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Increasing unemployment rate amongst health professionals: Will there be jobs for newly graduated South African audiologists post-COVID-19? 卫生专业人员失业率上升:新毕业的南非听力学家在2019冠状病毒病后会有工作吗?
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SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION DISORDERS Pub Date : 2022-08-01 DOI: 10.4102/sajcd.v69i2.909
Vera-Genevey Hlayisi
{"title":"Increasing unemployment rate amongst health professionals: Will there be jobs for newly graduated South African audiologists post-COVID-19?","authors":"Vera-Genevey Hlayisi","doi":"10.4102/sajcd.v69i2.909","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4102/sajcd.v69i2.909","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong> Before the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in early 2020, the unemployment rate in South Africa was at its highest in history at 29.1%. During the COVID-19 pandemic to date, unemployment rose even higher to 35.3%. In this context, there has been an increase in the number of unemployed health professionals in South Africa.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong> This study aimed to determine the employment rates of newly graduated South African audiologists and identify the challenges in obtaining and maintaining employment for audiologists in South Africa.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong> A descriptive online survey design was used. Participants were recruited online through professional association webpages using the snowball sampling technique. All qualified audiologists registered with the Health Professionals Council of South Africa were eligible to participate.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong> A total of 132 audiologists completed the survey. In the first-year postgraduation, 16% of the participants were unemployed, and this increased to 19% in the second-year postgraduation. In the majority (81%) of employed participants, almost a fifth (19%) were working within non-audiology/healthcare fields. The most common workplace challenges reported were remuneration (37%) followed by lack of resources (18%), workload (18%), work environment (10%), working hours (9%) and, lastly, interprofessional relationships (8%).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong> Findings from this study are the first to document employment rates amongst South African audiologists. These findings have the potential to influence the critical discourse on hearing healthcare human resource planning, hearing healthcare labour capacity and potential for growth in the South African context post-COVID-19.</p>","PeriodicalId":44003,"journal":{"name":"SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION DISORDERS","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9453166/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40691515","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Exploring the online learning experience of first-year speech-language pathology students in a Johannesburg-based university. 探索约翰内斯堡一所大学一年级言语语言病理学学生的在线学习体验。
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SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION DISORDERS Pub Date : 2022-07-29 DOI: 10.4102/sajcd.v69i2.914
Nancy Barber, Jenna Sher
{"title":"Exploring the online learning experience of first-year speech-language pathology students in a Johannesburg-based university.","authors":"Nancy Barber,&nbsp;Jenna Sher","doi":"10.4102/sajcd.v69i2.914","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4102/sajcd.v69i2.914","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong> Understanding the learning experiences of first-year speech-language pathology (SLP) students during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is essential to ensure that academic staff are able to support and enhance the transition from secondary to tertiary education. An understanding of the student experience could lead to improved support strategies that could be beneficial for the blended learning environment that the University of the Witwatersrand will be entering from 2022.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong> This research explored the experiences of first-year SLP students in online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong> An exploratory mixed-method concurrent triangulation design was employed. Quantitative data were collected from likert scales. Qualitative data were collected from critical incident timelines. Themes were identified from both the Likert scales as well as the critical incident timelines using bottom-up thematic analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong> The majority of participants reflected that their online learning through the pandemic in 2021 was successful. The themes that emerged from this year pertain to 2021 and the specific participants however, it provides an important insight that the students' needs change during a year. As a lecturer, one needs to consider these evolving needs to ensure students have the support that they require to be successful in their learning.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong> This research provided insights into the evolving nature of the support first-year SLP students require in the online learning space during the COVID-19 pandemic.</p>","PeriodicalId":44003,"journal":{"name":"SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION DISORDERS","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9350496/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40691065","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Health sciences students' perception of the communicative impacts of face coverings during the COVID-19 pandemic at a South African University. 在南非一所大学,健康科学专业的学生对COVID-19大流行期间口罩对交流影响的看法。
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SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION DISORDERS Pub Date : 2022-07-27 DOI: 10.4102/sajcd.v69i2.890
Nasim B Khan, Nolwazi Mthembu, Aishwarya Narothan, Zamahlase Sibisi, Qiniso Vilane
