Browsing Speech Pathology and Audiology - Collected Works by Issue Date
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Hearing handicap and quality of life: Reports by cochlear implantees and their frequent communication partners
(Speech Pathology Association of Australia Ltd., 2001-05)Questionnaires concerning communication, hearing handicap and quality of life were posted to all 55 adult cochlear implantees known to be resident in South Australia. Parallel questionnaires were included for completion ... -
Auditory-visual speech perception: The effect of visual acuity in older people
(Australian Academic Press, 2004-03)This study aimed to investigate the benefit gained by older people in auditory-visual speech perception compared to auditory-only perception and to investigate the correlation between visual acuity and benefit gained. A ... -
Conversation Repair and Acquired Hearing Impairment: A Preliminary Quantitative Clinical Study
(Australian Academic Press, 2004-04)This report provides a quantitative summary of the initial findings in a series of investigations into the validity and reliability of repair behaviour recorded in free conversation in clinical settings between adults who ... -
Engaging speech pathology students in design and validation of competency based assessment in the workplace.
(University of South Australia, 2008)In Australia, the discipline of speech pathology has been engaged in competency based education in a sustained manner for 15 years. Speech pathologists are university educated professionals who work in the health and ... -
Engaging educators and students in the national roll-out of a new assessment tool (COMPASS).
(University of South Australia, 2008)This paper presents key results of an evaluation of a project (funded by ALTC), that led the integration of a newly developed competency based assessment tool (COMPASS™) within all 13 speech pathology education programs ... -
Conversation Therapy: Interaction as Intervention
(Sonova., 2009-10)This chapter presents an overview of the history, principles and clinical practice that might be labelled “Conversation Therapy” (henceforth, CT) in the context of aural rehabilitation (AR) for adults who have post-lingual ... -
Conversation Analysis of Repair in Interaction with Adults who Have Acquired HI
(Sonova., 2009-10)This chapter presents a summary of some recent re-search which has been undertaken to address the pat-terns of conversational behaviour in interaction involv-ing adults who have post-lingual hearing impairment (HI). The ... -
Adults’ Perceptions of Their Tinnitus and a Tinnitus Information Service
(Australian Academic Press, 2010)The South Australian Government funds Tinnitus SA to provide advice and information to South Australians to assist in their understanding of tinni-tus and their decision making about tinnitus-related service provision. ... -
Becoming familiar with competency based student assessment: An evaluation of workshop outcomes
(Taylor & Francis, 2010)The identification and specification of competency based standards in speech language pathology has provided practitioners, educators, employers and government regulators with information and guidance. This paper reports ... -
Issues in developing valid assessments of speech pathology students' performance in the workplace
(Wiley, 2010)Abstract Background Workplace based learning is a critical component of professional preparation in speech pathology. A validated assessment of this learning is seen to be ‘the gold standard’ but it is difficult to develop ... -
Self-Reported Hearing Handicap and Mental Health in Australia: Some Preliminary Findings
(Australian Academic Press, 2010-11)It has long been suggested that the consequences of adult hearing impairment (HI) include stress, anxiety and depression, yet relatively little formal assessment of mental health status amongst adult Australians who have ... -
Attendees’ Perceptions of, Motivation for and Outcomes, Following an Adult Group Aural Rehabilitation Program
(Australian Academic Press, 2010-11)The aim of this grounded theory (GT) study was to gain insight into adult participants’ perceptions of a group aural rehabilitation (AR) program. The partici-pant group for this in-depth interview-based study were 8 female ... -
A systematic program of research regarding the assessment of speech-language pathology competencies
(Informa UK, Ltd, 2011-08-16)This paper explores the nature and development of competence in speech-language pathology and is informed by the development and validation of a competency-based assessment tool to assess Australian speech-language pathology ... -
Checklist of parent Lidcombe Program administration
(Speech Pathology Australia, 2012)This article outlines the development of a checklist to document parent and child behaviours when implementing Lidcombe Program treatment during structured conversations. We present item development and reliability testing ... -
Swallowing Neurorehabilitation: From the Research Laboratory to Routine Clinical Application
(Elsevier, 2012-01-27)The recent application of neurostimulation techniques to enhance the understanding of swallowing neural plasticity has expanded the focus of rehabilitation research from manipulation of swallowing biomechanics to manipulation ... -
Assessing the language skills of children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds: The expressive vocabulary performance of Singaporean English-Mandarin bilingual preschoolers
(Informa Healthcare, 2012-02-15)Standardized language assessments such as the Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals Pre-school 2 United Kingdom (CELF Preschool 2 UK) are often used in speech-language pathology clinics to determine if a child is ... -
Twelve tips for supporting student learning in multidisciplinary clinical placements
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Assessment of student competency in a simulated speech-language pathology clinical placement
(Taylor & Francis, 2013-08-30)Clinical education programs in speech-language pathology enable the transition of students’ knowledge and skills from the classroom to the workplace. Simulated clinical learning experiences provide an opportunity to address ... -
Intake of thickened liquids by hospitalized adults with dysphagia after stroke
(Informa Healthcare, 2013-09-05)There is widespread concern that individuals with dysphagia as a result of stroke do not drink enough fluids when they are prescribed thickened liquids. This paper details a retrospective audit of thickened liquid consumption ... -
Impact of placement type on the development of clinical competency in speech–language pathology students
(John Wiley & Sons, inc., 2013-11-01)Background: Speech language pathology students gain experience and clinical competency through clinical education placements. However, currently little empirical information exists regarding how competency develops. Existing ...