Abstract
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.
Highlights
This paper addresses the communicative outcome of a group of closed head injured (CHI) subjects in South Africa
In order to contextualise the results of this study, previous research documenting communication breakdown following head injury will be discussed, as well as the impact of early variables on test performance and research documenting the relationship between communicative skills and vocational success
For the medico-legal assessment, as well as. These results show that adequate performance on at the role of the speech-language pathologist in the vocaleast one test in nearly every communicative domain was tional rehabilitation team for CHI individuals
Summary
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. Many test performances were significantly related to return to work, confirming the importance of communicative skills in the workplace, and the speechlanguage pathologist's role in vocational assessment and rehabilitation. Hierdie verslag spreek die gevolge van geslote hoofbeserings by 'n groep Suid-Afrikaanse proefpersone aan. In order to contextualise the results of this study, previous research documenting communication breakdown following head injury will be discussed, as well as the impact of early variables on test performance and research documenting the relationship between communicative skills and vocational success. Speech-language pathologists in the medico-legal field are called upon daily to describe and quantify communicative deficits as a result of: closed head injury (CHI)
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