{"title":"Health sciences students' perception of the communicative impacts of face coverings during the COVID-19 pandemic at a South African University.","authors":"Nasim B Khan,&nbsp;Nolwazi Mthembu,&nbsp;Aishwarya Narothan,&nbsp;Zamahlase Sibisi,&nbsp;Qiniso Vilane","doi":"10.4102/sajcd.v69i2.890","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4102/sajcd.v69i2.890","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong> The use of face masks and/or shields can pose a challenge during communication. They block facial expressions thus removing visual cues and affect sound transmission making it difficult to hear speech clearly. Given the widespread use of face coverings, it seems reasonable to clarify if communication in typical speakers and listeners has significantly differed. Health science students as future practitioners need to understand challenges that arise from using face coverings.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong> This study aimed to determine health sciences students' perception of the communicative impacts of face coverings.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong> The study employed a descriptive, self-administered online survey, obtaining information from 96 health science undergraduate students.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong> All participants changed their manner of speaking in that they spoke louder when wearing masks and focused more on eye contact when someone was wearing masks. These were statistically significant (p = 0.450 and p = 0.035 respectively). Fifty-three percent reported using more listening effort and feeling anxious when communicating. Approximately 33% indicated that it was challenging to read emotions, such as sad or unhappy, when someone wore a mask. Most, 61%, were positive or very positive about wearing masks. The level of difficulty differed depending on the listening environment. It was harder to understand the doctor, nurse, or other healthcare workers when they wore face coverings than when listening to their friends and family, which had little effect, this being statistically significant (p = 0.025).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong> Challenges envisaged in practice included frequent communication breakdowns, inability to connect and build trust between patient and practitioner, and communicating in noisy environments. Coping strategies, future clinical and research implications were proposed, and limitations acknowledged.</p>","PeriodicalId":44003,"journal":{"name":"SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION DISORDERS","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9350194/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40691064","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Middle ear status - structure, function and pathology: A scoping review on middle ear status of COVID-19 positive patients. 中耳状态-结构、功能和病理:新冠病毒阳性患者中耳状态的综述。
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SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION DISORDERS Pub Date : 2022-07-25 DOI: 10.4102/sajcd.v69i2.910
Ben Sebothoma, Katijah Khoza-Shangase
{"title":"Middle ear status - structure, function and pathology: A scoping review on middle ear status of COVID-19 positive patients.","authors":"Ben Sebothoma,&nbsp;Katijah Khoza-Shangase","doi":"10.4102/sajcd.v69i2.910","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4102/sajcd.v69i2.910","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong> The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is the latest public health emergency that has presented challenges globally. Limited evidence exists on the association between COVID-19 and middle ear pathologies, regardless of the respiratory nature of some of the core symptoms.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong> This scoping review aimed at exploring evidence on the effects of COVID-19 on middle ear functioning as part of symptom mapping and preventive planning for ear and hearing care.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong> Electronic bibliographic databases, including Medline, ProQuest, PubMed, Science Direct, ERIC and Scopus, were searched to identify peer reviewed publications, published in English, between December 2019 and January 2022, related to the effects of COVID-19 on middle ear functioning. The keywords used as MeSH terms included 'middle ear pathology', 'middle ear disorder', 'otitis media', 'hearing loss', 'hearing impairment', 'audiology' and 'COVID-19' or 'coronavirus'.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong> 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%. Tympanic membrane structural changes, otitis media and conductive hearing loss (CHL) were commonly reported. The current findings must be interpreted with caution given that most of the studies reviewed had extremely small sample sizes or were case studies or series, thus limiting generalisability.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong> The findings highlight the value of strategic research planning to collate data during pandemics, ensuring that future studies use appropriate and well-designed methodologies. Trends and patterns of middle ear pathologies in this population must also be established to determine the need for periodic monitoring.</p>","PeriodicalId":44003,"journal":{"name":"SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION DISORDERS","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9350185/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40691063","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 2
Feeding practices in public hospitals' neonatal intensive care units: An exploration into the ways in which COVID-19 affected the best practice in Gauteng. 公立医院新生儿重症监护室的喂养实践:探索 COVID-19 如何影响豪滕省的最佳实践。
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SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION DISORDERS Pub Date : 2022-07-22 DOI: 10.4102/sajcd.v69i2.921
Kim A Coutts, Joanne Neille, Nicole Louw
