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Research output per year
Organization profile
We live in an era where good language, hearing and communication skills are crucial. Impaired communication skills affect educational attainment, employment opportunities, and quality of life.
We are leaders in the education and training of audiologists and healthcare scientists, speech and language therapists, psychologists, and teachers of the deaf.
We make basic research discoveries, translate these discoveries into real-world applications and improve the quality of life for individuals of all ages. Our work is central to key topics in today’s society including: health and ageing, communication and development, the dynamic brain, and adapting to change.
Our research
We are research world leaders in language and hearing.
Language
Determining the factors, processes and mechanisms involved in successful language learning and in developmental language disorders.
Research activity in this area includes:
- LuCiD, The ESRC International Centre for Language and Communication Development.
- Developmental Language Disorders, Manchester Language Study.
- Social Communication and Pragmatics Intervention.
Our Child Study Centre studies children's language and communication development from birth to 12 years of age. They are currently looking for children and their caregivers to sign up to take part in studies.
Hearing
Innovative research that translates basic hearing science into direct benefit to children and adults who have a hearing dysfunction.
Research activity in this area includes:
- Hearing Health theme, NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC).
- ManCAD, Manchester Centre for Audiology and Deafness.
Head of Division
Our researchers
View list of researchers within the Division
Contact
Jacqueline O’Brien, PA to Head of Division
tel: +44 (0)161 275 3366
email: jackie.obrien@manchester.ac.uk
Network
Recent external collaboration on country/territory level. Dive into details by clicking on the dots or
Profiles
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Catherine Adams, BSc, MSc, PhD, CertMRCSLT
- Division of Human Communication, Development & Hearing (L5) - Honorary Senior Lecturer
Person: Academic
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Acoustic reflexes: Should we be paying more attention?
Prendergast, G., Sathe, T., Heinrich, A. & Munro, K., 22 Feb 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: International Journal of Audiology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A cross-linguistic approach to children’s reasoning: Turkish- and English-speaking children's use of metatalk
Özkan, F. E., Hartwell, K. & Köymen, B., 20 Feb 2023, In: Developmental science. e13374.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Aided Cortical Auditory Evoked Potentials in Infants with Frequency Specific Synthetic Speech Stimuli: Sensitivity, Repeatability, and Feasibility
Visram, A., Stone, M., Dillon, H., Roughley, A. & Munro, K., 27 Jan 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Ear and hearing.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A mean-field model of glutamate and GABA synaptic dynamics for functional MRS
Lea-Carnall, C., El-Deredy, W., Stagg, C. J., Williams, S. R. & Trujillo-Barreto, N., 1 Feb 2023, In: NeuroImage. 266, p. 1-18 18 p., 119813.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Beyond global synchrony: equivalence between Kuramoto oscillators and Wilson-Cowan model for large-scale brain networks
Abd-Elrazik, A., Torres, F., Otero, M., Lea-Carnall, C. & El-Deredy, W., 6 Mar 2023, 18th International Symposium on Medical Information Processing and Analysis, Valparaíso, Chile: Proceedings Volume 12567.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre
Bruce, I., Lord, G., Lennon, R., Black, G., Wedge, D., Morris, A., Hussell, T., Sharrocks, A., Stivaros, S., Buch, M., Gough, J., Kostarelos, K., Thistlethwaite, F., Kadler, K., Barton, A., Hyrich, K., Mcbeth, J., O'Neill, T., Vestbo, J., Simpson, A., Singh, S., Smith, J., Felton, T., Murray, C., Griffiths, C., Cullum, N., Rhodes, L., Warren, R., Paus, R., Dumville, J., Viros Usandizaga, A., Keavney, B., Tomaszewski, M., Allan, S., Body, R., Cartwright, E., Heagerty, A., Kalra, P., Miller, C., Rutter, M., Smith, C., Trafford, A., Evans, D., Crosbie, E., Crosbie, P., Harvie, M., Howell, S., Renehan, A., Dive, C., Blackhall, F., Landers, D., Krebs, M., Cook, N., Clarke, R., Taylor, S., Jorgensen, C., Lorigan, P., Jayson, G., Valle, J., Mccabe, M., Armstrong, A., Freitas, A., Illidge, T., Choudhury, A., Hoskin, P., West, C., Van Herk, M., Faivre-Finn, C., Bristow, R., Kirkby, K., Birtle, A., Mackay, R., Radford, J., Linton, K., Higham, C., Munro, K., Plack, C., Arden Armitage, C., Bruce, I., Moore, D., Saunders, G., Stone, M., Haddock, G., Lewis, S., Elliott, R., Green, J., Lovell, K., Morrison, A., Shaw, J., Bucci, S., Ainsworth, J., Webb, R., Newman, W., Banka, S., Clayton-Smith, J., Payne, K., Moldovan, R., Wynn, R. & Jones, S.
