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The Discipline of Speech and Language Therapy has a strong commitment to research and aims to conduct, and disseminate high quality research that will have a significant impact on the lives of people with communication impairments and their families. We also aim to ensure that our research improves speech and language therapy practice and the education of future speech and language therapists. The Discipline of Speech and Language Therapy also works in collaboration with key stakeholders at regional, national and international level. We aim to disseminate our research activity and findings through reports, peer reviewed publications and conference presentations.  We also strongly encourage our students to disseminate their research.

The research projects can broadly categorised into five groups:

• Health Services Research
• Effectiveness of Intervention Programmes
• Exploring the Perspectives of Service Users
• Teaching and Learning
• Language Science and Bilingualism  

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Health Services Research

Title of Project	Researcher(s) from Discipline of Speech and Language Therapy	Collaborators	Funding Source
Current and future service provision for children with central auditory processing disorder	Maria Logue-Kennedy Rena Lyons Clare Carroll	Lucy O'Hagan Eilis Dignan, HSE Dr. Mary Byrne, Discipline of General Practice, NUIG	HSE
Assessment of children with SLI in Ireland	Rena Lyons	Dr. Molly Byrne, School of Psychology, NUIG Triona Corry, Colette McGinty, Ruth Shanahan, Helen Ruane, Lily Lalor, HSE	Millennium Fund, NUIG
Exploration of information sharing in integrated services for early intervention	Clare Carroll		Millennium Fund, NUIG
Use of telemedicine in speech and language therapy	Rena Lyons	Dr. Liam McGlynn, Discipline of General Practice, NUI Galway; Ms. Catherine Flynn, Speech and Language Therapy Manager, HSE West	Implementing Transnational Telemedicine Solutions (ITTS)
The establishment of normative data for (Central) Auditory Processing Disorder tests in Ireland	Rena Lyons, Dr. Stasha Antonijevic-Elliott, Dr. Mary Pat O'Malley-Keighran	Prof. Terri Bellis, USA, Ms. Pauline Ackermann and Mr. Martin Crumb, Temple Street Children's Hospital	Children's University Hospital, Temple Street, Dublin

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Effectiveness of Intervention Programmes

Title of Project	Researcher(s) from Discipline of Speech and Language Therapy	Collaborators	Funding Source
An evaluation of a reading improvement service for children in primary schools	Rena Lyons	Dr. John Canavan (Principal Investigator) and Child and Family Research Centre	Barnardos

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Teaching and Learning

Title of Project	Researcher(s) from Discipline of Speech and Language Therapy	Collaborators	Funding Source
Evaluating different methods of delivering interdisciplinary CPD to clinicians	Rena Lyons, Maria Logue-Kennedy, Clare Carroll	Lucy O'Hagan Eilis Dignan	HSE
An exploration of the impact of service learning on students, community partners and academic staff in Occupational Therapy and Speech and Language Therapy in NUI Galway	Ruth McMenamin	Margaret McGrath, Discipline of Occupational Therapy, NUIG	NAIRTL
Establishing a service learning module in the B.Sc. (Speech and Language Therapy)	Ruth McMenamin	Discipline of Speech and Language Therapy PCCC Galway and Connect Centre, London	Community Knowledge Initiative, NUIG
Exploring student attitudes to communication disability	Ruth McMenamin, Mary Pat O'Malley-Keighran		Millennium Fund, NUIG

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Exploring the Perspectives of Service Users

Title of Project	Researcher(s) from Discipline of Speech and Language Therapy	Collaborators	Funding Source
Evaluating conversation partner programmes - perspectives of people with Aphasia (PhD study)	Ruth McMenamin	Dr. Anne MacFarlane, Discipline of General Practice (PhD Supervisor)	HRB
Explore parents' perceptions of the diagnostic process in autism	Clare Carroll	HSE Clinicians	NRB
Exploring identify in children with primary speech and language impairments using narrative inquiry (PhD study)	Rena Lyons	Prof. Sue Roulstone and Mat Jones (PhD supervisors)

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Language Science and Bilingualism

Title of Project	Researcher(s) from Discipline of Speech and Language Therapy	Collaborators	Funding Source
Acquisition and development of verb syntax	Dr. Stasha Antonijevic-Elliott		Millennium Fund, NUIG
Cognitive constraints on verb argument structure	Sarah Berthaud (PhD student) and Dr. Stasha Antonijevic-Elliott (PhD Supervisor)	Prof. Jane Conroy, Discipline of French, NUI	IRCSET
Language assessment of native speakers: developing diagnostic testing for speech and language therapy practice and An sealbhú laghdaithe teanga agus a thionchar ar fhorás an chainteora	Sarah-Ann Muckley (PhD student) and Ciarán Leonach (PhD student) and Dr. Stasha Antonijevic-Elliott (PhD Supervisor)	Conchúr Ó Giollagáin, Acadamh na Gaeilge	An Comhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaiochta ( COGG)

 

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