Current Projects:
1. Home-based speech treatment for Parkinson's Disease via telerehabilitation: Clinial and economic outcomes.
2. Use of innovative mobile telehealth technology to enable a new service delivery solution for dysphagia management.
3. Establishing a telehealth service within the Speech Pathology Department of the Royal Brisbane & Womens Hospital.
4. Development and evaluation of digital therapy smartphone applications for use in the telerehabilitation of communication disorders.
Completed Projects:
- A telehealth application for the assessment and treatment of disordered speech in Parkinson's disease.
- Telerehabilitation: Assessing acquired neurogenic communication disorders online.
- Online assessment and treatment of childhood speech, language and literacy disorders.
- Validation of a telerehabilitation system for the assessment of communication and swallowing function following laryngectomy
- Internet-based multidisciplinary assessment of patients following Traumatic Brain Injury
Related links for: Speech Pathology Projects
Speech Pathology assessment adultTelerehabilitation: Assessing acquired neurogenic communication disorders online.
Telerehabilitation is quickly becoming an alternative service delivery option for the rehabilitation of neurological communication ...
Speech Pathology assessment & treatment paediatricOnline assessment and treatment of childhood speech, language and literacy disorders
The prevalence of childhood speech and language disorders has been reported to be as high as 13% in the Australian population, while re...
Speech Pathology assessment laryngectomyValidation of a telerehabilitation system for the assessment of communication and swallowing function following laryngectomy
Following surgical removal of the larynx (laryngectomy) patients require specialist speech path...
Establishing a telehealth service within the Speech Pathology Department of the Royal Brisbane & Womens HospitalFunding has been received to develop in equipment infrastructure for a speech pathology telehealth service within the Speech Pathology Department of the RBWH. The initial service would be launched with the Speech Pathology Departments at Nam...
Use of innovative mobile telehealth technology to enable a new service delivery solution for dysphagia managementDysphagia (swallowing impairment) is a highly prevalent condition associated with a wide range of neurological disorders, medical and surgical interventions, and the aging process. Without the appropriate assessment and management of this condition,...
Internet multidisciplinary assessment following TBIInternet-based multidisciplinary assessment of patients following Traumatic Brain Injury
Motor vehicle accidents are the single greatest cause of traumatic brain injury. While there is compelling evidence that rehabilita...
Telehealth assessment and treatment of disordered voice in Parkinson's diseasePeople with Parkinson’s disease frequently develop soft, indistinct, and monotonous speech that significantly affects the person’s ability to communicate with his or her family, and the community in general. To date, the most effective trea...