Research Interests & Abilities

• Spoken language development
• Evaluation of interventions
• Computer-assisted therapy
• Speech technology

Major Research Activities

I am a cognitive psychologist with broad interests in human cognition, perception and skill acqusition. Much of my work has related to the acquisition of spoken language skills, including efficient and accurate methods for assessing and/or training such skills.



Domains of successful application include: 1. phonological / articulation disorders in children; 2. technology to facilitate language acquisition by hearing impaired children; 3. computer-assisted second language training; 4. assessment and treatment of voice disorders; and 5. development, evaluation and refinement of novel intervention methods.



Most work has been undertaken in close collaboration with clinical and/or industrial partners. Several methods have had broad clinical implementation and/or have been licensed for and implemented in commercial systems.

CLLRNet Research Projects

• Technically-Supported Auditory Verbal Therapy  (Project Leader)
• Facilitating practice change by Speech Language Pathologists: Phonological Disorders and computer-based interventions  (Project Leader)
• Effective Intervention Through Amplification for Hearing Loss in Early Infancy
• Individual Differences in auditory processing abilities: Implications for identification and treatment of disorders

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