The focus of this article is on the nature of research within the joint professions of Speech-
Language Pathology (SLP) and Audiology. Specifically, we foreground the issue of …

The above frequent plea of the clinician attending a refresher course has resonated in my
ears over the years. In this paper I address the reasons and frustrations caused by this …

South Africa (SA), a country of approximately 52 million people, is in a continuous state of
transforming its social, political, educational, health, and economic policies. Vast disparities …

Abstract KHOZA-SHANGASE, Katijah and MOPHOSHO, Munyane. Language and culture in
speech-language and hearing professions in South Africa: The dangers of a single story. S …

Past and Present: The profession of speech-language pathology has been practiced in
South Africa since the early 1940s. Other terms for the discipline are speech therapy and …

At a time when South Africa is in the throes of transition, ideologies in the educational,
medical, economic and social spheres are being redefined and redirected. The field of …

Patients who do not speak the same language as their healthcare professional receive
limited health services compared with those who do, which may result in poor health …

Audiologists and speech-language therapists working in developing contexts like South
Africa have the opportunity to address a range of needs through their research. One of these …

This book synthesizes research on language development and communication disability in
Sub-Saharan Africa and highlights best practices for providing speech and language …

South African speech-language and hearing (SLH) professions are facing significant
challenges in the provision of clinical services to patients from a context that is culturally and …