study by Choi and Choi (2015) reviewed structural and functional changes and basic mechanisms triggered by noise exposure in the cochlear and the brain as well as the therapeutic effects of an assortment of antioxidant drugs for the treatment of NIHL. keywords: advances; africa; exposure; hcps; health; hearing; loss; management; noise; research; review; south; studies; study; use cache: sajcd-675.htm plain text: sajcd-675.txt item: #474 of 636 id: sajcd-676 author: None title: sajcd-676 date: None words: 5371 flesch: 52 summary: Therefore, these findings highlight the important role of audiologists in actively participating in educating and training mineworkers regarding the impact of ONIHL on their health. Furthermore, audiologists also need to take an active role in educating and training mineworkers and other professionals on the impact of excessive noise at the workplace. keywords: africa; health; hearing; loss; mineworkers; mining; noise; occupational; onihl; south; training cache: sajcd-676.htm plain text: sajcd-676.txt item: #475 of 636 id: sajcd-677 author: None title: sajcd-677 date: None words: 6529 flesch: 50 summary: Abstract Background: Occupational noise-induced hearing loss (ONIHL) is a complex, but preventable, health problem for South African miners. The objectives of this article were to establish how miners with published risk factors associated with ONIHL were managed by the mine’s hearing conservation practitioners as part of the HCP; to determine if the mine’s hearing conservation practitioners could estimate miners’ risk of ONIHL using baseline percentage loss of hearing (PLH) as a hearing conservation measure; and to estimate the contribution of noise exposure to ONIHL risk. keywords: audiometry; data; hearing; loss; miners; noise; occupational; onihl; plh; records; risk; south cache: sajcd-677.htm plain text: sajcd-677.txt item: #476 of 636 id: sajcd-678 author: None title: sajcd-678 date: None words: 5037 flesch: 48 summary: Effect of noise exposure on occupational injuries: A cross-sectional study. Association of work-related accidents with noise exposure in the workplace and noise-induced hearing loss based on the experience of some 240,000 person-years of observation. keywords: exposure; figure; hearing; levels; loss; mining; model; noise; occupational; onihl; south cache: sajcd-678.htm plain text: sajcd-678.txt item: #477 of 636 id: sajcd-679 author: None title: sajcd-679 date: None words: 3382 flesch: 52 summary: Abstract Background: Literature suggests that risk factors for middle ear pathologies, such as traumatic injuries and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), exist in mines. However, studies on hearing health in mines seem to focus primarily on occupational noise-induced hearing loss and ignore middle ear pathologies. keywords: ear; ear pathologies; hearing; journal; loss; mines; pathologies; review; studies; working cache: sajcd-679.htm plain text: sajcd-679.txt item: #478 of 636 id: sajcd-680 author: None title: sajcd-680 date: None words: 8422 flesch: 44 summary: Abstract Background: The significance of how occupational noise can influence attitudes towards occupational noise exposure, susceptibility to hearing loss and job performance has generally been neglected in the past studies. The aim of this study was to determine the impact of occupational noise on attitudes towards occupational noise exposure, susceptibility to hearing loss and job performance of manufacturing small and medium enterprises (SMEs) workers in Zimbabwe. keywords: attitudes; exposure; health; hearing; hearing loss; impact; job; job performance; journal; loss; manufacturing; noise; noise exposure; occupational; performance; research; sme; study; susceptibility; workers; zimbabwe cache: sajcd-680.htm plain text: sajcd-680.txt item: #479 of 636 id: sajcd-681 author: None title: sajcd-681 date: None words: 6466 flesch: 47 summary: Guidelines for EHDI programmes have been developed in South Africa to ensure optimal outcomes for infants with hearing loss, their families, and society at large (Health Professions Council of South Africa, 2018). A large number of participants (65.4%, n = 70) reported that hearing loss can cause communication, academic and social problems and 13.1% (n = 14) stated that hearing loss could lead to emotional problems. keywords: africa; children; health; hearing; hearing loss; intervention; knowledge; loss; mothers; participants; south; study cache: sajcd-681.htm plain text: sajcd-681.txt item: #480 of 636 id: sajcd-684 author: None title: sajcd-684 date: None words: 3145 flesch: 49 summary: Machines and processes that require noise control should be identified and, lastly, the current barriers to the use of engineering noise control methodologies should be identified, with the main goals of finding ways to overcome the noise challenges in the mines. This article mainly focuses on the last pillar shown in Figure 1 (i.e. engineering controls), which entails the use of noise controls. keywords: african; control; engineering; mines; mining; noise; research; south cache: sajcd-684.htm plain text: sajcd-684.txt item: #481 of 636 id: sajcd-685 author: None title: sajcd-685 date: None words: 6916 flesch: 37 summary: Conclusion: Healthcare personnel overseeing the care and management of cancer patients need to improve their awareness of ototoxicity and refer timeously for audiological evaluation. Unfortunately, there are no studies reporting on the variation in practise and awareness of other healthcare professionals such as the nurses, audiologists and pharmacists in relation to cisplatin-associated ototoxicity within a single facility treating cancer patients. keywords: audiologist; awareness; cancer; experience; hearing; loss; monitoring; oncologists; ototoxicity; patients; programme; study cache: sajcd-685.htm plain text: sajcd-685.txt item: #482 of 636 id: sajcd-686 author: None title: sajcd-686 date: None words: 4388 flesch: 38 summary: Considering the lack of research relating to barriers to compliance in the South African context, the following research question emerged: What are the barriers to compliance with SLT dysphagia recommendations, as perceived by South African nurses in two tertiary hospitals? Poor compliance could have a significant impact on the health outcomes of patients with dysphagia. Objectives: This study aimed to determine the specific barriers to compliance with dysphagia recommendations experienced by South African nurses, with the goal of identifying viable strategies to overcome these barriers. keywords: african; barriers; compliance; dysphagia; health; knowledge; nurses; patients; recommendations; south; training cache: sajcd-686.htm plain text: sajcd-686.txt item: #483 of 636 id: sajcd-690 author: None title: sajcd-690 date: None words: 5235 flesch: 53 summary: Statistical evaluation and prediction of word recognition test scores of the Foneties Verteenwoordigende Eenlettergrepige Woordlyste in Afrikaans (FVEWA). Development of suprathreshold word recognition test for Russian-speaking patients. keywords: hearing; isizulu; loss; participants; south; speech; study; test; threshold; validity; words; zsrt cache: sajcd-690.htm plain text: sajcd-690.txt item: #484 of 636 id: sajcd-691 author: None title: sajcd-691 date: None words: 3514 flesch: 49 summary: Guidance note for the implementation of standard threshold shift in the medical surveillance of noise induced hearing loss. Engineering controls are superior to hearing protection devices (HPDs) in prevention of occupational noise induced hearing loss (ONIHL), although the latter are more commonly used. keywords: audiograms; classification; health; hearing; loss; noise; occupational; onihl; use cache: sajcd-691.htm plain text: sajcd-691.txt item: #485 of 636 id: sajcd-693 author: None title: sajcd-693 date: None words: 6285 flesch: 44 summary: Occupational noise exposure is a major cause of hearing loss (Basner, 2019). Occupational hearing loss is configured exclusively on the meme that noise exposure is the only toxin. keywords: african; chemicals; data; health; hearing; items; journal; literature; loss; noise; ototoxicity; pillay; research; south; study; workers cache: sajcd-693.htm plain text: sajcd-693.txt item: #486 of 636 id: sajcd-694 author: None title: sajcd-694 date: None words: 6516 flesch: 46 summary: Abstract Background: Occupational health laws must recognise the constitutional requirement of substantive equality, and its role in ‘the progressive realisation’ of the rights provided by Section 27. Objectives: Our main aim is to review current South African occupational health law (vis-à-vis workers’ constitutional rights) in relation to hearing loss. Therefore, the main aim of this article is to review current South African occupational health law (vis-à-vis workers’ constitutional rights) in relation to hearing loss. keywords: act; africa; government; health; hearing; law; loss; noise; practice; pretoria; regulations; republic; safety; south; south africa cache: sajcd-694.htm plain text: sajcd-694.txt item: #487 of 636 id: sajcd-695 author: None title: sajcd-695 date: None words: 3427 flesch: 47 summary: For many years, researchers and practitioners have understood the need to enhance academic education and clinical experience regarding CLP and CFD in order to provide quality management and to improve access to care for all patients and their families (Dabed & Cauvi, 1998; Gadbury-Amyot, Simmer-Beck, McCunniff & Williams, 2006). One of the earliest attempts to evaluate academic education in the CLP field was made by Lass, Gasperini, Overberger and Connolly (1973), to assess the exposure of academic students to CLP treatment by means of a questionnaire. keywords: cfd; cleft; clp; education; palate; slts; south; speech; training cache: sajcd-695.htm plain text: sajcd-695.txt item: #488 of 636 id: sajcd-697 author: Office, Editorial title: Acknowledgement to reviewers date: 2019-12-12 words: 427 flesch: 31 summary: http://www.sajcd.org.za Open Access Page 1 of 1 Reviewer Acknowledgement Acknowledgement to reviewers In an effort to facilitate the selection of appropriate peer reviewers for the South African Journal of Communication Disorders, we ask that you take a moment to update your electronic portfolio on https://sajcd.org.za for our files, allowing us better access to your areas of interest and expertise, in order to match reviewers with submitted manuscripts. It is good practice as a reviewer to update your personal details regularly to ensure contact with you throughout your professional term as reviewer to the South African Journal of Communication Disorders. keywords: communication; journal; reviewer cache: sajcd-697.pdf plain text: sajcd-697.txt item: #489 of 636 id: sajcd-698 author: Office, Editorial title: Table of Contents Vol 66, No 1 (2019) date: 2019-12-19 words: 849 flesch: -54 summary: The inclusion of traditional healing Dhanashree Pillay, Tshepang Serooe South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 66, No 1 | a635 | 20 November 2019 Original Research Prevalence and associated prenatal and perinatal risk factors for oropharyngeal dysphagia in high-risk neonates in a South African hospital Melissa A. Da Costa, Esedra Krüger, Alta Kritzinger, Marien A. Graham South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 66, No 1 | a637 | 21 November 2019 Original Research Infection prevention and control measures in audiology practice within public healthcare facilities in KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa Nasim B. Khan, Chenay R. Charles, Naedene Naidoo, Amanda Nokubonga, Ndabenhle A. Mkhwanazi, Hella M.T.E. Moustache South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 66, No 1 | a636 | 02 December 2019 Clinical Perspective Responsive communication coaching for early childhood practitioners in underserved South African contexts: Clinical perspectives Shabnam S. Abdoola, Renata Mosca, Bhavani S. Pillay South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 66, No 1 | a608 | 03 June 2019 58 65 71 83 93 102 110 124 Page i of ii Table of Contents i Opinion Paper Community service speech language therapists practising in adult dysphagia: Is the healthcare system failing them? Kim A. Coutts South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 66, No 1 | a615 | 18 July 2019 Original Research Speech therapy students’ perceptions of authentic video cases in a theory module on child language disorders Helena Oosthuizen South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 66, No 1 | a602 | 22 January 2019 Original Research Statistical factors associated with utilisation of ototoxicity monitoring services for multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis patients in the Western Cape Lebogang Ramma, Primrose T. Nhokwara, Christine Rogers South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 66, No 1 | a596 | 30 January 2019 Original Research Contributing factors to high prevalence of hearing impairment in the Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipal area, South Africa: A rural perspective Karin Joubert, Donna Botha South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 66, No 1 | a611 | 20 February 2019 Original Research Communication and school readiness abilities of children with hearing impairment in South Africa: A retrospective review of early intervention preschool records Ntsako P. Maluleke, Katijah Khoza-Shangase, Amisha Kanji South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 66, No 1 | a604 | 28 February 2019 Original Research The piloting of a specific support programme for Grade R teachers on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: The process of development Marguerite de Jongh, Anna-Marie Wium, Wilna Basson South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 66, No 1 | a600 | 26 March 2019 Original Research Exploration of factors influencing the preservation of residual hearing following cochlear implantation Katijah Khoza-Shangase, Katherine Gautschi-Mills South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 66, No 1 | a607 | 10 April 2019 Original Research ISSN: 2225-4765 (online)South African Journal of Communication Disorders http://www.sajcd.org.za Open Access Table of Contents ii Clinical Perspective Towards a South African model of language-based learning disability Xoli Mazibuko, Penelope Flack, Jane Kvalsvig South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 66, No 1 | a634 | 22 November 2019 Correction Corrigendum: Gestational age and birth weight variations in young children with language impairment at an early communication intervention clinic Lauren C. Fouché, Alta Kritzinger, Talita le Roux South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 66, No 1 | a622 | 12 September 2019 131 139 Reviewer Acknowledgement South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 66, No 1 | a697 | 12 December 2019 140 Page ii of ii keywords: african; communication disorders; journal; south; vol cache: sajcd-698.pdf plain text: sajcd-698.txt item: #490 of 636 id: sajcd-7 author: None title: SAJCD 233 date: None words: 3670 flesch: 53 summary: Optimising the implementation of current governmental hearing-screening protocols, nurses’ awareness and understanding of the importance of hearing screening will pave the way for more structured EHDI programmes in years to come. DOI:10.7196/SAJCD.233 Early hearing detection and intervention (EHDI) generally constitute programmes aimed at identifying hearing impairment in infants as early as possible. keywords: child; health; hearing; nurses; record; results; screening; south cache: sajcd-7.htm plain text: sajcd-7.txt item: #491 of 636 id: sajcd-700 author: None title: sajcd-700 date: None words: 2759 flesch: 35 summary: Empirical evidence from Magaba, Mbare’, where the authors explore how occupational noise impacts attitudes towards occupational noise exposure, susceptibility to hearing loss and job performance. Audiologists have within their scope of practice the prevention of hearing loss and this needs to be at the forefront of all advocacy campaigns to prevent occupational hearing loss (OHL). keywords: africa; authors; hearing; loss; mining; noise; south cache: sajcd-700.htm plain text: sajcd-700.txt item: #492 of 636 id: sajcd-701 author: None title: sajcd-701 date: None words: 5121 flesch: 53 summary: Whilst the total coverage of the core was 79.4%, 41.0% of words used during conversations were content core words, whilst 38.4% of words were structure core words. The identified list of Afrikaans vocabulary core words can be used as a source for guiding vocabulary selection for young children in need of an Afrikaans AAC system. keywords: aac; afrikaans; communication; content; core; core vocabulary; frequency; language; sample; speech; structure; study; vocabulary; words cache: sajcd-701.htm plain text: sajcd-701.txt