Prof. De Wet Swanepoel

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Professor, Department of Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology, University of Pretoria

Adjunct Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine 

Senior Research Fellow, Ear Science Institute Australia 

 

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:

2000 - B. Communication Pathology (Cum Laude), University of Pretoria 

2002 - M. Communication Pathology (Audiology) (Cum Laude), University of Pretoria 

2005 - D. Phil (Communication Pathology) (specialising in Audiology), University of Pretoria 

 

AWARDS:

2021 - Finalist for the IITPSA Presidents Award - Technology Excellence Award category

2021 - Awarded an A2 rating from the National Research Foundation (www.nrf.ac.za/rating)

2021 - Academy of Sciences of South Africa. Induced as an ASSAf member.

2021 - American Journal of Audiology 2020 Editor’s Award. Paper entitled, Digital Proficiency Is Not a Significant Barrier for Taking Up Hearing Services With a Hybrid Online and Face-to-Face Model (www.pubs.asha.org/journals/editors_awards)

2020 - African Academy of Sciences fellowship. Induced as a fellow of the academy based on scientific contributions

2020 - African Academy of Science Olusegun Obasanjo Prize for Scientific Breakthrough and/or Technological Innovation

2019 - SASLHA fellowship award. In recognition of outstanding contributions to the profession.

2019 - Oppenheimer memorial trust award 

2016 - Awarded Silver (S2A3) British Association Medal (One of the highest awards for original scientific research in South Africa for a person under 40 years of age).

2014 - AU-TWAS Young Scientist National Award in the category of Basic Sciences, Technology and Innovation 

 

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS and AFFILIATIONS:

Editor-in-Chief – International Journal of Audiology - Since 2018

World Report on Hearing – Advisory and review committee - 2020 - 2021

World Hearing Forum – Member - Since 2019

UNICEF specialist advisor – Young children with developmental delays and disabilities project -Since 2018 - 2019

WHO/ITU Safe Listening Initiative – Working group - Member since 2015

34^th World Congress of Audiology, 28 – 31 October 2018, Cape Town Co-chair and president of the congress, 2018

International Society of Audiology, President - 2016 - 2018

International Collegium of Rehabilitative Audiology (ICRA) - Invited Member Since 2013

International Society of Audiology, Immediate Past-President, [current]

International Society of Audiology, President 2016 - 2018

ENT & Audiology News International Liason Committee since 2017

International Collegium of Rehabilitative Audiology (ICRA) Invited Member Since 2013

International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics (IALP) Invited Member of the Audiology Committee Since 2014

IDA Institute Invited Board Member 2014-2020

Humanitarian Committee of the International Society of Audiology Committee Member since 2006

Organizing committee for the International EHDI in Africa conference, Johannesburg 13 & 14 August 2007

Scientific committee for the International EHDI in Africa conference, Johannesburg 13 & 14 August 2007

Member of the International Advisory Board for the XXIXth International Congress of Audiology, Hong Kong  8 – 12 June 2008

World Health Organization (WHO), International Classification of Functioning and Health (ICF) steering committee member representing Africa for the development of a Core Set of questions for classification of hearing impairment as a chronic health condition (2008 – 2011).

Expert panel member for the International Society of Audiology panel on recommendations for Newborn Hearing Screening, since 2008

Chair of the Telehealth Committee of the International Society of Audiology (ISA), since 2009

Founding Member of the Tele-Audiology Network (www.teleaudiology.org), since 2009

International Society of Audiology, Executive Board Member representing affiliated societies, 2010 - 2014

International Advisory Committee member, Journal of Hearing Science, December 2010 – December 2012.

Steering Committee member, HEAL 2014, Hearing Across the Lifespan Conference, Cernobbio (Lake Como), Italy, June 5-7, 2014.

Phonak Pediatric Advisory Board member, since 2013

Scientific Advisory Board for EU project ‘RE-SCREENING’ – Review and Evaluation of Screening programmes of hearing impairment in infants across Europe, since 2014

 

RESEARCH OUTPUTS: 

Peer-Reviewed Papers (since 2018): 

