Joanne Cleland, BSc(Hons) PhD MRCSLT

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• 2025

  Clinicians’ perspectives on using ultrasound visual biofeedback for research and practice with people with cleft palate ± cleft lip

  Cleland, J., McCluskey , R., Dokovova, M., Crampin, L. & Campbell, L., 3 Feb 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal. 27 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Clinician 100%
  • Biofeedback 100%
  • Cleft Lip 100%
  • Cleft Palate 100%
  • Speech Language Pathologist 100%
• 2024

  Investigating Variability in Child Speech (VariCS) – the VariCS corpus

  Kuschmann, A., Murali, M., Taylor, L., Smith, A., Cleland, J., Stuart-Smith, J. & Young, D., 12 Dec 2024, Charlottesville, VA. 19 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Other report

  Open Access

  File

  • Scotland 100%
  • School-Aged Child 100%
  • Speech Development 20%
  • Speech Test 20%
  • Demographic Information 20%
  12 Downloads (Pure)

• A mixed-methods pilot randomized control trial of ultrasound visual biofeedback versus standard intervention for children with cleft palate ± cleft lip: parents’ and children's perspectives

  Cleland, J., McCluskey , R., Dokovova, M., Crampin, L. & Campbell, L., 28 Feb 2025, In: International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders. 60, 1, 16 p., e13144.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Articulation Therapy 100%
  • Therapeutic Ultrasound 100%
  7 Downloads (Pure)

• Speech sound disorder or DLD (phonology)? towards a consensus agreement on terminology.

  Stringer, H., Cleland, J., Wren, Y., Rees, R. & Williams, P., 15 Nov 2024, In: International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders. 59, 6, p. 2131-2145 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Developmental Language Disorder 100%
  • Phonetics 100%
  • Clinical Decision Making 18%
  8 Citations (Scopus)

  34 Downloads (Pure)

• Clinical application of usage-based phonology: treatment of cleft palate speech using usage-based electropalotography

  Patrick, K., Fricke, S., Rutter, B. & Cleland, J., 3 Jul 2024, In: International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology . 26, 4, p. 595-610 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Phonetics 100%
  • Combination Therapy 100%
  • Cleft Palate 100%
  • Therapeutic Procedure 100%
  • Treatment 100%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  8 Downloads (Pure)

• Gradient speech change during intervention for school-aged children and adults with cleft palate +/- lip

  Patrick, K., Cleland, J., Rutter, B. & Fricke, S., 13 Jun 2024, In: Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics. 39, 2, p. 166-197 32 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Intervention 100%
  • Change 100%
  • School-Aged Child 100%
  • Cleft 100%
  • Adult 100%

• Approximants in clinical populations

  Stemberger, J., Masso, S. & Cleland, J., 1 Mar 2026, The Phonetics and Phonology of Approximants. Ball, M. J. (ed.). Sheffield, 18 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Brain Injury 100%
  • Error Rate 100%
  • Muscle Innervation 50%

• Outcome measures for children with speech sound disorder: an umbrella review

  Harding, S., Burr, S., Cleland, J., Stringer, H. & Wren, Y., 29 Apr 2024, In: BMJ Open. 14, 4, 12 p., e081446.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Child 100%
  • Speech Sound Disorder 100%
  • Umbrella Review 100%
  • Evaluation 55%
  • Logopedics 22%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  32 Downloads (Pure)

• Results from a pilot randomised control trial of ultrasound visual biofeedback versus standard intervention

  Dokovova, M., Crampin, L., Campbell, L. & Cleland, J., 18 Apr 2024.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Presentation/Speech

• Unlocking speech: exploring articulatory techniques for cleft palate +/- cleft lip care

  Cleland, J., 18 Apr 2024.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Keynote › peer-review

  • Procedures 100%
  • Cleft Lip 100%
  • Cleft Palate 100%
  • Devices 80%
  • Tongue 60%

• English (Scottish) speech development

  Scobbie, J. M., Cleland, J., Lawson, E. & Schaeffler, S., 3 Apr 2024, (Accepted/In press) The Oxford Handbook of Speech Development in Languages of the World. Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 1-52 52 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Speech Development 100%
  • Accent 40%
  • Remediation 20%
  • Phonemics 20%
  • Phonotactics 20%

• Variability in DDK rate productions in typically-developing children in Scotland

  Murali, M., Taylor, L., Cleland, J., Young, D., Stuart-Smith, J. & Kuschmann, A., 26 Mar 2024. 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Children 100%
  • Motor Skills 100%
  • Syllable 9%
  • Toddlers 9%
  35 Downloads (Pure)

• Investigating variability in child’s speech (VariCS): introducing the VariCS corpus

  Kuschmann, A., Murali, M., Taylor, L., Smith, A., Cleland, J., Stuart-Smith, J. & Young, D., 25 Mar 2024.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review

