A5025919090- Language Development and Disorders
- Phonetics and Phonology Research
- Voice and Speech Disorders
- Stuttering Research and Treatment
- Assistive Technology in Communication and Mobility
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Speech Recognition and Synthesis
- Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
- Cleft Lip and Palate Research
- Speech and Audio Processing
- Congenital Heart Disease Studies
- Innovations in Medical Education
- Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
- Health and Medical Research Impacts
- Infant Health and Development
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Delphi Technique in Research
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Reading and Literacy Development
- Diversity and Career in Medicine
Western Sydney University
2021-2025
Google (United States)
2022
University of Strathclyde
2018-2021
Camden and Campbelltown Hospitals
2021
The University of Sydney
2016-2019
Early childhood practitioners, including speech-language pathologists (SLPs), frequently provide home practice to children and families. For with speech sound disorder (SSD), who comprise a large proportion of SLPs’ caseloads worldwide, completing can increase the amount intervention received improve outcomes. However, little is known about parents’ experiences this practice. The purpose qualitative study was explore for SSD. Semi-structured interviews were conducted six parents. Qualitative...
Purpose: To investigate how speech-language pathologists (SLPs) report involving parents in intervention for phonology-based speech sound disorders (SSDs), and to describe the home practice that they recommend. Further aims were training SLPs providing parents, explore SLPs' beliefs motivations intervention, determine whether characteristics are associated with their self-reported practice.Method: An online survey of 288 working SSD Australia was conducted.Result: The majority (96.4%)...
<b><i>Objective:</i></b> This study investigated whether adding an additional modality, namely ultrasound tongue imaging (UTI), to perception-based phonetic transcription impacted on the identification of compensatory articulations and interrater reliability. <b><i>Patients Methods:</i></b> Thirty-nine English-speaking children aged 3–12 years with cleft lip palate (CLP) were recorded producing repetitions /aCa/ for all places articulation...
Purpose Evidence for the multiple oppositions intervention approach indicates it should be delivered 3 times weekly; however, this high dose frequency is not provided by many speech-language pathologists worldwide. This study investigated whether parents could involved in delivering phonological to fulfill intensity shortfall. Method Five children with moderate-to-severe impairment aged 3;3-5;11 (years;months) and 1 of their participated using a multiple-baseline across participants design....
Purpose: This study investigates the hypothesis that younger speakers and with more severe speech sound disorders are likely to use simpler (undifferentiated) tongue gestures due difficulties with, or immaturity of, lingual motor control. Method: The is tested using cross-sectional secondary data analysis of synchronous audio high-speed ultrasound recordings from children idiopathic ( n = 30, aged 5;0–12;11 [years;months]) typically developing 29, 5;8–12;10), producing /a/, /t/, /ɹ/, /l/,...
Effective partnerships between universities and industry facilitate health-profession students’ learning work readiness. However, developing sustainable engagement in academic curricula remains challenging. This study utilised Social Exchange Theory (SET) to explore the benefits of barriers within preparation programs. A realist evaluation framework was used consider factors that impacted experiences outcomes for academics clinicians who engaged development delivery curriculum a new health...
Ultrasound Visual Biofeedback (U-VBF) uses medical ultrasound to image the tongue in real-time during speech. Clinicians can use this information both assess speech disorders and as a biofeedback tool guide children producing correct images of are thought be relatively intuitive interpret, however, there is no easy way using diagnose disorders, despite it having potential identify imperceptible errors which diagnostically important. This manual describes how for assessment treatment sound...
This study aims to determine whether adding an additional modality (ultrasound tongue imaging) improves the inter-rater reliability of phonetic transcription in childhood speech sound disorders (SSDs) and it enables identification different or errors children's speech. Twenty-three English speaking children aged 5–13 years with SSDs unknown origin were recorded producing repetitions /aCa/ for all places articulation simultaneous audio ultrasound. Two types transcriptions undertaken off-line:...
Ultrasound tongue imaging is used to visualise the intra-oral articulators during speech production. It utilised in a range of applications, including and language therapy phonetics research. audio are recorded simultaneously, order correctly use this data, two modalities should be synchronised. Synchronisation achieved using specialised hardware at recording time, but approach can fail practice resulting data limited usability. In paper, we address problem automatically synchronising...