Barbara Dodd

Professor – child speech, Joint Head of Department

Biography

Barbara Dodd is a speech and language therapist whose research focuses on typical and atypical phonological development.

She has taught in clinical departments at Newcastle University and University Queensland and in the School of English and Linguistics at Macquarie University in Sydney. Barbara has been involved in the development of new curricula for educating speech-language therapy clinicians in England, Ireland and Australia.

From 2004 to 2009 she was an ARC Research Fellow at the University of Queensland, but is now full-time at the Department of Language and Communication Sciences at City University.

She is the author of books on the differential diagnosis of children with speech difficulties and bilingualism, and a lead author on assessments for speech disorder and phonological awareness. Barbara is a member of the Bilingual Affairs Committee of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics and a Fellow of Speech Pathology Australia.
 

Research Interests

Barbara's research interests focus on the characteristics of phonological acquisition of children, particularly those with a phonological disorder, including children who are bilingual, deaf or intellectually impaired. Her research has included clinical efficacy and effectiveness studies of intervention programs linked to diagnostic categories of phonological difficulties

Her current research focuses on:

• executive functions and phonological disorders
• auditory-visual speech perception and phonological disorders
• the effect of bilingualism of different language pairs on phonological development and phonological awareness
• efficacy of intervention, especially the influence of service delivery factors
• two-year olds' phonology: predicting disorder
• differentiation of language disorder and disadvantage 

Recent Research Grants

• Is Language as Bad as it Looks: Discriminating Social Disadvantage from Disorder, 2009-2010.
• Listening, Articulating and Thinking: Factors Underlying Phonological Change, 2004-2009. Project funded by the Australian Research Council.
• Irish Standardisation of the Diagnostic Evaluation of Articulation and Phonology, 2006-2008. Project funded by the Irish Health Board.
• Efficacy studies in speech-language pathology: Developing Novel Intervention. Royal Brisbane Hospital Foundation.

Research Supervision

Completed

Primary
Gail Gillon, Nick Thyer, Annette Fox, Louise Hickson, Alison Holm, Carol Stow, Sandy McMahon, Sharon Crosbie, Jan Broomfield, Lynn Woodhouse, Gail Woodyatt, Zhu Hua, Amanda Bradford, Helen Stringer, Judith Murphy 

Secondary
Brigid Moriatty, Belinda Seef-Grabriel, Dogu Erdener, Daniela Gatt 

Current

Primary
Alex Nancollis, Gayle Hemsley, Cecilia Mok, Aileen Wright 

Secondary
Rachael Xerub, Natalie Hasson, Rebecca Weaving

Visiting Professorships

Psychology, Oxford 1988
Speech, Newcastle University, 1995
Erskine Fellow, Canterbury University, NZ; 2000
Trinity College, Dublin, 2001
Geneva, 2002
Hong Kong, 2004
Institute of Health Care, Malta, 2003, 2004, 2007
City University, London, 2006, 2007, 2008

 External Examiner

Guys Hospital, Strathclyde, Hong Kong, Reading, Dublin, Malta.

 Publications Since 2000

Books

• Dodd, B. (2005). Differential diagnosis and treatment of speech disordered children. Second edition. London: Whurr.
• Zhu Hua & Dodd, B. (Eds) (2005). Phonological development and disorders in children: A cross-linguistic perspective. Multilingual Matters.
   

Clinical Assessments

• Dodd, B., Zhu H., Crosbie, S., Holm, A., & Ozanne, A. (2002). Diagnostic Evaluation of Articulation and Phonology. London: Psychological Corporation. (Re-standardised in the USA, 2006; currently being re-standardised in Ireland).
• Dodd, B., Crosbie, S., McIntosh, B. Teitzel, T., & Ozanne, A. (2000). The Primary and Preschool Inventory of Phonological Awareness. London: Psychological Corporation. (Re-standardised in the USA, 2002).

