June 28, 2012

International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association Conference

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This week is the International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association Conference held at University College Cork, in Ireland. I alw...

International expert panel on multilingual children's speech

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Today I chaired an international expert panel on multilingual children's speech in Cork, Ireland. This was the first meeting of the pan...
June 27, 2012

Growing up in Ireland

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Today I visited University College Cork, and spoke with colleagues in the speech therapy department who are using the Growing Up in Ireland ...

Kissing the Blarney Stone!

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While in Cork I had to visit Blarney Castle and kiss the Blarney Stone, that is said to give you the "gift of the gab" or the ...

Speech Pathology Australia Conference in Hobart

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While I am in Cork, Ireland, the Speech Pathology Australia National Conference is underway in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. My students are ...
June 23, 2012

Planning multilingual assessments in Bristol

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While visiting the Speech and Language Therapy Research Unit in Bristol I had the opportunity to speak with staff, students and visitors to ...
June 22, 2012

Features of the Bristol accent

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I have spent the week in Bristol and have enjoyed hearing the Bristolian accent. Here is a summary of some of the features, as outlined...

Australian Census data shows changes in Australia’s cultural and linguistic diversity

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Australia’s 2011 census data were released today. Here are some interesting statistics: Australia's population is now over 21.5 mi...
June 21, 2012

Listening Conference in Bristol

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On 20 th June the University of the West of England hosted a 1 day conference titled: Listening to Children and Young People with Speech,...
June 16, 2012

Launch of the FOCUS: Focus on Outcomes of Children Under Six

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The FOCUS team: Nancy Thomas-Stonell (seated), L-R Bruce Oddson, Bernadette Robertson, Karla Washington, Peter Rosenbaum, Joan Walke...

Planning future research projects

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Over the past week I have been working with Dr Karla Washington to plan our upcoming research project in Jamaica in January. We have been wo...
June 6, 2012

Parents' choices about language mode and use

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Kate Crowe is one of my PhD students who is working on a fascinating and important topic. She is examining parental choices about the langua...

Disentangling the impact of speech and language impairment from speaking a language other than English

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While in Brisbane I have been able to discuss and progress the analysis of data regarding children in the Longitudinal Study of Australian C...

Brisbane: Early Years Education Collaborative Research Network

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This week almost 70 people within the Early Years Education Collaborative Research Network met in Brisbane. The CRN includes researchers fro...
June 2, 2012

A systematic review of the influence of bilingualism on speech production

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The following paper has been accepted for publication this week: Hambly, H., Wren, Y., McLeod, S., & Roulstone, S. (2012, in press May)...
June 1, 2012

Book review: Listening to children and young people

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The following book review has just been published in the RCSLT Bulletin referring to Listening to Children and Young People with Speech, Lan...
May 30, 2012

Walkie Talkies

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Kate and Hannah with their pedometres The job of a researcher requires vast amounts of sitting, thinking, reading, and typing. As a res...
May 25, 2012

March-May 2012 summary

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AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH COUNCIL FUTURE FELLOWSHIP UPDATE ‘Speaking my language: International speech acquisition in Australia’ Written by Kim W...
May 15, 2012

Systematic review of speech assessments

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Sarah Verdon and I have been spending each Friday undertaking a systematic review of speech (articulation and phonology) assessments for spe...