{"title":"Feeding practices in public hospitals' neonatal intensive care units: An exploration into the ways in which COVID-19 affected the best practice in Gauteng.","authors":"Kim A Coutts, Joanne Neille, Nicole Louw","doi":"10.4102/sajcd.v69i2.921","DOIUrl":"10.4102/sajcd.v69i2.921","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong> South Africa's healthcare system has a multitude of pre-existing challenges prior to the onset of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, ranging from reduced number of staff, lack of resources and units being at overcapacity both in the adult and paediatric populations. The neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) require a team approach to ensure best practice with vulnerable infants, but little is known about how the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resultant lockdown restrictions impacted the feeding practices within the NICU.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong> This study aimed to explore the impact that COVID-19 had on the feeding practices within the NICU settings in public hospitals in Gauteng.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong> A qualitative design was employed with data collected in two NICUs in Gauteng. Data were collected in the form of observations and semi-structured interviews with healthcare workers (HCWs) in the NICU. Data were analysed using inductive thematic analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong> Although the sample size of participants was limited, social distancing proved to be a challenge resulting in mothers and healthcare workers being given restricted access. This had effects on the ability to provide adequate feeding practices and resulted in anxiety for the mothers and mental health challenges for the HCWs when feeding these at-risk infants. A limitation of this study was the use of only two sites.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong> COVID-19 amplified the existing challenges in the NICU. A multidisciplinary and family-centred approach to address feeding challenges is required to offset the challenges resulting from the pandemic and subsequent lockdown.</p>","PeriodicalId":44003,"journal":{"name":"SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION DISORDERS","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9350189/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40691062","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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In pursuit of increasing the application of tele-audiology in South Africa: COVID-19 puts on the alert for patient site facilitator training. 为提高远程听力技术在南非的应用:COVID-19 为患者现场主持人培训发出警报。
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SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION DISORDERS Pub Date : 2022-07-20 DOI: 10.4102/sajcd.v69i2.900
Katijah Khoza-Shangase
{"title":"In pursuit of increasing the application of tele-audiology in South Africa: COVID-19 puts on the alert for patient site facilitator training.","authors":"Katijah Khoza-Shangase","doi":"10.4102/sajcd.v69i2.900","DOIUrl":"10.4102/sajcd.v69i2.900","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong> The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) presented and highlighted new and unanticipated challenges to the provision of clinical services, raising an urgency for the application of different models of service delivery, including tele-audiology. In many tele-audiology encounters, a site facilitator is needed at the patient site to help with the hands-on aspects of procedures, and the implications of this requirement are significant for the resource-constrained African context.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong> The aim of this scoping review was to investigate published evidence on training provided to patient site facilitators (PSFs) for tele-audiology application to guide the South African audiology community in tele-audiology application initiatives.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong> Electronic bibliographic databases including Science Direct, PubMed, Scopus MEDLINE and ProQuest were searched to identify peer-reviewed publications, published in English, between 2017 and 2021 related to training of PSFs. The guidelines of the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) were followed during the screening process as well as for illustrating the process.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong> Findings are discussed under four key themes: (1) type of tele-audiology and the implications thereof, (2) length of training and its implications, (3) diversity in the range of PSFs used and its implications for the training, and (4) heterogeneity in the training.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong> The findings highlight important considerations for tele-audiology application within the African context, specifically decision-making around who can serve in the role of PSFs, as well as content and nature of training required, with implications for policy and regulations as well as human resource strategy. These findings are important for the COVID-19 pandemic era and beyond.</p>","PeriodicalId":44003,"journal":{"name":"SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION DISORDERS","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9350208/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40691061","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Conducting clinical research in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic: Challenges and lessons for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology research. COVID-19大流行时代开展临床研究:语言病理学和听力学研究的挑战和教训。
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SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION DISORDERS Pub Date : 2022-07-18 DOI: 10.4102/sajcd.v69i2.898
Katijah Khoza-Shangase, Nomfundo Monroe, Ben Sebothoma