1. Myburgh HC, Jose S, Swanepoel D, Laurent C (2018). Towards low cost automated smartphone- and cloud-based otitis media diagnosis. Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, 39:34-52
2. Brennan-Jones C, Eikelboom RH, Bennet RJ, Tao KFM, Swanepoel D (2018). Asynchronous interpretation of manual and automated audiometry: Agreement and reliability. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 24:37-43
3. Tan HEI, Lan NSR, Knuiman MW, Divitini ML, Swanepoel D, Hunter H, Brennan-Jones CG, Hung J, Eikelboom RH, Santa Maria PL (2018) Associations between cardiovascular disease and its risk factors with hearing loss – a cross-sectional analysis. Clinical Otolaryngology, 43:172-181
4. Kaspar A, Kei J, Driscoll C, Swanepoel D, Goulios H (2018). A public health approach to pediatric hearing impairment in the Pacific Islands. Journal of Global Health, 8:e1-e4
5. Potgieter, JM, Swanepoel D, Myburgh, HC, & Smits, C (2018). The South African English Smartphone Digits-in-Noise Hearing Test: Effect of Age, Hearing Loss, and Speaking Competence. Ear and Hearing, 39(4), 656-663.
6. Bornman M, Swanepoel D, Biagio De Jager L, Eikelboom RH (2018). Extended high frequency smartphone audiometry: validity and reliability. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 30:217-226. 
7. Swanepoel D, & Clark, J L (2018). Hearing healthcare in remote or resource-constrained environments. The Journal of Laryngology & Otology, 1-7.
8. Yousuf Hussein S, Swanepoel D, de Jager LB, & Mahomed-Asmail F (2018). Knowledge and attitudes of early childhood development practitioners towards hearing health in poor communities. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 106, 16-20.
9. Yousuf Hussein S, Swanepoel D, Mahomed-Asmail F, Biagio de Jager L (2018). Community-based hearing screening for young children using an mHealth service-delivery model. Global Health Action, 11(1):1467077
10. Tao KFM, Brennan-Jones CG, Capobianco-Fava DM, Jayakody DM, Friedland PL, Swanepoel D & Eikelboom RH (2018). Teleaudiology Services for Rehabilitation with Hearing Aids in Adults: A Systematic Review. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 61(7), 1831-1849.
11. Da Costa C, Eikelboom RH, Jacques A, Swanepoel D, Whitehouse AJO, Jamieson SE, Brennan-Jones CG (2018). Does otitis media in early childhood affect later behavioural development? Results from the Western Australian Pregnancy Cohort (Raine) Study. Clinical Otolaryngology, 43, 1036-1042. 
12. De Sousa KC, Swanepoel D, Moore D, Smits C (2018). A Smartphone National Hearing Test - Performance and Characteristics of Users. American Journal of Audiology, 27, 448-454.
13. Brittz M, Heinze B, Mahomed-Asmail F, Swanepoel D, Stoltz A (2018). Monitoring hearing in an infectious disease clinic with mHealth technologies. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 30:482-492. 
14. Potgieter JM, Swanepoel D, Smits C (2018). Evaluating a smartphone digits-in-noise test as part of the audiometric test-battery. South African Journal of Communication Disorders, 65(1).
15. Louw C, Swanepoel D, Eikelboom RH, Hugo J (2018). Prevalence of hearing loss at primary health care clinics in South Africa. African Health Sciences, 18(2), 313-320.
16. Van Zyl M, Swanepoel D, Myburgh H (2018). Modernising speech audiometry: using a smartphone application to test word recognition. International Journal of Audiology, 1-9.
17. Kaspar A, Newton O, Kei J, Driscoll C, Swanepoel D, Goulios H (2018). Prevalence of Otitis Media and Risk-Factors for Sensorineural Hearing Loss among infants attending Child Welfare Clinics in the Solomon Islands. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 111, 21-25.
18. Bernstein L, Besser J, Maidment D, Swanepoel D (2018). Innovation in the context of audiology and in the context of the internet. American Journal of Audiology, IN PRESS
19. Van der Merwe M, Mosca R, Swanepoel D, Glascoe FP, Van der Linde J (2018). Early detection of developmental delays in vulnerable children by community care workers using an mHealth tool. Early Child Development and Care, IN PRESS
20. Kaspar A, Newton O, Kei J, Driscoll C, Swanepoel D, Goulios H (2018). Prevalence of ear disease and associated hearing loss among primary school students in the Solomon Islands: otitis media still a major public health issue. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 113, 223-228.
21. Ratanjee-Vanmali H, Swanepoel D, Laplante-Lévesque A (2018). Characteristics, behaviours and readiness of persons seeking hearing healthcare online. International Journal of Audiology, 58:107-115.
22. Louw C, Swanepoel D, Eikelboom RH, Hugo J (2018). Self-reported hearing loss and pure tone audiometry for screening in primary health care clinics. Journal of Primary Care and Community Health, 9, 1-8. 
23.      Swanepoel D, & Clark, J L (2019). Hearing healthcare in remote or resource-constrained environments. The Journal of Laryngology & Otology, 2019;133:11–17 