  • Speech Data 100%
  • Development 100%
  • Statistical Dispersion 100%
  • Child 100%
  • Audio Recording 40%

• Automated classification of phonetic segments in child speech using raw ultrasound imaging

  Al Ani, S., Cleland, J. & Zoha, A., 23 Feb 2024, Proceedings of the 17th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies: BIOIMAGING. Guarino, M. P., Hotta, K., Yousef, M., Liu, H., Saggio, G., Fred, A. & Gamboa, H. (eds.). Setúbal, p. 326-331 6 p. (BIOSTEC).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution book

  Open Access

  File

  • Recognition 100%
  • Speech Sound Disorder 100%
  • Speech Therapy 50%
  • Verbal Communication 50%
  • Texture Feature 14%
  20 Downloads (Pure)

• Comparing DDK rate variability in typically developing children in central Scotland

  Murali, M., Cleland, J., Young, D., Stuart-Smith, J., Taylor, L., Smith, A. & Kuschmann, A., 21 Feb 2024.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review

  • Scotland 100%
  • Child 100%
  • Children 100%
  • Speech Disorder 100%
  • Investigation 50%
• 2023

  Variability in sound prolongation in typically developing children

  Kuschmann, A., Murali, M., Cleland, J., Young, D., Stuart-Smith, J., Taylor, L. & Smith, A., 30 Nov 2023, (Accepted/In press).

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review

  • Speech Disorder 100%
  • Differential Diagnosis 100%
  • Child 100%
  • Prolongation 100%
  • Variability 100%

• Speech accuracy and quality of life in children with Cleft Palate +/- Cleft Lip

  Dokovova, M., Cleland, J., Crampin, L. & Campbell, L., 18 Nov 2023. 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review

  • Distress Syndrome 100%
  • Quality of Life 100%
  • Cleft Palate 100%
  • Child 100%
  • Cleft Lip 100%

• Effect of speech accuracy on quality of life in children with cleft palate +/- cleft lip

  Dokovova, M., Crampin, L., Campbell, L. & Cleland, J., 3 Nov 2023.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster

  Open Access

  File
  19 Downloads (Pure)

• Ultrasound tongue imaging in research and practice with people with cleft palate +/- cleft lip

  Cleland, J., 16 Sept 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal. p. 1-5 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Cleft Lip 100%
  • Tongue 100%
  • Cleft Palate 100%
  • Biofeedback 33%
  • Phonetics 33%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  48 Downloads (Pure)

• A pilot fieldwork ultrasound study of tongue shape variability in children with and without speech sound disorder

  Smith, A., Dokovova, M., Lawson, E., Kuschmann, A. & Cleland, J., 11 Aug 2023, Proceedings of the 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Prague 2023. Skarnitzl, R. & Volín, J. (eds.). Prague, p. 3874-3877 4 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution book

  Open Access

  File

  • Typically Developing Child 100%
  • Shape Variability 100%
  • Ultrasound 100%
  • Statistical Dispersion 100%
  • Acoustics 100%
  91 Downloads (Pure)

• A speech therapy animation and imaging resource (STAR)

  Lawson, E., Cleland, J., Stuart-Smith, J., Janet, B. & Aitken, B., 7 Aug 2023, p. 1-4. 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Speech Therapy 100%
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging 50%
  • Speech and Language Rehabilitation 33%
  • Vocal Tract 33%
  • Movement (Physiology) 33%
  28 Downloads (Pure)

• Tongue shape complexity in children with and without speech sound disorders

  Dokovova, M., Sugden, E., Cartney, G., Schaeffler, S. & Cleland, J., 12 Jul 2023, In: Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research. 66, 7, p. 2164-2183 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Children 100%
  • Complexities 100%
  • Child 100%
  • Speech Sound Disorder 100%
  • Gesture 22%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  25 Downloads (Pure)

• Using a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) to assess the effect of speech therapy in children with cleft lip and palate

  Dokovova, M., Cleland, J., Crampin, L. & Campbell, L., 7 Jul 2023.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster

  Open Access

  File

  • Cleft 100%
  • Visual Analog Scale 100%
  • Speech Therapy 100%
  • Lip 100%
  • Palate 100%
  1 Downloads (Pure)

• Investigating variability in child's speech (VariCS)

  Murali, M., Cleland, J., Stuart-Smith, J., Young, D. & Kuschmann, A., 6 Jul 2023. 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review

  • Child 100%
  • Logopedics 100%
  • Children 100%
  • Time 14%
  • Voice Disorder 14%

• STAR: speech therapy animation and imaging resource

  Lawson, E. & Cleland, J., 4 Jul 2023.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review

  • Imaging 100%
  • Logopedics 100%
  • Speech Therapy 100%
  • Animation 100%
  • Videorecording 50%

