Joanne Cleland

See below: we’re recruiting someone to join our thriving research active team! Teaching focus phonetics-PhD qualified in SLT/P and/or in phonetics/linguistics. Please share with interested colleagues and/or dm me if interested :-)

📣 We are inviting #parents of #preterm born children in #Wales to join our Expert Parent Group and guide #research to improve #speech #outcomes for preterm born #children! 📣

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Maximising the Impact of Speech and Language Therapy for Children With Speech Sound Disorder (The MISLToe‐SSD) Study: Developing a Core Outcome Set (COS) for Routine Data Collection From UK NHS Speech and Language Therapy Services Background Children with speech sound disorder (SSD) are at risk of long-term adverse consequences if appropriate intervention is not provided in a timely way. Although there are interventions of pr...

Today is a key turning point in the @misltoessd.bsky.social study-publication of our Core Outcome Set.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Huge thanks @samburrslt.bsky.social @samharding.bsky.social @drjoannecleland.bsky.social @drhelenslt.bsky.social and all made this happen. Roll on phase 2!

Very happy to share a link to the latest @misltoessd.bsky.social publication with @samburrslt.bsky.social @drjoannecleland.bsky.social @samharding.bsky.social @yvonnewren.bsky.social
The MISLToe_SSD Core Outcome Set (COS) for UK SLT Routine Data Collection
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Naïve listener judgements of speech sound change during speech intervention for children with cleft palate ± lip using a visual analogue scale, compared to expert ratings Monitoring the speech therapy progress of children with cleft palate ± lip (CP±L) is important for clinical decision-making. Existing approaches, such as Percentage target Consonants Correct (PCC) ...

Woo hoo! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🆓 🔓 @maria-cairney.bsky.social @victorshiramizu.bsky.social @drjoannecleland.bsky.social 2025 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #childSPEECHdis #cleftpalate #cleftpalate±lip 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES #VisualAnalogScale @tandfresearch.bsky.social

I hope that in the @misltoessd.bsky.social project we will be able to refine diagnostic categories via our big data approach

I couldn't agree more that motor speech is important in a wide range of SSDs and, I think that crucially, phonology vs "motor" is a completely false dichotomy. However, changing clinical practice to move away from perception based approaches is a massive task with serious implementation challenges

I think I've managed to be cited on both sides of the argument in this paper- via our recent work advocating for adoption of Dodd's diagnostic system across the UK and, conversely, via my instrumental work on convert contrasts.

Do subtypes actually exist in speech sound disorders? Errors: are they disorders or are they compensations? A dimensional framework. Rethink our foundational knowledge: New paper www.frontiersin.org/journals/hum... @tricmc.bsky.social @carolinebowen.bsky.social @thespeechprof.bsky.social

Deadline 4 Jan: Postdoc, variability and vowel harmony, metaphony (phonetic and psycholinguistic approaches), Potsdam (w/ A. Gafos) docs.google.com/document/d/1...

DOSAGE is the hot topic in intervention for children with Speech Sound Disorder. Here is a video explaining why it's so important to consider

Chapter on Speech Sound Disorders by network members @drjoannecleland.bsky.social and @drhelenslt.bsky.social . Great intro for #SLP students

Fantastic PhD Opportunity for SLTs and related professions interested in the development of speech sounds from infancy through early childhood

Health and Care Research Wales announces latest round of funding awards Health and Care Research Wales has announced the recipients of its latest funding awards today (1 October 2025). Funding has been awarded both for projects addressing public and patient need, as well...

We are delighted to share that we have been awarded prestigious funding from Health and Care Research Wales to conduct Phase 2 of the MISLToe_SSD study in Wales! 🤩

healthandcareresearchwales.org/about/news/h...

@cshcr.bsky.social

Labubu with a Labubu and Lakiki with a spiky Labubu

New linguistics meme dropped

A great opportunity to join a great team on a great project

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No....but ate two cameras an option?

question for ultrasound users 🐦🐦 - has anyone successfully mounted a mirror at 45 degrees on the stabilization headset so that the front-facing camera gets a front and side view of the mouth? (paging @awrench.bsky.social @samkirkham.bsky.social and sorry to anyone I am forgetting)

Meet the three-year-olds helping anxious teens spend more time in school As school returns, we look at a scheme that pairs teenagers with toddlers from a local nursery in a bid to help increase school attendance.

This is just a lovely positive story for your weekend.

Meet the three-year-olds helping anxious teens spend more time in school www.bbc.com/news/article...

Killing 'delve': We analysed 4,800+ student-authored reports across a decade to uncover how ChatGPT is shaping undergrad writing—style, sentiment, and quality. 📉📈
GenAI isn't just a tool. It's a co-author.
📝 #Preprint: www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...

Please consider following Language and Society Scotland, a new network for scholars, practitioners, writers, activists and other stakeholders working on issues broadly related to the study of language and society in Scotland.

On Bluesky: @langsocscot.bsky.social‬

Today:

Great child speech session at #ialp2025 with @samburrslt.bsky.social & @drjoannecleland.bsky.social on the @misltoessd.bsky.social project

Really useful thread here from @vanigupta.bsky.social about adolescent language. Worth a read. Vani is at #ialp2025, posting live, so give her a follow for more content about Developmental Language Disorder #DevLangDis

#ialp2025 The motor speech sub committee needs diverse clinicians and researchers to complete a survey on current practice across languages, counties, settings and disorders #dysarthria #apraxia forms.office.com/e/fbcNmet5tG

Hello Malta! #IALP2025 kicks off tomorrow and we can’t wait!

Come along to the Child Speech Committee Session 15:45 on Tuesday for a fascinating panel on reaching consensus on #SSD description and assessment in #research and #practice 🤩

@drjoannecleland.bsky.social @samburrslt.bsky.social

Characterizing the Relationship Between the Intelligibility in Context Scale and Transcription Intelligibility in Typically Developing English-Speaking Children Between Ages 2;6 and 9;11 Purpose: The goal of the present study was to quantify the relationship between Intelligibility in Context Scale (ICS) scores and transcription i...

Ever wondered, 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES about the relationship b/n individual Intelligibility in Context item scores & orthographic transcription intelligibility scores within age bands? pubs.asha.org/doi/full/10.... @ashajournals.bsky.social @tjmahr.com @katieh-wisc.bsky.social @sharynnemcleod.bsky.social

The chili crisps from Oo'mämē, the phonetic way to say umami, come in 4 global versions — Chinese, Moroccan, Indian, and Mexican.

The irony, of course, is that the “phonetic way to say umami” is [umami].