item: #493 of 636 id: sajcd-702 author: None title: sajcd-702 date: None words: 5928 flesch: 51 summary: Such delay in language production is also reflected in the more predominant use of gestures by DS children than typically developing children (TDC) (Kim & Ko, 2002). Morphology and syntax are the most problematic aspects in DS children, although this improves with age. keywords: arabic; children; form; group; individuals; language; number; participants; plural cache: sajcd-702.htm plain text: sajcd-702.txt item: #494 of 636 id: sajcd-703 author: None title: sajcd-703 date: None words: 4790 flesch: 50 summary: Nursing staff in South Africa demonstrated low awareness of the role of SLTs in OPD management, possibly because of insufficient undergraduate training on OPD and minimal interaction with SLTs in practice (Albini, Soares, Wolf, & Gonҫalves, 2013; Robbertse, 2018). Nurses are essential in the OPD management team and should ideally be able to screen and prioritise dysphagia management in stroke patients. keywords: dysphagia; knowledge; level; management; nurses; opd; participants; patients; stroke cache: sajcd-703.htm plain text: sajcd-703.txt item: #495 of 636 id: sajcd-706 author: Hugo, Rene title: Communication Pathology: The Way In Africa* date: 1998-12-31 words: 6486 flesch: 49 summary: In this way depart- an ntal education and research programmes are not only ~~tiated, but the nature and quality of these programmes :e driven by the community. tI'C hospitals ThIs IS a move away from re erra Iagnos ' ' institution-based services, to provldmg commumty-based , 'th much greater emphasis on those tasks of serVIces, WI a , communication pathologists that were prevIOusly ~egarded as being 'secondary', namely education, preventIon, con- sultation and counselling, The Department of Communication Pathology has al- ready made a paradigm shift with the new undergradu- ate curriculum which meets all the above-mentioned de- mands, A curriculum is, however, only a teaching blue- print, In the case of vocational education programmes, the laboratory in which teaching takes place, is of the ut- most importance, For this reason the Department is thank- ful for the opportunity offered by the Department of Health of Mpumalanga to participate in the agreement with UP, and in this way make staff available at the Witbank Hos- pital, who play an active role in the teaching of students, Here our students can experience health care in the ac- tual situation, The first groups already received their train- ing there in 1998, and the possibility exists that this project may be expanded to the Northern Province during 1999, keywords: africa; africanisation; communication; communication pathology; community; department; education; health; language; pathology; programmes; research; teaching; university cache: sajcd-706.pdf plain text: sajcd-706.txt item: #496 of 636 id: sajcd-708 author: None title: sajcd-708 date: None words: 6350 flesch: 56 summary: Quality of life of family caregivers of children with autism: The mother’s perspective. Theme 1: Feeding challenges in children with autism spectrum disorder Many children in the current study presented with associated feeding challenges and struggled with family mealtimes with regard to foods eaten and feeding times. keywords: asd; autism; caregivers; challenges; children; eating; family; feeding; food; mealtime; study cache: sajcd-708.htm plain text: sajcd-708.txt item: #497 of 636 id: sajcd-709 author: None title: sajcd-709 date: None words: 4986 flesch: 48 summary: There is also evidence emerging that COVID-19 patients can present with neurological deficits (Mannan Baig, Khaleeq, Ali, & Syeda, 2020). The description of these neurological deficits in COVID-19 patients still requires extensive investigation in all settings. keywords: covid-19; data; dysphagia; era; healthcare; language; need; patients; risk; slts; speech cache: sajcd-709.htm plain text: sajcd-709.txt item: #498 of 636 id: sajcd-71 author: None title: None date: None words: 9018 flesch: 47 summary: Summary of the findings • Discussion    • Limitations of the study    • Clinical implications • Conclusion • Acknowledgements    • Competing interests    • Authors’ contributions • References • Appendix 1    • NATIONAL SURVEY: CHILD LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT AND THERAPY Abstract Top ↑ Background: South African speech-language therapists (SLTs) currently do not reflect the country's linguistic and cultural diversity. In this article, we discuss the findings of a national survey pertaining to the practices of South African SLTs during child language assessment and remediation. keywords: african; afrikaans; assessment; children; clients; english; groups; instruments; language; respondents; slts; south; speech; therapy cache: sajcd-71.htm plain text: sajcd-71.txt item: #499 of 636 id: sajcd-715 author: Buitendag, Mariekie; Uys, Isabel; Louw, Brenda title: Afrikaanse Reseptiewe Woordeskattoets (ARW): Toepaslikheid Vir In Groep Nie-Standaardafrikaanssprekende Kinders date: 1998-12-31 words: 14548 flesch: 61 summary: N avorsing het aangetoon dat gestandaardiseerde toetse ten spyte van bepaalde leemtes, steeds deur die oorgrot~ meerderheid spraak-taalterapeute gebruik word vir die bepaling van die bestaan van 'n taalafwyking (Owens 1995). Gedeeltelike kennis van die betekenis van die stimuluswoord word gereflekteer deur oor- keywords: aan; aangesien; afrikaanse; alternatiewe; arw; bepaal; blyk; buitendag; daar; dat die; deur; die; die arw; die groepe; die navorsingsgroep; die normgroep; die toets; die twee; dit; egter; ekonomies; gebruik; gedepriveerde; gemiddelde; groepe; het; hierdie; items; kan; kinders; korrekte; laer; moet; navorsingsgroep; nie; ook; oor; proefpersone; reseptiewe; response; roupunte; sosio; subgroep; sydigheid; tabel; tellings; toepaslikheid; tussen; tussen die; twee; van die; verbale; verskillende; vir; vir die; volgens; wat; word; word dat cache: sajcd-715.pdf plain text: sajcd-715.txt item: #500 of 636 id: sajcd-716 author: Brenner, Carol; Levin, Karen title: Babbling of an Infant with a Repaired Cleft Lip: A Case Study date: 1998-12-31 words: 5624 flesch: 54 summary: The principle categories of syllable structure are defined in Table l. Inter-rater reliability was set at 90% agreement for canonical syllables (Oller et aI., 1994). SYLLABLE STRUCTURE CATEGORIES Quasi-resonant vowels (QRV) Fully resonant vowels (FRV) Marginal syllables (MS) Canonical syllables (CS) Vowel-like sounds produced with the vocal tract at rest and with normal phonation, considered developmentally primitive or less speech-like Perceived as being produced with the vocal tract open, and with normal phonation, likened to vowels produced by adult speakers. keywords: babbling; canonical; cleft; development; lip; oller; session; speech; subject; syllable; vocalisations cache: sajcd-716.pdf plain text: sajcd-716.txt item: #501 of 636 id: sajcd-718 author: Fair, Lisl; Louw, Brenda title: Early Communication Intervention with Young Children with Pierre Robin Sequence date: 1998-12-31 words: 8761 flesch: 40 summary: Early communication intervention services should be delivered regularly over an extended period of time and the hearing abilities and speech production skills of young children with Pierre Robin sequence should be followed closely during early communication intervention. This study investigated the effectiveness of early communication intervention with four young children wtth Pierre Robin sequence, aged 5 to 28 months. keywords: abilities; children; communication; communication intervention; development; intervention; language; pierre; pierre robin; rate; robin; robin sequence; sequence; subjects; treatment cache: sajcd-718.pdf plain text: sajcd-718.txt item: #502 of 636 id: sajcd-719 author: Sourgen, Pamela M.; Ross, Eleanor title: Perceptions of Tinnitus in a Group of Senior Citizens date: 1998-12-31 words: 12166 flesch: 59 summary: Another respondent who was boarded because of his tinnitus, stated I am permanently on an anti- depressant and intermittently on tranquilizers.- Scott, Lindberg, Melin and Lyttkens (1990) found that tinnitus creates greater levels of insomnia, depression, anxiety and difficulties with concentration in tinnitus patients compared to patients with a hearing loss only. Characterization of tinnitus by tinnitus patients. keywords: babin; die; hearing; information; life; patients; quality; questionnaire; research; respondents; stouffer; study; subjects; time; tinnitus; tyler cache: sajcd-719.pdf plain text: sajcd-719.txt item: #503 of 636 id: sajcd-720 author: Wilson, Wayne J.; Jones, Beverley; Fridjhon, Peter title: Use of the NAL-AB Wordlists as a South African English Speech Discrimination Test date: 1998-12-31 words: 8522 flesch: 56 summary: Speech discrilination, phonemic scoring, NAL-AB wordlists, Australian English, South African English. (iii) Subjects should be first-language speakers of South African English. keywords: african; australian; dbhl; discrimination; english; english speakers; hearing; nal; presentation; scores; south; speakers; speech; test; wordlists cache: sajcd-720.pdf plain text: sajcd-720.txt item: #504 of 636 id: sajcd-722 author: Seymour, Charlena M. title: The ASHA Way: Growth through Standards date: 1998-12-31 words: 8716 flesch: 57 summary: The Association's growth continued throughout the 1980s as knowledge and tec~nology increased and dramatic changes were made in the provision of health care services. In addition to formulating guidelines and quality indicators for clinical competency, academic programs, and clinical programs, ASHAstandards are currently being used: • to educate consumers and the general public about clinical service programs in audiology and speech-language pathology; • to inform other professions, accrediting bodies, funding sources, and other regulatory agencies of the essential elements of quality in programs that provide speech- language pathology and audiology services; • to guide the process in the development of new clinical service programs; • to provide a basic framework for self evaluation, program modification, and future planning in existing programs; • to help students and practicing professionals understand the essentials required to provide quality care; • recognize and stimulate creativity and diversity in thoughts and views; and • promote the development of knowledge, skills, and procedures required for effective clinical practice. keywords: asha; association; care; communication; die; disorders; ethics; health; hearing; language; moet; practice; professionals; programs; public; quality; services; speech; standards; today; van; word cache: sajcd-722.pdf plain text: sajcd-722.txt item: #505 of 636 id: sajcd-723 author: Sperinck, Terri-Leigh; de Picciotto, Janet title: A Pilot Study of Verbal Fluency in the Zulu Speaking Population with Preliminary Application to Traumatic Brain Injury date: 1999-12-31 words: 7750 flesch: 63 summary: Overall, the number of words generated by the Zulu speaking NNI subjects of this study is much lower than the normative data currently being used (Bayles & Tomoeda, 1991; Bayles & Tomoeda, 1993; Goodglass & Kaplan, 1972). The difference in subordinate categories used by the Zulu speaking NNI and the South African English speaking NNI subjects could be attributed to the different backgrounds and experiences of the two groups. keywords: categories; category; nni; nni subjects; number; south; speaking; subjects; tasks; tbi; time; words; zulu cache: sajcd-723.pdf plain text: sajcd-723.txt item: #506 of 636 id: sajcd-724 author: Fair, Lisl; Louw, Brenda title: Early Communication Intervention within a Community-based Intervention Model in South Africa date: 1999-12-31 words: 9121 flesch: 47 summary: Implementation of early communication intervention services through CBI Institution, planning and staffing of early communication intervention services within CBlby the managerial and consultative participants in CBI Recruitment of local community volunteer by PHC personnel Execution of CBI process' to establish early intervention services in the community by the PHC community worker, the local community volunteer and the community TASK GOALS 1. In addition to the impor- tance of early experience, the high-risk population is rap- idly expanding due to advances in medical care, The sub- sequent need to provide services for these children led to a further expansion in early intervention services (Ferguson & Brynelson, 1991). keywords: africa; cbi; communication; communication intervention; community; delivery; health; infants; intervention; model; needs; phc; process; services; south cache: sajcd-724.pdf plain text: sajcd-724.txt item: #507 of 636 id: sajcd-725 author: Fouché, Sunel; van der Merwe, Anita title: Sepedi-toets vir Spraakverstaanbaarheid date: 1999-12-31 words: 8276 flesch: 71 summary: FASE 1: METODE Kriteria vir die sames telling van materiaal van die Sepedi-toets vir Spraakverstaanbaarheid Die toetsmateriaal waaruit die Sepedi-toets vir Spraakverstaanbaarheid saamgestel is, voldoen aan die volgende kriteria: Die Omgangs Sotho van die Swart woongebiede van Pretoria. keywords: baie; beukelman; daar; dat; deur; die; die sepedi; die toets; dit; dus; elke; fonetiese; gebruik; het; hierdie; kan; luisteraars; lyste; moet; nie; ook; pretoria; proefpersoon; sepedi; sinne; soos; spraakverstaanbaarheid; toets; tussen; uit; van; van die; verkry; verskillende; vir; vokaal; vol; voorkom; wat; woorde; word cache: sajcd-725.pdf plain text: sajcd-725.txt item: #508 of 636 id: sajcd-726 author: Tönsing, Kerstin M.; Tesner, Herman title: Story Grammar Analysis of Pre-schoolers' Narratives: An Investigation into the Influence of Task Parameters date: 1999-12-31 words: 7240 flesch: 55 summary: Roth and Spekman (1986), for example, found significant differences between the story grammar abilities oflanguage-learning disabled subjects and subjects with normal language abil- ity as displayed during story generation tasks. Story grammar models seek firstly to judge the completeness and well-formedness of an episode, and secondly to describe relations between episodes in multiple-episode narratives. keywords: children; die; episodes; experience; grammar; language; model; narratives; pre; retelling; stories; story; structure; task cache: sajcd-726.pdf plain text: sajcd-726.txt item: #509 of 636 id: sajcd-727 author: Henshilwood, Luanne; Ogilvy, Dale title: Narrative Discourse Productions in Older Language Impaired Learning Disabled Children: Employing Stricter Reliability Measures date: 1999-12-31 words: 6437 flesch: 56 summary: Story generation requires a per- son to formulate a story without a model, which can lead to problems in the LILD where their ability to organise events on their own and construct cohesive narrative language may be reduced (Ripich & Griffith, 1988). Measurement of narrative discourse ability in children with language disor- ders. keywords: analysis; children; cohesion; discourse; language; learning; lild; narrative; reliability; story; study; subjects; ties cache: sajcd-727.pdf plain text: sajcd-727.txt item: #510 of 636 id: sajcd-728 author: Wilkinson, Tracey; de Picciotto, Janet title: Swallowing Problems in the Normal Ageing Population date: 1999-12-31 words: 8799 flesch: 55 summary: Four of the subjects who did not perceive themselves as having swallowing difficulties demonstrated evidence to suggest that they were in fact experiencing swallowing problems. ABSTRACT Swallowing Problems in the Normal Ageing Population Tracey Wilkinson and Janet de Picciotto Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology University of the Witwatersrand 55 keywords: age; ageing; difficulties; disorders; dysphagia; food; interview; population; presence; prevalence; problems; study; subjects; swallowing cache: sajcd-728.pdf plain text: sajcd-728.txt item: #511 of 636 id: sajcd-729 author: Ligthelm, Adri; Groenewald, Emily title: Suprasegmentele Spraakeienskappe van Prelinguaal Gehoorgestremde Kinders met Kogleêre Inplantings, Gehoorgestremde Kinders sonder Inplantings en Normaalhorende Kinders date: 1999-12-31 words: 7121 flesch: 56 summary: Dit blyk dus uit die ondersoek dat die kogleer gelnplan- teerde kinders se suprasegmentele spraakeienskappe, in 'n verskeidenheid van linguistiese kontekste, 'n groter ooreenkoms toon met die van die normaalhorende groep as met die van die gehoorgestremde groep. Normale produksie is op hierdie vyfpuntskaal voorgestel in die midposisie en die aard en graad van die afwyking vanafnormaal, aangedui aan weerskante van die skaaL Drie luisteraars met agtergrondskennis en ondervinding van die spraak van normaalhorende sowel as gehoor- gestremde kinders, sowel as van suprasegmentele spraak eienskappe en die produksie van hierdie eienskappe in spraak is vir die beoordelings gebruik. keywords: aan; akoestiese; analise; dat; deur; die; dit; drie; eienskappe; elke; figuur; gebruik; gehoorgestremde; groep; het; hierdie; inplantings; kinders; kogleere; nie; normaalhorende; perseptuele; resultate; sinstipe; speech; spraak; spraakeienskappe; suprasegmentele; tot; uit; van; van die; vier; vir; wat; word cache: sajcd-729.pdf plain text: sajcd-729.txt item: #512 of 636 id: sajcd-730 author: Popich, Elsa; Alant, Erna title: The Impact of a Digital Speaker on a Teacher's Interaction with a Child with Limited Functional Speech date: 1999-12-31 words: 8654 flesch: 59 summary: This paper describes the impact of the implementation of a digital speaker and teacher training on the quality of a teacher's interaction with an AAC user. , KEYWORDS: classroom i~teraction, device implementation, teacher training, use of questions Literature has indicated:that}eachers adjust to children with limited speech by changing their interaction patterns (Light, 1988; Cicognani & Zani, 1992). keywords: aac; aac user; children; device; die; implementation; interaction; phase; questions; research; sessions; speaker; teacher; training; types cache: sajcd-730.pdf plain text: sajcd-730.txt item: #513 of 636 id: sajcd-731 author: Hanekom, Johan J. title: A Model of Frequency Coding in the Central Auditory Nervous System date: 1999-12-31 words: 7250 flesch: 61 summary: INTRODUCTION A sound stimulus received by the peripheral auditory system is transformed to neural spike train activity in a population of auditory nerve fibres (called a spike train pattern). Shofner & Sachs (1986), Kim, Chang & Sirianni (1990) and Kim, Parham, Sirianni & Chang (1991) studied spa- tial response profiles of the discharges of populations of auditory nerve fibres. keywords: coding; fibres; frequency; input; model; nerve; neural; population; rate; spike; stimulus; system; tone cache: sajcd-731.pdf plain text: sajcd-731.txt item: #514 of 636 id: sajcd-732 author: Sahli, Antonia; Ebrahim, Shamim; Wilson, Wayne J. title: The Auditory Brainstem Response - Are South African ENT's Missing the Point? date: 1999-12-31 words: 7112 flesch: 58 summary: PERCEIVED ADEQUACY OF TRAINING Whilst the extent and nature of ABR training received by ENTs results suggest that the current education ofE~T's in ABR is unsatisfactory, on average respondents who had received prior ABR training perceived this training to bk of a generally good standard (Figure 1). The vast majority (87%) of respondents with ABR training were trained by an audi- ologist, whilst the remainder (13%) were trained by an ENT and audiologist. keywords: abr; african; audiology; brainstem; clinical; hall; hearing; knowledge; referral; respondents; response; results; south; testing; training cache: sajcd-732.pdf plain text: sajcd-732.txt item: #515 of 636 id: sajcd-733 author: Goldblum, Glenn; Mulder, Marna; von Gruenewaldt, Alexandra title: An Examination of the Impact of Participation in a Conversation Group for Individuals with a Closed Head Injury date: 2001-12-31 words: 11921 flesch: 57 summary: Recommendation and suggestions were made for the refinement of the QOL Scale to more reliably measure the subjective perceptions of group members regarding the perceived value of group therapy. Meetings structured & focused, but group members began moving away from confines of clinic setting. keywords: chi; communication; group; individuals; life; members; participation; pragmatic; quality; subjects; therapy; time cache: sajcd-733.pdf plain text: sajcd-733.txt item: #516 of 636 id: sajcd-734 author: Kahn, Loren; Jordaan, Heila title: The Swallowing and Voicing Characteristics of Pharyngeal Dystonia: A Single Case Report date: 2001-12-31 words: 6429 flesch: 58 summary: This study revealed that during pharyngeal spasm, there are significant delays in voice onset time, a reduction in fundamental frequency, an increased percentage of sub-harmonics and variability in the amplitude perturbation quotient as well as shimmer. 1's episodes of pharyngeal spasm were initially reported to occur only once or twice a year. keywords: dystonia; larynx; pharyngeal; pharynx; spasm; study; subject; swallowing; time; voice; voicing cache: sajcd-734.pdf plain text: sajcd-734.txt item: #517 of 636 id: sajcd-735 author: Kritzinger, Alta; Louw, Brenda; Rossettil, Louis M. title: A Transdisciplinary Conceptual Framework for the Early Identification of Risks for Communication Disorders in Young Children date: 2001-12-31 words: 8275 flesch: 44 summary: Various professionals, equipped with the necessary knowledge about risks for communication disorders and utilizing different identification strategies, are therefore indispensable members of the extended collaborative ECI team responsible for early identification of risks for communication disorders, Since ECI has the unique opportunity to intervene at the earliest possible time iri an infant's life, early identification of risk conditions is the primary function of the ECI approach, Late identification of infants with risks for communication disorders results in late diagnoses, late referrals and late intervention efforts, which compromise the whole process of efficacy of ECI. A Transdisciplinary Conceptual Framework for the Early IdentiOcation of Risks for Comm Disorders in Young Children 33 A Transdisciplinary Conceptual Framework for the Early Identification of Risks for Communication Disorders in Young Children Alta Kritzinger and Brenda Louwt, Louis M Rossettil I Clinic for High Risk Babies Centre for Early Intervention in Communication Pathology Department of Communication Pathology University of Pretoria 2 Centre for Communicative Disorders University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, USA ABSTRACT The early identification of infants with communication disorders or at risk for communication delays is still one of the biggest challenges of early communication intervention (ECI) and threatens to compromise its efficacy. keywords: caregivers; children; chrib; communication; communication disorders; conditions; data; disorders; eci; identification; infants; intervention; risk; subjects cache: sajcd-735.pdf plain text: sajcd-735.txt item: #518 of 636 id: sajcd-736 author: Lilienfeld, Margaret; Alant, Erna title: Attitudes of Children Towards Augmentative and Alternative Communication Systems date: 2001-12-31 words: 8575 flesch: 57 summary: Peer attitudes Die Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrifvir Kommunikasieafivykings, Vol. 48, 2001 and perceptions towards children using AAC devices necessitate a more systematic understanding of factors that contribute to the formation of attitudes in children. Peer attitudes as reflected in the results were more positive when voice output was used and this result correlates with the findings of Gorenflo and Gorenflo (1991). keywords: aac; alan; attitudes; cadaq; children; communication; disabilities; group; items; lnfs; output; peers; study; voice cache: sajcd-736.pdf plain text: sajcd-736.txt item: #519 of 636 id: sajcd-737 author: Pottas, Lidia; Hugo, René title: Opvoedkundige Oudiologie: Medekonsultasie in Spesialiseringsonderwys date: 2001-12-31 words: 9223 flesch: 61 summary: Om 'n vergelyking te lief tussen die kennis van sekere aspekte van oudiologie van twee verskillende groepe onderwysers, naamlik die onderwysers wat indiensopleiding ontvang met diegene wat geen indiensopleiding ontvang het nie. NAVORSINGSONTWERP In hierdie stu die het die klem geval op 'n in diepte Lidia Pottas & Rene Hugo 58 beskrywing van die kennis van sekere aspekte van oudiologie In aanduiding te kry van die oorsaak van die verlies. keywords: aan; ce d; dat; die; dit; geen; gehoorverlies; hearing; het; hierdie; indiensopleiding; kan; kennis; kind; kinders; nie; onderwysers; onwaar; oudiologie; van; van die; vir; vol; waar; wat; word cache: sajcd-737.pdf plain text: sajcd-737.txt item: #520 of 636 id: sajcd-738 author: Wedcliffe, Tamar; Ross, Eleanor title: The Psychological Effects of Traumatic Brain Injury on the Quality of life of a Group of Spouses/Partners date: 2001-12-31 words: 16751 flesch: 55 summary: Thus, two questions assessed the dependence of injured spouses/partners on subjects and the effects thereof. Indeed, the use of a single measure of burden was evident in a study by Brooks and McKinlay (1983), who found that personality changes following brain injury were associated with high subjective burden in relatives. keywords: brain injury; ce d; communication; effects; family; injury; journal; language; life; partners; persons; quality; rehabilitation; relationship; spouses; study; subjects; support; tbi; years cache: sajcd-738.pdf plain text: sajcd-738.txt item: #521 of 636 id: sajcd-739 author: Pillay, Mershen title: Editorial Introduction: Evidence Based Practice date: 2008-12-31 words: 2777 flesch: 61 summary: D r Mukundan also serves as Chair­ person o f the Scientific Com m ittee She also serves as V ice President o f the International Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics Association and is a Fellow o f both the Am eri­ can Speech-Language-Hearing Association (A SH A ) and Speech Pathology Australia. keywords: evidence; language; practice; speech cache: sajcd-739.pdf plain text: sajcd-739.txt item: #522 of 636 id: sajcd-740 author: Justice, Laura M. title: Evidence-based Practice in Speech Language Pathology: Scaling Up date: 2008-12-31 words: 7620 flesch: 65 summary: o f accepting nominations for topics to variable. Disease; Cohen-Kerem et a l , 2004- clinicians to understand what is known about a particular behavioral treatments for stuttering; Herder, Howard Nye’ mqm7 ‘ lnstance, Coelho, DeRuyter, and Stein & Vanryckeghem, 2006) or treatment contexts (e.g.fpull- (1996) provided a useful synthesis o f efficacious treatment out for inclusive models o f language intervention; M cG in ty approaches for cogmtive-communication impairments o f & Justice, 2 0 06). keywords: e c; e n; evidence; language; o f; s e cache: sajcd-740.pdf plain text: sajcd-740.txt item: #523 of 636 id: sajcd-741 author: None title: sajcd-741 date: None words: 6796 flesch: 50 summary: Methods: This was a prospective non-experimental feasibility study over a 3-month period, involving conducting hearing screening of 121 neonates. Figure 1 depicts the time when hearing screening was conducted for each neonate included in the study. keywords: african; factors; findings; hearing; intervention; kanji; khoza; neonates; risk; screening; shangase; south; study cache: sajcd-741.htm plain text: sajcd-741.txt item: #524 of 636 id: sajcd-742 author: Office, Editorial title: Editorial date: 1960-12-30 words: 312 flesch: 69 summary: In recent years there has been a growing awareness that we have based the practice of our profession on research studies that have been carried out elsewhere. I A L The field of speech therapy in South Africa, as elsewhere, is dynamic and one must therefore expect changing ideas, needs and trends. keywords: south cache: sajcd-742.pdf plain text: sajcd-742.txt item: #525 of 636 id: sajcd-743 author: Bauman, S.; Aron, M. title: Research Needs In Speech Pathology In South Africa date: 1960-12-30 words: 3204 flesch: 63 summary: In the urban areas, particularly in their townships, the African tends to become familiar with a number of Bantu languages and English and Afrikaans. It is recog- nised that Bantu languages have colourful tonal and inflectional patterns. keywords: language; speech cache: sajcd-743.pdf plain text: sajcd-743.txt item: #526 of 636 id: sajcd-744 author: Marks, Margaret title: A Team-work Approach to Cleft Palate Rehabilitation in South Africa date: 1960-12-30 words: 2662 flesch: 58 summary: To encourage co-operation among and stimu- lation of those specialists interested in the rehabilitation of cleft palate persons. To stimulate the public interest in, and support of, the rehabilitation of cleft palate persons. keywords: cleft; palate; rehabilitation; team cache: sajcd-744.pdf plain text: sajcd-744.txt item: #527 of 636 id: sajcd-745 author: Kathard, H.; Naude, E.; Pillay, M.; Ross, E. title: Improving the Relevance of Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology Research and Practice date: 2007-12-31 words: 3983 flesch: 62 summary: The focus o f this article is on the nature o f research within the joint professions o f Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) and Audiology. Currently, this sharing o f research is placed in bare tension with the trend toward evidence based practice (EBP). keywords: audiology; o f; practice; professional; research; slp; social; world cache: sajcd-745.pdf plain text: sajcd-745.txt item: #528 of 636 id: sajcd-746 author: Hartley, Sally title: An interactionist way forward for improving the relevance of Speech-Language Therapy and Audiology research and practice date: 2007-12-31 words: 2489 flesch: 65 summary: In practice, for example, this may result in interven­ tions (services) that focus on the ‘disorder’, leaving the other dimensions o f disability receiving less priority and recognition. For example, in Audiology practice we are charged with detailed assessment o f hearing levels (comparing individual levels o f hearing with the ‘normal’ levels expected) and pre­ scribing and fitting hearing aids (to bring the hearing levels 1. keywords: practice; research cache: sajcd-746.pdf plain text: sajcd-746.txt item: #529 of 636 id: sajcd-747 author: Swanepoel, D. title: Research-driven: A Scientific Profession Accountable within Contextual Realities date: 2007-12-31 words: 2574 flesch: 61 summary: o f research but raise questions regarding the appropriateness (2007) raises important issues upon which I would like to comment and include: • the issue o f relevance and different types o f research, • the role o f evidence-based practice and finally, • intervention in poverty contexts. keywords: language; professions; research; south; speech cache: sajcd-747.pdf plain text: sajcd-747.txt item: #530 of 636 id: sajcd-748 author: Alant, Erna title: About being relevant: a comment on Kathard, Naude, Pillay & Ross (2007) date: 2007-12-31 words: 4079 flesch: 63 summary: o f embracing new ones alongside traditional research methods. o f the professions of SLP/Audiology in this country. keywords: issues; language; practice; professional; research; speech cache: sajcd-748.pdf plain text: sajcd-748.txt item: #531 of 636 id: sajcd-749 author: Penn, Claire title: Don't give me the theory, just tell me what to do in therapy!: The slippery slope challenge for the South African professions of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology date: 2007-12-31 words: 6824 flesch: 68 summary: The experiences o f ca rin g f o r a c h ild w ith cereb ra l p a lsy in Tonga, M pum alanga. I believe it is quite possible for a research question to have equipoise in terms o f the method o f choice. keywords: clinical; discipline; field; journal; methods; o f; practice; research; scientific; speech; unication cache: sajcd-749.pdf plain text: sajcd-749.txt item: #532 of 636 id: sajcd-750 author: Singh, Shajila title: A place for mixed methodologies? Response to: The relevance of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Research and Practice - Challenges for the Professions date: 2007-12-31 words: 3537 flesch: 68 summary: Action research, according to Reason and Bradbury (2001), is “concerned with the development o f democratic forms o f knowledge” (p.6) and is conceived o f being possible only “with, for, and by persons and communities, ideally involving all stakeholders both in the questioning and sense-making that in­ forms the research and in the action which is its focus” (p.2), with the ultimate purpose o f research being “human flourish­ ing” (p. 10). The experiences o f ca rin g f o r a c h ild w ith cereb ra l p a lsy in Tonga, M pum alanga. keywords: knowledge; o f; practice; research cache: sajcd-750.pdf plain text: sajcd-750.txt item: #533 of 636 id: sajcd-751 author: Willenberg, Ingrid title: Foundations for Literacy: Emergent Literacy Competencies of Grade R Learners on the Cape Flats date: 2007-12-31 words: 10179 flesch: 64 summary: Fewer than 50% o f children demonstrated a return sweep to the left when pretending to read, were able to identify The South African Journal o f Communication Disorders, Vol. 54, 2007 R ep ro du ce d by S ab in et G at ew ay u nd er li ce nc e gr an te d by th e P ub lis he r (d at ed 2 01 2. ) http://childes.cmu.edu/ 24 Ingrid W illenberg the first and last letters o f the children on the ELLA shows that these children from historically disadvantaged backgrounds do in­ deed possess a reasonable repertoire o f literacy skills and knowledge as they prepare to enter first grade. keywords: awareness; children; development; emergent; grade; knowledge; language; letter; literacy; o f; performance; print; reading; recognition; rhyme; school; skills; sounds; south; sub; test; words