Book Chapters

• Dodd, B. & Crosbie, S., (in press). Language and cognition: Evidence from disordered langugae. In U. Goswami (Ed.),  Handbook of Childhood Cognitive Development. Oxford, Blackwell, 2nd Edition.
• Dodd, B. (in press). Finding the correct dose of intervention for developmental speech impairment. In C. Bowen, Children's Speech Sound Disorders. Chichester: John Wiley and Sons, Ltd.
• Dodd, B, Holm, A. Crosbie, S. McIntosh, B. (in press).  Core Vocabulary intervention for inconsistent speech disorder In P. Williams, S. McLeod, S. & R. McCauley Interventions for Speech Sound Disorders in Children. New York: Brookes.
• Dodd, B. (2008). Speech-language therapy and evidence-based practice.  In V. Joffe, M. Cruice & S. Chiat (Eds). Language Disorders in Children and Adults: New Issues in Research and Practice. West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell.
• Whitworth, A., Franklin, S, & Dodd, B. (2004). Case based problem solving for speech and language therapy students. In S. Brumfitt (Ed.), Innovations in Professional Education for Speech and Language Therapists (pp. 29-50). London: Whurr.
• Dodd, B. & Crosbie, S. (2002). Language and cognition: evidence from disordered language. In U. Goswami (Ed.), Handbook of Childhood Cognitive Development. Oxford: Blackwell, pp 470-490.
• Li Wei, Zhu Hua & Dodd, B. (2002). Phonological saliency and phonological acquisition by Putonghua speaking children: A cross population study.  In F. Windsor, M. L. Kelly and N Hewlett (Eds.) Investigations in Clinical Phonetics. London: Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc. 169-184.

Refereed Articles

• Harris, J., Botting, N., Myers, L., & Dodd, B. (in press) The relationship between speech impairment, phonological awareness and literacy. Australian Journal of Learning Disabilities.
• Dodd, B. (in press). Differentiating speech delay from disorder: Does it matter? Topics in Language Disorder.
• Hemsley, G., Holm, A., & Dodd, B. (2010) Patterns in diversity: Lexical learning in Samoan-English bilingual children. International Journal of Speech Language Pathology, 12, 362-374.
• McNeill, B., Gillon, G. & Dodd, B. (2010). A longitudinal case study of the effects of an integrated phonological awareness programme for identical twin boys with childhood apraxia of speech (CAS). International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 44, 175-192.
• Henning, C., McIntosh, B., Arnott, W. & Dodd, B. (2010). Oral language and phonological awareness intervention with socially disadvantaged preschoolers: The impact on language and literacy. Journal of Research in Reading, 33, 231-246.
• Dodd, B & McIntosh, B. (2010). Two-year old phonology: Impact of input, motor and cognitive abilities on development, Journal of Child Language, 37, 1027-1046.
• Murphy, J. & Dodd, B. (2010). A diagnostic challenge: language difficulties and hearing impairment in a secondary-school student from a non-English speaking background. Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 26, 207-221.
• Mok, C., Whitehill, T, & Dodd, B. (2009). Speech-Language Pathology students' approaches to learning in a Problem-Based Learning curriculum. International Journal of Speech-language Pathology, 11, 472-481. 
• Grech, H. & Dodd, B. (2009) Phonological acquisition in Malta: a bilingual language learning context. International Journal of Bilingualism, 12, 155-171. 
• Woodhouse, L., Hickson, L. & Dodd, B. (2009). A review of visual speech perception by hearing and hearing impaired people: Clinical implications. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 44, 253-270. 
• O'Connor, M, McIntosh, B., Arnott. W. & Dodd, B. (2009). Phonological awareness and language intervention in preschooler from low socio-economic backgrounds: a longitudinal investigation. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 27, 767-782.
• Crosbie, S., Holm, A., & Dodd, B. (2009). Cognitive flexibility in children with and without speech disorder. Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 25, 250-270.
• Dodd, B., Crosbie, S., McIntosh, B. & Holm, A. (2008). The impact of selecting different contrasts in phonological therapy. International Journal of Speech Language Pathology, 10, 334-345. 
• Mok, C,. Whitehill, T., & Dodd, B. (2008). Problem-Based Learning, Critical Thinking and Concept Mapping in Speech-Language Pathology Education: A Review. International Journal of Speech Language Pathology, 10, 438-448.
• McIntosh, B. & Dodd, B. (2008). Two-year-olds' phonological acquisition: Normative data. International Journal of Speech Language Pathology, 10, 460-469.
• Dodd, B. McIntosh, B., Erdener, D. & Burnham, D. (2008). Perception of the auditory-visual illusion in speech perception by children with phonological disorders. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 22, 69-82.
• Dodd, B. & McIntosh, B. (2008). The input processing, cognitive linguistic and oro-motor skills of children with speech difficulty. International Journal of Speech Language Pathology, 10, 169-178.
• McIntosh, B. & Dodd, B. (2009). Evaluation of core vocabulary intervention for treatment of inconsistent phonological disorder: Three treatment case studies. Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 25, 9-29.
• So, L & Dodd, B. (2007). Phonological Awareness Abilities of Cantonese-speaking Children with Phonological Disorder. Asia Pacific Journal of Speech Language and Hearing, 10, 189-204.
• Holm, A., Farrier, F. & Dodd, B. (2007). The phonological awareness, reading accuracy and spelling ability of children with inconsistent phonological disorder. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 42, 467-486.
• McIntosh, B. Taylor, M. Crosbie, S. Holm, A. & Dodd, B. (2007). The literacy abilities of eleven-year-old students from socially disadvantaged backgrounds. Advances in Speech Language Pathology, 9, 181-190.
• McIntosh, B. Thomas, S. Crosbie, C., Holm, A., & Dodd, B. (2007). Enhancing the Phonological Awareness and Language Skills of Socially Disadvantaged Preschoolers. Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 23 (3), 267-286.
• Dodd, B. (2007). Evidence-based practice and speech-language pathology: strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. Folia Phoniatrica et Logopedia, 59, 118-129.
• Holm, A., Crosbie, S. & Dodd, B. (2007). Differentiating normal variability from inconsistency in children's speech: Normative data. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 42(4) 467 - 486.
• Card, R. and Dodd, B. (2006). The phonological awareness abilities of non-speaking children with cerebral palsy. Augmentative and Alternative Communication. 22, 149-159.
• Hemsley, G., Holm, A. & Dodd, B. (2006). Diverse but not different: the lexical skills of two primary age bilingual groups in comparison to monolingual peers. International Journal of Bilingualism, 10, 453-476.
• Leahy, M, Dodd, B., Walsh., I. and Murphy, K. (2006). Education for practice in the UK and Ireland: Implementing problem-based learning. Folia Phoniatrica et Logopedia, 58, 48-54
• Crosbie, S., Pine, C., Holm, A., and Dodd, B. (2006). Treating Jarrod: A core vocabulary approach. Advances in Speech-Language Pathology, 8,(3), 316-321.
• Dodd, B., Holm, A., & Crosbie, S. (2006). Comments on Tyler, A..A., & Lewis, K. E. (2005) Topics in Language Disorders, 26, 172-174.
• Dodd, B., Holm, A., Crosbie, S. and McIntosh, B. (2006). A core vocabulary approach for management of inconsistent speech disorder. Advances in Speech Language Pathology, 8,(3), 220-230.
• Crosbie, S., Holm., and Dodd, B. (2005). Interventions for children with severe speech disorder: A comparison of two approaches. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 40, 467-492.
• Nancollis, A., Lawie, B-A, and Dodd, B. (2005). Does phonological awareness training affect the acquisition of literacy skills in sure start children? Language, Speech and Hearing Services in Schools, 36, 325-335
• Broomfield, J. & Dodd, B. (2004). The nature of referred subtypes of primary speech disability. Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 20(2): 135 - 151.
• Burnham, D. & Dodd, B. (2004) Auditory-visual speech integration by prelinguistic infants: Perception of an emergent consonant in the McGurk effect. Developmental Psychobiology, 45: 1-17.
• Crosbie, S., Howard, D &. Dodd, B. (2004). Auditory lexical decision in children with specific language impairment. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 22: 103-121.
• Dodd, B., Crosbie, S. & Holm, A. (2004). Core vocabulary: intervention for children with inconsistent speech disorder. DVD, University of Queensland: Brisbane.
• Dodd, B., Holm, A. Zhu Hua & Crosbie, S. (2003). Phonological development: a normative study of British English-speaking children. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 17(8): 617-643.
• Stow, C. & Dodd, B. (2003). Providing an equitable service to bilingual children in the UK: a review. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 38(4): 351-77.
• Dodd, B. & Carr, A. (2003). Young children's letter-sound knowledge. Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools, 34, 128-137.
• Fox A., Howard, D. & Dodd, B.  (2002). Risk factors in speech disorder. International Journal Language and Communication Disorders, 37, 117-132.
• Crosbie S., Dodd B., & Howard D. (2002). Spoken word comprehension in children with SLI: A comparison of three case studies. Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 18, 191-212-222.
• Crosbie, S. & Dodd, B. (2001). Training auditory discrimination: a single case study. Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 17, 173-194.
• Dodd, B. & Gillon, G. (2001). Exploring the relationship between phonological awareness, speech impairment and literacy. Advances in Speech Language Pathology, 3, 139-147.
• Dodd, B. & Thompson, L. (2001). The nature of speech disorder in children with Down Syndrome. International Journal of Intellectual Disability, 45, 308-317.
• Fox, A. & Dodd, B. (2001). Phonologically disordered German-speaking children. American Journal of Speech Language Pathology, 10, 291-307.
• Holm, A. & Dodd, B. (2001). Comparison of cross language generalisation following speech therapy. Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica, 53, 166-172.
• Zhu, H. & Dodd, B. (2001). Phonological development of a Putonghua-speaking child with prelingual hearing impairment: a longitudinal case study. Asia Pacific Journal of Speech Language and Hearing, 6, 197-213.
• Holm, A. & Dodd, B. (2001). Speech development and disorder in bilingual children. Irish Journal of Clinical Speech and Language Studies, 11, 9-39.
• Dodd B. & Bradford, A. (2000). A comparison of three therapy methods for children with different types of developmental phonological disorders. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 35(2), 189-209.
• Dodd, B. & Conn, A. (2000). The effect of Braille orthography on blind children's phonological awareness. Journal of Research in Reading, 23, 1-11.
• Thyer, N., Hickson, L., & Dodd, B. (2000). The perceptual magnet effect in Australian-English vowels. Perception and Psychophysics, 62, 1-20.
• Zhu, H. & Dodd, B. (2000). The phonological systems of a set of Putonghua-speaking twins. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 35, 487-506.
• Zhu, H. & Dodd, B. (2000). Putonghua (modern standard Chinese) -speaking children with speech disorder. Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, 14, 165-191.
• Zhu, H. & Dodd, B. (2000). Development and change in the phonology of Putonghua-speaking children with speech difficulties. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 14, 351-368.
• Zhu, H. & Dodd, B. (2000). The phonological acquisition of Putonghua (Modern Standard Chinese). Journal of Child Language, 27, 3-42.

