Projects per year
Organisation profile
Organisation profile
Research within Speech & Language Therapy includes:
- Motor speech disorders
- Prosody
- Neurological communication disorders
- Language impairment and interventions
- Child speech and language
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Profiles
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Joanne Cleland, BSc(Hons) PhD MRCSLT
- Speech And Language Therapy - Professor
- Health and Wellbeing
Person: Academic
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APP81531: Child Lingual Evolution Apparent-time Research (CLEAR)
Lawson, E. (Principal Investigator) & Cleland, J. (Co-investigator)
ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council)
1/09/26 → 30/04/28
Project: Research
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Co-designing audio support messages with and for people with ataxia: a telephone version of the “I’m not drunk” ID card.
Cairney, M. (Principal Investigator) & Lowit, A. (Co-investigator)
1/10/25 → 30/09/27
Project: Research
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Maximising the Impact of Speech and Language Therapy for children with Speech Sound Disorder Phase 2 (MISLToe_SSD-2): A feasibility study of collection of the Core Outcome Set in Wales
Cleland, J. (Principal Investigator)
Health and Care Research Wales
1/10/25 → 31/03/27
Project: Research
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Supporting programme leadership: the role and perceived value of a sector-wide development network
Timmins, C., Broadberry, S., Rees, L. & Sisson, K., 27 Sept 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education. 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Children’s rights to the best possible care: Establishing processes for data collection in routine care to address questions of intervention effectiveness for children with speech sound disorder.
Wren, Y., Burr, S., Cleland, J., Stringer, H. & Harding, S., 21 Sept 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools . 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Two-stage GAN for field-of-view standardisation and tongue region enhancement in ultrasound for cleft palate speech pattern analysis
Al Ani, S., Cleland, J. & Zoha, A., 15 Aug 2026, Proceedings of 2025 International Conference on Medical Imaging and Computer-Aided Diagnosis (MICAD 2025). Su, R., Zhang, Y. & Frangi, A. F. (eds.). Cham: Springer, p. 85-95 11 p. (Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering; vol. 1520).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution book
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Datasets
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VariCS Data Collection Instruments
Kuschmann, A. (Creator), Murali, M. (Creator), Cleland, J. (Creator), Smith, A. (Creator) & Stuart-Smith, J. (Creator), Open Science Framework (OSF), 24 Sept 2024
DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/9DGKZ, https://osf.io/9dgkz/
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Data for: "The use of technology in the management of children with phonological delay and adults with acquired dysarthria: A UK survey of current speech-language pathology practice"
Kuschmann, A. (Creator), Nayar, R. (Creator), Lowit, A. (Creator) & Dunlop, M. (Creator), figshare, 19 May 2023
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.12309440.v1
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Data for "Parents’ Experiences of Completing Home Practice for Speech Sound Disorders"
Sugden, E. (Creator), Munro, N. (Creator), Trivette, C. M. (Creator), Baker, E. (Creator) & Williams, A. L. (Contributor), figshare, 7 Jun 2023
DOI: 10.25384/sage.c.4406303.v1
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Prizes
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Best Overall Teacher (Winner)
Timmins, C. (Recipient), 18 May 2023
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Best Paper Award 2019 (International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology)
Sugden, E. (Recipient), Baker, E. (Recipient), Munro, N. (Recipient), Williams, A. L. (Recipient) & Trivette, C. (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship
Kuschmann, A. (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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RCSLT Scotland Conference
Molino, M. (Speaker)
Sept 2026Activity: Presenting or Organising an Event › Conference, workshop, seminar or course
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Playful Learning Conference 2026
Faulkner, S. (Speaker), Timmins, C. (Speaker) & Grey, S. (Speaker)
1 Jul 2026 → 3 Jul 2026Activity: Presenting or Organising an Event › Conference, workshop, seminar or course
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Frontiers in Neurology (Journal)
Cohen, W. (Peer reviewer)
6 Jul 2026 → 6 Sept 2026Activity: Publication Peer-Review and Editorial Work › Journal peer review
Impacts
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Language gains for children with persisting developmental language disorders through use of an intervention programme and support model for teachers.
McCartney, E. (Participant), Ellis, S. (Participant) & Boyle, J. (Participant)
Impact: Impact - for External Portal › Education, Professional practice, training and standards
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SIPBS Social Media Champion
Lowit, A. (Main contact) & Gomez-Roman, N. (Participant)
Impact: !!Social impacts
Student theses
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Adherence to a community based 8-week programme for stroke-related dysarthria : an exploratory study of clients' views of therapy
JENSEN, A. (Author), 23 Apr 2015Student thesis: Master's Thesis
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Does accent variation affect the identification of Speech Sound Disorders in Scottish English-speaking children?
Gibson, L. (Author), Cleland, J. (Supervisor) & Lawson, E. (Supervisor), 28 May 2026Student thesis: Master's Thesis
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Language production in Parkinson’s disease : an investigation into the characteristics and underlying cognitive and linguistic mechanisms
Wagstaff, R. (Author), Lowit, A. (Supervisor) & Brown Nicholls, L. (Supervisor), 2 Sept 2021Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis