The 17th International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association (ICPLA) Conference was held in Malta (23-25 October)
https://www.um.edu.mt/events/icpla2018
Our team presented the following papers:
- Blake, H. L. & McLeod, S. - Intelligibility Enhancement in English in a multilingual university student
- Crowe, K., Marshark, M. & McLeod, S. - More than a matter of skill: Exploring the concept of intelligibility in sign language
- Hegarty, N., Titterington, J., McLeod, S. & Taggart, L. - The research-practice gap when working with children with phonological impairment
- McLeod, S. & Crowe, K. - A cross-linguistic review of children’s consonant acquisition in 27 languages
- Van Doornik, A., Gerritts, E., McLeod, S., & Terband, H. - Self-evaluation of the communicative attitude of children with speech sound disorders
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| Dr Kate Crowe |
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| Natalie Hegarty |
Additionally, I organised a special seminar titled: "The right to communicate: Celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights" that included the following presentations:
- Communication as a fundamental human right for all – Sharynne McLeod, Australia (via video)
- Citizenship, politics, coffeeshops, restaurants, and the role of the speech-language pathologist in supporting human rights – Rena Lyons and Clare Carroll, Ireland
- Human rights and aphasia – Deborah Hersh, Australia
- Creating human rights-driven guidelines for South African speech-language pathologists – Michelle Pascoe, Mikateko Ndhambi, Daleen Klop, and Thandeka Mdlalo, South Africa
- Listening to people with a history of childhood communication disorder regarding their human right to communicate – Kathryn Crowe, Jane McCormack and Elise Baker, Australia/USA/Denmark
- Bilingualism: Lessons from California about communication as a human right – Gabriela Simon-Cereijido, USA
- Human rights in a communicative exchange: Discussing the stakeholder model of voice research – Catherine Madill, Australia
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| Panel presenters: Michelle Pascoe, Mikateko Ndhambi, Gabriella Simon-Cereijido, Kate Crowe, Sharynne McLeod (video), Antonia Chacon (for Cate Madill), Rena Lyons, Deborah Hersh |
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| Members of our team attending ICPLA in Malta (with friends) |
