海角论坛

Publications

, Stuart-Smith Jane

Sociophonetics A Student's Guide (2026) (2026)

Scobbie James M, , , Schaeffler Sonja

The Oxford Handbook of Speech Development in Languages of the World (2026) (2026)

, Scobbie James M

The Phonetics and Phonology of Approximants (2026) (2026)

, , , ,

Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics Vol 40, pp. 78-100 (2026)

, Stuart-Smith Jane, , Murali Mridhula, Taylor Lauren, ,

2026 Colloquium of the British Association of Academic Phoneticians (2026)

, , , Stuart-Smith Jane, , , Taylor Lauren, Murali Mridhula,

33rd world congress of the IALP (2025)

Professional Activities

Speaker

20/3/2026

Participant

11/9/2025

Contributor

24/6/2025

Contributor

10/6/2025

Recipient

12/11/2024

Speaker

17/4/2024

Projects

Lawson, Eleanor (Principal Investigator) Cleland, Joanne (Co-investigator)

01-Jan-2026 - 30-Jan-2028

Cairney, Maria (Principal Investigator) Cleland, Joanne (Co-investigator) Lawson, Eleanor (Co-investigator) Ratanakul, Ketnipa (Researcher)

01-Jan-2025 - 02-Jan-2026

Timmins, Claire (Principal Investigator) Lawson, Eleanor (Co-investigator) Cleland, Joanne (Co-investigator)

01-Jan-2025 - 01-Jan-2025

Lawson, Eleanor (Co-investigator) Cleland, Joanne (Co-investigator) Timmins, Claire (Principal Investigator)

STAR-gate: a user evaluation and co-production project for the STAR web resources.

For over a decade, the project team have led several clinical studies using ultrasound tongue imaging (UTI), to evidence the effectiveness of this technique for improving speech errors in children with speech sound disorder (SSD). Papers published in both the previous and current REF period by our group have shown that this approach can be game changing, especially for SSDs which are difficult to treat through conventional therapy. However, ultrasound technology is not widely available to speech and language therapists (SLTs) and educators. To democratise access to visual representations speech production, we created two ESRC-funded Web-based resources:

Seeing Speech: STAR www.seeingspeech.ac.uk/speechstar/ for Speech Therapy training.

SpeechSTAR www.speechstar.ac.uk for use in clinic with children who have SSDs.

These sites contain video databases of (non)disordered child speech, imaged using UTI; magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) speech samples, and MRI-based vocal-tract animations.

Initial feedback gathered through site surveys has been excellent; however, many respondents are encountering the site for the first time and are not sure how to navigate the resources. Our proposed project (STAR-gate) will maximise the accessibility of STAR and SpeechSTAR by engaging key user groups (i) SLTs; (ii) clients/carers (iii) SLT students; (iv) Clinical-Phonetics lecturers. We will work with HEIs and SLTs across the British Isles, to evaluate STAR/SpeechSTAR, and co-create video-based content for these Web sites.

Objectives:

Before the next REF exercise, to gather evidence of how STAR has changed the practice of the user groups.

To develop written materials facilitating use of STAR for Clinical Phonetics teaching (publications/ working papers, co-created with Clinical Phonetics lecturers).

To gather evidence to support grant applications to further develop the STAR and SpeechSTAR websites, according to user needs.

To co-create video-based user guides, sharing how STAR and SpeechSTAR can be used in SLT teaching, training, CPD and in clinic.

01-Jan-2025 - 01-Jan-2026

Lawson, Eleanor (Principal Investigator) Dokovova, Marie (Principal Investigator)

Hands on activities and demonstrations of the AAA software facilitated in Cardiff Metropolitan University.

25-Jan-2023 - 26-Jan-2023

Lawson, Eleanor (Principal Investigator) Murali, Mridhula (Researcher) Kirkland, Paul (Academic) Cleland, Joanne (Academic)

A project investigating the use of neural networks in the automatic classification of /r/ tongue shapes, imaged with Ultrasound Tongue Imaging

01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2024