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Mixed-methods research: A tutorial for speech-language therapists and audiologists in South Africa	315	1561	10	1886
Language and culture in speech-language and hearing professions in South Africa: The dangers of a single story	946	438	15	1399
The challenge of linguistic and cultural diversity: Does length of experience affect South African speech-language therapists' management of children with language impairment?	1032	71	25	1128
Implementing oral care to reduce aspiration pneumonia amongst patients with dysphagia in a South African setting	855	147	18	1020
South African hearing conservation programmes in the context of tele-audiology: A scoping review	485	109	196	790
Facilitating pragmatic skills through role-play in learners with language learning disability	636	132	19	787
Phonemic awareness of English second language learners	573	187	20	780
Intervention for bilingual speech sound disorders: A case study of an isiXhosa-English-speaking child	639	69	23	731
Language and communication development in preschool children with visual impairment: A systematic review	556	87	14	657
Public awareness of audiology, hearing and hearing health in the Limpopo Province, South Africa	557	77	8	642
Dysphagia services in the era of COVID-19: Are speech-language therapists essential?	486	84	34	604
Practices and views of audiologists regarding aural rehabilitation services for adults with acquired hearing loss	509	65	12	586
Development of a clinical feeding assessment scale for very young infants in South Africa	406	99	17	522
The prevalence of hearing impairment within the Cape Town Metropolitan area	457	52	11	520
Audiology practice management in South Africa: What audiologists know and what they should know	412	70	17	499
Classroom acoustics as a consideration for inclusive education in South Africa	341	109	5	455
Comparison of the South African Spondaic and CID W-1 wordlists for measuring speech recognition threshold	402	27	23	452
Recent advances in hearing conservation programmes: A systematic review	305	75	65	445
Exploring the efficacy of melodic intonation therapy with Broca's aphasia in Arabic	346	70	28	444
The influence of screen time on children's language development: A scoping review	387	48	2	437
The cat on a hot tin roof? Critical considerations in multilingual language assessments	356	41	34	431
Adapting and translating the Mullen Scales of Early Learning for the South African context	293	110	22	425
Risk versus benefit: Should not audiologists assess this in the context of occupational noise-induced hearing loss in the mining industry?	311	46	60	417
The use of non-speech oral-motor exercises among Indian speech-language pathologists to treat speech disorders: An online survey	337	57	13	407
Speech processing and production in two-year-old children acquiring isiXhosa: A tale of two children	302	82	15	399
A critical analysis of the current South African occupational health law and hearing loss	276	58	58	392
The South African dysphagia screening tool (SADS): A screening tool for a developing context	314	66	10	390
Suck, swallow and breathing coordination in infants with infantile colic	333	40	9	382
Assessing the efficacy of asynchronous telehealth-based hearing screening and diagnostic services using automated audiometry in a rural South African school	274	95	8	377
Burden of disease: A scoping review of HIV/AIDS and TB in occupational noise-induced hearing loss	252	52	63	367
Classification of audiograms in the prevention of noise-induced hearing loss: A clinical perspective	243	51	69	363
Lexical and grammatical development in trilingual speakers of isiXhosa, English and Afrikaans	291	52	15	358
Are South African Speech-Language Therapists adequately equipped to assess English Additional Language (EAL) speakers who are from an indigenous linguistic and cultural background? A profile and exploration of the current situation	283	51	23	357
Does occupational noise matter amongst manufacturing (small and medium enterprises) workers? Empirical evidence from Magaba, Mbare, Zimbabwe	232	60	64	356
Caregivers' reading practices to promote literacy in a South African children's home: Experiences and perceptions	238	98	12	348
The attitudes of typically developing adolescents towards their sibling with autism spectrum disorder	281	42	23	346
Towards a South African model of language-based learning disability	267	56	23	346
Poor consistency in evaluating South African adults with neurogenic dysphagia	258	54	20	332
Challenges of teaching the deaf-blind learner in an education setting in Johannesburg: Experiences of educators and assistant educators	205	59	66	330
Breastfeeding and swallowing in a neonate with mild hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy	253	59	16	328
Gestational age and birth weight variations in young children with language impairment at an early communication intervention clinic	109	196	21	326
Chemicals, noise and occupational hearing health in South Africa: A mapping study	229	38	56	323
New graduates' perceptions of preparedness to provide speech-language therapy services in general and dysphagia services in particular	268	38	10	316
Estimating miners at risk for occupational noise-induced hearing loss: A review of data from a South African platinum mine	216	43	56	315
Prevalence of hearing loss and tinnitus in a group of adults with Human Immunodeficiency Virus	206	45	62	313
Engineering noise control for mines: Lessons from the world	198	57	56	311
Occupational noise-induced hearing loss in the mining sector of South Africa: Perspectives of occupational health practitioners on how mineworkers are trained	212	46	51	309
Lexical development of noun and predicate comprehension and production in isiZulu	193	102	11	306
The piloting of a specific support programme for Grade R teachers on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: The process of development	205	42	53	300
Effect of voice therapy in sulcus vocalis: A single case study	244	45	9	298
The core vocabulary of South African Afrikaans-speaking Grade R learners without disabilities	226	31	38	295
