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'Are you receiving me?' is an interdisciplinary colloquium bringing together researchers from different disciplines to examine issues surrounding disability and communication. Academics from York and from further afield (Newcastle, Sheffield, UCL) will be giving presentations looking at disability and communication from a variety of perspectives, including linguistics, speech science, psychology, sociology and literature.
Prof Sara Howard (Sheffield) - Being (mis)understood: Conversational speech production in older children with persisting speech difficulties
Dr Tamar Keren-Portnoy (York) - Late talking toddlers: Relating early phonological development to later language
Dr Richard Ogden (York) - British Sign Language: The first or preferred language of 70,000 Deaf people in the UK
Sarah Pett (York) - ''Aphasia's fingerprints'': Language impairment, autobiography and fiction in Paul West's The Shadow Factory
Catherine Robson (York) - Conversations with patients in the seizure clinic
Dr Christos Salis (Newcastle) - Psychology and linguistics in aphasia treatment
Dr Janet Wood (UCL) - Supporting children with communication difficulties in school: Teachers' responses to perceived challenges
When: Wednesday 13th June 4.15-5.45pm
Where: Bowland Auditorium, Berrick Saul Building
For additional information please contact: robin.lindop-fisher@york.ac.uk
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