期刊: SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION DISORDERS, 2023; 70 (1)
Background: Early identification of dysphagia followed by intervention reduces, length of hospitalisation, degree of morbidity, hospital costs and ris......
期刊: SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION DISORDERS, 2023; 70 (1)
Background: Many caregivers from low-middle income (LMI) households consider that preschool children are too young for shared book reading. Thus, many......
期刊: SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION DISORDERS, 2023; 70 (1)
Untreated conductive and mixed hearing losses as a result of middle ear pathology or congenital ear malformations can lead to poor speech, language an......
期刊: SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION DISORDERS, 2023; 70 (1)
Background: Stuttering support groups (SSGs) have been a long-standing invaluable resource for people who stutter (PWS) but research into SSGs is only......
期刊: SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION DISORDERS, 2023; 70 (1)
Background: Literature supports the mismatch between empirical evidence and service delivery. Given this knowledge gap, it is important that research ......
期刊: SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION DISORDERS, 2023; 70 (1)
Background: Access to services remains the biggest barrier to helping the most vulnerable in the South African Stuttering Community. This novel stutte......
期刊: SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION DISORDERS, 2023; 70 (1)
Background: There is a lack of prospective research in South Africa's speech therapy private sector, specifically, in the acute stroke population. The......
期刊: SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION DISORDERS, 2023; 70 (1)
Background: Decolonisation of the Speech-Language and Hearing (SLH) professions in South Africa to be Afrocentric is a current focus. These profession......
期刊: SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION DISORDERS, 2023; 70 (1)
Background: South Africa has the highest prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) worldwide. Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) is e......
期刊: SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION DISORDERS, 2023; 70 (1)
Background: Sibling relationships, one of the most extended relationships in life, contribute to an individual's social and emotional development. How......
期刊: SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION DISORDERS, 2021; 68 (1)
Background: Factors that influence various professionals to pursue postgraduate studies have been investigated. However, there is a dearth of evidence......
期刊: SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION DISORDERS, 2021; 68 (1)
Background: Various fields of study have alluded to food textural, and its associated acoustic, properties (i.e. food textural acoustics). However, be......