cache: sajcd-751.pdf plain text: sajcd-751.txt item: #534 of 636 id: sajcd-752 author: Engelbrecht, Leanie; van der Merwe, Anita title: Quality of Life after Total Glosso-Laryngectomy date: 2007-12-31 words: 11119 flesch: 67 summary: The reason for this interest in quality o f life o f a person who has head and neck cancer is that treatment of this type of cancer may be curative, but may also have a dra­ matic effect on many aspects o f life for such a person. The importance o f verbal communication to quality o f life confirms the role o f the speech-language pathologist in providing inter­ vention that will enable the patient to achieve intelligible speech. keywords: cancer; f life; glosso; head; interview; laryngectomy; life; neck; o f; participant; patients; people; quality; quality o; speech; support; surgery; total; treatment cache: sajcd-752.pdf plain text: sajcd-752.txt item: #535 of 636 id: sajcd-755 author: Jessop, Marguerite; Kritzinger, Alta; Venter, Nellie title: Parental Perceptions of Characteristics and Outcomes of Children and Families in the Pretoria Cochlear Implant Programme date: 2007-12-31 words: 12703 flesch: 61 summary: In 44% o f cases it was the mother who noticed the child’s lack of response to sound, in 42% o f cases both parents, in 9% o f cases the grandparent, in 3% o f cases it was other people, and in only 2% o f children was it a teacher or therapist. Only 4% o f children were diagnosed by 6 months, a figure which lends support to the idea of compulsory hearing screening after birth as implemented in the USA (Mayne et al., 2000). keywords: age; children; cochlear; data; families; group; hearing; implantation; implants; language; loss; o f; outcomes; parents; pcip; programme; school; speech; study; variables cache: sajcd-755.pdf plain text: sajcd-755.txt item: #536 of 636 id: sajcd-756 author: Klop, Daleen; Tuomi, Seppo K. title: The Persistence of language Disorders in a Group of Disadvantaged Grade 3 Learners date: 2007-12-31 words: 8374 flesch: 60 summary: Productivity This term refers to the amount o f language produced in response to a task and can be used to distinguish between lan­ guage impaired children and children with normal language development. Classroom-based intervention should also focus on the aspects o f language development directly linked to reading acquisition and reading comprehension, e.g. vocabulary, narra­ tive skills, and acquisition o f complex syntax. keywords: academic; children; die; grade; intervention; language; learners; literacy; narratives; o f; participants; reading; skills; speech; story; toe cache: sajcd-756.pdf plain text: sajcd-756.txt item: #537 of 636 id: sajcd-757 author: Stipinovich, Alexandra; van der Merwe, Anita title: Acquired Dysarthria within the Context of the Four-level Framework of Speech Sensorimotor Control date: 2007-12-31 words: 10958 flesch: 57 summary: A comparison was then made o f the overall degree o f variability o f speech between the dysarthric speakers and the control participants, and between the different types o f dysarthria. o f variability o f speech. keywords: control; correlation; degree; der; duration; dysarthria; execution; execution dysarthria; f motor; f speech; merwe; motor; o f; onset; parameters; participants; programming; speakers; speech; study; time; van; variability; voice; vowel cache: sajcd-757.pdf plain text: sajcd-757.txt item: #538 of 636 id: sajcd-759 author: van der Westhuizen, Liani; van Dijk, Catherine title: Die ervarings van jong volwassenes met kogleêre inplantings aangaande bimodale versterking date: 2007-12-31 words: 10937 flesch: 71 summary: Die literatuur bevestig dat die gebruik van ‘n gehoorapparaat o f kogleere inplanting in isolasie nie resulteer in die vermoe om bogemiddeld te lokaliseer nie (Clark, 2003). Daar kan dus afgelei word dat die kosmetiese aspekte aangaande die gebruik van ‘n bimodale stelsel negatief ervaar word. keywords: aangaande; aangedui; aspekte; bepaal; bimodale; daar; dat; data; deelnemers; deur; die; dit; dus; ervaar; ervarings; fokusgroep; gebruik; gebruik van; gehoorapparaat; het; hierdie; hulle; inligting; jong; kan; kogleere; meer; nie; saam; slegs; stelsel; stem; studie; tydens; van; van bimodale; van die; versterking; vir; volwassenes; vraelys; wat; word cache: sajcd-759.pdf plain text: sajcd-759.txt item: #539 of 636 id: sajcd-760 author: Alant, Erna; du Plooy, Amelia; Dada, Shakila title: The Impact of Visual Sequencing of Graphic Symbols on the Sentence Construction Output of Children who have Acquired Language date: 2007-12-31 words: 5792 flesch: 68 summary: Relatively few studies have been done to explore the impact o f the use o f graphic symbols on the language devel­ opment o f children. The use o f these graphic symbols on the children’s re­ ceptive and expressive abilities has, however, not been well documented. keywords: children; communication; graphic; input; language; o f; output; sequence; sov; svo; symbols cache: sajcd-760.pdf plain text: sajcd-760.txt item: #540 of 636 id: sajcd-761 author: Panday, Seema; Kathard, Harsha; Pillay, Mershen; Govender, Cyril title: The Development of a Zulu Speech Reception Threshold Test for Zulu First Language Speakers in KwaZulu-Natal date: 2007-12-31 words: 15768 flesch: 76 summary: Therefore, to prevent the learn­ ing effect, the present study supports the above contention of gen­ erating a large pool o f words. T able 2: Examples of bisyllabic words according to their different word classes B fs y H a M c Y irO S Pronouns Adverbs Conjunc­ tions KlAtirie Bhala zake Lapha Futhi N yam a G xeka zabo Phansi Nyanga Khanya Phezu G eza Muva D ie Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Kommunikasieafwykings, Vol. 54, 2007 R ep ro du ce d by S ab in et G at ew ay u nd er li ce nc e gr an te d by th e P ub lis he r (d at ed 2 01 2. ) With regard to fa­ miliarity o f words in other studies, it would appear that re­ searchers have relied on various methods for the selection of familiar words. keywords: c e; e d; e m; e n; e p; e r; language; list; m u; n o; n s; n t; n u; o f; o r; o t; o u; s c; s e; s t; speech; srt; study; u b; u s; words; zulu cache: sajcd-761.pdf plain text: sajcd-761.txt item: #541 of 636 id: sajcd-762 author: None title: sajcd-762 date: None words: 6219 flesch: 51 summary: Identifying language impairment in children: Combining language test scores with parental report. Contextual influences on sentence repetition as a tool for the identification of language impairment in Grade 3 Sepedi-English bilinguals: A case against bilingual norms. keywords: bilingual; children; english; group; language; learners; scores; sepedi; sli; study cache: sajcd-762.htm plain text: sajcd-762.txt item: #542 of 636 id: sajcd-763 author: Pillay, Mershen title: Editorial Introduction date: 2007-12-31 words: 1002 flesch: 54 summary: In presenting her inter- actionist perspective o f research and practice, she does so with the reminder that the topic is important to consider across social and economic geographies. f the Jour­ nal’s strategy to highlight the nature o f research, especially 0f relevant research, within the professions o f Speech-Language Therapy and Audiology. keywords: journal; research cache: sajcd-763.pdf plain text: sajcd-763.txt item: #543 of 636 id: sajcd-765 author: McLeod, Sharynne title: A Non-Systematic Review of Evidence-Based Practice within Speech Pathology in Australia date: 2008-12-31 words: 4050 flesch: 67 summary: In this paper, these three components will be con­ sidered by drawing on examples o f research and practice un­ dertaken within the field o f speech pathology in Australia W h ile the author has aimed to represent a broad overview o f E B P in Australia, it is acknowledged that this paper does not present a systematic review. the highest level o f evidence for “assessing clin­ ical and public health interventions” is “a systematic review o f all relevant randomised controlled trials”. keywords: australia; clinical; evidence; pathology; speech cache: sajcd-765.pdf plain text: sajcd-765.txt item: #544 of 636 id: sajcd-767 author: van Dijk, Catherine; Osman, Naeema title: Continuous Versus Pulsed Pure-Tone Audiometry in a Group of School-Aged Children date: 2008-12-31 words: 8548 flesch: 72 summary: f continuous tones (M artin 8c Sides, 1985). There are selected studies that support the use o f pulsed tones rather than continuous tones in manual threshold au­ diometry for adults (Dancer 8c Conn, 1983; Dancer, Ventry 8c H ill, 1976; Gardner, 1947; keywords: continuous; e s; hearing; n e; pulsed; r e; thresholds; tones; u s cache: sajcd-767.pdf plain text: sajcd-767.txt item: #545 of 636 id: sajcd-768 author: van Heerden, Cherié; Kritzinger, Alta title: Parental Perceptions and Practices of Emergent Literacy Development in Young Children with Down Syndrome: The Development of Intervention Guidelines date: 2008-12-31 words: 15177 flesch: 73 summary: Self-ad- ministered questionnaires were successfully used in previous studies with parents o f children with Down syndrome such as Bennett et al. 5 5 2 0 0 8 37 R ep ro du ce d by S ab in et G at ew ay u nd er li ce nc e gr an te d by th e P ub lis he r (d at ed 2 01 2. ) CHERIE V A N HEER DEN A N D ALTA K R ITZIN G ER literacy skills among parents, little is known about interven­ tion efforts by speech-language therapists in South Africa during the earliest stage o f literacy development. keywords: children; d e; e c; e e; e l; e n; e p; e s; emergent; g e; literacy; m e; n c; n d; n s; n t; o f; participants; r e; s p; s s; syndrome; u n cache: sajcd-768.pdf plain text: sajcd-768.txt item: #546 of 636 id: sajcd-769 author: Warden, Jocelyn A.; Mayers, Patricia; Kathard, Harsha title: The Lived Experience of Being a Speech-Language Therapist in the Western Cape Public Health Service date: 2008-12-31 words: 16499 flesch: 64 summary: Methodology Aim The aim o f this study was to explore and describe the lived experience o f being an S - L Therapist in the Western Cape public health service. Participants were assured o f confidentiality and o f their right to with­ draw from the study at any time without penalty or preju­ dice. keywords: communication; disorders; e e; experience; f s; health; journal; n d; o f; participants; patients; people; professional; public; research; s l; service; speech; study; therapists; therapy; work cache: sajcd-769.pdf plain text: sajcd-769.txt item: #547 of 636 id: sajcd-770 author: Toy, Natalie; Joubert, Karin title: Listeners' attitudes: Speech Supplementation Strategies for Improving Effectiveness of Speakers with Mixed Dysarthria as a result of Motor Neuron Disease date: 2008-12-31 words: 10895 flesch: 59 summary: Listener Attitude Ratings Communicative effectiveness The mean attitude ratings for the communicative effec­ tiveness o f listener attitude are shown in Figure 1 below. Also o f particular interest in recent studies is the means o f defining the optimal listener-speaker pair. keywords: attitude; combined; communication; cues; dysarthria; e s; hustad; intelligibility; listener; o f; results; speakers; speech; study; supplementation cache: sajcd-770.pdf plain text: sajcd-770.txt item: #548 of 636 id: sajcd-771 author: Fourie, Robert title: Problem Based Learning and the Construction of an SLP Curriculum date: 2008-12-31 words: 14362 flesch: 61 summary: Textual Narrative Considerations Before engaging with text, there are a number o f attributes o f learners that will determine how they interact with textual problems. These intrinsic factors intervene in the likelihood o f learners to engage with text. keywords: areas; b l; case; curriculum; education; f p; information; issues; knowledge; learners; learning; need; o f; p b; problem; process; slp; year cache: sajcd-771.pdf plain text: sajcd-771.txt item: #549 of 636 id: sajcd-772 author: Pascoe, Michelle; Singh, Shajila title: By the end of this course you should be able to...: Towards Constructive Alignment in the SLP Curriculum date: 2008-12-31 words: 20047 flesch: 64 summary: It should come as no surprise when one considers the different outcomes expected o f students in both settings; and given the fact that there are many practis­ ing clinicians who battle to bridge this divide - as exempli­ fied in Claire Penn’s editorial response entitled: “Don’t give me the theory, just tell me what to do in therapy...” Students should be able to make reference to appropriate literature and the rapidly ex­ panding evidence base in SLP, when called upon to do so - and for their own peace o f mind and professionalism as a matter o f course. keywords: alignment; assessment; biggs; communication; constructive; course; curriculum; development; e n; e p; knowledge; language; learning; o f; o s; outcomes; skills; slp; south; speech; students; teaching cache: sajcd-772.pdf plain text: sajcd-772.txt item: #550 of 636 id: sajcd-773 author: Epstein, A. G. title: Phonemic Testing date: 1960-12-30 words: 953 flesch: 63 summary: In this way a curve showing progress in the acquisition of linguistic expressive units will be obtained. In the English language the total number of expressive units is between 100 - 200. keywords: language; units cache: sajcd-773.pdf plain text: sajcd-773.txt item: #551 of 636 id: sajcd-774 author: Abrahamsohn, Freida title: Anatomy and Physiology of Speech date: 1960-12-30 words: 459 flesch: 65 summary: He considers the importance of the fact that the struc- tures involved in speech production were not primarily concerned with speech. In his discussion of each aspect of the speech mechanism, Kaplan always attempts to relate anatomi- cal and physiological facts to speech production. keywords: speech cache: sajcd-774.pdf plain text: sajcd-774.txt item: #552 of 636 id: sajcd-775 author: Allsopp, Pat title: Learning to Talk - A guide for Parents date: 1960-12-30 words: 1613 flesch: 68 summary: A R A D E C E N T R E , Castle St. (41-1061), Durban: N E I S E N S keywords: language; speech; stuttering; units cache: sajcd-775.pdf plain text: sajcd-775.txt item: #553 of 636 id: sajcd-776 author: Lubinsky, Frume T. title: Stuttering - A symposium date: 1960-12-30 words: 747 flesch: 67 summary: A R A D E C E N T R E , Castle St. (41-1061), Durban: N E I S E N S keywords: chapter; speech; stuttering cache: sajcd-776.pdf plain text: sajcd-776.txt item: #554 of 636 id: sajcd-777 author: None title: sajcd-777 date: None words: 6170 flesch: 51 summary: More to the focus of dysphagia, the article by Nund et al. (2009) that explored TPD in patients with dysphagia post non-surgical treatment of HNC found that the majority of caregiver experiences also correlated to limitations in the activity and participation domains, but there were some hindrances to contextual and personal factors as well. Theme 1: The challenges Five sub-themes emerged in relation to challenges that were identified relating to the use of diet modifications at home: the costs of managing a patient with a disability at home (5/7 participants, 71%), the dislike of the modified diets by the patients (1 participant, 14%), different cultural views related to the use of diet modifications (5/7 participants, 71%), increased dependency (2/7 participants, 28%) and caregiver fear (4/7 participants, 57%). keywords: caregivers; diet; disability; dysphagia; family; food; home; management; participants; south; study cache: sajcd-777.htm plain text: sajcd-777.txt item: #555 of 636 id: sajcd-788 author: None title: sajcd-788 date: None words: 5248 flesch: 48 summary: Identifying hearing impairment and the associated impact on the quality of life among the elderly residing in retirement homes in Pretoria, South Africa. Conclusion: The findings of this study emphasised the need for an increased role for audiological services provided by audiologists within retirement homes, thereby contributing to an improved QoL. Keywords: hearing impairment; retirement homes; presbycusis; pure tone audiometry (Pta); distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAEs); quality of life. keywords: aid; health; hearing; homes; impairment; loss; participants; qol; retirement; screening; study cache: sajcd-788.htm plain text: sajcd-788.txt item: #556 of 636 id: sajcd-789 author: None title: sajcd-789 date: None words: 4838 flesch: 52 summary: Noise exposure levels for musicians during rehearsal and performance times. Furthermore, Cape Town Minstrel musicians do not play any amplified music. keywords: cape; exposure; hearing; loss; musicians; nihl; noise; participants; risk; study; town cache: sajcd-789.htm plain text: sajcd-789.txt item: #557 of 636 id: sajcd-790 author: None title: sajcd-790 date: None words: 7374 flesch: 49 summary: This an important study that evaluated all of the current literature in the field regarding dysphagia bedside assessments at the time, the conclusions of which showed that there is a significant