Poll question for anyone who's taught Intro Phonetics: Introduce vowels first or consonants first? Feel free to explain your answer. Or not. #linguistics #phonetics

New Australian survey of parents and carers of children with childhood #apraxia of speech. Please share widely.

Anja Kuschmann et al. (presenter: Jane Stuart-Smith) on "Diadochokinetic* (DDK) rate performance and variability in 5-12-year-old children in Scotland" *the ability to perform repeated syllables as fast and accurately as possible. #BAAP2026 Data from VariCS: varics.ac.uk

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The first two keynote speakers for the International Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics Conference #ICPLA2027 have been announced on our webpage if you want to take a peek....👀 www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/p...

*📢 Calling all SLTs working with children speech sound disorder (SSD) in the NHS* Can you spare 20ish mins to complete an online survey, exploring the barriers and enablers to collecting routine Core Outcome Set (COS) data in clinical practice. lnkd.in/egzQyN8A

The website for #ICPLA2027 and the bluesky account are now up and running! Please give @icpla2027.bsky.social a follow so you can keep up to date with abstract submission and other news.

ICPLA 2027@icpla2027.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Save the date for the 21st biennial conference of the International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association (ICPLA): 14th to 16th of June 2027 @unistrathclyde.bsky.social Abstract deadline 14th Jan, 2027. www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/p...

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 :-)

School of Allied Health @ University of Limerick@ul-alliedhealth.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Join the School of Allied Health. Position - Associate Professor B in Speech and Language Therapy (Permanent). Further information for applicants and application material is available online from: ul.ie/hrvacancies/ #ULjobs

📣 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! 📣 🙏 Please share with your networks and friends :)

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!

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...

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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/...

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

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) ...

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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

Caroline Bowen, Speech-Language Pathologist 🇦🇺🇳🇿🌻@carolinebowen.bsky.social · 10mo ago

🙌 15 mins of pure gold! 🙌 In this EXCELLENT 🆓 video from @coursebeetle.co.uk, @jititterington.bsky.social, @heleneslt.bsky.social & @katinkabaker.bsky.social from the Raising Awareness of Dosage in SSD " #RADiSS" group talk about dosage in #CHILDspeechDIS. vimeo.com/1133992280?s... 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES

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

Psychological Sciences & Health | University of Strathclyde@strath-psh.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Dr Susan McCool's new book is now ready for pre-order (coming out November 13)! Designed for students and #NQPs, it also provides valuable insights for experienced #SLT and #SLP. For further details visit the website: tinyurl.com/238ejx45

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

Improving Speech Outcomes for VP-Born Children in Wales(PROSPER)@prosperstudy.bsky.social · 12mo ago

📣 Our fully-funded PhD studentship is open to UK and international applications! If you are passionate about early child speech development, apply now 🤩 👇 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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

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...

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New linguistics meme dropped

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

Professor Yvonne Wren@yvonnewren.bsky.social · last yr.

We are recruiting!! Join #MISLToe_SSD and be part of the new study in Wales. This is an exciting project which is now in phase 2 with phase 3 in the planning stages. If you know about speech sound disorder and know about research, please apply. jobs.cardiffmet.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

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)

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...

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.

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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

Vani Gupta@vanigupta.bsky.social · last yr.

#IALP2025 7 suggestions for progress: 1. Use backward design - the end in mind: look at adulthood demands and derive research questions, PD activities and service goals

#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