1.From the MJM Editors’ Desk: Common errors authors make in submission to the Medical Journal of Malaysia
Lekhraj Rampal ; Liew Boon Seng ; Pakeer Oothuman ; Philip Rajan ; Sherina Mohd Sidik ; Victor Chee Wai ; Baharudin Abdullah
The Medical Journal of Malaysia 2020;75(4):324-
Proper understanding the ‘Instructions to authors’ for a
particular journal is the key towards successful submission of a
manuscript which will lead to it being published. Common
errors that are frequently made by authors in their submission
to the Malaysia Journal of Malaysia (MJM) that lead to
rejection of their submission or requiring major revisions or
minor revisions are listed and discussed in this article. Outright
rejection prior to even a peer review process may be made for
an article due to: it is poorly written or when there is suspicion
on the authenticity of the submission, which contains elements
that are suspected to be plagiarised, it is a duplicate submission
or not in the format required by the MJM. The editor in
charge of the issue makes a recommendation to the Editor in
Chief for the final decision.
2.Perkembangan Bahasa dan Pertuturan Kanak-Kanak Melayu Pengguna Implan Koklea di bawah Program Implan Koklea Kebangsaan, Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia (Speech and Language Development of Malay Children with Cochlear Implants under the National Cochlear Implant Program, Ministry of Health Malaysia)
NORYANTIMARLINA ABDULLAH ; BASYARIATUL FATHI OTHMAN ; KARTINI AHMAD ; PHILIP RAJAN DEVESAHAYAM ; YAZMIN AHMAD RUSLI
Malaysian Journal of Health Sciences 2022;20(No.1):37-50
Speech and language skills are among the crucial components in determining cochlear implant habilitation outcomes.
The purpose of this study was to investigate speech and language skills of Malay cochlear implant children using a
developmental scale questionnaire and to identify the demographic factors that contribute to their performance. This
study involved 26 children recruited from the National Cochlear Implant Program under the Malaysian Ministry of
Health with chronological ages between 33 to 99 months (mean=72, SD=18.9), implant ages between 18 to 71 months
(mean=40, SD=13.5) and hearing ages between 13 to 48 months (mean=30, SD=10.5). The instrument used was The
Integrated Scale of Development-Malay version 2 (ISD-Mv2). The questionnaires were given to the parents or caregivers
followed with by a phone call interview later. Results from the study showed that only 9 subjects (35%) were able score
on the ISD-Mv2 equally or higher than their hearing age. From the six components in the ISD-Mv2, cognitive was scored
the highest with 96.79% meanwhile expressive language was the lowest with 76.21%. Pearson correlation test revealed
strong positive correlation between audition-receptive language (r=0.554, p<0.05) and cognitive–social communication/
pragmatic (r= 0.625, p<0.05). Speech and language performance of children with demographic factors did not show
significant differences. The findings suggests that majority of the Malay cochlear implant children demonstrated delayed
speech and language performance as compared to normal hearing children.