Speech-language evaluation of closed head injured subjects in South Africa: Cultural applicability and ecological validity of a test battery

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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Main Authors: Nola Watt, Claire Penn, Dilys Jones
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 1996-12-01
Series:South African Journal of Communication Disorders
Subjects:
closed head injury
communicative outcome
return to work
Online Access:https://sajcd.org.za/index.php/sajcd/article/view/241
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spelling doaj-84d487c6282549258a9677bcadf90e9c2020-11-24T23:52:57ZengAOSISSouth 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
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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
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Claire Penn
Dilys Jones
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title 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_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_sort speech-language evaluation of closed head injured subjects in south africa: cultural applicability and ecological validity of a test battery
publisher AOSIS
series South African Journal of Communication Disorders
issn 0379-8046
2225-4765
publishDate 1996-12-01
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.
topic closed head injury
communicative outcome
return to work
url https://sajcd.org.za/index.php/sajcd/article/view/241
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