Evaluating a smartphone digits-in-noise test as part of the audiometric test battery	241	41	12	294
Perceptions of mothers with preterm infants about early communication development: A scoping review	186	41	66	293
Vocal effectiveness of speech-language pathology students: Before and after voice use during service delivery	237	33	15	285
The practices, challenges and recommendations of South African audiologists regarding managing children with auditory processing disorders	193	75	14	282
Post-stroke dysphagia: An exploration of initial identification and management performed by nurses and doctors	193	29	56	278
Perceptions of public primary school teachers regarding noise-induced hearing loss in South Africa	218	39	17	274
Primary school teachers' opinions and attitudes towards stuttering in two South African urban education districts	208	50	13	271
Communication and school readiness abilities of children with hearing impairment in South Africa: A retrospective review of early intervention preschool records	197	32	27	256
The hearing function of sound engineers: A hearing conservation perspective	183	20	52	255
Perspectives and practices of ototoxicity monitoring	165	27	59	251
Shifting and transforming the practice of audiology: The inclusion of traditional healing	185	43	20	248
What can speech production errors tell us about cross-linguistic processing in bilingual aphasia? Evidence from four English/Afrikaans bilingual individuals with aphasia	170	48	20	238
Dysphonia in adults with developmental stuttering: A descriptive study	189	37	12	238
Learning new words from an interactive electronic storybook intervention	168	45	25	238
Community service speech language therapists practising in adult dysphagia: Is the healthcare system failing them?	173	38	25	236
A comparison of attitudes towards stuttering of non-stuttering preschoolers in the United States and Turkey	188	39	7	234
Wideband acoustic immittance for assessing middle ear functioning for preterm neonates in the neonatal intensive care unit	143	30	60	233
Feedback-based noise management matrix in action	152	28	53	233
A descriptive analysis of assessment measures on the effectiveness of a comprehensive stuttering intervention approach: A single case study	143	28	61	232
Responsive communication coaching for early childhood practitioners in underserved South African contexts: Clinical perspectives	179	27	24	230
Prevalence and associated prenatal and perinatal risk factors for oropharyngeal dysphagia in high-risk neonates in a South African hospital	165	40	22	227
Male students' perceptions about gender imbalances in a speech-language pathology and audiology training programme of a South African institution of higher education	167	41	14	222
Occupational noise and age: A longitudinal study of hearing sensitivity as a function of noise exposure and age in South African gold mine workers	137	27	56	220
Occupational hearing loss in Africa: An interdisciplinary view of the current status	177	42	0	219
Feasibility of newborn hearing screening in a public hospital setting in South Africa: A pilot study	155	41	19	215
Culturally sensitive adaptation of the concept of relational communication therapy as a support to language development: An exploratory study in collaboration with a Tanzanian orphanage	169	35	7	211
Skydiving: The audiological perspective	165	36	9	210
Public awareness of ear health and hearing loss in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	155	25	30	210
Infection prevention and control measures in audiology practice within public healthcare facilities in KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa	144	43	22	209
Perceived barriers to compliance with speech-language therapist dysphagia recommendations of South African nurses	162	20	25	207
Middle ear pathologies in adults within the mining industry: A systematic review	131	27	49	207
Nurses' knowledge of stroke-related oropharyngeal dysphagia in the Eastern Cape, South Africa	147	24	29	200
A pilot study to determine the feasibility of a cluster randomised controlled trial of an intervention to change peer attitudes towards children who stutter	112	78	9	199
The internal and external consistency of a speech reception threshold test for isiZulu speakers with normal hearing sensitivity	136	33	28	197
A comparison between video otoscopy and standard tympanometry findings in adults living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in South Africa	141	47	9	197
Ototoxicity management: An investigation into doctors' knowledge and practices, and the roles of audiologists in a tertiary hospital	137	49	10	196
Audiological follow-up in a risk-based newborn hearing screening programme: An exploratory study of the influencing factors	147	27	22	196
South African speech-language therapists' opinion of their training in cleft lip and palate and craniofacial deformities	126	30	39	195
The comprehension and production of quantifiers in isiXhosa-speaking Grade 1 learners	114	62	10	186
Preliminary psychometric performance of the Neonatal Feeding Assessment Scale	127	39	13	179
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	123	22	31	176
An audiological profile of a cohort of school-aged children with HIV and AIDS attending an antiretroviral clinic in South Africa	104	14	55	173
Early hearing detection and intervention: Reflections from the South African context	106	48	17	171
Speech therapy students' perceptions of authentic video cases in a theory module on child language disorders	99	54	17	170
Contributing factors to high prevalence of hearing impairment in the Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipal area, South Africa: A rural perspective	100	49	19	168
Management of adult patients with tinnitus: Preparedness, perspectives and practices of audiologists	122	27	19	168
Narrative review of EHDI in South Africa	124	26	16	166
The effects of combined exposure of solvents and noise on auditory function - A systematic review and meta-analysis	115	29	22	166
A pilot study: Considering spirituality in an inclusive model of practice in clinical audiology	118	30	17	165

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