• Auditory-perceptual evaluation with visual analogue scale: feasibility and preliminary evidence of ultrasound visual feedback treatment of Finnish [r]

  Aakko, I., Kauramäki, J., Cleland, J., Lee, A., Vainio, M. & Saalasti, S., 3 Jun 2023, In: Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics. 37, 4-6, p. 345-362 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Feedback System 100%
  • Listeners 100%
  • Feedback 100%
  • Evaluation Study 100%
  • Evaluation 100%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  30 Downloads (Pure)

• Translation and validation of the intelligibility in context scale into Sinhala for adolescents in Sri Lanka with cleft lip and palate

  Mirihagalla Kankanamalage, I., Cleland, J. & Cohen, W., 3 Jun 2023, In: Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics. 37, 4-6, p. 398-414 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Cleft Lip Palate 100%
  • Adolescent 100%
  • Adolescents 100%
  • Cleft 100%
  • Parent 85%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  56 Downloads (Pure)

• An initial framework for use of ultrasound by speech and language therapists in the UK: scope of practice, education and governance

  Allen, J. E., Cleland, J. & Smith, M., 31 May 2023, In: Ultrasound. 31, 2, p. 92-103 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Occupation (Patient Social Context) 100%
  • Speech Language Pathologist 100%
  • Speech and Language 100%
  • Element 75%
  • Speech and Language Rehabilitation 75%
  6 Citations (Scopus)

  34 Downloads (Pure)

• Ultrasound in clinical practice: what, how, why, when and where?

  Cleland, J. & Allen, J., 25 Apr 2023, Bulletin of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists, spring, p. 27-31 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Featured article

  Open Access

  File

  • Occupation (Patient Social Context) 100%
  • Devices 100%
  • Imaging 100%
  • Speech and Language Rehabilitation 100%
  • Clinical Practice 100%
  56 Downloads (Pure)

• Effect of speech accuracy on quality of life in children with Cleft Palate +/- Cleft Lip

  Dokovova, M., Cleland, J., Crampin, L. & Campbell, L., 21 Apr 2023.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract

  • Quality of Life 100%
  • Cleft Palate 100%
  • Child 100%
  • Cleft Lip 100%
  • Logopedics 100%

• Development of an agreed labelling system and protocol for the diagnosis of speech sound disorder subtypes in the United Kingdom

  Cleland, J., Burr, S., Harding, S., Stringer, H. & Wren, Y., 6 Mar 2023, [Charlottesville, VA]: Open Science Framework (OSF), p. 1-31, 31 p.

  Research output: Working paper › Working Paper/Preprint

  Open Access

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  • Diagnosis 100%
  • Speech Sound Disorder 100%
  • Development 100%
  • Speech 100%
  • Classification 50%
  266 Downloads (Pure)

• An ultrasound investigation of tongue dorsum raising in children with cleft palate +/- cleft lip

  Cleland, J., Dokovova, M., Crampin, L. & Campbell, L., 27 Feb 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal. 61, 7, p. 1104-1115 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Cleft Palate 100%
  • Child 100%
  • Cleft Lip 100%
  • Children 100%
  • Cleft 100%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

  35 Downloads (Pure)

• Outcome measures for children with speech sound disorder: an umbrella review protocol

  Harding, S., Burr, S., Cleland, J., Stringer, H. & Wren, Y., 16 Feb 2023, In: BMJ Open. 13, 2, 12 p., e068945.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Speech Sound Disorder 100%
  • Child 100%
  • Speech 100%
  • Extraction 37%
  • Assessment 25%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  56 Downloads (Pure)

• What's in a name? Dr Jan Broomfield, Dr Joanne Cleland and Dr Pam Williams make their case for adopting the term 'childhood apraxia of speech'

  Broomfield, J., Cleland, J. & Williams, P., 6 Jan 2023, Bulletin: The Official Magazine Of The Royal College Of Speech & Language Therapists, 833, p. 1-2 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Featured article

  Open Access

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  • Childhood Apraxia of Speech 100%
  • Dyspraxia 66%
  • Reversing 33%
  38 Downloads (Pure)

• A comparison of tongue shape variability in children with and without speech sound disorder using ultrasound

  Smith, A., Dokovova, M., Lawson, E., Kuschmann, A. & Cleland, J., 2023.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Presentation/Speech

  • Child 100%
  • Speech Sound Disorder 100%
  • Tongue Shape 100%
  • Children 100%
  • Groups 10%
• 2022

  Using ultrasound tongue imaging to support the phonetic transcription of childhood speech sound disorders

  Sugden, E. & Cleland, J., 2 Dec 2022, In: Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics. 36, 12, p. 1047-1066 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Ultrasound 100%
  • Transcription 100%
  • Childhood 100%
  • Speech 100%
  • Phonetics 100%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  55 Downloads (Pure)

• The Dorsum Excursion Index for measuring articulation in typically developing children and children with cleft speech characteristics

  Dokovova, M. & Cleland, J., 4 Nov 2022.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Other

• Infographic for the research article, "An initial framework for use of ultrasound by speech and language therapists in the UK: scope of practice, education and governance"

  Allen, J., Cleland, J. & Smith, M., 21 Oct 2022, 1 p. Glasgow : University of Strathclyde.