Invited and *Keynote Conference Presentations Since 2000

• *Dodd, B. (2000). Cross-language generalisation of therapy in bilingual children. International Association of Logopedics and Phonetics Conference, Johannesburg, South Africa.
• Dodd, B. (2001). The communication skills of multiple birth children. Multiple Birth Society Conference, Imperial College, London.
• Broomfield, J. & Dodd, B. (2002). Epidemiology of a paediatric speech and language therapy caseload characteristics. ASHA Conference: New Orleans.
• Dodd, B. (2004). Factors affecting assessment and intervention in bilingual children.  International Association of Logopedics and Phonetics Conference, Brisbane, Australia.
• *Dodd, B. (2006). Teacher delivered PA and language intervention for at risk preschool from disadvantaged backgrounds. CHERI, Westmead, Sydney.
• *Dodd, B. (2006). Evidence-Based Practice in Speech-Language Therapy. Making Connections II, City University London.
• Dodd, B. & McIntosh, B. (2007). The input processing, cognitive linguistic and oro-motor skills of children with speech difficulty. SPA Conference, Sydney, Australia
• *Dodd,B. (2007). Evidence-based practice and speech-language pathology: strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.  International Association of Logopedics and Phonetics Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark.
• Dodd, B. (2007) Differential diagnosis and treatment of speech disorders. ASHA Conference: Boston.
• Dodd, B. (2007) A case study of intervention for inconsistent speech disorder. ASHA Conference: Boston
• Dodd, B. (2008) Treating Inconsistency. ASHA Conference: Chicago
• Dodd, B. (2009). EBP: How and When. Newcastle University 50th Anniversary Conference
• Dodd, B. (2009) Round Table Session: Can Findings from Research in Bilingualism be Generalised. IALP Bilingualism Conference, Cyprus
• Dodd, B. (2009). Evidence Based Practice. Geneva University.