Julie Hickin

Senior lecturer - aphasia

Profile

Julie trained as a speech and language therapist at University College London. After qualifying she worked with children before specialising in adults with acquired communication disorders. She has worked in a variety of settings within the NHS including acute, rehabilitation and the community as well as for Speakability, the UK's only national charity campaigning for people with aphasia.

Julie is currently Professional Studies module leader for the second year Post-Graduate Diploma and Programme Director for the Post Graduate Diploma. Julie also works as a clinician in the City Aphasia Research Clinic which investigates effective therapies for people with aphasia, as well as taking students on clinical placement. Current research interests include therapy for anomia, investigating the impact of impairment based therapies for aphasia on disability, activity and well being, and the use of multimedia technologies in therapy for aphasia.

Recent Publications

• Best, W., Grassly, J., Greenwood, A., Herbert, R., Hickin, J. & Howard, D. (submitted) A controlled study of changes in conversation following aphasia therapy for anomia. Disability and Rehabilitation.
• Greenwood, A., Grassly, J., Hickin, J. and Best, W. (2010) Phonological and orthographic cueing therapy: A case of generalised improvement. Aphasiology, 24 (9) 991-1016.
• Herbert, R., Hickin, J.,Howard, D., Osborne, F. and Best, W. (2008) Do picture-naming tests provide a valid assessment of lexical retrieval in conversation in aphasia? Aphasiology, 22 (2) 184-203.
• Best, W., Greenwood, A., Grassly, J. and Hickin, J. (2008) Bridging the gap: can impairment based therapy for anomia have an impact at the psycho social level? International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 43, (4), 390-407.
• Hickin, J., Herbert, R., Best, W., Howard, D. and Osborne, F. (2006) Lexical and Functionally Based Treatment: Effects on Word Retrieval and Conversation. In Byng, S., Duchan, J. and Pound, C. (Eds) The Aphasia Therapy File: Volume Two. Pyschology Press.

Recent Presentations

Hickin, J.,Woolf, C., Dean, M. And Caute, A. (2010) Linking Theory and Practice: Student Education at the City Aphasia Research Clinic. Clinical Education Conference, City University. September.

Hickin, J. (2010) Incorporating multimedia technologies into aphasia therapy: A brief history of the contribution of IT to aphasia therapy. Talk given at the launch of the City Aphasia Research Clinic, City University. January.

Best, W., Grassly, J., Greenwood, A., Herbert, R., Hickin, J. & Howard, D. (2009) Tackling a conundrum: item specific change with anomia therapy but wider changes in communication? Paper presented at the British Aphasiology Society Research in Progress Meeting, University College London. April.