24. Bornman M, Swanepoel D, Biagio De Jager L, Eikelboom RH (2019). Extended high frequency smartphone audiometry: validity and reliability. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology. 30:217-226
25. Ratanjee-Vanmali H, Swanepoel D, Laplante-Lévesque A (2019). Characteristics, behaviours and readiness of persons seeking hearing healthcare online. International Journal of Audiology, 58:107-115.
26. Van der Merwe M, Mosca R, Swanepoel D, Glascoe FP, Van der Linde J (2019). Early detection of developmental delays in vulnerable children by community care workers using an mHealth tool. Early Child Development and Care, 189:855-866.
27. Maleka K, Van der Linde J, Swanepoel D (2019). Prioritized surveillance of young at-risk South African children:  An evaluation of the PEDS tools referral and response characteristics. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 30:668-679.
28. Brittz M, Heinze B, Mahomed-Asmail F, Swanepoel D, Stoltz A (2019). Monitoring hearing in an infectious disease clinic with mHealth technologies. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 30:482-492
29. Brown L, De Sousa KC, Mahomed-Asmail F, Swanepoel D (2019). Performance and reliability of a smartphone digits-in-noise test in the sound field. American Journal of Audiology, 28:736-741
30. Swanepoel D, Smits C, De Sousa KC, Moore D (2019). Mobile apps to screen for hearing loss: Opportunities and challenges. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 97(10):717-718
31. Suen JJ, Bhatnagar K, Emmett SD, Marrone N, Kleindienst Robler S, Swanepoel D, Wong A, Nieman CL (2019). Hearing care across the life course provided in the community. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 97(10):681-690  
32. Eksteen S, Launer S, Kuper H, Eikelboom RH, Bastawrous A, Swanepoel D (2019). Hearing and vision screening for preschool children using mobile technology, South Africa. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 97(10):672–680
33. Van Wyk T, Mahomed-Asmail F, Swanepoel D (2019). Supporting hearing health in vulnerable populations through community care workers using mHealth technologies. International Journal of Audiology, 58:790-797
34. Motlagh Zadeh L, Silbert NH, Sternasty K, Swanepoel D, Moore DR (2019). Extended high frequency hearing enhances speech perception in noise. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116(47), 23753-23759
35. Bright T, McCormick I, Phiri M, Mulwafu W, Burton M, Polack S, Mactaggart I, Yip JLY, Swanepoel D, Kuper H (2020). Rationale and feasibility of a combined rapid assessment of avoidable blindness and hearing loss protocol. PLOS ONE 15(2): e0229008
36. Ratanjee-Vanmali H, Swanepoel D, Laplante-Lévesque A (2020). Patient uptake, experience and satisfaction using web-based and face-to-face hearing health services: Process evaluation study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22(3):e15875
37. De Sousa KC, Swanepoel D, Moore D, Myburgh HC, Smits C (2020). Improving Sensitivity of the Digits-in-Noise Test Using Antiphasic Stimuli. Ear and Hearing, 41(2):442-450
38. Swanepoel D (2020). eHealth technologies enable more accessible hearing care. Seminars in Hearing, 41(02):133-140
39. Sandström J, Swanepoel D, Laurent C, Umefjord G, Lundberg T (2020). Accuracy and Reliability of Smartphone Self-Test Audiometry in Community Clinics in Low Income Settings: A Comparative Study. Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology, 129(6):578-584
40. Grobler LM, Swanepoel D, Strauss S, Becker P, Eloff Z (2020). Occupational noise and age: A longitudinal study of hearing sensitivity as a function of noise exposure and age in South African gold mine workers. South African Journal of Communication Disorders, 67(2):a687. https://doi.org/10.4102/sajcd.v67i2.687
41. Bright T, Mulwafu W, Phiri M, Mwanaisha P, Fan J, Swanepoel D, Kuper H, Mactaggart I, Yip JLY, Polack S (2020). Field test of the Rapid Assessment of Hearing Loss survey protocol in Ntcheu district, Malawi. International Journal of Audiology, 59(8):574-582. https://doi.org/10.1080/14992027.2020.1739764
42. Schonborn D, De Sousa KC, Mahomed-Asmail F, Smits C, Le Plante-Levesque A, Moore DM, Swanepoel D (2020). Characteristics and Help-Seeking Bahavior of People Failing a Smart Device Self-Test for Hearing. American Journal of Audiology, 29(3):365-374 https://doi.org/10.1044/2020_AJA-19-00098
43. Oosthuizen I, Picou EM, Pottas L, Myburgh HC, Swanepoel D (2020). Listening effort in native and non-native English-speaking children using low linguistic single- and dual-task paradigms. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 63(6):1979-1989.
44. Brennan-Jones C, Whitehouse AJO, Calder S, Da Costa C, Eikelboom RH, Swanepoel D, Jamieson SE (2020). Does otitis media affect later language ability? A prospective birth cohort study. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 63(7): 2441- 2452