value in using multiple data sources at the bedside, such as the CSE and the CA. Combined approach in bedside assessment of aspiration risk post stroke: PASS. keywords: assessment; bedside; data; decision; dysphagia; experience; factors; making; measures; patient; process; slts; study cache: sajcd-790.htm plain text: sajcd-790.txt item: #558 of 636 id: sajcd-792 author: None title: sajcd-792 date: None words: 7654 flesch: 49 summary: Therefore, SA will need to find ways to create surge capacity to treat COVID-19 patients whilst maintaining essential services. However, P5 noted that whilst she is not in contact with COVID-19 patients she still risks infection from other hospital staff, ‘I am not involved with patients who have contracted COVID, however I am in contact with colleagues who may have had exposure to undiagnosed patients’ (P5). keywords: cape; covid-19; healthcare; hospital; impact; language; participants; patients; public; risk; sector; services; slps; south; speech; study cache: sajcd-792.htm plain text: sajcd-792.txt item: #559 of 636 id: sajcd-793 author: None title: sajcd-793 date: None words: 7185 flesch: 36 summary: The SLH professions in South Africa need to show greater recognition of the urgent need to both examine and re-imagine SLH clinical training, which will have a positive effect on clinical outcomes and will inform academic curriculum. On the importance of epistemological and language diversity access, for example, Southwood and Van Dulm (2015) argued that even though more speech language therapists who can work in African languages are entering the profession now than before, the lack of access will continue to make it difficult to disentangle children who are speakers of African languages and who are typically developing but still in the process of acquiring English (or Afrikaans) from those who have underlying language impairment. keywords: african; authors; context; culture; curriculum; diversity; health; language; practice; professions; slh; south; south africa; speech; training cache: sajcd-793.htm plain text: sajcd-793.txt item: #560 of 636 id: sajcd-794 author: None title: sajcd-794 date: None words: 6198 flesch: 53 summary: The lack of awareness programmes to support good ear health will lead to the lack of knowledge pertaining to ear hygiene practices, resulting in a possible diagnosis of OM or OE (Waitzman, 2017). Keywords: exercise; ear hygiene; noise induced hearing loss; gym; earphones. keywords: cleaning; ear; ear hygiene; earphones; ears; exercise; gym; health; hearing; hygiene; individuals; journal; participants; practices; study; users cache: sajcd-794.htm plain text: sajcd-794.txt item: #561 of 636 id: sajcd-796 author: None title: sajcd-796 date: None words: 5363 flesch: 43 summary: In a study conducted by Jung and Lee (2019), satisfaction with undergraduate study had a positive effect on enrolment in postgraduate studies. Factors influencing speech language pathologists’ and audiologists’ decision to pursue postgraduate studies in South Africa. keywords: african; factors; participants; postgraduate; postgraduate studies; research; slp; south; speech; students; studies; study cache: sajcd-796.htm plain text: sajcd-796.txt item: #562 of 636 id: sajcd-798 author: None title: sajcd-798 date: None words: 5487 flesch: 44 summary: Keywords: dysphagia; oral hygiene; aspiration pneumonia; oral bacteria; hospitalised patients. The incidence of pneumonia caused by aspiration of pathogenic bacteria in patients who present with dysphagia, increases both the mortality and the need for acute care hospitalisation (Sørensen et al., 2013), which in turn can impact on oral hygiene (Danckert, Plummer, & Williams, 2016; Neto, De Paula Ramos, Sant’ana, & Passanezi, 2011; Tada & Hanada, 2010). keywords: assessment; bacteria; care; data; dysphagia; health; hygiene; masa; participants; patients; study; swallow; swallowing cache: sajcd-798.htm plain text: sajcd-798.txt item: #563 of 636 id: sajcd-799 author: None title: sajcd-799 date: None words: 6310 flesch: 43 summary: Parental views on informational counselling provided by audiologists for children with permanent childhood hearing loss. https://doi.org/10.4102/sajcd.v68i1.799 Original Research Parental views on informational counselling provided by audiologists for children with permanent childhood hearing loss Zandile M. Shezi, Lavanithum N. Joseph Received: 26 Oct. 2020; Accepted: 09 Jan. 2021; Published: 25 May 2021 Copyright: © 2021. keywords: audiologists; children; communication; counselling; deaf; hearing; information; language; loss; parents; participants; study cache: sajcd-799.htm plain text: sajcd-799.txt item: #564 of 636 id: sajcd-8 author: None title: SAJCD 247 date: None words: 7823 flesch: 48 summary: In South African schools SLTs are often required to assess English as an additional language (EAL). Challenges facing primary school educators of English second (or other) language learners in the Western Cape. keywords: africa; education; language; learners; need; responsibilities; roles; schools; slts; south; support; teachers cache: sajcd-8.htm plain text: sajcd-8.txt item: #565 of 636 id: sajcd-80 author: None title: None date: None words: 7000 flesch: 52 summary: Conclusion: This result indicated the beginning of positive attitude change which may be attributed to the intervention. Clinical implications The findings of this study point to the potential effect of the CCR as an intervention which can facilitate positive attitude change. keywords: attitudes; ccr; control; cws; exposure; group; intervention; participants; post; study; test cache: sajcd-80.htm plain text: sajcd-80.txt item: #566 of 636 id: sajcd-800 author: Office, Editorial title: Acknowledgement to reviewers date: 2020-12-22 words: 459 flesch: 32 summary: http://www.sajcd.org.za Open Access Page 1 of 1 Original Research Acknowledgement to reviewers In an effort to facilitate the selection of appropriate peer reviewers for the South African Journal of Communication Disorders, we ask that you take a moment to update your electronic portfolio on https://sajcd.org.za for our files, allowing us better access to your areas of interest and expertise, in order to match reviewers with submitted manuscripts. It is good practice as a reviewer to update your personal details regularly to ensure contact with you throughout your professional term as reviewer to the South African Journal of Communication Disorders. keywords: communication; disorders; journal; reviewer cache: sajcd-800.pdf plain text: sajcd-800.txt item: #567 of 636 id: sajcd-806 author: None title: sajcd-806 date: None words: 8925 flesch: 49 summary: Keywords: food acoustics; texture; perception; physiology; multisensory eating; dysphagia. This should not be surprising as evolutionary, food acoustics has always served as a highly salient cue of freshness and pleasantness of food (A6; Tunick et al., 2013; Vickers, 1983). keywords: acoustics; articles; construct; data; dysphagia; eating; fields; food; food textural; individuals; perception; properties; research; review; spence; study; textural; textural acoustics; texture cache: sajcd-806.htm plain text: sajcd-806.txt item: #568 of 636 id: sajcd-809 author: None title: sajcd-809 date: None words: 7596 flesch: 47 summary: Moonsamy and Carolus (2019) used storybooks as the resource for explicit instruction whilst Neumann et al. (2013) and Vera (2007) found that CAP scores amongst their participants also increased at post-testing following environmental print interventions, specifically. Environmental print is a cost-effective material that can be used to stimulate emergent literacy skills. keywords: africa; cap; children; concepts; development; intervention; language; literacy; print; research; skills; south; study cache: sajcd-809.htm plain text: sajcd-809.txt item: #569 of 636 id: sajcd-813 author: Office, Editorial title: Table of Contents Vol 67, No 1 & 2 (2020) date: 2020-12-23 words: 1611 flesch: -78 summary: Occupational Hearing Loss in Africa, sub-edited by Katijah Khoza-Shangase and Nomfundo Moroe (WITS) http://www.sajcd.org.za Open Access Table of Contents Original Research Estimating miners at risk for occupational noise-induced hearing loss: A review of data from a South African platinum mine Liepollo Ntlhakana, Gill Nelson, Katijah Khoza-Shangase South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 67, No 2 | a677 | 26 March 2020 Original Research Occupational noise-induced hearing loss in the mining sector of South Africa: Perspectives of occupational health practitioners on how mineworkers are trained Nomfundo F. Moroe South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 67, No 2 | a676 | 30 March 2020 Original Research Middle ear pathologies in adults within the mining industry: A systematic review Ben Sebothoma South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 67, No 2 | a679 | 30 March 2020 256 264 270 Original Research Engineering noise control for mines: Lessons from the world Milka C. Madahana, Otis T. Nyandoro, Nomfundo F. Moroe South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 67, No 2 | a684 | 31 March 2020 Original Research Feedback-based noise management matrix in action Nomfundo F. Moroe, Katijah Khoza-Shangase, Milka Madahana, Otis Nyandoro South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 67, No 2 | a678 | 01 April 2020 Reviewer Acknowledgement South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 67, No 1 | a800 | 22 December 2020 275 280 289 Page iii of iii SAJCD_v67_i1_2020_Contents.indd http://www.sajcd.org.za Open Access Table of Contents Original Research The core vocabulary of South African Afrikaans-speaking Grade R learners without disabilities Danél Hattingh, Kerstin M. Tönsing South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 67, No 1 | a701 | 20 July 2020 Original Research Maternal knowledge and views regarding early hearing detection and intervention in children aged 0–5 years at a semi-urban primary care clinic in South Africa Katerina Ehlert, Celeste Coetzer South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 67, No 1 | a681 | 21 July 2020 Original Research South African speech-language therapists’ opinion of their training in cleft lip and palate and craniofacial deformities Emad Ghabrial, Kurt W. Bütow, Steve A.S. Olorunju South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 67, No 1 | a695 | 30 July 2020 Original Research Nurses’ knowledge of stroke-related oropharyngeal dysphagia in the Eastern Cape, South Africa Kerry Knight, Bhavani Pillay, Jeannie van der Linde, Esedra Krüger South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 67, No 1 | a703 | 02 September 2020 Original Research Contextual influences on sentence repetition as a tool for the identification of language impairment in Grade 3 Sepedi-English bilinguals: A case against bilingual norms Heila Jordaan, Monene H. Ngwanduli South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 67, No 1 | a762 | 04 September 2020 Original Research Perceived barriers to compliance with speech-language therapist dysphagia recommendations of South African nurses Andrea Robbertse, Alida de Beer South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 67, No 1 | a686 | 10 September 2020 Original Research ‘A blender without the lid on’: Mealtime experiences of caregivers with a child with autism spectrum disorder in South Africa Skye N. Adams, Raeesa Verachia, Kim Coutts South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 67, No 1 | a708 | 29 October 2020 Original Research Grammatical number inflection in Arabic-speaking children and young adults with Down syndrome Bassil Mashaqba, Haneen Abu Sa’aleek, Anas Huneety, Sabri Al-Shboul South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 67, No 1 | a702 | 05 November 2020 71 79 87 93 100 keywords: african; communication disorders; journal; research; south; vol cache: sajcd-813.pdf plain text: sajcd-813.txt item: #570 of 636 id: sajcd-817 author: None title: sajcd-817 date: None words: 5199 flesch: 38 summary: Abstract Background: Nearly 20 years since the establishment of the National Rehabilitation Policy, strides have been made within the health and education sectors to improve accessibility to rehabilitation services as well as the quality of life of children with cerebral palsy (CP). Furthermore, it highlights a number of challenges that complicate the effectiveness of rehabilitation services within the population of children with CP in South Africa such as poor collaboration between sectors, and poor knowledge in the rehabilitation chain regarding the specific needs and challenges of persons with disabilities (National Department of Health, 2016). keywords: children; department; education; health; participants; rehabilitation; schools; south; study; therapists cache: sajcd-817.htm plain text: sajcd-817.txt item: #571 of 636 id: sajcd-818 author: None title: sajcd-818 date: None words: 5284 flesch: 46 summary: Variability in acoustic immittance practices among audiologists is concerning, given the high prevalence and impact of middle ear pathologies in both adults and children. This design was deemed appropriate as the research aimed to explore current acoustic immittance practices by South African audiologists. keywords: audiologists; ear; immittance; measures; participants; practice; south; study; tympanometry cache: sajcd-818.htm plain text: sajcd-818.txt item: #572 of 636 id: sajcd-82 author: None title: None date: None words: 7319 flesch: 53 summary: The lack of empirical support for the use of NSOMEs makes it necessary for SLPs to understand the influence of different NSOMEs on the oral muscular physiology, and how they can act on the underlying speech impairments. Motor speech disorders: Substrates, differential diagnosis, and management. keywords: disorders; experience; language; motor; nsomes; participants; slps; speech; speech disorders; survey; use cache: sajcd-82.htm plain text: sajcd-82.txt item: #573 of 636 id: sajcd-820 author: None title: sajcd-820 date: None words: 5959 flesch: 50 summary: Although various types of middle ear pathologies may differentially influence the mass and compliance component of the middle ear system and may potentially be a major factor contributing to the difference in sensitivity and specificity, the prevalence of specific middle ear pathologies in this study was significantly low (n = 13). Objectives: To determine the sensitivity and specificity of the wideband absorbance measure at tympanic peak pressure (TPP), as a screening tool for detecting middle ear pathologies in adults living with HIV. keywords: absorbance; ear; ear pathologies; hiv; middle; pathologies; sensitivity; specificity; study; tone; tpp; tympanometry; wideband; wideband absorbance cache: sajcd-820.htm plain text: sajcd-820.txt item: #574 of 636 id: sajcd-823 author: None title: sajcd-823 date: None words: 11903 flesch: 54 summary: Phenomenology is the study of the common meanings, which are shared by study participants in order to create an understanding of the participants’ experiences of a phenomenon (Lester, 1999). Low income is also known to be a determinant for poor adherence to TB treatment (Wurie et al., 2018), and these patients may be trapped in a cycle of infection and reinfection fuelled by unemployment. keywords: data; diagnosis; family; health; hearing; hearing loss; impact; life; loss; mdr; participants; patients; quality; research; study; treatment cache: sajcd-823.htm plain text: sajcd-823.txt item: #575 of 636 id: sajcd-825 author: None title: sajcd-825 date: None words: 5462 flesch: 49 summary: The results revealed core themes such as the influence of screen time being dependent on various factors and the diverse effects of screen time on children’s language development, with the inclusion of parents’ monitoring of and participation in viewing, playing a vital role in language development. Conclusion: The review indicated that an increase in the amount of screen time and an early age of onset of viewing have negative effects on language development, with older age of onset of viewing showing some benefits. keywords: children; development; language; language development; review; screen; screen time; study; television; time cache: sajcd-825.htm plain text: sajcd-825.txt item: #576 of 636 id: sajcd-831 author: None title: sajcd-831 date: None words: 5041 flesch: 52 summary: Wilcoxon signed rank test results with item correlation between English adapted version and Northern Sotho version of the Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers, Revised with Follow-Up. TABLE 2: Response frequency for Northern Sotho and adapted English Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers, Revised with Follow-Up. The two sets of completed test items were compared to determine inconsistencies in the participants’ answers. keywords: autism; chat; english; northern; sotho; test; versions cache: sajcd-831.htm plain text: sajcd-831.txt item: #577 of 636 id: sajcd-832 author: None title: sajcd-832 date: None words: 8028 flesch: 47 summary: Contextualising clinical reasoning within the clinical swallow evaluation: Abstract Background: This study explored the available literature on the phenomenon of clinical reasoning and described its influence on the clinical swallow evaluation. keywords: assessment; cse; data; dysphagia; et al; health; journal; language; practice; reasoning; research; results; review; south; speech; study cache: sajcd-832.htm plain text: sajcd-832.txt item: #578 of 636 id: sajcd-838 author: None title: sajcd-838 date: None words: 7689 flesch: 42 summary: This is due to national issues around the development of the SLT profession in Kenya and lack of government recognition while the Association of Speech and Language Therapists Kenya works towards a scheme of SLT service, or an agreement around the inclusion of SLT services into the hospital’s patient billing system. However, authors such as Khoza-Shangase and Mophosho (2021) and Pillay and Kathard (2018) urge us to critically consider how SLT services are provided to better meet the needs of individuals experiencing communication disabilities in African contexts. keywords: case; children; communication; community; disability; global; hyter; language; parent; services; slt; speech; speech language; therapists; work cache: sajcd-838.htm plain text: sajcd-838.txt item: #579 of 636 id: sajcd-839 author: None title: sajcd-839 date: None words: 9029 flesch: 47 summary: Barriers and facilitators to cultural competence in early hearing loss services: A qualitative analysis. Abstract Introduction Methods and materials Results and discussion Conclusion Acknowledgements References Appendix 1 About the Author(s) Naedene Naidoo Discipline of Audiology, School of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville Campus, Durban, South Africa Nasim B. Khan Discipline of Audiology, School of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville Campus, Durban, South Africa Citation Naidoo, N., & Khan, N.B. (2022). keywords: africa; data; ehdi; healthcare; hearing; hpcsa; intervention; journal; kanji; khoza; participants; screening; services; shangase; south; south africa; study cache: sajcd-839.htm plain text: sajcd-839.txt item: #580 of 636 id: sajcd-840 author: None title: sajcd-840 date: None words: 5614 flesch: 45 summary: Primary healthcare is the first level of care and entry for individuals into the healthcare system, which is accessible at PHC clinics and community health centres (CHCs). These principles include (1) access to hearing screening using physiological measures, including PHC clinics and Midwife Obstetric Units (MOUs) as possible contexts for access to these services in order to ensure screening by 1 month of age, (2) access to an effective referral system to ensure prompt diagnosis of hearing loss by 3 months or 4 months if NIHS is aligned to immunisation visits at PHC facilities and (3) access to intervention services following diagnosis of hearing loss before 6 months or 8 months of age for infants who were enrolled in NIHS programmes aligned with immunisation visits at PHC facilities (HPCSA, 2018). keywords: africa; clinics; health; healthcare; hearing; nhi; phc; respondents; screening; services; south cache: sajcd-840.htm plain text: sajcd-840.txt item: #581 of 636 id: sajcd-841 author: None title: sajcd-841 date: None words: 4446 flesch: 50 summary: Estimating the economic burden related to older adult falls by state. Therefore, this opinion article aims to raise audiologists’ awareness of falls in ageing patients or clients, and calls for change in terms of having these rehabilitation professionals embrace identification and management of fall risk. keywords: adults; audiologists; balance; falls; health; hearing; journal; patients; prevention; rehabilitation; review; risk cache: sajcd-841.htm plain text: sajcd-841.txt item: #582 of 636 id: sajcd-842 author: None title: sajcd-842 date: None words: 7326 flesch: 50 summary: Mothers of preterm infants (chronological ages between 3 and 6 months) were selected through a purposive sampling method and participated in individual semi-structured interviews. Keywords: vulnerable mothers; experiences; feeding; breastfeeding; preterm infants; neonatal care. keywords: care; data; feeding; hcps; health; hospital; infant; mothers; neonatal; participants; preterm; preterm infant; study cache: sajcd-842.htm plain text: sajcd-842.txt item: #583 of 636 id: sajcd-844 author: None title: sajcd-844 date: None words: 7368 flesch: 45 summary: South African Journal of Communication Disorders, 69(1), a844. https://doi.org/10.4102/sajcd.v69i1.844 Original Research Audiologists’ phenomenographic experiences of professional development during community service in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Sphilile Mbhele, Musa Makhoba Received: 28 June 2021; Accepted: 27 Sept. 2021; Published: 21 Jan. 2022 Copyright: Discussion Guided by the phenomenography as a framework, the primary focus of this study was to highlight the key variations in audiology CSOs’ developmental experiences. keywords: africa; audiology; community; csos; csp; development; experiences; health; participants; professional; research; service; south; study cache: sajcd-844.htm plain text: sajcd-844.txt item: #584 of 636 id: sajcd-846 author: None title: sajcd-846 date: None words: 7182 flesch: 36 summary: Keywords: ototoxicity; ototoxicity monitoring; ototoxicity monitoring protocols; cancer; oncology; hearing loss; chemotherapy; platinum-based compounds. The questionnaire included a range of open- and closed-ended questions (multiple choice format) in three broad categories: (1) demographic information, (2) knowledge and general perceptions towards ototoxicity monitoring, (3) challenges, (4) ototoxicity monitoring protocols (only to be completed by audiology referral clinics) and (5) views on potential improvements to ototoxicity monitoring. keywords: africa; audiology; cancer; clinics; hearing; monitoring; n =; oncology units; ototoxicity; ototoxicity monitoring; patients; referral; south cache: sajcd-846.htm plain text: sajcd-846.txt item: #585 of 636 id: sajcd-849 author: None title: sajcd-849 date: None words: 432 flesch: 22 summary: About the Author(s) Leoni M. Grobler Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, Faculty of Humanities, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa De Wet Swanepoel Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, Faculty of Humanities, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa Susan Strauss Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, Faculty of Humanities, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa Piet Becker Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa Zahan Eloff Occupational Health Department, AngloGold Ashanti, Carletonville, South Africa Citation Grobler, L.M., Swanepoel, D.W., Strauss, S., Becker, P., & Eloff, Z. (2021). Instead of: ‘Authors: Leoni M. Grobler1 De Wet Swanepoel2 Susan Strauss2 Piet Becker3 Zahan Eloff4 Affiliations: 1Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, Faculty of Humanities, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa 2Department of Speech-Language Therapy and Audiology, Faculty of Humanities, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa 3Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa 4Occupational Health Department, AngloGold Ashanti, Carletonville, South Africa’, it should be: ‘Authors: Leoni M. Grobler1 De Wet Swanepoel1 Susan Strauss1 keywords: pretoria; south cache: sajcd-849.htm plain text: sajcd-849.txt item: #586 of 636 id: sajcd-850 author: None title: sajcd-850 date: None words: 10487 flesch: 53 summary: Hence, the main thrust of this study was to explore systemic support strategies for secondary school learners with DLD and gravitate towards more inclusive opportunities for them to learn. It has been observed that there are limited SLT services and specialist provisions particularly for secondary school learners with DLD (Dockrell et al., 2019). keywords: dld; education; language; learners; learning; needs; professionals; school; school learners; slts; south; speech; strategies; study; support; teachers; zimbabwe cache: sajcd-850.htm plain text: sajcd-850.txt item: #587 of 636 id: sajcd-852 author: None title: sajcd-852 date: None words: 2810 flesch: 46 summary: However, the inefficiencies and often non-existence of dysphagia screening and referral processes require one to consider if triage may be a more viable option in the public healthcare context. However, dysphagia care pathway designs and provision are hugely driven by service capacity or national guidance (Brady & Roe, 2020). keywords: african; care; dysphagia; health; patient; screening; south; triage cache: sajcd-852.htm plain text: sajcd-852.txt item: #588 of 636 id: sajcd-86 author: None title: None date: None words: 5970 flesch: 52 summary: In language disorders such as aphasia, delayed language development, and developmental phonological disorders, the sound characteristics of Bantu languages could also drive some of the presenting signs. All Bantu languages are tone languages (Cole, 1992; Doke, 1967; Khumalo, 1990; Zerbian & Barnard, 2008). keywords: african; bantu; bantu languages; disorders; isizulu; language; research; sound; south; speech; tone; word cache: sajcd-86.htm plain text: sajcd-86.txt item: #589 of 636 id: sajcd-868 author: None title: sajcd-868 date: None words: 10215 flesch: 39 summary: Therefore, training focused on counselling skills may have a positive impact on audiologist counselling practices. However, there is a paucity of research on implementing PCC within audiology and on patients’ perceptions of counselling practice, making the focus on patient benefit and satisfaction crucial. keywords: audiologists; counselling; counselling practices; hearing; loss; participants; patient; pcc; perceptions; practices; presbycusis; research; satisfaction; study; tinnitus; tools cache: sajcd-868.htm plain text: sajcd-868.txt item: #590 of 636 id: sajcd-869 author: None title: sajcd-869 date: None words: 8831 flesch: 38 summary: The following five components of counselling practice were focused on during this study: counselling methods, counselling efficacy and tools, audiological rehabilitative training, multicultural sensitivity and patient satisfaction, as depicted in Figure 2. FIGURE 2: Adapted framework on implementing patient-centred care into counselling practices. PCC has not been fully implemented into counselling practices in terms of patient preferences, emotional support, involvement of significant others, integrated care and education. keywords: audiologists; counselling; counselling practices; hearing; participants; patient; pcc; practices; presbycusis; study; tinnitus; tools cache: sajcd-869.htm plain text: sajcd-869.txt item: #591 of 636 id: sajcd-870 author: None title: sajcd-870 date: None words: 6581 flesch: 37 summary: In a study by Murphy (2006), it was found that general practitioners need information about communication strategies and practical tools to help improve medical consultations with individuals with communication disorders. Stans et al. (2017) also identified written information and the availability of AAC as being a facilitator to improved understanding and communication between healthcare professionals and communication impaired patients. keywords: adults; communication; communication disorders; disorders; healthcare; medical; participants; patients; strategies; students; study cache: sajcd-870.htm plain text: sajcd-870.txt item: #592 of 636 id: sajcd-871 author: None title: sajcd-871 date: None words: 9240 flesch: 47 summary: The CSCOT was developed with intention to support teachers in self-assessment of their classroom communication supports and Law, Tulip, Stringer, Cockerill, and Dockrell (2019) found that teachers across Reception Class, Year 1 and 2 in north-east England found the tool easy to use and found LLO helpful as it related to everyday classroom language learning, while LLI was found to be helpful in scaffolding interactive language learning and thinking. There is potential for speech–language therapists to work collaboratively with teachers to develop communication supporting classrooms as a critical primary-level intervention for language-literacy learning. keywords: africa; cape; children; classrooms; communication; development; education; grade; items; language; language learning; learning; literacy; observations; research; south; speech; study; support; teachers cache: sajcd-871.htm plain text: sajcd-871.txt item: #593 of 636 id: sajcd-874 author: None title: sajcd-874 date: None words: 6984 flesch: 38 summary: Although motor and communication delays are reported (East et al., 2019), it is not known how swallowing, oral-sensorimotor function and language development are affected by SAM in young children. There is, however, little research available regarding maternal pregnancy, maternal health and birth history of young children with SAM. keywords: children; communication; feeding; health; hiv; language; oral; participants; research; sam; sensorimotor; south; swallowing; toddlers cache: sajcd-874.htm plain text: sajcd-874.txt item: #594 of 636 id: sajcd-886 author: None title: sajcd-886 date: None words: 9811 flesch: 45 summary: As a result, there are limited data on the prevalence of pre-existing hearing loss in DRTB patients, apart from a recent study by Hong et al. (2020). Objectives: A longitudinal study was conducted to describe the service delivery characteristics of a community-based OMP for DRTB patients facilitated by CHWs as well as observed ototoxic hearing loss in this population. keywords: chws; community; data; drtb; health; hearing; hearing loss; loss; monitoring; ototoxicity; patients; phc; south; study; treatment cache: sajcd-886.htm plain text: sajcd-886.txt item: #595 of 636 id: sajcd-889 author: Office, Editorial title: Acknowledgement to reviewers date: 2021-12-22 words: 436 flesch: 30 summary: http://www.sajcd.org.za Open Access Page 1 of 1 Reviewer Acknowledgement Acknowledgement to reviewers In an effort to facilitate the selection of appropriate peer reviewers for the South African Journal of Communication Disorders, we ask that you take a moment to update your electronic portfolio on https://sajcd.org.za for our files, allowing us better access to your areas of interest and expertise, in order to match reviewers with submitted manuscripts. It is good practice as a reviewer to update your personal details regularly to ensure contact with you throughout your professional term as reviewer to the South African Journal of Communication Disorders. keywords: communication; journal; reviewer cache: sajcd-889.pdf plain text: sajcd-889.txt item: #596 of 636 id: sajcd-89 author: None title: None date: None words: 7618 flesch: 53 summary: Research questions In characterising verb and argument production in Kiswahili-English bilingual agrammatics, the following issues are addressed: Are Kiswahili agrammatic speakers impaired in verb and argument production? This means that Kiswahili spontaneous language produced by the participants had low lexical content in comparison to English. keywords: agrammatic; brain; english; kiswahili; languages; output; participants; production; speakers; study; verb cache: sajcd-89.htm plain text: sajcd-89.txt item: #597 of 636 id: sajcd-890 author: None title: sajcd-890 date: None words: 10337 flesch: 50 summary: This includes more education and information on the effects that different face masks and shields have on hearing and communication and the impact on interpersonal communication, ways in which communication breakdowns can occur with face masks and shields, and how to mitigate these. Abstract Background: The use of face masks and/or shields can pose a challenge during communication. keywords: communication; coverings; covid-19; et al; face; face coverings; face masks; healthcare; hearing; information; masks; pandemic; participants; speech; students; study cache: sajcd-890.htm plain text: sajcd-890.txt item: #598 of 636 id: sajcd-891 author: Office, Editorial title: Table of Contents Vol 68, No 1 (2021) date: 2021-12-30 words: 996 flesch: -14 summary: a788 | 01 March 2021 Original Research Promoting emergent literacy in under-served preschools using environmental print Lauraine Giacovazzi, Sharon Moonsamy, Munyane Mophosho South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 68, No 1 | a809 | 17 May 2021 Original Research Factors influencing speech language pathologists’ and audiologists’ decision to pursue postgraduate studies in South Africa Ben Sebothoma, Khetsiwe Masuku, Nomfundo Moroe South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 