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One of the core projects in CRE-SLANG involves understanding
more about genetic contributions to speech and language
disorders, including trying to identify single causative genes
to explain speech pathology for individuals and their families.
This project involves recruitment of both individual children
with moderate to severe and persistent speech disorders, and
larger families who seem to pass on the speech and language
disorders across generations. Large numbers of people are
needed for these studies.
Speech pathologists who are interested in the work or who
feel they may have clients suitable for the study are warmly
welcomed to get in touch with the institute to become partners
and collaborators in the broader network as part of the new
centre.
For further information or enquiries please email:
The CRE in Speech and Language Neurobiology will be hosting
its official launch in August 2017 at the Royal Children’s Hospital,
Melbourne. Registration will be opening soon.
References
Graham, S.A. & Fisher, S.E. (2015). Understanding Language
from a Genomic Perspective. Annual Review of Genetics, 49,
131-160
Lai, C.S.L., Fisher, S.E., Hurst, J.A., Vargha-Khadem, F. &
Anthony P. Monaco, A.P. (2001). A forkhead-domain gene is
mutated in a severe speech and language disorder. Nature, 413,
519-523.
Morgan A., Fisher, SE., Scheffer, I., & Heldebrand, M.
(207) FOXP2-Related Speech and Language Disorders.
GeneReviews®. Retrieved from www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/
NBK368474
Turner, S.J., Mayes, A.K., Verhoeven, A., Mandelstam, S.A.,
Morgan, A.T. & Scheffer, I.E. (2015). GRIN2A: an aptly named
gene for speech dysfunction. Neurology, 84(6), 586-593.
Turner, S.J., Brown, A., Arpone, M., Anderson, V., Morgan, A.T.
& Scheffer, I.E. (2017). Dysarthria and broader motor speech
deficits in Dravet syndrome. Neurology, 88(8), 743-749.
One of the core projects
involves understanding more
about genetic contributions
to speech and language
disorders...
SPEECH PATHOLOGY WEEK in 2017 will be held
in the week of 20 - 26 August. The theme for the
week is Communication Access – everyone gets the
message!
This theme draws on one of the eight key aspirations
from the Speech Pathology 2030 project, while
reinforcing the important role that speech pathologists
play in the lives of Australians with speech and
swallowing difficulties.
Communication remains a human right and Speech
Pathology Week promotes this fact.
As in previous years, the week will be promoted by
a traditional media campaign, an online and social
media campaign, and campaign kits available for
members. Separate marketing collateral will be
supplied to State Branches to help promote their own
Speech Pathology Week events.
For more information about Speech Pathology Week,
campaign material and other matters, visit the Speech
Pathology Week page on the Association’s website.
Speech Pathology
Week 2017
theme announced
Speech Pathology Week
20 - 28 August 2017
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members through
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Advertising bookings are now
open for the June edition!
Deadline May 4
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