Niamh Devane, PhD

@niamhdevane.bsky.social

Speech and Language Therapist and postdoc researcher at City, University of London. Here to share research #aphasia, #virtualworlds, #datavis, #telehealth, #tech #bskyspeechies

Thank you for sharing the key messages from the @daraprojectcity.bsky.social team scoping review @edldproject.bsky.social Almost no research has explored whether data visualisations are accessible for people living with language disability. The Dara study is looking to change that!

EngagewithDLD@edldproject.bsky.social · 9mo ago

What research exists on making data visualisation accessible to adults with language disabilities? Article summary: www.engage-dld.com/post/what-re... Original article: doi.org/10.1111/1460... YouTube summary: youtu.be/dViI0H52Skg #DevLangDis #DLD #datavisualisation #accessibility

Today is the first ever 🟪International Aphasia Awareness🟪 day! Please share and tell someone new about aphasia!

Dara DataVis@daraprojectcity.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Hot on the heels of #DLDday, Monday is the first international aphasia awareness day. Why not join in?: - Find information about aphasia via the hashtag #aphasia. - Watch our account for updates from the Dara project. - Follow @sayaphasia.bsky.social - Visit www.aphasia-international.com

Say Aphasia image with the words 20th October
International Aphasia Day.
Below the orange Say Aphasia logo, a picture of a globe is shown. Further down a person is shown speaking with a jumble of letters emerging from their mouth A S D E N L T S E T.

Thank you to my brilliant Chief Scientific Officer Niamh Devane for such excellent work aboard the good ship #BASconf25. :)

Niamh Devane, PhD@niamhdevane.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Travelling home after a fantastic #BASconf25 in #Dundee where people living with aphasia, speech therapists, researchers and academics were all present and equal part of the conversations. We had talks, discussions and dancing! Thank you @basaphasia.bsky.social and captain @abracabadger.com

Travelling home after a fantastic #BASconf25 in #Dundee where people living with aphasia, speech therapists, researchers and academics were all present and equal part of the conversations. We had talks, discussions and dancing! Thank you @basaphasia.bsky.social and captain @abracabadger.com

British Aphasiology Society@basaphasia.bsky.social · 12mo ago

And that’s a wrap on #BASconf25 in Dundee - the City of Discovery! We’ve loved connecting, learning, and celebrating with the amazing aphasia community 🌟 Huge thanks to Dr Abi Roper for leading such a fantastic event. Safe journeys home — see you in Cardiff next year! 🗓️ #aphasia #community

I’ve not posted in ages but this is newsworthy - I’m delighted we’ve been awarded funding for APT for this incredible project supporting communication for families with aphasia - leading with Prof Rebecca Palmer and a stellar team!!!! www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

UK-wide aphasia project awarded £3.8 million to improve post-stroke communication | City St George's, University of London

Project plans to co-design and evaluate a novel communication partner training (CPT) programme

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