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Tele-intervention for children with hearing loss : a comparative study
Dissertation (MCommunication Pathology)--University of Pretoria, 2016.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/57181 Tele-intervention for children with hearing loss : a comparative study Swanepoel, De Wet estienne.havenga@gmail.com Le Roux, Talita Havenga, Estienne UCTD Dissertation (MCommunication Pathology)--University of Pretoria, 2016. This pilot study compared tele-intervention to conventional intervention for children with hearing loss in terms of communication performance, parent perceptions and clinician perceptions. A within-participant design was employed, including 10 children with hearing loss and their parents who each received a structurally similar tele-intervention and conventional intervention session in a counterbalanced manner. Quality of communication performance was analysed using a modified Tait Video Analysis method. Parent- and clinician perceptions were collected through rating-scale surveys and thematic analysis of qualitative responses. No significant difference (p>0.05) was found between tele-intervention and conventional intervention in terms of communication performance of children. Parent perceptions were not significantly different (p>0.05) between conventional and tele-intervention in terms of facilitating meaningful communication interaction. Even though tele-intervention and conventional intervention received high ratings by parents, a preference towards conventional intervention was evident in terms of parents comfort level during the session, whether they found it to be a beneficial experience and whether they would like to continue receiving intervention through this method. Clinician perceptions of conventional and tele-intervention were not significantly different (p>0.05) as both methods received similar high scores. This study provides preliminary evidence that, even with its technical challenges and unfamiliarity, tele-intervention is effective for communication intervention and can be a valuable solution to typical barriers such as distance and the shortage of trained interventionists. Outcomes of the current study, along with the growing body of research in the field of tele-intervention, suggests that this method of service-delivery offers an alternative to conventional in-person methods. Tele-intervention could be a valuable option of service delivery especially for, but not limited to, families of children with hearing loss who reside great distances from specialized services required. tm2016 Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology MCommunication Pathology Unrestricted 2016-10-14T07:32:06Z 2016-10-14T07:32:06Z 2016-08-31 2016 Dissertation Havenga, E 2016, Tele-intervention for children with hearing loss : a comparative study, MCommunication Pathology Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/57181> S2016 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/57181 en © 2016 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Tele-intervention for children with hearing loss : a comparative study |
| title | Tele-intervention for children with hearing loss : a comparative study |
| title_full | Tele-intervention for children with hearing loss : a comparative study |
| title_fullStr | Tele-intervention for children with hearing loss : a comparative study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Tele-intervention for children with hearing loss : a comparative study |
| title_short | Tele-intervention for children with hearing loss : a comparative study |
| title_sort | tele intervention for children with hearing loss a comparative study |
| topic | UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/57181 |