Dr Alison Holm Seminar

Date: Wednesday, 26th September 2018, 3.00pm - 4.00pm
Venue: The Australian Hearing Hub, Level 3, Room 3.610, Macquarie University
Speaker: Dr Alison Holm, Speech Pathology Program, School of Allied Health Sciences, Griffith University
Host: Dr Jae-Hyun Kim, Department of Linguistics
Title: What do we know about speech sound disorders in bilingual children?

Abstract
Distinguishing between typical phonological development and speech sound disorder in bilingual children is difficult. In this presentation I will explore what is known about differential diagnosis for bilingual children with speech sound disorder. Differential diagnosis should be underpinned by an understanding of typical bilingual phonological development as well as a theoretical psycholinguistic speech-processing framework. Intervention studies of bilingual children with different types of speech sound disorders can also address clinically and theoretically significant questions. I will review the available treatment studies of bilingual children. Patterns of cross-language generalisation will be mapped to hypothesised deficits in the processing chain underlying the speech sound disorder.

Bio
Alison is a certified practising speech pathologist with clinical expertise and research experience in the area of bilingual children’s speech and language development and disorder. Her PhD and post-doctoral research in the UK and Australia has examined assessment and intervention for bilingual children speaking Cantonese, Punjabi, Vietnamese, Samoan and Italian. Alison has also researched differential diagnosis and intervention for monolingual children with speech sound disorders, particularly children with inconsistent speech.

Dr Alison Holm's visit is funded by the Faculty of Human Sciences Visiting Research Fellowship Scheme 2018