Communication Disorders Speech and Hearing Sciences October 2010

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1 Communication Disorders Speech and Hearing Sciences October 2010 Supported by the Knowledge Exchange (KE) Fund - awarded by the Faculty of Education and University Grants CommitteeUGC.

2 Who are we? The Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences at the University of Hong Kong is a truly exciting and productive learning and research environment and we would like to tell you all about our achievements: Since 2008 we have: Produced more than 80 internationally refereed publications. Won national and international research grants totaling $16 million. Made exciting discoveries about disorders of voice, motor speech, language and speech development, neuropsychology and hearing. Raised the impact of communication disorders and communication science in Chinese speakers in Hong Kong, China and internationally. Expanded our clinics and research laboratories into Kennedy Town and HKU main campus servicing the Western and Central Districts.

3 Did you hear? Dr Lena Wong is our new Head of Division. Lena has been with us for sixteen years and is well equipped to mentor us all as we move upward to new success. Congratulations to Lena! Dr Bradley McPherson has been promoted to Professor. Professor McPherson did a wonderful job steering us through challenging times as Head of our Division and is now enjoying his sabbatical. Did you know? We have published several new books:

4 Did you know? Our new Chair Professor is Dr Brendan Weekes. Professor Weekes joins us from the University of Sussex. Professor Weekes was trained as a clinical and experimental neuropsychologist in the UK, US and Australia. He is the Director of our Communication Science and Disorders Laboratory opening in Brief Bio of Brendan Professor Weekes investigates cognitive mechanisms used for normal and impaired language processing. He adopts an experimental approach to study cognitive processing by using behavioral, brain imaging and cross-linguistic methods and he always tries to connect basic research with clinical practice. Professor Weekes is a clinical psychologist and he carries out research with adults and children who have communication disorders caused by dementia, dyslexia and poor reading comprehension. His work focuses on cognitive aspects of disorders and how to improve cognition using behavioral and imaging methods. Professor Weekes is Director of the Communication Science and Disorders Laboratory, housing both Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) and EEG available for collaborative research and clinical use. Welcome Brendan! Did you see? Professor Tara Whitehill published a new paper in the International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery with colleagues from the Faculty of Dentistry. The paper was selected as the Leading Clinical Paper. Bravo, Tara! Dr Steve Xue published a new paper in the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. JASA is top rated internationally as an A* journal - what an achievement!

5 What did you say? Dr Sam Po Law received a research grant from the NIH (US) together with our alumni Anthony Pak Hin Kong (University of Central Florida) and Alice Lee (University of Cork). Dr Man Tak Leung made an impact in the community with his successful Hong Kong Graded Naming Test. Did you hear? Dr Karen Chan was awarded a competitive grant from the NIH (US) together with Professor Edwin Yiu. Their project is a prospective study on the prevention and treatment of voice problems in teachers. This is a fantastic achievement and puts us ahead in the world league of research. Dr Estella Ma was awarded a prestigious grant from the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong to develop and validate a voice assessment protocol for Cantonese children. Well done Estella!

6 Did you see? Dr Anita Wong was awarded another grant from the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong to explore the reading disabilities and SLI - specific language impairment in Hong Kong children. Did you hear? Dr Carol To was also awarded a new grant from the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong to evaluate the treatment efficacy of novel syntactic procedures for children with SLI. Dr Lydia So developed an innovative programme to deliver problem based learning (PBL) using Skype - teleteaching is the way of the future! Dr Lawrence Ng received a grant from the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong with Professor Lee Tan from The Chinese University of Hong Kong to develop a new electrolarynx of natural sound in Chinese for laryngectomees.

7 Update Centre for Communication Disorders The Centre for Communication Disorders (CCD) was first established in 2005 at HKU. The CCD is dedicated to basic and clinical multidisciplinary research focused on the needs of people in East Asia who have hearing, voice, speech, language and disorders. Our goal is to promote healthy communication for all. CCD tries to overcome linguistic, social, health and economic barriers that may prevent effective treatment of speech, language and hearing disorders in East Asia. Our clinical and research work has an impact on the lives of thousands of Chinese speaking people in Hong Kong, China and throughout the world. Laboratory of Communication Science The Division has acquired ERP and TMS facilities for cognitive neuroscience studies with children and adults who have hearing, voice, speech and language disorders - contact us for information on clinical use! Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) can be used to improve quality of life for patients who have speech, language and voice disorders.

8 Update Excellence in learning - it s what we do _0313.jpg We are very proud of all our students. Our undergraduate, post-graduate and graduated alumni are all bright and talented scientist-practitioners making a real contribution to people s lives all over the world every day of the week. We celebrated these achievements by asking our final year students to present their research work at the Hong Kong Speech and Hearing Symposium held at the Prince of Wales Hospital together with our colleagues from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, on May 8th, Our students taught us how to apply communication science to solving real life problems in communication disorders. It was such a success we will do it again on May 7 th 2011 at the University of Hong Kong. Watch out for further information about Summerfest Emerging Strategic Research at HKU Our Division is at the cutting edge of research in communication science and communication disorders in East Asia. So, we have begun a series of research seminars to showcase the achievements of our Division. Together with CCD -Centre for Communication Disorders we will host a series of Winter Institutes and Summerfests in 2010, 2011 and The speakers at these events will present research findings in communication science from within our Division, the University of Hong Kong and Research Institutes from around the globe. Our first Winter Institute will be Promoting Healthy Communication Across the Lifespan and is free to all alumni. This event will held at the University of Hong Kong on Saturday December 4th 2010 so please mark it in your diaries. We will also hold a regular Brown Bag meeting every month on Wednesdays. The seminar will showcase the research of our pre and post-doctoral students. We will also continue to host International Invited Speakers in the evenings. For information please contact Professor Brendan Weekes weekes@hku.hk

9 Research from 2009 Baltussen, R., Li, J., Wu, L.D., Ge, X.H., Teng, B.Y., Sun, X.B., Han, R., Wang, X.L. and McPherson, B. Costs of screening children for hearing disorders and delivery of hearing aids in China. BMC Health Services Research, 9: Chua, H. D. P., Whitehill, T. L., Samman, N., & Cheung, L. (2010). Cleft maxillary distraction versus orthognathic surgery: Effects on speech and velopharyngeal function. International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 37 (7), [Note: Selected as "Leading Clinical Paper" for the issue] Cheung, T. K., Lam, P. K. Y., Wei, W. I., Wong, W. M., Ng, M., & Wong, B. C. Y. (2009). GERD related laryngopharyngeal reflux has significant negative impact on quality of life. Digestion, 79(1), Danermark, B., Cieza, A., Gagné, J-P., Gimigliano, F., Hickson, L., Kramer, S.E., McPherson, B., Möller, C., Russo, I., Strömgren, J-P, Stucki, G. and Swanepoel, D. International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health Core Sets for hearing loss: A discussion paper and invitation. International Journal of Audiology, 49, Driscoll, C., Kei, J., Arnold, S., Doherty, D., Krajewski, J., McDonald, G., McKeering, E., Tyrrell, M. and McPherson, B. (2009). Racial heritage/melanin and otoacoustic emission measures of cochlear function. Asia Pacific Journal of Speech Language and Hearing, 12(1), Driscoll, C., Kei, J., Arnold, S., Doherty, D., Krajewski, J., McDonald, G., McKeering, E., Tyrrell, M., & McPherson, B. (in press). Racial heritage/melanin and otoacoustic emission measures of cochlear function. Asia Pacific Journal of Speech Language and Hearing. Driscoll, C.J. and McPherson, B. (2010). Newborn Screening: History, Principles and Analysis. In Driscoll, C. J. and Mc Pherson, B. (Eds.) Newborn screening systems: The complete perspective. San Diego: Plural Publishing, pp Driscoll, C.J. and McPherson, B. Glossary. In Driscoll, C. J. and McPherson, B. (2010). (Eds.) Newborn screening systems: The complete perspective. San Diego: Plural Publishing, pp Fletcher, P., Leonard, L. B., Stokes, S. F., Wong, A. M. Y. (2009). Morphosyntactic Deficits in Cantonese speaking children with Specific Language Impairment. In Law, S. P., Weekes, B. S., & Wong, A. M. Y. (Eds). Language disorders in speakers of Chinese (pp ). Bristol, UK: Multilingual matters. Ho, D. W L., & Whitehill, T. L. (in press). Clinical supervision of speech pathology students: The effect of immediate verbal feedback versus delayed written feedback. International Journal of Speech Language Pathology. Klee, T., Wong, A. M. Y., Stokes, S. F., Fletcher, P., & Leonard, L. B. (2009). Assessing Cantonesespeaking children with language difficulties from the perspective of evidence based practice: Current practice and future directions (pp ). In Law, S. P., Weekes, B. S., & Wong, A. M. Y. (Eds).Language disorders in speakers of Chinese. Bristol, UK: Multilingual matters. Kong, A. P. H., & Law, S. P. (in press). A linguistic communication measure for monitoring changes in Chinese aphasic narrative production. Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics. Kong, A. P.-H., & Law, S.-P. (2009). A linguistic communication measure for monitoring changes in Chinese aphasic narrative production. Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, 23, Law, I. K. Y., Ma, E. P. M., & Yiu, E. M. L. (in press). Speech intelligibility, acceptability and communication related quality of life among alaryngeal speakers. Archives of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery.

10 Research from 2009 Law, S. P., Leung, M. T., Fung, R., Lui, H. M., & Weekes, B. S. (in press). A model of writing Chinese characters: Data from acquired dysgraphia and writing development. In E. Grigorenko, E. Mambrino,and D. Preiss (Eds.), Handbook of Writing: A mosaic of perspectives and views. Hove, UK: Psychology Press. Law, S. P., Weekes, B. S., & Wong, A. M. Y. (Eds) (2009). Language disorders in speakers of Chinese. Bristol, UK: Multilingual matters. Law, S.-P., Weekes, B. S., Wong, W., & Chiu, K. (2009). Reading aloud pseudo-characters by individuals with acquired dyslexia: Evidence for lexically-mediated processes in reading Chinese. Language and Cognitive Processes, 24, Law, S. P., Weekes, B. S., Yeung, O., & Chiu, K. (2009). Age of acquisition effects on picture naming in Chinese anomia. In S. P. Law, B. S. Weekes, & A.Wong (Eds.), Language disorders in speakers of Chinese. Bristol, UK: Multilingual Matters. Law, S.-P., & Yeung, O. (2010). Effects of age-of-acquisition and semantic variables on reading characters in Chinese dyslexia. Applied Psycholinguistics, 31, Law, S. P., Wong, W., & Wong, E. (2009). A semantic treatment for Cantonese anomic speakers: Implications for the relationship between impairment and therapy. In S. P. Law, B. S. Weekes, & A. Wong (Eds.), Language disorders in speakers of Chinese. Bristol, UK: Multilingual Matters. Lee, A., Whitehill, T. L., & Ciocca, V. (in press). Effect of listener training on perceptual judgement of hypernasality. Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics. Liu, H., Ng, M., Wan, M., & Wang, S. (2009). The effect of tonal changes on voice onset time in Mandarin esophageal speech. Journal of Voice, 23(2), Ma, E. P.-M. & Love, A. L. (2010). Electroglottographic evaluation of age and gender effects during sustained phonation and connected speech. Journal of Voice, 24(2), Ma, E. P.-M. & Yiu, E. M.-L. (in press). Handbook of Voice Assessment. San Diego, California: Plural Publishing. Ma, E. P.-M. (in press). Phog. In E. P.-M. Ma & E. M.-L. Yiu (Eds.). Handbook of Voice Assessments. San Diego, California: Plural Publishing. Ma, E. P.-M. (in press). Aerophone. In E. P.-M. Ma & E. M.-L. Yiu (Eds.). Handbook of Voice Assessments. San Diego, California: Plural Publishing. McPherson, B., Law, M.M.S. and Wong, M.S.M. (2010). Hearing screening for school children: Comparison of low-cost, computer-based and conventional audiometry. Child: care, health and development, 36, Mok, C., Whitehill, T. L., & Dodd, B. (in press). The inter relationship between problem based learning, critical thinking and concept mapping in speech language pathology education: A review. International Journal of Speech Language Pathology, 10(6), Mok. C. K. F., Dodd, B. J., & Whitehill, T. L. (in press). Speech language pathology students approaches to learning in a problem based learning curriculum. International Journal of Speech Language Pathology. Ng, M., & Chu, R. (2009). An acoustical and perceptual study of vowels produced by alaryngeal speakers of Cantonese. Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica, 61, Ng, M., & Wong, J. (in press). Voice onset time characteristics of esophageal, tracheoesophageal, and laryngeal speech of Cantonese. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research.

11 Research from 2009 Ng, M., Liu, H., Zhao, Q., & Lam, P. K. Y. (in press). Long term average spectral characteristics of Cantonese alaryngeal speech. Auris Nasus Larynx. Swanepoel, D.W., Clark, J.L., Koekemoer, D., Hall, J.W., Krumm, M., Ferrari D.V., McPherson, B., Olusanya, B.O., Mars, M., Russo, I. and Barajas, J.J. Telehealth in audiology: the need and potential to reach underserved communities. International Journal of Audiology, 49, Whitehill, T. L. (in press). Spastic cerebral palsy. In M. R. McNeil (Ed.), Clinical management of sensorimotor speech disorders (2nd ed.) (pp ). New York: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. Whitehill, T. L., & Lee, A. (in press).the instrumental analysis of resonance in speech impairment. In M. J. Ball, M. Perkins, N. Müller & S. Howard (Eds.), The handbook of clinical linguistics (pp ).Blackwell Publishers. Whitehill, T. L., Ma, E. P.-M., & Tse, F. C.-M. (accepted, to appear in December 2010). Environmental barriers to communication for individuals with dysarthria. Manuscript submitted to Journal of Medical Speech-Language Pathology. Whitehill, T. L., Patel, R., & Lai, J. F C. (in press). The use of prosody by children with severe dysarthria: A Cantonese extension study. Journal of Medical Speech Language Pathology. Wong, A. M. Y. & Stokes, S. F. (in press). A construction account of question acquisition in Cantonese speaking children with SLI. In Law, S. P., Weekes, B. S., & Wong, A. M. Y. (Eds). Language disorders in speakers of Chinese (pp ). Bristol, UK: Multilingual matters. Wong, A. Y.-H., & Ma, E. P.-M. (in press). Surface electromyography. In E. P.-M. Ma & E. M. L. Yiu (Eds.). Handbook of Voice Assessments. San Diego, California: Plural Publishing. Wong, A. Y.-H., Ma, E. P.-M., & Yiu, E. M.-L. (accepted on 9 Oct 2009, available online on 26 April 2010). Effects of practice variability on learning of relaxed phonation in vocally hyperfunctional speakers. Journal of Voice. Wong, L. L. N., & Cheng, L. K. (in press, 2009). Quality of life in older Chinese-speaking adults with hearing impairment. Disability and Rehabilitation. Wong, L. N., Chan, C. Y., & Soli, S. D. (2009). Development and application of the Hearing In Noise Test. Journal of Audiology and Speech Pathology, 17(4), Wong, L. L. N., Hickson, L., & McPherson, B. (2009). Satisfaction with hearing aids: a consumer research perspective. International Journal of Audiology, 48(7), Xue, S. (in press). Holistic Rehabilitation: Integrating the best alternative medical systems into rehabilitation science. J. Bain Publishing Company. Yang, F.F., McPherson, B. and Shu, H. (in press) Evaluation of an auditory assessment protocol for Chinese infants with non-syndromic cleft lip and/or palate. Cleft PalateCraniofacial Journal, 48(1), XX-XX Yeung, O., Law, S. P., & Yau, M. (in press).treatment generalization and executive control processes:preliminary data from Chinese anomic individuals. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders. Yiu, E. M.-L., Ho, M. E., Ma, E. P.-M., Verdolini, K., Branski, B., Page, K., & Li, N. Y.-K. (accepted on 9 Oct 2009, available online on March 23, 2010). Possible cross-cultural differences in the perception of impact of voice disorders. Journal of Voice.

12 Upcoming events Winter Institute We will hold our first Winter Institute on Saturday December 4th This will be a one day event with international speakers from Australia, Germany, Italy, UK & US, as well as invited presenters from HKU Human Performance, Linguistics, Medicine, Psychology and our junior faculty (Chan, Ma, Ng, To). Summerfest Saturday May 7th Summerfest will feature oral and poster presentations from final year undergraduate students and colleagues at Chinese University of Hong Kong. Brown Bag meetings Our Brown Bag series features research work of our current graduate and postdoctoral students. Brown Bags are held every third Wednesday at noon in Seminar Room 518, 5th Floor of Prince Phillip Hospital with an informal lunch for visitors. Problem Based Learning in Speech and Hearing Science December 1-3, 2011 Following the 1st PBL/SLP conference held in Sweden in 2006 and the 2nd conference in Australia in 2008, we are delighted to announce that the 3rd PBL/SLP conference will be held in Hong Kong in early December For all information please contact Professor Brendan Weekes at weekes@hku.hk