  Research output: Other contribution

  Open Access

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  • Scope of Practice 100%
  26 Downloads (Pure)

• Tongue shape complexity in children with speech sound disorders

  Dokovova, M., Sugden, E., Cartney, G. & Cleland, J., 25 Aug 2022, (Unpublished). 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review

• An investigation into quality of life of adolescents with repaired Ccleft Lip and Palate living in Sri Lanka

  Mirihagalla, I., Cohen, W. & Cleland, J., 15 Jul 2022. 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review

  • Palate 100%
  • Lip 100%
  • Adolescent 100%
  • Child 100%
  • Children 100%

• Testing the sensitivity of the Dorsum Excursion Index for comparing typically developing speech and cleft speech characteristics

  Dokovova, M. & Cleland, J., 15 Jul 2022. 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster

  Open Access

  File

  • Cleft 100%
  • Back 100%
  31 Downloads (Pure)

• Validation of the intelligibility in context scale (ICS) in Sinhala for use with children with cleft lip and palate in Sri Lanka

  Mirihagalla Kankanamalage, I. U. S., Cohen, W. & Cleland, J., 11 Jul 2022. 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review

  • Cleft Lip Palate 100%
  • Child 100%
  • Parent 57%
  • Assessment 14%
  • Linguistics 14%

• Using ultrasound tongue imaging to analyse the nature of speech disorders

  Dokovova, M. & Cleland, J., 13 Jun 2022.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Presentation/Speech

• SonoSpeech cleft pilot: a pilot randomised control trial of ultrasound visual biofeedback versus standard intervention for children with cleft lip and palate

  Cleland, J., Crampin, L., Campbell, L. & Dokovova, M., 28 May 2022. 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract

  Open Access

  File

  • Biofeedback 100%
  • Cleft 100%
  • Cleft Lip Palate 100%
  • Child 100%
  • Therapeutic Procedure 44%
  19 Downloads (Pure)

• Foreword - Special issue: selected papers from ICPLA 2021

  Kuschmann, A., Cleland, J. & Sugden, E., 25 May 2022, In: Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics. 36, 2-3, p. 100-101 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review

  • Linguistics 100%
  • Peer Review Process 25%
  • Biennial Conference 25%
  • Clinical Linguistics 25%

• Protocol for SonoSpeech Cleft Pilot: a mixed-methods pilot randomized control trial of ultrasound visual biofeedback versus standard intervention for children with cleft lip and palate

  Cleland, J., Crampin, L., Campbell, L. & Dokovova, M., 27 Apr 2022, In: Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 8, 10 p., 93.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Biofeedback 100%
  • Cleft 100%
  • Cleft Lip Palate 100%
  • Child 100%
  • Randomized Controlled Trial 25%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  16 Downloads (Pure)

• Tongue shape complexity in children with speech sound disorders

  Dokovova, M. & Cleland, J., 4 Apr 2022. 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Child 100%
  • Speech Sound Disorder 100%
  • Children 100%
  • Complexities 100%
  • Gesture 27%
  29 Downloads (Pure)

• Using ultrasound tongue imaging to analyse maximum performance tasks in children with autism: a pilot study

  McKeever, L., Cleland, J. & Delafield-Butt, J., 4 Mar 2022, In: Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics. 36, 2-3, p. 127-145 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Imaging 100%
  • Child 100%
  • Pilot Study 100%
  • Autism 100%
  • Task Performance 100%
  4 Citations (Scopus)

  36 Downloads (Pure)
• 2021

  Quantifying changes in ultrasound tongue-shape pre- and post-intervention in speakers with submucous cleft palate: an illustrative case study

  Roxburgh, Z., Cleland, J., Scobbie, J. M. & Wood, S., 8 Sept 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics. p. 1-19 32 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Enalapril Maleate 100%
  • Case Study 100%
  • Cleft Palate 100%
  • Tongue Shape 100%
  • Palate 100%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

  40 Downloads (Pure)

• Automatic audiovisual synchronisation for ultrasound tongue imaging

  Eshky, A., Cleland, J., Ribeiro, M. S., Sugden, E., Richmond, K. & Renals, S., Sept 2021, In: Speech Communication . 132, p. 83-95 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Synchronization 100%
  • Ultrasound 100%
  • Models 60%
  • User 60%
  • Hardware 60%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  34 Downloads (Pure)