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Developmental dyslexia in selected South African schools: Parent perspectives on management

South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2022
Background: South Africa has a dearth of research regarding the management of children with dyslexia (CWD), which could be exacerbated by the apparent lack of parental support. South Africa has a unique educational, linguistic and socio-economic context;
Salome Geertsema, Mia Le Roux, Chemoné van Niekerk, Louise Dyer, Melindie Booyse, Monja Bothma, Talitha Nel   +6 more
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Augmented feedback in autistic disorder

South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2017
Children with autistic disorder (AD) display atypical eye contact and struggle with the social imitation of eye contact. Impaired social imitation may be indicative of disruptions in motor learning processes.
Salome Geertsema, Michelle McDonald, Aletta Van der Merwe, Margaretha Swanepoel, Esedra Strasheim   +4 more
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Stressful events among adolescents from public schools in a community in Brazil

European Psychiatry, 2023
Introduction Adolescence can be seen as a fundamental stage of life for the construction of the subject, resulting from childhood experiences and decisive for adulthood.
P. M. Pacheco, M. D. S. Pacheco, D. R. Molini-Avejonas   +2 more
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The effect of age of cochlear implantation on vocal characteristics in children

South African Journal of Communication Disorders, 2016
Background: Early cochlear implantation aids auditory feedback and supports better communication and self-monitoring of the voice. The objective of this study was to determine whether the age of cochlear implantation has an impact on vocal development in
Kerry Knight, Simone Ducasse, Ashley Coetzee, Jeannie van der Linde, Anel Louw   +4 more
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Speech–Language Pathology

Infants & Young Children, 2015
Case reports rose to popularity around the same time as the creation of periodical journals, and are the greatest source of evidence to support the majority of clinical practices in speech-language pathology. There has been an overwhelming increase in publications of case reports in the last decade at the international level.
Patricia A. Prelock, Janet Deppe
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Evaluation of a Zulu translation of the Parents’ Evaluation of Developmental Status

African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, 2017
Background: One of the greatest challenges in early communication intervention in South Africa is developing and implementing successful identification strategies in primary health care (PHC). A shortage of trained PHC personnel is one of the barriers to
Maria van der Merwe, Marlé Cilliers, Celesté Maré, Jeannie van der Linde, Mia le Roux   +4 more
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Speech–language therapy educator reflections on the planning and implementation of education and training during the COVID-19 pandemic

South African Journal of Communication Disorders, 2022
Background: Universities across the world experienced lockdown and closure of all learning institutions around March 2020 because of the advent of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Urisha Naidoo, Penelope S. Flack, Vrinda Rathiram, Legini Moodley, Saira B. Karrim, Nomfundo Buthelezi, Vuledzani Ndanganeni   +6 more
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Vocal effectiveness of speech-language pathology students: Before and after voice use during service delivery

South African Journal of Communication Disorders, 2015
Background: As a professional voice user, it is imperative that a speech-language pathologist’s(SLP) vocal effectiveness remain consistent throughout the day.
Stephanie Couch, Dominique Zieba, Jeannie van der Linde, Anita van der Merwe   +3 more
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Relationship between vocal symptoms in college students and their possible causes

International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology, 2012
Summary Introduction: Studies to understand the vocal profile of a population are important to plan collective health measures. The prevalence of vocal symptoms can be indicative of vocal disorder and must be investigated to support measures
Léslie Piccolotto Ferreira, Juliana Ranzani Guerra, Camila Miranda Loiola, Ana Carolina de Assis Moura Ghirardi   +3 more
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Complex response inhibition and cognitive flexibility in school-aged Cypriot-Greek-speaking children who stutter

Frontiers in Psychology, 2022
PurposeOver the last few years, research findings have suggested limitations in executive function (EF) of children who stutter (CWS) with the evidence being more consistent in studies with preschoolers (3–6  years old) than in studies with school-aged ...
Maria Paphiti, Eira Jansson-Verkasalo, Kurt Eggers, Kurt Eggers, Kurt Eggers   +4 more
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