Newcastle University

Speech & Language Sciences Research Projects

• Phonological acquisition in multilingual settings: the case of Lebanese Arabic
  Project Leader(s): Ghada Khattab
  This is a 3-year ESRC-funded research project under the First Grant Scheme
• What is the cause of phonological errors in aphasic speech and what is the most effective method of therapy for these errors?
  Project Leader(s): Dr Anne Whitworth, Professor David Howard
• Assessment and Management of Children with English as an Additional Language Children who have Communication Impairments: Finding a new way forward
  Project Leader(s): Dr Carolyn Letts, Dr Ghada Khattab
  This is a funded seminar series.
• Integrating impairment and social models of healthcare: Treating sentence level difficulties in aphasia and making a difference
  Project Leader(s): Dr Anne Whitworth
• Speech and Language Therapy in Parkinsons Disease: survey of practice.
  Project Leader(s): Dr Nick Miller
• Intensive Speech and Language therapy for older children with cerebral palsy: a systems approach
  Project Leader(s): Dr Nick Miller
• Developing Aphasia Therapy Resources
  Project Leader(s): Dr Julie Morris and Dr Janet Webster
• A swahili assessment of speech and voice dysfunction for people with neurological disorders
  Project Leader(s): Dr Nick Miller
• Evaluating an innovative Support Centre for people with aphasia in the North East
  Project Leader(s): Dr Julie Morris and Dr Anne Whitworth
• Vicarious learning and teaching of clinical reasoning skills
  Project Leader(s): Dr. Julie Morris
• Evaluating the progress in reading and spelling made by children who attend the Literacy Clinic, University of Newcastle.
  Project Leader(s): Dr Carolyn Letts, Dr Sue Stothard
  Small grant to evaluate literacy clinic work.
• Range and pattern of change over time in objective and perceived measures of speech, voice and swallowing in Parkinson's disease
  Project Leader(s): Dr Nick Miller
• Influences on vocabulary development in two-year-old children
  Project Leader(s): Professor Stephanie F Stokes & Dr Thomas Klee
• The Role of Speech in Improving Diagnostic Accuracy of Parkinson's Disease
  Project Leader(s): Dr Nick Miller
• Assessment of Language in aphasia in Japanese
  Project Leader(s): Prof. David Howard
• Speech and swallowing problems in Parkinson's disease: prevalence, nature, severity and impact
  Project Leader(s): Dr Nick Miller
• Speech in Parkinson's Disease: How Much of the Variation is Pathological?
  Project Leader(s): Dr Nick Miller
• Speech Deficits in Parkinson's Disease: A Detailed, Controlled Analysis of the Effects of Medication and Motor State
  Project Leader(s): Dr Nick Miller
• Explaining foreign accent syndrome
  Project Leader(s): Dr Nick Miller
• Aphasia Research Clinic
  Project Leader(s): Prof. David Howard Dr Sue Franklin
• Psychological Significance of Production Templates in Phonological and Lexical Advance: A Cross-Linguistic Study.
• Baseline Data for Arabic Acquisition with Clinical Applications