Speech-language evaluation of closed head injured subjects in South Africa: Cultural applicability and ecological validity of a test battery
This paper addresses the communicative outcome of a group of closed head injured (CHI) subjects in South Africa. Communicative outcome is evaluated on one test battery currently used for medico-legal assessments in South Africa. It was found that a number of the tests were sensitive to breakdown in...
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| description | This paper addresses the communicative outcome of a group of closed head injured (CHI) subjects in South Africa. Communicative outcome is evaluated on one test battery currently used for medico-legal assessments in South Africa. It was found that a number of the tests were sensitive to breakdown in this sample, but that the demographic factors of first language and pre-injury education significantly affected performance on some tests. Many test performances were significantly related to return to work, thus confirming the importance of communicative skills in the workplace, and the speech-language pathologist's role in vocational assessment and rehabilitation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-84d487c6282549258a9677bcadf90e9c2022-12-22T01:59:30ZengAOSISSouth African Journal of Communication Disorders0379-80462225-47651996-12-0143110.4102/sajcd.v43i1.241144Speech-language evaluation of closed head injured subjects in South Africa: Cultural applicability and ecological validity of a test batteryNola Watt0Claire Penn1Dilys Jones2Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, University of the WitwatersrandDepartment of Speech Pathology and Audiology, University of the WitwatersrandDepartment of Speech Pathology and Audiology, University of the WitwatersrandThis paper addresses the communicative outcome of a group of closed head injured (CHI) subjects in South Africa. Communicative outcome is evaluated on one test battery currently used for medico-legal assessments in South Africa. It was found that a number of the tests were sensitive to breakdown in this sample, but that the demographic factors of first language and pre-injury education significantly affected performance on some tests. Many test performances were significantly related to return to work, thus confirming the importance of communicative skills in the workplace, and the speech-language pathologist's role in vocational assessment and rehabilitation.https://sajcd.org.za/index.php/sajcd/article/view/241closed head injurycommunicative outcomereturn to work |
| spellingShingle | Nola Watt Claire Penn Dilys Jones Speech-language evaluation of closed head injured subjects in South Africa: Cultural applicability and ecological validity of a test battery South African Journal of Communication Disorders closed head injury communicative outcome return to work |
| title | Speech-language evaluation of closed head injured subjects in South Africa: Cultural applicability and ecological validity of a test battery |
| title_full | Speech-language evaluation of closed head injured subjects in South Africa: Cultural applicability and ecological validity of a test battery |
| title_fullStr | Speech-language evaluation of closed head injured subjects in South Africa: Cultural applicability and ecological validity of a test battery |
| title_full_unstemmed | Speech-language evaluation of closed head injured subjects in South Africa: Cultural applicability and ecological validity of a test battery |
| title_short | Speech-language evaluation of closed head injured subjects in South Africa: Cultural applicability and ecological validity of a test battery |
| title_sort | speech language evaluation of closed head injured subjects in south africa cultural applicability and ecological validity of a test battery |
| topic | closed head injury communicative outcome return to work |
| url | https://sajcd.org.za/index.php/sajcd/article/view/241 |
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