45. Newall JP, Martinez N, Swanepoel D, McMahon CM (2020). A national survey of hearing loss in the Philippines. Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health, 32(10): 235-241
46. De Sousa KC, Smits C , Moore D, Myburgh HC, Swanepoel D, (2020). Pure-tone audiometry without bone-conduction thresholds: using the digits-in-noise test to detect conductive hearing loss. International Journal of Audiology, 59(10): 801-808
47. Kuschke S, Swanepoel D, le Roux T, Strauss S (2020). Profile of childhood hearing loss in the Western Cape, South Africa. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 137: 110248
48. Ratanjee-Vanmali H, Swanepoel D, Laplante-Lévesque A (2020). Digital Proficiency Is Not a Significant Barrier for Taking Up Hearing Services with a Hybrid Online and Face-to-Face Model. American Journal of Audiology, 29:785-808.
49. Ebrahimi-Madiseh A, Eikelboom RH, Bennett RJ, Upson GS, Friedland P, Swanepoel D, Psarros C, Lei WK, Atlas MD (2020). What influences decision-making for cochlear implantation in adults? Exploring barriers and drivers from a multi-stakeholder perspective. Ear and Hearing, 20:1752-1763
50. Smit NA, van der Linde J, Eccles R, Graham M, Swanepoel D (2021). Exploring the knowledge and needs of early childhood development practitioners from a low-resource community. Early Childhood Education Journal. 49:197-208
51. Abdoola S, Swanepoel D, Van der Linde J, Glascoe FP (2021). Detecting developmental delays in infants from a low-income South African community: Comparing the BSID-III and PEDS tools. Early Child Development and Care, 191:545-554
52. du Toit M, van der Linde J, Swanepoel D (2021). Early childhood development risks and protective factors in vulnerable preschool children from low-income communities. Journal of Community Health. 46, 304–312 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10900-020-00883-z
53. Eccles R, J van der Linde, M le Roux, D Swanepoel, Holloway J, MacCutcheon D, Ljung R (2021). The effect of music education approaches on phonological awareness and early literacy: A systematic review. Australian Journal of Language and Literacy. 44(1):46-60
54. du Toit MN, van der Linde J, Swanepoel D. (2021) Developmental Risks in Vulnerable Children from a Low-Income South African Community. Maternal and Child Health Journal 25:590–598 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-020-03111-1
55. Oosthuizen I, Picou EM, Pottas L, Myburgh HC, Swanepoel D (2021). Listening effort in school-aged children with limited useable hearing unilaterally: examining the effects of a personal digital RM system and a CROS hearing system. Trends in Hearing, 25:1-16
56. Manus M, J van der Linde, Kuper H, Swanepoel D (2021). Community-based hearing and vision screening in schools in low-income communities using mobile health technologies. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools. 52:568-580.
57. Kuschke S, le Roux T, Scott AJ, Swanepoel D (2021). Decentralising paediatric hearing services through district healthcare screening in Western Cape province, South Africa. African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine. 13(1):1-7
58. Eksteen S, Eikelboom RH, Launer S, Kuper H, Swanepoel D (2021). Referral criteria for preschool hearing screening in resource-constrained settings: a retrospective comparison of protocols. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 52:868-878
59. Wolmarans J, De Sousa KC, Frisby C, Mahomed-Asmail F, Smits C, Moore DR, Swanepoel D (2021). Speech recognition in noise using binaural diotic and antiphasic digits-in-noise in children: maturation and self-test validity. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 32:315-323
60. Zadeh LM, Silbert NH, Swanepoel D, Moore DR (2021). Improved Sensitivity of Digits-in-Noise Test to High-Frequency Hearing Loss. Ear and Hearing, 42(3):565-573 doi: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000956
61. Knoetze MC, Mahomed-Asmail F, Manchaiah V, Swanepoel D (2021). Sound-Level Monitoring Earphones With Smartphone Feedback as an Intervention to Promote Healthy Listening Behaviors in Young Adults. Ear and Hearing, 42:1173-1182. doi: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000001029
62. Dawood N, Mahomed-Asmail F, Louw C, Swanepoel D (2021). mHealth hearing screening for children by non-specialist health workers in communities. International Journal of Audiology. 60:S23-S29 https://doi.org/10.1080/14992027.2020.1829719
63. Smits C , De Sousa KC, Swanepoel D (2021). An Analytical Method to Convert Between Speech Recognition Thresholds and Percentage-Correct Scores for Speech-In-Noise Tests. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 150(2):132-1331
64. Oosthuizen I, Picou EM, Pottas L, Myburgh HC, Swanepoel D (2021). Listening Effort in School-Aged Children With Normal Hearing Compared to Children With Limited Useable Hearing Unilaterally. American Journal of Audiology, 30(2), 309–324. https://doi.org/10.1044/2021_AJA-20-00082
