The Human Communication Research Group at Flinders University The aim of the group is to carry out research in speech, language, hearing and swallowing which is clinically relevant and of high scientific merit. Members of the group include staff of the University and the FMC,
as well as postgraduate and honours students. The group is based within Speech Pathology & Audiology , but also provides a vehicle for collaborative research with members of other departments and external organisations. The group specialises in the following areas of research: LANGUAGE PROCESSING SPEECH PRODUCTION, including VOICE and SWALLOWING HEARING The current coordinator of the Group is Professor Andrew Butcher. The Group has a program of monthly research seminars, often with invited external speakers, on a wide range of topics within the field of human communication. |
Information for Research Students
Current Research Projects
A number of research posters authored by staff and students from the Department of SpeechPathology and Audiology presented at recent conferences are available for you to view and download. The posters are in PDF format and require Adobe Acrobat Reader (this is available free from www.adobe.com)
Teaching and assessing hearing aids in a Problem-Based Learning audiology course. , Sparrow, Lind, Sanchez (2007)
Communication Between Individuals With Severe Aphasia and Their Partners : A Brief Early Intervention. Correll, Van Steenbrugge & Scholten (2006).
Altering question complexity in maximising children's expressive languiage output. Roberts, Macey and Brebner (2004).
Voice as a priority for teachers: The implications for voice education. Langridge, Russell, Coveny & Wilkinson (2004).
Do individuals with severe to profound intellectual disabilities have phonological awareness skills or the ability to acquire them? Boase, Bulman, Brebner (2004).
The Master of Audiology program (Flinders University): An evolving PBL curriculum. Sanchez, Lind & Turner, (2002).
Review of an APD (Auditory Processing Disorder) clinical database. Sanchez, (2002).
Ear preference and mobile phone use. Sanchez, Ben-Tovim, Dougherty, Dunk, Hodgman, James, Malone, & Smith, (2002).