1/12/22 → 30/11/27
Project: Research
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Understanding the Consequences of Recreational Noise Exposure
Plack, C., Kluk-De Kort, K., Millman, R., Munro, K., Prendergast, G., Roberts, S. & Guest, H.
1/04/21 → 31/03/26
Project: Research
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Application of Novel Techniques to Enhance Cognitive Performance (Transcranial Electrical Stimulation)
28/09/20 → 31/10/23
Project: Research
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The READY Study: Recording Emerging Adulthood in Deaf Youth.
Young, A., Chilton, H., Rogers, K., Squires, G., Dodds, C. & Espinoza, F.
1/09/18 → 15/09/24
Project: Research
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(MCHP) : Manchester Centre for Health Psychology
Peters, S., Ulph, F., Arden Armitage, C., Borrelli, B., Bowen, A., Byrne-Davis, L., Edge, D., French, D., Hart, J., Todd, C., Skevington, S., Wearden, A., Cotterill, S., Brooks, J., Brown, L., Bull, E., Cordingley, L., Epton, T., Smith, D., Speer, S., Powell, R., Bartlett, K., Coupe, N., Shepherd, S., Dienes, K., Ghio, D., Hood, A., Lavallee, J., Rowland, C., Benton, J., Goldthorpe, J., McWilliams, L., Keyworth, C., Goulding, R., Loughran, M., Hawkes, R., Kapadi, A., Hurley, R., Leather, J., Musa, C., Angelakis, I., Reid, C., Alshammari, D., Mountain, D., Hooper, E., Gates, E., Johnson, F., Lomas, F., Kaplan, G., Cross, H., Foote, H., Long, H., Reid, H., Hamer, J., Sibasa, K., Hozhabrafkan, K., Al Abri, K., Lucas, L., Millard, L., Hulme, L., Dhanwani, M., Sonola-Jones, O., Sfakianaki, R., Broadbent, R., Crone, R., Husni, R. R., Mank, S., Booth, S., Hindmarch, S., Plant, S., Mace, S., Sidhu, T., Macintyre, V., Vidayanti, V., Peterson, J., Woof, V., El-Khani, A., Devereux-Fitzgerald, A., Chisholm, A., Sawyer, C., Hope, H., Wilkes, J., Birtwell, K., Bakur, K., Stringer, G., Mohd Faudzi, F. N. B., Checketts, M., Tang, M. Y., Coupe, N., Crook, R., Hamnett, C., Lyons, S., Longley, V., Hulme, L., Mountain, D., Talbot, H., Lucas, L., Ecob, C., Huggett, C., Hozhabrafkan, K., Hyder, S. S. & Lee, R.
1/09/10 → …
Project: Research
Activities
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Remote psychoacoustic tests using Gaussian processes for personalised hearing-aid fitting
Emanuele Perugia (Speaker)
21 Jan 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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How can we support bilingual children with speech, language, and communication needs?