65. Tao K, Swanepoel D, Brennen-Jones CG, Jayakody, DMP, Moreira T de C, Coetzee L, Eikelboom RH (2021). Teleaudiology hearing aid fitting follow-up consultations for adults: single blinded crossover randomised control trial and cohort studies. International Journal of Audiology, 60: S49-S60. https://doi.org/10.1080/14992027.2020.1805804
66. Eccles R, J van der Linde, M le roux, Holloway J, MacCutcheon D, Ljung R, D Swanepoel (2021). Is phonological awareness related to pitch, rhythm and speech-in-noise discrimination in young children? Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools. 52(1), 383–395. https://doi.org/10.1044/2020_LSHSS-20-00032
67. Aazh H, Swanepoel D, Moore BCJ (2021). Telehealth tinnitus therapy during the COVID-19 outbreak in the UK: uptake and related factors. International Journal of Audiology. 60(5), 322–327. https://doi.org/10.1080/14992027.2020.1822553
68. Richardson BP, van der Linde J, Pillay B, Swanepoel D (2021). Do text messages about health and development in young children affect caregiver behavior? A systematic review. Health Education Journal, 80(2), 225-237.
69. Karlsson E, Mäki-Torkko E, Widén S, Gustavsson S, Manchaia V, Mahomed- Asmail F, Swanepoel D, Yerragutla K, Granberg S (2021). Validation of the Brief International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) core set for hearing loss: an international multicentre study. International Journal of Audiology. 60(6), 412–420. https://doi.org/10.1080/14992027.2020.1846088
70. Manchaiah V, Swanepoel D, Ratinaud P, Bailey A, Pennebaker JW, Bennett RJ (2021). Linguistic analysis of hearing aid consumer reviews in relation to benefit and satisfaction ratings. American Journal of Audiology, 30(3):761-768
71. Manchaiah V, Swanepoel D, Bennett RJ (2021). Online Consumer Reviews on Hearing Health Care Services: A Textual Analysis Approach to Examine Psychologically Meaningful Language Dimensions. American Journal of Audiology, 30(3):669-675
72. Manchaiah V, Bennett RJ, Ratinaud P, Swanepoel D (2021). Experiences with hearing healthcare services: What can we learn from online consumer reviews? American Journal of Audiology, 30:745-754 https://doi.org/10.1044/2021_AJA-21-00041
73. De Sousa KC, Moore D, Smits C, Swanepoel D (2021). Digital technology for remote hearing assessment – current status and future directions for consumers. Sustainability, 13(18), 10124; https://doi.org/10.3390/su131810124
74. Bhutta MF, Swanepoel DW, Fagan J (2021). ENT from afar: Opportunities for remote patient assessment, clinical management, teaching and learning. Clinical Otolaryngology. 46(4), 689–691. https://doi.org/10.1111/coa.13784
75. Ceccato JC, Duran MJ, Swanepoel D, Smits C, De Sousa KC, Gledhill L, Venail F, Puel JL (2021). French version of the antiphasic digits-in-noise test for smartphone hearing screening. Frontiers Public Health, 9:725080 https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.725080
76. Wasmann JWA, Lanting CP, Huinck WJ, Mylanus EAM, van der Laak JWM, Govaerts PJ Swanepoel D, Moore DR, Barbour DL (2021). Computational Audiology: New Approaches to Advance Hearing Health Care in the Digital Age. Ear and Hearing. 42(6):1499-1507
77. Stevenson LJ, Biagio-de Jager L, Graham MA, Swanepoel D (2021). Community-Based Ototoxicity Monitoring for Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in South Africa: An Evaluation Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, 11342. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182111342
78. Bennett RJ, Swanepoel D, Ratinaud P, Bailey A, Pennebaker JW, Manchaiah V (2021). Hearing aid acquisition and ownership: What can we learn from online consumer reviews. International Journal of Audiology. 60(11):917-926 https://doi.org/10.1080/14992027.2021.1931487
79. Koh A, Swanepoel D, Ling A, Lorraine BHO, Lim J (2021). Digital Health Promotion: Promise and Peril. Health Promotion International. 36(S1):i70-i80 https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daab134
80. du Toit M, van der Linde J, Swanepoel D (2021). mHealth developmental screening for preschool children in low-income communities. Journal of Child Health Care, 25(4):573-586 https://doi.org/10.1177/1367493520970012
81. Maleka K, Van der Linde J, Graham M, Swanepoel D (2021). Evaluating the PEDS:DM Developmental Screening Tool in Zulu and Northern Sotho. Language Matters. 52(3):72-93 https://doi.org/10.1080/10228195.2021.1969589
82. Eccles R, J van der Linde, M le roux, D Swanepoel (2021). Effect of music instruction on phonological awareness and early literacy skills of five- to seven-year-old children. Early Child Development and Care, 191(12): 1896-1910. https://doi.org/10.1080/03004430.2020.1803852
