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Papers by Brenda Louw
The purpose of this project is to assess students\u27 gains in intercultural competency during pa... more The purpose of this project is to assess students\u27 gains in intercultural competency during participation within a global curriculum in speech-language pathology and audiology as part of an international exchange project between two U.S. and two Brazilian communicative disorders programs using a standarized measure, the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) v.3
The South African journal of communication disorders. Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir Kommunikasieafwykings, Dec 31, 1996
South African Journal of Communication Disorders, 2000
Traditional models of service delivery prevent speech-language therapists and audiologists from i... more Traditional models of service delivery prevent speech-language therapists and audiologists from identifying and implementing early communication intervention(ECI) in South Africa. This study utilized the framework of the transdisciplinary team approach to develop a collaborative partnership between community nurses and speech-language therapists and audiologists. An interdisciplinary in-service training programme was implemented with 24 community nurses employed at family health clinics in KwaZulu-Natal; with the aim of enhancing their knowledge and attitudes toward the early identification and referral of at-risk children to speech-language therapists and audiologists. Three questionnaires were used to evaluate the nurses' knowledge and attitudes. Results indicated that the training programme significantly improved the nurses' knowledge regarding ECI but not their attitudes. Implications of these findings are discussed in terms of service delivery for ECI, and the education...
International Journal of Audiology, 2007
Newborn hearing screening is the procedure of choice for ensuring optimal outcomes for infants wi... more Newborn hearing screening is the procedure of choice for ensuring optimal outcomes for infants with hearing loss, whether in a developed or developing country. Unfortunately, apart from a small number of recent exceptions, newborn hearing screening has been a practice reserved for the developed world. Despite the prevailing challenges towards implementing hearing screening in developing countries, there are existing structures in these countries that need to be investigated as possible platforms from which programs can be actualized. Immunization clinics, constituting part of a primary healthcare approach characteristic of developing countries, offer one such a platform. A novel service delivery model, based on initial results from a pilot study, was developed for infant hearing screening at immunization clinics in South Africa as an integrated part of primary, secondary, and tertiary levels of healthcare. This type of model is a first step toward ensuring that infants with hearing loss in developing communities are afforded opportunities for optimal development and societal integration through accountable and contextually relevant early hearing detection and intervention services.
South African Family Practice, Sep 19, 1994
The important role that the general practitioner plays in the early identification and treatment ... more The important role that the general practitioner plays in the early identification and treatment of childhood language disorders is discussed. A short overview is presented of research that was conducted, with the aim to determine a group of general practitioners’ awareness of childhood language disorders. Information is provided regarding the critical language acquisition stage, characteristics of Language disordered children, appropriate age for referrals to the speech-language therapist, the role that the speech-language therapist and the general practitioner play in the treatment of children with language disorders.
The South African journal of communication disorders. Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir Kommunikasieafwykings, Dec 31, 1999
PubMed, 1995
The aim of this study was to explore the interrelationship between spoken language, written langu... more The aim of this study was to explore the interrelationship between spoken language, written language, and phonological processing. The empirical study was administered on nine Afrikaans-speaking, language-impaired children in grade two by means of accidental sampling. Conformable to predetermined objectives, spoken language parameters, written language parameters, and phonological processing parameters were identified. The subjects' level of functioning with regard to each parameter, and the interrelationship between these parameters were qualitatively and quantitatively analysed and described. The results of this study indicated significant correlations between spoken language, written language and phonological processing abilities of the selected language impaired subjects.
