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The term ‘intubation’ is used when experts talk about treating patients with severe COVID-19. But this medical term doesn’t explain the traumatic procedure involved.
Access to speech pathology services for 12-16 year olds in public schools is inconsistent across Australian states and territories.
Developmental language disorder affects more than seven per cent of children, yet is not well known. If your child struggles in school, social interactions or reading, the underlying issue may be DLD.
When people lose their speech, they can stop working and friends can drift away. Here’s what we can do to help them get the rehabilitation they need.
We don’t often give our eating habits much thought but the 8% of the population with swallowing disability need to plan carefully to ensure their food is the right texture and eaten at the right pace.
Babies are born communicating. Their cries and coos speak volumes. However, much-anticipated first words do not appear until 12 months later. By 18 months, the average child says about 50 words. By the…
What did Moses, Marilyn Monroe, Winston Churchill, Claudius, Lewis Carroll and King George VI have in common? They were all known to stutter. A new study - by me and my collaborators around Australia and…
What if, after several years of studying in an intense degree program, you graduate only to find no jobs within your field? Since 2012, public universities have been allowed to determine the number of…
Online speech therapy programs might be the answer to overcoming a stutter. Researchers at the University of Sydney have…
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Associate Professor and speech pathologist, University of Sydney
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Professor of Speech Pathology, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne and Associate Director Clinical and Population Health, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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Professor, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer in Speech Pathology, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Speech & Language Sciences, Newcastle University
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Abby Foster is a Friend of The Conversation.
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Senior Lecturer in Speech Pathology, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor, Speech Pathology, University of Sydney
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