83. Dhamba T, Swanepoel D, Mahomed-Asmail F, De Sousa KC, Graham M, Smits C, (2022). Improving test efficiency of the digits-in-noise hearing screening test: a comparison between four different procedures. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research 65(1):378-391. https://doi.org/10.1044/2021_JSLHR-21-00159
84. Bhamjee A, le Roux T, Swanepoel D, Graham MA, Schlemmer K, Mahomed-Asmail F (2022). Perceptions of Telehealth Services for Hearing Loss in South Africa's Public Healthcare System. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 19(13):7780. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19137780
85. Ehlert K, Heinze B, Swanepoel D (2022). Ototoxicity monitoring in South African cancer facilities – A national survey. South African Journal of Communication Disorders 69(1):a846 https://doi.org/10.4102/sajcd.v69i1.846 
86. Eksteen S, Eikelboom RH, Launer S, Kuper H, Swanepoel D (2022). Prevalence and characteristics of hearing and vision loss in preschool children from low income South African communities: results of a screening program of 10,390 children. BMC Pediatrics, 22:22. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-021-03095-z
87. Wasmann JWA, Pragt L, Eikelboom R, Swanepoel D (2022). Digital Approaches to Automated and Machine Learning Assessments of Hearing: Scoping Review. Journal of Medical Internet Research 24(2): e32581. https://doi.org/10.2196/32581
88. Oosthuizen I, Saunders GH, Manchaiah V, Swanepoel D (2022). Impact of SARS-CoV-2 virus (COVID-19) preventative measures on communication: A scoping review. Frontiers in Public Health, 10:815259. https//doi:10.3389/fpubh.2022.815259
89. Stevenson LJ, Biagio-de Jager L, Graham MA, Swanepoel D (2022). Longitudinal community-based ototoxicity monitoring and treatment effects for drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment, Western Cape. South African Journal of Communication Disorders, 69(1): a886 https://doi.org/10.4102/sajcd.v69i1.886
90. Manchaiah V, Eikelboom RH, Bennett RJ, Swanepoel D (2022). International survey of audiologists during the COVID-19 pandemic: Effects on the workplace. International Journal of Audiology, 61(4):265-272 https://doi.org/10.1080/14992027.2021.1937348
91. Bennett RJ, Manchaiah V, Eikelboom RH, Swanepoel D (2022). International survey of audiologists during the COVID-19 pandemic: Effects on mental well-being of audiologists. International Journal of Audiology, 61(4):273-282 https://doi.org/10.1080/14992027.2021.1944675
92. Eikelboom RH, Bennett RJ, Manchaiah V, Parmar B, Beukes E, Rajasingam SL, Swanepoel D (2022). International survey of audiologists during the COVID-19 pandemic: Use of and attitudes to telehealth. International Journal of Audiology, 61(4):283-292 https://doi.org/10.1080/14992027.2021.1957160
93. Kuschke S, le Roux T, Swanepoel D (2022). Outcomes of children with sensorineural hearing loss fitted with binaural hearing aids at a paediatric public hospital in South Africa. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 152 (2022) 110977. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijporl.2021.110977
94. De Sousa KC, Smits C, Moore D, Myburgh H, Swanepoel D (2022). Diotic and antiphasic digits-in-noise testing as a hearing screening and triage tool to classify type of hearing loss. Ear and Hearing, 43(3):1037-1048. https://doi.org/10.1097/AUD.0000000000001160
95. Booysen S, le Roux T, Swanepoel D (2022). Predictors of hearing technology use in children. International Journal of Audiology, 66(4):336-343 https://doi.org/10.1080/14992027.2021.1913521
96. Sandström J, Myburgh HC, Laurent C, Swanepoel D, Lundberg T (2022) A machine learning approach to screen for otitis media using digital otoscope images labelled by an expert panel. Diagnostics, 12, 1318. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12061318
97. Heselton T, Bennett R, Manchaiah V, Swanepoel D (2022). Online reviews of hearing aid acquisition and use: A qualitative thematic analysis. American Journal of Audiology, 31(2): 284-298. https://doi.org/10.1044/2021_AJA-21-00172
98. Eubank TN, Beukes EW, Swanepoel D, Kemp KG, Manchaiah V (2022). Community-based assessment and rehabilitation of hearing loss: A scoping review. Health & Social Care in the Community 30:e1541–e1559. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13846
99. Frisby C, Eikelboom RH, Mahomed-Asmail F, Kuper H, De Kock T, Manchaiah V, Swanepoel D (2022). Community-based adult hearing care provided by community healthcare workers using mHealth technologies. Global Health Action, 15:1, 2095784 https://doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2022.2095784
100. Ebrahimi-Madiseh A, Eikelboom RH, Bennett RJ, Upson GS, Friedland P, Swanepoel DW, Atlas MD (2022). Factors influencing postoperative experiences in adult cochlear implant recipients; a multi-stakeholder perspective. Otology and Neurotology, 43:882-888. https://doi.org/10.1097/MAO.0000000000003630
