Listen "The Importance of Speech Genes - S05 E01"
Episode Synopsis
In this week’s episode, Anneke Flinn chats to Dr Angela Morgan, Director of the National Health and Medical Research Council Centre for Research Excellence in Speech and Language,and Speech and Language group lead at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute.
Angela speaks about the growing research in the area of speech genes, particularly in childhood speech sound disorder, and the implications of this research for speech pathologists.
Please follow this link to access the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute – Centre of Research and Excellence in Speech and Language website mentioned in the episode:
https://www.geneticsofspeech.org.au/
Please follow this link to access the National Institutes of Health – gene reviews website:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20301295/
Speech Pathology Australia acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of lands, seas and waters throughout Australia, and pay respect to Elders past, present and future.
We recognise that the health and social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are grounded in continued connection to culture, country, language and community, and acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded.
Angela speaks about the growing research in the area of speech genes, particularly in childhood speech sound disorder, and the implications of this research for speech pathologists.
Please follow this link to access the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute – Centre of Research and Excellence in Speech and Language website mentioned in the episode:
https://www.geneticsofspeech.org.au/
Please follow this link to access the National Institutes of Health – gene reviews website:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20301295/
Speech Pathology Australia acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of lands, seas and waters throughout Australia, and pay respect to Elders past, present and future.
We recognise that the health and social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are grounded in continued connection to culture, country, language and community, and acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded.
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