Associate Professor Kirrie Ballard

Grants

2010-2012, Kirrie Ballard, Malcolm McNeil, Nicholas O'Dwyer, Donald A Robin. Accurate differentiation of acquired speech and language disorders for positive rehabilitation outcomes, National Health and Medical Research Council/Project Grants. $385,700

2007-2008, Kirrie Ballard. Development of biofeedback treatments for motor speech disorders, DVC Research/Research and Development Scheme: Newly Appointed Staff (NAS). $49,798

Publications

Hogan, A, Shipley, M, Strazdins, L, Baker, E M, Purcell, A A 2011, Communication and behavioural disorders among children with hearing loss increases risk of mental health disorders, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 35(4), 377-383

Baker, E M, McLeod, S 2011, Evidence-Based Practice for Children with Speech Sound Disorders: Part 1 Narrative Review, Language, Speech and Hearing Services in Schools, 42(2), 102-139

Baker, E M, McLeod, S 2011, Evidence-Based Practice for Children with Speech Sound Disorders: Part 2 Application to Clinical Practice, Language, Speech and Hearing Services in Schools, 42(2), 140-151

Baker, E M, Munro, N A 2011, Guidelines for assessing Australian English speaking toddlers’ productions of polysyllables, ACQuiring Knowledge in Speech, Language and Hearing (not refereed unless requested),

Munro, N A, Baker, E M, Lee, K M 2011, Slow-mapping skills in children with and without specific language impairment, International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders,

Ballard, K. J., Solomon, N., Robin, D., Moon, J., and  Folkins, J., 2009, Nonspeech assessment of the speech production mechanism, Clinical Management of Sensorimotor Speech Disorders, Thieme Medical Publishers, New York, 411

Maas, E, Robin, D, Wright, D, Ballard, K J 2008, Motor programming in apraxia of speech, Brain and Language, 106(2), 107-118

Maas, E, Robin, D, Austermann Hula, S, Freedman, S, Wulf, G, Ballard, K J, Schmidt, R 2008, Principles of Motor Learning in Treatment of Motor Speech Disorders, American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 17(3), 277-298

Austermann Hula, S, Robin, D, Maas, E, Ballard, K J, Schmidt, R 2008, Effects of feedback frequency and timing on acquisition, retention and transfer of speech skills in acquired apraxia of speech, Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 51(5), 1088-1113

Ballard, K J, Robin, D 2007, Influence of continual biofeedback on jaw pursuit-tracking in healthy adults and in adults with apraxia plus aphasia, Journal of Motor Behavior, 39(1), 19-28

Shriberg, L, Ballard, K J, Tomblin, J, Duffy, J, Odell, K, Williams, C 2006, Speech, Prosody, and Voice Characteristics of a Mother and Daughter With a 7;13 Translocation Affecting FOXP2, Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 49(3), 500-525