The South African journal of communication disorders. Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir Kommunikasieafwykings, Dec 31, 1993
Insufficient research training contributes to the current shortage of researchers in the field of... more Insufficient research training contributes to the current shortage of researchers in the field of speech-language pathology and contributes to the dearth of multicultural and multilingual (MCML) research. There is limited information regarding how MCML issues are addressed in Research Methods courses in CSD. This research explores the extent to which MCML issues are included in CSD Research courses.Learner Outcome(s): Identify the importance of MCML in research method courses Describe ASHA MCML resources Describe strategizes to integrate MCML issues into coursewor
The South African journal of communication disorders. Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir Kommunikasieafwykings, Dec 31, 1996
Learn to …. (1) Use the ICF-CY framework for assessment; (2) use the ICF-CY framework for goal se... more Learn to …. (1) Use the ICF-CY framework for assessment; (2) use the ICF-CY framework for goal setting; (3) address the child\u27s own perspectives in goal setting (person-centred goal setting); (4) include a parent\u27s perspective in planning everyday functional activities for intervention; (5) formulate therapy goals across different language and cultural groups
The purpose of this project is to assess students\u27 gains in intercultural competency during pa... more The purpose of this project is to assess students\u27 gains in intercultural competency during participation within a global curriculum in speech-language pathology and audiology as part of an international exchange project between two U.S. and two Brazilian communicative disorders programs using a standarized measure, the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) v.3
The South African journal of communication disorders. Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir Kommunikasieafwykings, Dec 31, 1996
South African Journal of Communication Disorders, 2000
Traditional models of service delivery prevent speech-language therapists and audiologists from i... more Traditional models of service delivery prevent speech-language therapists and audiologists from identifying and implementing early communication intervention(ECI) in South Africa. This study utilized the framework of the transdisciplinary team approach to develop a collaborative partnership between community nurses and speech-language therapists and audiologists. An interdisciplinary in-service training programme was implemented with 24 community nurses employed at family health clinics in KwaZulu-Natal; with the aim of enhancing their knowledge and attitudes toward the early identification and referral of at-risk children to speech-language therapists and audiologists. Three questionnaires were used to evaluate the nurses' knowledge and attitudes. Results indicated that the training programme significantly improved the nurses' knowledge regarding ECI but not their attitudes. Implications of these findings are discussed in terms of service delivery for ECI, and the education...
International Journal of Audiology, 2007
Newborn hearing screening is the procedure of choice for ensuring optimal outcomes for infants wi... more Newborn hearing screening is the procedure of choice for ensuring optimal outcomes for infants with hearing loss, whether in a developed or developing country. Unfortunately, apart from a small number of recent exceptions, newborn hearing screening has been a practice reserved for the developed world. Despite the prevailing challenges towards implementing hearing screening in developing countries, there are existing structures in these countries that need to be investigated as possible platforms from which programs can be actualized. Immunization clinics, constituting part of a primary healthcare approach characteristic of developing countries, offer one such a platform. A novel service delivery model, based on initial results from a pilot study, was developed for infant hearing screening at immunization clinics in South Africa as an integrated part of primary, secondary, and tertiary levels of healthcare. This type of model is a first step toward ensuring that infants with hearing loss in developing communities are afforded opportunities for optimal development and societal integration through accountable and contextually relevant early hearing detection and intervention services.
South African Family Practice, Sep 19, 1994
The important role that the general practitioner plays in the early identification and treatment ... more The important role that the general practitioner plays in the early identification and treatment of childhood language disorders is discussed. A short overview is presented of research that was conducted, with the aim to determine a group of general practitioners’ awareness of childhood language disorders. Information is provided regarding the critical language acquisition stage, characteristics of Language disordered children, appropriate age for referrals to the speech-language therapist, the role that the speech-language therapist and the general practitioner play in the treatment of children with language disorders.
The South African journal of communication disorders. Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir Kommunikasieafwykings, Dec 31, 1999
PubMed, 1995
The aim of this study was to explore the interrelationship between spoken language, written langu... more The aim of this study was to explore the interrelationship between spoken language, written language, and phonological processing. The empirical study was administered on nine Afrikaans-speaking, language-impaired children in grade two by means of accidental sampling. Conformable to predetermined objectives, spoken language parameters, written language parameters, and phonological processing parameters were identified. The subjects' level of functioning with regard to each parameter, and the interrelationship between these parameters were qualitatively and quantitatively analysed and described. The results of this study indicated significant correlations between spoken language, written language and phonological processing abilities of the selected language impaired subjects.
The South African journal of communication disorders. Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir Kommunikasieafwykings, Dec 31, 1993
Insufficient research training contributes to the current shortage of researchers in the field of... more Insufficient research training contributes to the current shortage of researchers in the field of speech-language pathology and contributes to the dearth of multicultural and multilingual (MCML) research. There is limited information regarding how MCML issues are addressed in Research Methods courses in CSD. This research explores the extent to which MCML issues are included in CSD Research courses.Learner Outcome(s): Identify the importance of MCML in research method courses Describe ASHA MCML resources Describe strategizes to integrate MCML issues into coursewor
The South African journal of communication disorders. Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir Kommunikasieafwykings, Dec 31, 1996
Learn to …. (1) Use the ICF-CY framework for assessment; (2) use the ICF-CY framework for goal se... more Learn to …. (1) Use the ICF-CY framework for assessment; (2) use the ICF-CY framework for goal setting; (3) address the child\u27s own perspectives in goal setting (person-centred goal setting); (4) include a parent\u27s perspective in planning everyday functional activities for intervention; (5) formulate therapy goals across different language and cultural groups