Elaine Ashton (Speaker), Christine Christine Jack (Speaker), Carolyn Letts (Speaker), Sean Pert (Speaker) & Cristina McKean (Speaker)
5 Dec 2022 → 9 Dec 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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Evidence submitted to the All Party Parlimentary Group (APPG) on Dementia
Hannah Cross (Other), Rebecca Millman (Other), Christopher Arden Armitage (Other), Piers Dawes (Other) & Iracema Leroi (Other)
2 Nov 2022Activity: Other
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DIAGNOSING DLD – MODULE 6: BILINGUALISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL LANGUAGE DISORDER
Sean Pert (Speaker)
Nov 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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British Academy of Audiology
Ozgenur Cetinbag (Poster presenter)
13 Oct 2022 → 14 Oct 2022Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Participating in a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc
Datasets
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The READY Study - Baseline data
Young, A. (Creator), Espinoza, F. (Creator), Dodds, C. (Creator), Rogers, K. (Creator), O'Neill, R. (Creator), Squires, G. (Creator) & Chilton, H. (Creator), University of Manchester figshare, 15 Dec 2022
DOI: 10.48420/19566031.v2, https://figshare.manchester.ac.uk/articles/dataset/The_READY_Study_-_Baseline_data/19566031/2 and 2 more links, https://figshare.manchester.ac.uk/articles/dataset/The_READY_Study_-_Baseline_data/19566031/1, https://figshare.manchester.ac.uk/articles/dataset/The_READY_Study_-_Baseline_data/19566031 (show fewer)
Dataset
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De Ruiter et al, complex sentence comprehension information structure data set
De Ruiter, L. (Creator), Lieven, E. (Creator), Brandt, S. (Creator) & Theakston, A. (Creator), Open Science Framework, 2021
DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/P8KZM, https://osf.io/p8kzm/
Dataset
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Curiosity-based learning in infants: a neurocomputational approach, experimental data
Twomey, K. (Creator) & Westermann, G. (Creator), UK Data Service, 30 Apr 2015
Dataset
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Evidence for systematicity in infant and toddler curiosity-driven learning 2017-2018
Twomey, K. (Creator), Malem, B. (Creator), Dunn, K. (Creator) & Westermann, G. (Creator), UK Data Service, 24 May 2019
Dataset
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International Centre for Language and Communicative Development: All the right noises: Background variability helps early word learning, 2014-2016.
Twomey, K. (Creator), Ma, L. (Creator) & Westermann, G. (Creator), UK Data Service, 2021
Dataset
Prizes
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2018 Fellow of the Cognitive Sciences Society
Lieven, Elena (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Election to learned society
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Awarded Honorary Doctorate
Conti-Ramsden, Gina (Recipient), 2010
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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BAA Team of the Year awarded to Manchester Centre for Audiology and Deafness
Munro, Kevin (Recipient), 1 Nov 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Best Factual Story Telling (Nominated)
Pert, Sean (Recipient), 20 Oct 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Best Lecturer (Nominated)
Pert, Sean (Recipient), 25 May 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Press/Media
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Better understanding of autistic people’s listening difficulties could improve their wellbeing
1/12/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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THE CONVERSATION: Hearing loss: headphones and concerts could put young people at risk – here’s how to protect yourself
28/11/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert comment
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WASHINGTON POST: Loud music may be damaging ears of 1 billion young people, study says
16/11/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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Student theses
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A Developmental Investigation of Animacy and Prototypical Transitivity in Sentence Production and Comprehension
Author: Buckle, L., 1 Aug 2020Supervisor: Lieven, E. V. M. (Supervisor) & Theakston, A. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Phd
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An investigation into the role of the input on children's acquisition of modal verbs
Author: Bell, K., 31 Aug 2021Supervisor: Lieven, E. V. M. (Supervisor) & Theakston, A. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Phd
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Biopsychosocial correlates of hearing help-seeking, hearing aid uptake, and hearing aid use in general and clinical populations
Author: Sawyer, C., 31 Dec 2019Supervisor: Armitage, C. J. (Supervisor), Munro, K. (Supervisor) & Dawes, P. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Phd
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Children's Developing Use of Reasons for Joint Decisions
Author: Domberg, A., 31 Dec 2018Supervisor: Lieven, E. V. M. (Supervisor) & Köymen, B. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Phd
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CROSS-LINGUISTIC DIFFERENCES IN ENCODING OF CAUSALITY: HOW ENGLISH AND JAPANESE CHILDREN LEARN FORM-MEANING MAPPING DURING DEVELOPMENT
Author: Okuno, A., 1 Aug 2018Supervisor: Theakston, A. (Supervisor) & Cameron-Faulkner, T. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Phd
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