Communication Disorders
Welcome to Communication Disorders
The Department of Communication Disorders serves New Zealand and the world through excellence and innovation in scholarship, teaching and public service. Students are educated and challenged to excel in professional practice and disciplinary research related to disorders of hearing, speech, language, and swallowing.
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Communication Disorders, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch 8140
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Announcements
Interview with Dr. Borrie
Dr Stephanie Borrie was recently interviewed for the Listener about her doctoral research on intervention for partners of people with dysarthria. Dr Borrie received her PhD under the supervision of Dr Megan McAuliffe and is currently working as a postdoctoral fellow at Arizona State University and the Mayo Clinic.
More grant success
Catherine Moran and Megan McAuliffe (Dept. of Communication Disorders and New Zealand Institute of Language, Brain & Beahviour) and Christopher Gomez (Dept. of Geography) were awarded a research grant from the CEISMIC contestable fund to conduct the project "Communication and the elderly: Experiences from the Canterbury Earthquakes".
Grant success
Stephanie Stokes, Thomas Klee, Megan McAuliffe and Catherine Moran (Dept. of Communication Disorders and New Zealand Institute of Language, Brain & Behaviour) were awarded contestable funding from the New Zealand Lottery Health Board towards the purchase of ERP equipment to continue their research on the neurophysiological correlates of language behaviours.
Enrolment website
Summer school and 2012 enrolments have started.
News
Jump start for great ideas (15 May 2012)
UC staff are being given an opportunity to transform their great ideas into reality.
Student Volunteer Army named Anzac of the Year (20 April 2012)
The Canterbury University Student Volunteer Army, in recognition of its significant contribution to the Christchurch community following the earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, has been awarded the Royal New Zealand RSA's Anzac of the Year Award 2012.
Two UC students awarded prestigious scholarships (6 March 2012)
Two University of Canterbury speech and language therapy students have been awarded prestigious scholarships worth more than $150,000.