101. Tao K, Brennen-Jones CG, Jayakody DMP, Swanepoel D, Favo G, Bellekom SR, Eikelboom RH (2022). Validation of Teleaudiology Hearing Aid Rehabilitation Services for Adults: A Systematic Review of Outcome Measurement Tools. Disability and Rehabilitation, 44(16):416-4178 https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2021.1900928
102. Frisby C, Mahomed-Asmail F, Eikelboom RH, Kuper H, Swanepoel D (2022). mHealth applications for hearing loss – a scoping review. Telemedicine and e-Health, 28(8):1090-1099. https://doi.org/10.1089/tmj.2021.0460
103. De Sousa KC, Smits C, Moore DR, Chadha S, Myburgh HC, Swanepoel D (2022). Global use and outcomes of the hearWHO mHealth hearing test. Digital Health, 8:1-9. https://doi.org/10.1177/20552076221113204
104. Van der Mescht L, le Roux T, Mahomed-Asmail F, De Sousa KC, Swanepoel D (2022). Remote monitoring of adult cochlear implant recipients using digits-in-noise self-testing. American Journal of Audiology, 31:923-935. https://doi.org/10.1044/2022_AJA-21-00248
105. Oosthuizen I, Manchaiah V, Launer S, Swanepoel D (2022).  Hearing aid experiences of adult hearing aid owners during and after fitting: A systematic review of qualitative studies. Trends in Hearing, 26:1-21
106. Ehlert K, Heinze B, Graham M, Swanepoel D (2022). Surveillance for ototoxicity in platinum-based chemotherapy using mHealth audiometry with extended high-frequencies. The Journal of Laryngology & Otology, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022215122001281
107. Nell L, De Sousa K, Graham MA, Swanepoel D (2022). Satisfaction with hearing assessment feedback using the My Hearing Explained tool: client and audiologist perceptions. International Journal of Audiology.1-8. https://doi.org/10.1080/14992027.2022.2053595
108. Bennett RJ, Cumming-Potvin E, Eikelboom RH, Manchaiah V, Badcock JC, Swanepoel D (2022). Changes in audiologist’s mental wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic: the supportive role of professional associations, workplaces and hearing device manufacturers. International Journal of Audiology. 1-8. https://doi-org.uplib.idm.oclc.org/10.1080/14992027.2022.2058626
109. Cao Z, Chen F, Grais EM, Yue F, Cai Y, Swanepoel DW, Zhao F (2022). Machine Learning in Diagnosing Middle Ear Disorders Using Tympanic Membrane Images: A Meta-Analysis. Laryngoscope, (20220718). https://doi.org/10.1002/lary.30291
110. Du Plessis D, Mahomed-Asmail F, le Roux T, Graham MA, de Kock T, van der Linde J, Swanepoel D (2022). mHealth supported hearing health training for early childhood development practitioners: an intervention study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(21), 14228
111. Ehlert K, Heinze B, Graham M, Swanepoel D (2022). Changes in vestibular and cochlear function following platinum-based chemotherapy: A preliminary report. Ear, Nose & Throat Journal, 01455613221115042. https://doi.org/10.1177/01455613221115042
112. Van Zyl C, le Roux T, Swanepoel D (2022). Children with conductive hearing loss fitted with hearing aids: outcomes and caregiver experiences in South Africa. International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology, (20220713). https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0042-1742769
113. Stevenson LJ, Biagio-de Jager L, Graham MA, Swanepoel D (2022). Extended high-frequency audiometry for ototoxicity monitoring: A longitudinal evaluation of drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment. American Journal of Audiology, IN PRESS
114. Polspoel S, Moore DR, Swanepoel D, Kramer SE, Smits C (2022). Sensitivity of the antiphasic digits-in-noise test to simulated unilateral and bilateral conductive hearing loss. International Journal of Audiology. https://doi.org/10.1080/14992027.2022.2119611
115. Smits C, Festen JM, Swanepoel D, Moore DR, Dillon H (2022). The one-up one-down adaptive (staircase) procedure in speech-in-noise testing: standard error of measurement and fluctuations in the track. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 152(4), 2357–2368.
116. Botes M, van der Linde J, Swanepoel D (2022). A multi‐phased cultural and contextual adaptation of the Parents’ Evaluation of Developmental Status (PEDS) tools for a low‐income community: A South African case study. Child: Care, Health and Development, 1– 9. https://doi.org/10.1111/cch.13083
117. Frisby C, Mahomed-Asmail F, Eikelboom RH, Kuper H, Swanepoel D (2022). International Outcome Inventory for Hearing Aids (IOI-HA) translation into isiXhosa [Research Letter]. International Journal of Audiology, IN PRESS
118. Swanepoel D, Oosthuizen I, Graham MA, Manchaiah V (2022). Comparing hearing aid outcomes in adults using over-the-counter and hearing care professional service delivery models. American Journal of Audiology, IN PRESS
119. Botes M, Swanepoel D, Graham M, van der Linde J (2023). Cultural and linguistic applicability of the PEDS tools in a low-income community: a caregiver perspective. South African Journal of Child Health, IN PRESS

