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CONFERENCE THEME: Striving towards excellence in ENT, Audiology and Speech Therapy
SASLHA invites you to contribute to the 2025 Annual Conference – it is an opportunity to present stimulating findings, best practices, case studies and the chance to make a difference to the future of translational research and clinical excellence in Southern Africa.
The programme is organized into six Masterclasses. Experts on the six topics will facilitate interactive presentations with practical clinical applications during the Masterclasses. The Masterclasses will comprise several sessions with different formats that are designed to stimulate and promote engagement and discussion. In addition, we are calling for abstracts for poster presentations as well as panel discussions that will be included in the respective Masterclasses and will bring a regional perspective to the topics and stimulate critical thought leadership for our specific context.
SUBMISSION
GUIDELINES
Terms & Conditions
1. Delegates wishing to present a Panel Discussion Proposal or Poster are invited to submit a short summary for
consideration. Results/motivation must be clearly presented in the abstract and no late
abstracts will be accepted.
2. Abstract submissions are to be submitted online by 28 July 2025.
3. The Congress Scientific
Committee reserves the right to select abstracts for presentation.
4. Abstracts received will be
acknowledged and notification of acceptance or rejection will be by email
by
18 August 2025.
5. All presenting authors are
requested to fully register by 15 September 2025.
6. Please read the submission
requirements carefully as abstracts submitted will not be changed later.
7. Conflict of Interest: If the
research is funded (partially or fully) by a proprietary organisation, a statement
to that effect
must be included at the bottom of the abstract.
8. Please note that no more than
three submissions will be allowed per presenter due to possible programme
limitations.
Submission Themes:
Audiology:
- Auditory Training, Cognitive Health, and Rehabilitation: Maximising Outcomes
- Enhancing Engagement and Counselling in Audiological Care
- Managing common challenges such as resistance to hearing aids, hearing fatigue, and social withdrawal
- Real Ear Measurements and Speech mapping
- Speech-in-noise testing and clinical applications
- The Psychosocial Impact of Hearing Loss
- The Whole-Person Approach in Hearing Care
Speech Therapy:
- AAC for neurological degenerative conditions
- AAC implementation strategies for the Dementia patient
- AAC implementation strategies for the young child and ASD clients
- AAC implementation strategies in the hospital context
- AAC implementation strategies in the school and home settings with particular reference to the neurodivergent client
- Adult Multilingual Language Assessment and Intervention Strategies in Aphasia
- Adult Multilingual Language Assessment and Intervention Strategies in Neurodivergent conditions
- Adult Multilingual Language Assessment and Intervention Strategies in palliative care
- Care Strategies for SLTs in Dysphagia assessment and management
- Interdisciplinary collaboration in providing comprehensive care across various specialties
- Language Assessment and Therapy for Multilingual High School Students
- Literacy Development in Multilingual Primary School-Aged Children
- Mastering Tracheostomy Management
- Multilingual and multicultural assessment and therapy
- Person-Centered AAC Intervention
- Phonological Development in Bilingual Preschool Children
- Tube Feeding in Advanced Dementia
Profile: The presenting author should create and complete the online submission and not a co-author. All communication will be sent to this author. The biography is compulsory as the chairperson will use this to introduce each speaker. It will also be loaded to the congress' mobile app.
Category: Select the category you wish to submit your abstract under (Panel Discussion Proposal or Poster).
Title: Insert the full title of the proposed presentation. Title should not exceed 30 words.
Co-authors: Insert full names and contact information.
Co-presenters: Please select this function if another author will be co-presenting the poster with you at the congress (limited to 1 per presentation). For panel discussions list proposed panel members.
Text: Insert the text of the abstract. You will not be able to type additional words once the limit has been reached, so please check your abstract once submitted. Do not insert the title or co-authors in this text block. Check that special characters have copied correctly. Check that the full abstract has been successfully uploaded by logging out and logging in to your profile again. Text should not exceed 300 words.
Please note the following deadline dates for presenters:
28 July 2025: Abstract submissions close
18 August 2025: Notification of acceptances
15 September 2025: Submitter registration deadline
17 - 19 October 2025: ENT SASLHA Congress 2025
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