Setting a research agenda for speech therapy and audiology practice in South Africa.
Katijah Khoza-Shangase
PMID 40035119WHAT IT FOUND
This paper argues that South African speech therapy and audiology need a research agenda focused on local languages and rural access, rather than relying on models from high-income countries.
It proposes priorities like telehealth and multilingual tools but reports no clinical results.
What this paper is
This is an opinion piece arguing for the development of a localised research agenda for speech therapy and audiology in South Africa. It identifies priority areas for future study, such as multilingual diagnostic tools and telehealth, but reports no patient data, clinical trials, or outcomes. There is no evidence here to change your practice.
Declared interests
The authors state that this research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.
The easy way to misread this
Do not treat the proposed research priorities, such as telehealth or multilingual assessment tools, as evidence that these interventions have been tested or proven effective in this paper.