Monthly Archives: January 2011

EPG – Part 2

This technique is especially useful for investigating (and treating) articula­tion disorders: in this case we mean specifically problems in correct tongue-palate placement and control. Electropalatography (EPG) has been used with a wide variety of speech disorders: cleft palate, develop­mental articulation … Continue reading

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Stammering versus Stuttering

A fascinating entry on the blog ‘Separated by a Common Language’ by my friend Lynne Murphy. See here.

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Photos from the ICPLA archives

Today we jump forward to ICPLA 5, in Munich in 1996. Why? Because we have no photos from ICPLA meetings 2, 3 or 4. More prizes to be awarded to anyone who can send me photos of those three meetings … Continue reading

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Photos from the ICPLA archives

Today we have the group photograph from the very first ICPLA (International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association) meeting in Cardiff in 1991. A prize will be awarded for anyone who can name all the people in the photograph!

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EPG – part 1

To examine articulation, two distinct approaches can be taken: devices using artificial palates, and imaging techniques. In this post we look at the former approach (this post is adapted from Ball & Lowry, 2001). The most common artificial palate-based technique … Continue reading

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ALSS Doctoral Students – Baha Kardosh

Today we hear from Baha Kardosh, who writes: “I was qualified as a speech language therapist in1996 at the University of Sheffield, United Kingdom. As a clinician, I worked mainly with adults with neurogenic disorders in Israel. I have worked … Continue reading

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ALSS Doctoral Students – Louise Keegan

Today, we hear from Louise Keegan, B.Sc. “I obtained a BSc in Speech and Language Therapy in May 2008 at University College Cork, Ireland.  Wishing to continue in the field of research, I worked as a Speech and Language Therapist … Continue reading

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ALSS Doctoral Students – Zaneta Mok

We have a few more of our doctoral students to introduce this week, starting with Zaneta Mok. She writes: “I was first introduced to the field of clinical linguistics while completing my BSc in Human Communication Sciences at La Trobe … Continue reading

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Can you have labialized bilabials?

Secondary articulations add an approximation towards a particular place of articulation to the primary one. So, for example, a palatalized /t/ has a primary stop constriction at the alveolar ridge (for English), with a secondary approximation of the tongue body … Continue reading

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The Handbook of Psycholinguistic and Cognitive Processes

The Handbook of Psycholinguistic and Cognitive Processes Perspectives in Communication Disorders Edited by Jackie Guendouzi, Filip Loncke and Mandy J. Williams. Psychology Press. This handbook includes an overview of those areas of cognition and language processing that are relevant to … Continue reading

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