68, No 1 | a796 | 18 May 2021 Original Research Parental views on informational counselling provided by audiologists for children with permanent childhood hearing loss Zandile M. Shezi, Lavanithum N. Joseph South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 68, No 1 | a799 | 25 May 2021 Original Research Patterns of noise exposure and prevalence of hearing loss amongst Cape Town Minstrel Carnival musicians Lebogang Ramma South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 68, No 1 | a789 | 31 May 2021 1 9 17 29 38 49 56 64 Vol 68, No 1 (2021) Three case studies Bea Staley, Ellen Hickey, David Rochus, Duncan Musasizi, Rachael Gibson South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 68, No 1 | a838 | 27 September 2021 Original Research The sensitivity and specificity of wideband absorbance measure in identifying pathologic middle ears in adults living with HIV Ben Sebothoma, Katijah Khoza-Shangase, Duane Mol, Dipuo Masege South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 68, No 1 | keywords: african; communication disorders; journal; vol cache: sajcd-891.pdf plain text: sajcd-891.txt item: #599 of 636 id: sajcd-897 author: None title: sajcd-897 date: None words: 4192 flesch: 38 summary: Lyons et al. (2021), for example, described the rapid development of a telehealth service in Ireland to enable student placements, whilst Kamper, Dario, Waibel, O’Connor and Bourne (2021) described the rapid repurposing of existing telehealth services to include student placements during the pandemic. This article presents a descriptive case report exploring the viability of online learning to continue clinical education (CE) of SLT students in Vietnam during the pandemic. keywords: case; cbl; face; group; health; learning; online; pandemic; placements; students cache: sajcd-897.htm plain text: sajcd-897.txt item: #600 of 636 id: sajcd-898 author: None title: sajcd-898 date: None words: 8706 flesch: 36 summary: COVID-19 impact on research, lessons learned from COVID-19 research, implications for pediatric research. Resource allocation in COVID-19 research: Which trials? keywords: bailey et; cagnazzo et; challenges; conducting; consent; covid-19; das et; data; et al; hashem et; pandemic; processes; research; researchers; review; studies; study; use cache: sajcd-898.htm plain text: sajcd-898.txt item: #601 of 636 id: sajcd-899 author: None title: sajcd-899 date: None words: 8287 flesch: 44 summary: From their review, Almufarrij et al. (2020) concluded that significantly few cochleovestibular symptoms can be confirmed to be COVID-19 related, with most of the cases presenting with minor symptoms. Linked to this recommendation, is ensuring that studies should not be of poor quality (Almufarrij et al., 2020; Fancello et al., 2021; Munro et al., 2020), with Almufarrij et al. keywords: africa; cochleovestibular; covid-19; et al; evidence; findings; health; hearing; impact; journal; loss; patients; research; review; south; studies; symptoms cache: sajcd-899.htm plain text: sajcd-899.txt item: #602 of 636 id: sajcd-9 author: None title: SAJCD 132 date: None words: 6369 flesch: 62 summary: The current study aimed to determine whether naturally produced speech stimuli /m/, /g/ and /t/ evoke distinct CAEP response patterns that can be reliably recorded and differentiated, based on their spectral information and whether the CAEP could be an electrophysiological measure to differentiate between these speech sounds. We aimed to determine whether the naturally produced speech stimuli /m/, /g/ and /t/ evoked distinct CAEP response patterns that could be reliably recorded in normal-hearing children, and whether the CAEP could be an electrophysiological measure to differentiate between these speech sounds. keywords: /g/; /m/; /t/; amplitude; caep; latency; sounds; speech cache: sajcd-9.htm plain text: sajcd-9.txt item: #603 of 636 id: sajcd-900 author: None title: sajcd-900 date: None words: 7077 flesch: 44 summary: In the current review, village and community health workers were the most common individuals who served as PSFs (Coco et al., 2021; Eksteen et al., 2019; Ramkumar et al., 2018; Ravi et al., 2020). In the current review, generally, healthcare facilitators (Lundberg et al., 2017), teachers (Monica et al., 2017), community members (Govender & Mars, 2018), audiologists or speech pathologists students and professionals (Hughes et al., 2018; Venail et al., 2018), audiometric technicians (Hatton et al., 2019), nurses (Coco et al., 2020) and parents (Erkkola-Anttinen et al., 2019) were used as PSFs, with the roles played and intensity of training appearing consistent with the documented PSFs. keywords: african; audiology; context; covid-19; et al; hearing; journal; khoza; patient; psfs; review; shangase; south; studies; tele; training cache: sajcd-900.htm plain text: sajcd-900.txt item: #604 of 636 id: sajcd-902 author: None title: sajcd-902 date: None words: 5324 flesch: 48 summary: The role of the SLP in providing therapy for stroke patients is well known in terms of face-to-face intervention; however, the lines become blurred when it comes to managing the consequences of stroke using teletherapy in a context like South Africa during COVID-19. When looking at the client’s ability to access teletherapy services and the SLP’s ability to provide teletherapy services, one can expect major discrepancies given the South African context. keywords: access; africa; covid-19; language; public; slps; south; speech; stroke; study; teletherapy cache: sajcd-902.htm plain text: sajcd-902.txt item: #605 of 636 id: sajcd-904 author: None title: sajcd-904 date: None words: 7663 flesch: 48 summary: Seven themes emerged from the data analysis, namely, (1) audiological services were interrupted due to COVID-19, (2) other health services were prioritised over audiological services due to COVID-19, (3) COVID-19 mask-wearing adversely impacted on communication with older persons in residential care homes, (4) communication had to be adjusted for residents who have hearing loss during COVID-19 restrictions, (5) COVID-19 increased the sense of isolation for residents, (6) financial constraints limited the provision of audiological services, and (7) COVID-19 has impacted on the confidence in hospital attendance for audiological service provision. COVID-19 has impacted on the confidence in hospital attendance for audiological service provision Residents seemed reluctant to go for audiological services at hospitals as exemplified by P8 (female, nursing manager): ‘I think the residents are more sceptical, about going to actually the clinic for anything, because they don’t want to go into isolation … As soon as it comes to the government facilities, there’s no social distancing, there’s no systems in place … they are also afraid that they might get exposed to the virus there … fear of either contracting COVID or having to go into isolation.’ keywords: care; communication; covid-19; female; health; hearing; homes; loss; nursing; persons; residents; services; south cache: sajcd-904.htm plain text: sajcd-904.txt item: #606 of 636 id: sajcd-907 author: None title: sajcd-907 date: None words: 7465 flesch: 44 summary: Objectives The objectives of the study were to: determine participants’ compliance to an online AT programme over 4 weeks with respect to the: number of sessions spent on the programme per week frequency of interactions and contact time between clinician and each participant number of participants who complete the prescribed sessions versus any withdrawals determine the effect of the online AT programme on participants’ speech perception in noise (pre- and post-administration of the online AT programme) assess participants’ experience and benefit of online AT through interviewing and self-report questionnaires estimate the costs around online AT programme implementation (online access, participant data usage, travel costs). Feasibility studies allow the investigation and inclusion of data from different aspects of an intervention modality (e.g. patient performance, patient experience, clinical benefit and intervention expenses) (Orsmond & Cohn, 2015). keywords: audiology; benefit; feasibility; health; hearing; hybrid; journal; online; participants; patient; programme; rehabilitation; research; south; study; tele cache: sajcd-907.htm plain text: sajcd-907.txt item: #607 of 636 id: sajcd-908 author: None title: sajcd-908 date: None words: 8019 flesch: 47 summary: Students in their first year of study were under-prepared for learning, as they had only arrived at university before its closure: ‘Because we were so aware of data costs, access, nature of devices students had access to and living conditions, very little contact was made with videos on, particularly for students.’ Planning of modules, especially clinical modules, left educators feeling anxious and stressed as clinical sites closed their doors to student training, prioritising the management of patients with COVID-19: keywords: covid-19; education; educators; ertl; face; learning; online; pandemic; south; students; study; teaching; training; university cache: sajcd-908.htm plain text: sajcd-908.txt item: #608 of 636 id: sajcd-909 author: None title: sajcd-909 date: None words: 5643 flesch: 46 summary: Introduction Unemployment is a socio-political challenge worldwide and a major challenge in South Africa where the current national unemployment rate is the highest (Du Toit, De Witte, Rothmann, & Van den Broeck, 2018; Statistics South Africa, 2021). Statistics South Africa (2022) reports a 35.3% official unemployment rate, the highest since 2008, which translates to almost 8 million people who are able (skilled) to work and actively seeking jobs (Alenda-Demoutiez & Mügge 2019). keywords: africa; audiologists; audiology; health; healthcare; hearing; human; journal; south; south africa; study; unemployment cache: sajcd-909.htm plain text: sajcd-909.txt item: #609 of 636 id: sajcd-910 author: None title: sajcd-910 date: None words: 5211 flesch: 49 summary: Limited evidence exists on the association between COVID-19 and middle ear pathologies, regardless of the respiratory nature of some of the core symptoms. Results: From eight studies that met the inclusion criteria, the findings revealed that middle ear pathologies occur in this population, with the occurrence ranging from 1.15% to 75%. keywords: covid-19; ear; et al; hearing; journal; middle; pathologies; patients; review; studies; study cache: sajcd-910.htm plain text: sajcd-910.txt item: #610 of 636 id: sajcd-911 author: None title: sajcd-911 date: None words: 8869 flesch: 47 summary: This study used a scoping review to investigate the challenges that exist when speech–language therapists (SLTs) use IPC measures for providing early communication intervention (ECI). Objectives: To describe existing, recent literature on PPE and IPC measures used in early intervention through a scoping review (steps 1–5) and to consult local clinicians to investigate how SLTs who provide ECI in South Africa relate to these findings (step 6 of the scoping review). The scoping review of existing literature identified challenges to implementing IPC measures, namely the care and behaviour of young children, infrastructure and system challenges, poor compliance and lack of training and a lack of standard IPC protocols. keywords: challenges; children; control; eci; et al; infection; intervention; ipc; ipc measures; literature; measures; ppe; research; review; slts; south; studies cache: sajcd-911.htm plain text: sajcd-911.txt item: #611 of 636 id: sajcd-912 author: None title: sajcd-912 date: None words: 8518 flesch: 49 summary: Method: Using course marks for SLPA undergraduate students, K means clustering and Random Forest classification were used to analyse students’ performance and to detect patterns between students’ performance and the attributes that impact student performance. Ethical considerations This study involved the use of anonymised data to evaluate student performance. keywords: africa; attributes; course; covid-19; data; education; ertl; face; figure; institutions; journal; learning; performance; south; students; study; teaching; year cache: sajcd-912.htm plain text: sajcd-912.txt item: #612 of 636 id: sajcd-913 author: None title: sajcd-913 date: None words: 9293 flesch: 45 summary: Our inpatient load was affected by the hospital’s decision to discharge all medically stable patients in order to free beds and increase staff availability for COVID-19 patients. This reprioritisation within the hospital for COVID-19 patients necessitated a meeting with medical heads of units to clarify referrals, discharge procedures and plan the clinical management of patients already in the hospital. keywords: africa; covid-19; covid-19 pandemic; department; health; healthcare; hospital; journal; members; pandemic; patients; professionals; research; response; services; social; south; speech; staff; telehealth; therapy cache: sajcd-913.htm plain text: sajcd-913.txt item: #613 of 636 id: sajcd-914 author: None title: sajcd-914 date: None words: 6091 flesch: 50 summary: Students described novel incidents associated with events that were specific to that particular point in time, as demonstrated by the following responses: ‘my whole family contracted COVID during the holiday’ (Student 9); ‘Block 2 was when we would start writing exams … for the first time’ (Student 11);’ and ‘load shedding occurred when I was writing my online exam’ (Student 12). ‘I knew I had the support from them’: Understanding student support through a student engagement lens. keywords: block; covid-19; education; learning; online; pandemic; research; students; support; university; year cache: sajcd-914.htm plain text: sajcd-914.txt item: #614 of 636 id: sajcd-915 author: None title: sajcd-915 date: None words: 8198 flesch: 48 summary: Delays in the relaying of vital information by policymakers have the potential to be detrimental, especially for the hearing impaired. Objectives: This study aims to conduct a scoping review on the application of artificial intelligence (AI) for real-time speech-to-text to sign language translation and consequently propose an AI-based real-time translation solution for South African languages from speech-to-text to sign language. Therefore, this article proposes the development of an AI-based real-time speech-to-text to sign language translator for South African languages following a scoping review. keywords: african; communication; covid-19; deaf; english; hearing; individuals; journal; language; recognition; review; sign; south; speech; text; time; translation cache: sajcd-915.htm plain text: sajcd-915.txt item: #615 of 636 id: sajcd-917 author: None title: sajcd-917 date: None words: 10203 flesch: 46 summary: The experiences of speech-language therapists providing telerehabilitation services to children with autism spectrum disorder. https://doi.org/10.4102/sajcd.v69i2.917 Original Research The experiences of speech-language therapists providing telerehabilitation services to children with autism spectrum disorder Saira B. Karrim, Penelope S. Flack, Urisha Naidoo, Stephanie Beagle, Abigail Pontin Received: 31 Jan. 2022; Accepted: 12 May 2022; Published: 31 Aug. 2022 Copyright: keywords: africa; asd; autism; caregiver; children; face; health; journal; language; participants; services; slt; slts; south; speech; study; telerehabilitation; therapy; use cache: sajcd-917.htm plain text: sajcd-917.txt item: #616 of 636 id: sajcd-919 author: None title: sajcd-919 date: None words: 5419 flesch: 45 summary: Findings from Mohammadi et al.’s (2019) study revealed that simulation is one of the strategies that is suggested and used to reduce stress and anxiety in clinical student education. Abstract Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the subsequent lockdown altered traditional clinical training for speech language pathology students, thus forcing training institutions to implement innovative and responsive clinical training strategies in the midst of the pandemic. keywords: language; learning; pathology; programme; research; skills; speech; students; study; thinking; training; writing cache: sajcd-919.htm plain text: sajcd-919.txt item: #617 of 636 id: sajcd-920 author: None title: sajcd-920 date: None words: 6396 flesch: 43 summary: Telehealth approaches were implemented to facilitate access to aphasia rehabilitation (Jacobs et al., 2021). The COVID-19 pandemic can prolong the recovery process of persons with aphasia because of the pandemic’s negative influence on aphasia rehabilitation, such as making it difficult for persons with aphasia to start or continue with therapy. keywords: aphasia; covid-19; et al; health; healthcare; journal; language; pandemic; persons; rehabilitation; review; services; stroke; study; therapy cache: sajcd-920.htm plain text: sajcd-920.txt item: #618 of 636 id: sajcd-921 author: None title: sajcd-921 date: None words: 6081 flesch: 53 summary: Given the limited research into the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on infant feeding practices in the NICU, this study aimed to explore the feeding practices in public sector hospital NICUs in the Gauteng province during the COVID-19 pandemic. Updates on HIV and infant feeding. keywords: care; covid-19; data; feeding; impact; infants; nicu; pandemic; research; south cache: sajcd-921.htm plain text: sajcd-921.txt item: #619 of 636 id: sajcd-927 author: None title: sajcd-927 date: None words: 7019 flesch: 47 summary: These concerns led to a feeling of uncertainty in palliative care practices, as seen by the following: ‘Unfortunately, palliative care practices are loosely defined in South Africa, and we do not have access to palliative care specialists at the hospital’. However, contrary to evidence-based practices (Ayman et al., 2017; Gieniusz et al., 2018), SLTs often succumb to external pressures and are often confronted or contested by three common aspects that often challenge FT placement decisions. keywords: care; decision; dementia; et al; feeding; language; palliative; pwd; slts; south; speech; therapists cache: sajcd-927.htm plain text: sajcd-927.txt item: #620 of 636 id: sajcd-929 author: None title: sajcd-929 date: None words: 5445 flesch: 47 summary: Although limited, research holds promise for the usefulness of CAS suppression tests in the diagnosis of pontine lesions, either extrinsic (e.g. acoustic neuromas) or intrinsic (e.g. multiple sclerosis) (Prasher, Ryan, & Luxon 1994). For the use as a differential test, these results are expected to provide insight into how CAS suppression tests could be used to identify cochlear dysfunction in patients with normal-hearing sensitivity and suppression but with abnormal TEOAE responses or, conversely, identifying MOCB dysfunction by the presence of TEOAEs and absence of suppression. keywords: cas; cas suppression; data; emissions; hearing; research; study; suppression; teoae; transient cache: sajcd-929.htm plain text: sajcd-929.txt item: #621 of 636 id: sajcd-932 author: None title: sajcd-932 date: None words: 4241 flesch: 36 summary: Successes and challenge of speech language therapy service provision in Western Kenya: Three case studies. Suggestions were made to develop more suitable terminology and to establish a global framework that promotes more equitable access to communication services. keywords: communication; community; language; people; services; speech; support; therapy; world cache: sajcd-932.htm plain text: sajcd-932.txt item: #622 of 636 id: sajcd-934 author: None title: sajcd-934 date: None words: 5092 flesch: 54 summary: Yet, limited research exists on middle ear pathologies in children living with human immunodeficiency viruses. Objective: To systematically review evidence of middle ear pathologies in children living with HIV, how it is described, measures used to describe it and other relevant information. keywords: children; ear; ear pathologies; et al; hearing; hiv; journal; middle; pathologies; review; studies; study cache: sajcd-934.htm plain text: sajcd-934.txt item: #623 of 636 id: sajcd-935 author: None title: sajcd-935 date: None words: 6829 flesch: 52 summary: Multiparameter voice assessment for voice disorder patients: A correlation analysis between objective and subjective parameters. Abstract Background: Laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) is prevalent and can lead to voice disorders, but its diagnosis is difficult, because of limited correlations between clinical symptoms and organic pathology. keywords: characteristics; correlations; data; diagnosis; disorders; et al; gfi; jitter; lpr; reflux; rsi; vhi; voice cache: sajcd-935.htm plain text: sajcd-935.txt item: #624 of 636 id: sajcd-937 author: None title: sajcd-937 date: None words: 8210 flesch: 40 summary: Limitations Although the qualitative scoping review approach adopted in the current review was appropriate for the purpose and questions of the current study, findings are limited to data presented in the manuscripts included in the Special Issue of SAJCD in 2022 on COVID-19 research. Resource allocation in COVID-19 research: Which trials? keywords: african; challenges; communication; covid-19; health; issue; journal; khoza; practice; research; shangase; slh; south; speech; teaching cache: sajcd-937.htm plain text: sajcd-937.txt item: #625 of 636 id: sajcd-940 author: None title: sajcd-940 date: None words: 3028 flesch: 46 summary: Current paediatric guidelines in the Western Cape province for the management of persistent conductive, mixed or single-sided hearing losses include medical or surgical treatment, as well as the use of bone conduction hearing devices. Purposive sampling was used by the primary investigator to identify children between 0 and 13 years, who were fitted with bone conduction hearing devices, either on a softband or implantable abutment, between January 2016 and December 2021. keywords: bone; bone conduction; cape; children; conduction; devices; hearing; loss cache: sajcd-940.htm plain text: sajcd-940.txt item: #626 of 636 id: sajcd-941 author: None title: sajcd-941 date: None words: 6925 flesch: 50 summary: Weighing up the pros and cons of dysphagia triage in South Africa. https://doi.org/10.4102/sajcd.v70i1.941 Original Research Weighing up the pros and cons of dysphagia triage in South Africa Kelly-Ann Kater, Jaishika Seedat Received: 21 July 2022; Accepted: 31 Oct. 2022; Published: 21 Feb. 2023 Copyright: © 2023. keywords: checklist; dysphagia; dysphagia screening; dysphagia triage; patients; risk; screening; south; study; tool; triage; triage checklist; validity cache: sajcd-941.htm plain text: sajcd-941.txt item: #627 of 636 id: sajcd-942 author: None title: sajcd-942 date: None words: 257 flesch: 39 summary: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajcd.v70i1.942 Note: DOI of original article published: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajcd.v69i2.898 Correction Erratum: Conducting clinical research in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic: Challenges and lessons for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology research Katijah Khoza-Shangase, Nomfundo Moroe, Ben Sebothoma Published: 23 May 2023 Copyright: South African Journal of Communication Disorders, 70(1), a942. keywords: audiology cache: sajcd-942.htm plain text: sajcd-942.txt item: #628 of 636 id: sajcd-945 author: None title: sajcd-945 date: None words: 1155 flesch: 34 summary: The first theme evaluated the impact of the pandemic on conducting clinical research in SLH, a key component of ensuring best practice in both training and clinical care provision. Knowledge translation into practice will close the gap between the knowledge published in our journal and our practice. keywords: africa; knowledge; research; south cache: sajcd-945.htm plain text: sajcd-945.txt item: #629 of 636 id: sajcd-948 author: None title: sajcd-948 date: None words: 7263 flesch: 50 summary: Added value of dialogic parent–child book readings: A meta-analysis. Abstract Background Emergent literacy development and literacy as a social practice in South Africa Benefits of shared book reading and the role of the speech-language therapists Methodology Materials Research procedure Findings and discussion Conclusion Acknowledgements References About the Author(s) Tarryn Coetzee Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, School of Human and Community Development, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa keywords: africa; book; caregivers; children; development; intervention; language; literacy; reading; sharing; south; study; training; video cache: sajcd-948.htm plain text: sajcd-948.txt item: #630 of 636 id: sajcd-95 author: None title: sajcd-95 date: None words: 5255 flesch: 52 summary: Voice use during the experimental condition may have acted as a form of warm up for voice use and therefore the functioning of the intrinsic and extrinsic laryngeal muscles may have improved. Before and after voice use during service delivery’, South African Journal of Communication Disorders, 62(1), Art. #95, 7 pages. keywords: change; effectiveness; parameters; participants; post; results; test; use; van; vocal; voice cache: sajcd-95.htm plain text: sajcd-95.txt item: #631 of 636 id: sajcd-951 author: None title: sajcd-951 date: None words: 6346 flesch: 48 summary: A consensus was reached on the need for oral care training for nurses. Data from the ethnography, semi-structured and informal interviews as well as video and audio recordings (of nurse training, nurse implementation of oral care and at mealtimes) were compared and checked against each other. keywords: care; health; implementation; intervention; knowledge; model; nurses; nursing; patient; research; study; training cache: sajcd-951.htm plain text: sajcd-951.txt item: #632 of 636 id: sajcd-952 author: Office, Editorial title: Acknowledgement to reviewers date: 2022-12-19 words: 541 flesch: 35 summary: http://www.sajcd.org.za Open Access Page 1 of 1 Reviewer Acknowledgement Acknowledgement to reviewers In an effort to facilitate the selection of appropriate peer reviewers for the South African Journal of Communication Disorders, we ask that you take a moment to update your electronic portfolio on https:// sajcd.org.za for our files, allowing us better access to your areas of interest and expertise, in order to match reviewers with submitted manuscripts. It is good practice as a reviewer to update your personal details regularly to ensure contact with you throughout your professional term as reviewer to the South African Journal of Communication Disorders. keywords: access; https://sajcd.org.za; journal; reviewer cache: sajcd-952.pdf plain text: sajcd-952.txt item: #633 of 636 id: sajcd-955 author: None title: sajcd-955 date: None words: 4279 flesch: 43 summary: Aim: To conduct a scoping review describing the presentation of pill swallowing difficulties and dysphagia experiences of individuals with HIV and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in South Africa. Method: This review describes the presentation of pill swallowing difficulties and dysphagia experiences of individuals with HIV and AIDS in South Africa using a modified version of the Arksey and O’Malley framework. keywords: adherence; africa; aids; articles; dysphagia; hiv; individuals; medication; pill; south; swallowing cache: sajcd-955.htm plain text: sajcd-955.txt item: #634 of 636 id: sajcd-958 author: None title: sajcd-958 date: None words: 6361 flesch: 52 summary: This research also has the potential to help SLTs to motivate PWS to attend and actively participate in SSG meetings. The participant (P5) who experienced no change in their perception of their stutter through attending SSG meetings explained that this was due to negative listener reactions and attitudes; ‘The world out there, still thinks very very bad of us… so I still have a bit of a negative view of not being able to speak fluently’ (P5, 33 year old, male). keywords: meetings; participants; pws; research; slts; speech; ssg; ssgs; stuttering; support cache: sajcd-958.htm plain text: sajcd-958.txt item: #635 of 636 id: sajcd-96 author: None title: None date: None words: 5821 flesch: 41 summary: This highlights the importance of ototoxicity monitoring and management of hearing loss. The main aim of this article is to describe how ototoxicity monitoring is implemented in the curriculum within such an academic service-learning approach. keywords: audiology; clinic; health; hearing; hospital; learning; loss; monitoring; ototoxicity; patients; service; speech; students cache: sajcd-96.htm plain text: sajcd-96.txt item: #636 of 636 id: sajcd-960 author: Office, Editorial title: Table of Contents Vol 69, No 1 (2022) date: 2022-12-31 words: 2058 flesch: -18 summary: A scoping review on middle ear status of COVID-19 positive patients Ben Sebothoma, Katijah Khoza-Shangase South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 69, No 2 | a910 | 25 July 2022 Original Research Health sciences students’ perception of the communicative impacts of face coverings during the COVID-19 pandemic at a South African University Nasim B. Khan, Nolwazi Mthembu, Aishwarya Narothan, Zamahlase Sibisi, Qiniso Vilane South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 69, No 2 | a890 | 27 July 2022 Original Research Exploring the online learning experience of first-year speech–language pathology students in a Johannesburg-based university Nancy Barber, Jenna Sher South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 69, No 2 | a914 | 29 July 2022 185 199 209 217 224 238 Original Research Increasing unemployment rate amongst health professionals: Will there be jobs for newly graduated South African audiologists post-COVID-19? Vera-Genevey Hlayisi South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 69, No 2 | a909 | 01 A scoping review Nazeera F. Karani, Jenna Sher, Munyane Mophosho South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 69, No 1 | a825 | 09 February 2022 Original Research The lived experiences and psychosocial impact of hearing loss on the quality of life of adults with Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Amanda B. Thusi, Jessica Paken South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 69, No 1 | a823 | 14 February 2022 Original Research Systemic support for learners with developmental language disorders in Zimbabwe and South Africa Nettie N. Ndou, Margaret F. Omidire South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 69, No 1 | a850 | 16 February 2022 Original Research A longitudinal community-based ototoxicity monitoring programme and treatment effects for drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment, Western Cape Lucia J. Stevenson, Leigh Biagio-de Jager, Marien A. Graham, De Wet Swanepoel South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 69, No 1 | a886 | 31 March 2022 Original Research Communication experiences of healthcare students whilst managing adults with communication disorders Vrinda Rathiram, Lauren O. Neilson, Azraa Syed Kassim, Winnie T. Mokone, Caitlin C. Green South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 69, No 1 | a870 | 31 May 2022 Original Research Patient’s perceptions of presbycusis and associated tinnitus counselling practices within the KwaZulu-Natal province Kerusha Bhojraj, Vuyelwa Z. Peter South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 69, No 1 | a868 | 07 September 2022 Original Research Audiologists’ presbycusis and associated tinnitus counselling practices within the KwaZulu-Natal province Kerusha Bhojraj, Vuyelwa Z. Peter South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 69, No 1 | a869 | 08 September 2022 Original Research Reflux symptoms and vocal characteristics in adults with non-organic voice disorders Nyasa E. Groenewald, Maria du Toit, Marien A. Graham, Carl Swanepoel, Giselle Maartens, Jeannie van der Linde South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 69, No 1 | a935 | 26 October 2022 57 64 77 90 103 112 124 135 Page i of iii Table of Contents Editorial In pursuit of best practice through contextually relevant, accountable and responsive research Anita Edwards, Faheema Mahomed-Asmail, Anna-Mari Olivier, Jeannie van der Linde, Katijah Khoza-Shangase, Nomfundo Moroe, Joanne Neille South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 69, No 1 | a945 | 15 December 2022 Opinion Paper Triage and dysphagia: Are hospitals in the South African public health sector ready? Kelly-Ann Kater South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 69, No 1 | a852 | 30 June 2022 Clinical Perspective Analysis of barriers and facilitators to early hearing detection and intervention in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Naedene Naidoo, Nasim B. Khan South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 69, No 1 | a839 | 31 January 2022 Clinical Perspective Stitching a new garment: Considering the future of the speech–language therapy profession globally Bea Staley, Marise Fernandes, Ellen Hickey, Helen Barrett, Karen Wylie, Julie Marshall, Mershen Pillay, Harsha Kathard, Ryann Sowden, David Rochus, Carol E. Westby, T. Rosario Roman, Sally D. Hartley South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 69, No 1 | a932 | 21 November 2022 Clinical Perspective Middle ear pathologies in children living with HIV: A scoping review Ben Sebothoma, Minkhenso Maluleke South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 69, No 1 | a934 | 28 November 2022 Original Research Ototoxicity monitoring in South African cancer facilities: keywords: african; african journal; communication disorders; covid-19; journal; research; south; south african; vol cache: sajcd-960.pdf plain text: sajcd-960.txt