{"title":"Conducting clinical research in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic: Challenges and lessons for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology research.","authors":"Katijah Khoza-Shangase,&nbsp;Nomfundo Monroe,&nbsp;Ben Sebothoma","doi":"10.4102/sajcd.v69i2.898","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4102/sajcd.v69i2.898","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) presented new and unanticipated challenges to the academic training and performance of clinical research at undergraduate and postgraduate levels of training. This highlighted the need for reimagining research designs and methods to ensure continued generation of knowledge - a core function of a research-intensive university. Whilst adhering to government regulations geared towards protecting both the research participants and researchers, innovative research methods are required.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>The purpose of this scoping review is to explore published evidence on innovative clinical research methods and processes employed during COVID-19 and to document challenges encountered and lessons that the fields of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology can learn.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Electronic bibliographic databases including Science Direct, PubMed, Scopus, MEDLINE, ProQuest were searched to identify peer-reviewed publications, published in English, between 2019 and 2021, related to innovative clinical research methods and processes applied where in-person contact is regulated.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Significant challenges with conducting research in the COVID-19 era were identified, with important lessons learned and numerous opportunities that have relevance for this pandemic era and beyond. These findings are presented under 10 themes that emerged that highlight important considerations for research methods and processes during a pandemic and beyond. The findings of this study also raise implications for telehealth from which low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where resource challenges exist, can benefit.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Challenges and opportunities identified in this review have relevance for the field of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology as far as current and future (beyond COVID-19) clinical research planning is concerned.</p>","PeriodicalId":44003,"journal":{"name":"SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION DISORDERS","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9350197/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9580422","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 2
Triage and dysphagia: Are hospitals in the South African public health sector ready? 分类和吞咽困难:南非公共卫生部门的医院准备好了吗?
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SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION DISORDERS Pub Date : 2022-06-30 DOI: 10.4102/sajcd.v69i1.852
Kelly-Ann Kater
{"title":"Triage and dysphagia: Are hospitals in the South African public health sector ready?","authors":"Kelly-Ann Kater","doi":"10.4102/sajcd.v69i1.852","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4102/sajcd.v69i1.852","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Dysphagia screening is unequivocally beneficial for individuals who may be at risk of swallowing impairment. Benefits range from capitalising on early intervention, facilitating hydration and nutrition, reduced financial costs for the patient and prevention of dysphagia-related complications. Why then is there a need for triage? Inefficiencies and often non-existence of screening and referral processes require one to consider if triage may be a more viable option in the public healthcare context. Dysphagia triage could potentially prioritise emergency swallowing care and identify patients who need immediate swallowing attention because of the nature or severity of dysphagia. The use of a dysphagia triage checklist could have implications for patient health outcomes in terms of the safety of oral diets, development of aspiration pneumonia, malnutrition, administration of oral medication and overall patient prognosis.</p>","PeriodicalId":44003,"journal":{"name":"SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION DISORDERS","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9257721/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40474699","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The influence of screen time on children's language development: A scoping review. 屏幕时间对儿童语言发展的影响:范围综述。
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SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION DISORDERS Pub Date : 2022-02-09 DOI: 10.4102/sajcd.v69i1.825
Nazeera F Karani, Jenna Sher, Munyane Mophosho
{"title":"The influence of screen time on children's language development: A scoping review.","authors":"Nazeera F Karani, Jenna Sher, Munyane Mophosho","doi":"10.4102/sajcd.v69i1.825","DOIUrl":"10.4102/sajcd.v69i1.825","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>An exponential increase in screen time amongst children and adults, has given rise to a plethora of studies exploring the influences that this exposure may have on children's development.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This review is specifically concerned with understanding the influence of screen time on children's language development.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A scoping review was conducted to explore the available literature relating to the impact of screen time on children's language development. The scoping review was based on the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) framework and the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) framework. The data were analysed using thematic content analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>This review identified 12 articles. It made an argument for the multifactorial relationship between screen time and language development, given the associated positive and negative effects. 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.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>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. Video characteristics, content and co-viewing also influences language development. This study demonstrates that the negative influences of screen time appear to outweigh the positive influences.</p>","PeriodicalId":44003,"journal":{"name":"SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION DISORDERS","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8905397/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39769305","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Analysis of barriers and facilitators to early hearing detection and intervention in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. 南非夸祖鲁-纳塔尔省早期听力检测和干预的障碍和促进因素分析。
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SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION DISORDERS Pub Date : 2022-01-31 DOI: 10.4102/sajcd.v69i1.839
Naedene Naidoo, Nasim B Khan
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