Books:

1. Co-author: Hall JW, Swanepoel D. (2010). Objective assessment of hearing loss. San Diego: Plural Publishing.
2. Co-editor: Swanepoel D, Louw B (2010). HIV/AIDS related Communication, Hearing and Swallowing Disorders. San Diego: Plural Publishing.
3. Associate editor: Roeser RJ (2013). Roeser’s Audiology Desk Reference. New York: Thieme. Associate editors: Clark JL, Meinke D, Swanepoel D, Wright GG.
4. Co-editor: Fagan J, Laurent C, Swanepoel D. Open Access Guide to Audiology and Hearing Aids for Otolaryngologists. 

Chapters in Books:

1. Swanepoel D, Louw B. (2010) Global impact of HIV/AIDS. In HIV/AIDS Related Communication, Hearing and Swallowing Disorders; Edited by Swanepoel D and Louw B. San Diego: Plural Publishing.
2. Stearn N, Swanepoel D. (2010) Sensory and neural hearing losses associated with HIV/AIDS. In HIV/AIDS Related Communication, Hearing and Swallowing Disorders; Edited by Swanepoel D and Louw B. San Diego: Plural Publishing.
3. Swanepoel D, Laurent C. (2013) Hearing loss classification. In Open Access Guide to Audiology and Hearing Aids for Otolaryngologists; Edited by Fagan J, Laurent C and Swanepoel D.
4. Mahomed F, Swanepoel D, Ayieko J. (2013) School-age hearing screening. In Open Access Guide to Audiology and Hearing Aids for Otolaryngologists; Edited by Fagan J, Laurent C and Swanepoel D.
5. Brennan-Jones C, Eikelboom R, Swanepoel D (2017) Telehealth for diagnosis of hearing loss. In Open Access Guide to Audiology and Hearing Aids for Otolaryngologists; Edited by Fagan J, Laurent C and Swanepoel D.
6. Eikelboom R, Brennan-Jones C, Tao K, Swanepoel D (2017) Telehealth for diagnosis of hearing loss. In Open Access Guide to Audiology and Hearing Aids for Otolaryngologists; Edited by Fagan J, Laurent C and Swanepoel D.
7. Swanepoel D (2015) Tele-Audiology. In Handbook of Clinical Audiology; Edited by Katz J. 7^th edition. New York: Wolter & Kluwer.
8. Eikelboom RH, Swanepoel D (2016). Tele-audiology. In The E-Medicine, E-Health, M-Health, Telemedicine, and Telehealth Handbook (Two Volume Set). Edited by Eren H, Webster JG. Boca Raton: Taylor & Francis.
9. Eikelboom RH, Swanepoel D (2016). Remote Diagnostic Hearing Assessment. In Tele-Practice in Audiology. Edited by Rushbrooke E and Houston T. San Diego: Plural Publishing.
10. Swanepoel D, Eikelboom RH (2016). Future direction for teleaudiology. In Tele-Practice in Audiology. Edited by Rushbrooke E and Houston T. San Diego: Plural Publishing.
11. Mahomed-Asmail F, Swanepoel D (2020). mHealth solutions in hearing care for sub-Saharan Africa. Advances in Audiology and Hearing Science (Volume 2). Edited by Hatzopoulos S, Ciorba A, Krumm M: Apple Academic Press

 

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