Poll question for anyone who's taught Intro Phonetics: Introduce vowels first or consonants first? Feel free to explain your answer. Or not. #linguistics #phonetics

New Australian survey of parents and carers of children with childhood #apraxia of speech. Please share widely.

Anja Kuschmann et al. (presenter: Jane Stuart-Smith) on "Diadochokinetic* (DDK) rate performance and variability in 5-12-year-old children in Scotland" *the ability to perform repeated syllables as fast and accurately as possible. #BAAP2026 Data from VariCS: varics.ac.uk

The first two keynote speakers for the International Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics Conference #ICPLA2027 have been announced on our webpage if you want to take a peek....👀 www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/p...

*📢 Calling all SLTs working with children speech sound disorder (SSD) in the NHS* Can you spare 20ish mins to complete an online survey, exploring the barriers and enablers to collecting routine Core Outcome Set (COS) data in clinical practice. lnkd.in/egzQyN8A

The website for #ICPLA2027 and the bluesky account are now up and running! Please give @icpla2027.bsky.social a follow so you can keep up to date with abstract submission and other news.

See below: we’re recruiting someone to join our thriving research active team! Teaching focus phonetics-PhD qualified in SLT/P and/or in phonetics/linguistics. Please share with interested colleagues and/or dm me if interested :-)

📣 We are inviting #parents of #preterm born children in #Wales to join our Expert Parent Group and guide #research to improve #speech #outcomes for preterm born #children! 📣 🙏 Please share with your networks and friends :)

Today is a key turning point in the @misltoessd.bsky.social study-publication of our Core Outcome Set. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Huge thanks @samburrslt.bsky.social @samharding.bsky.social @drjoannecleland.bsky.social @drhelenslt.bsky.social and all made this happen. Roll on phase 2!

Very happy to share a link to the latest @misltoessd.bsky.social publication with @samburrslt.bsky.social @drjoannecleland.bsky.social @samharding.bsky.social @yvonnewren.bsky.social The MISLToe_SSD Core Outcome Set (COS) for UK SLT Routine Data Collection onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Woo hoo! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🆓 🔓 @maria-cairney.bsky.social @victorshiramizu.bsky.social @drjoannecleland.bsky.social 2025 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #childSPEECHdis #cleftpalate #cleftpalate±lip 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES #VisualAnalogScale @tandfresearch.bsky.social

Do subtypes actually exist in speech sound disorders? Errors: are they disorders or are they compensations? A dimensional framework. Rethink our foundational knowledge: New paper www.frontiersin.org/journals/hum... @tricmc.bsky.social @carolinebowen.bsky.social @thespeechprof.bsky.social

Deadline 4 Jan: Postdoc, variability and vowel harmony, metaphony (phonetic and psycholinguistic approaches), Potsdam (w/ A. Gafos) docs.google.com/document/d/1...

DOSAGE is the hot topic in intervention for children with Speech Sound Disorder. Here is a video explaining why it's so important to consider

Chapter on Speech Sound Disorders by network members @drjoannecleland.bsky.social and @drhelenslt.bsky.social . Great intro for #SLP students

Fantastic PhD Opportunity for SLTs and related professions interested in the development of speech sounds from infancy through early childhood

We are delighted to share that we have been awarded prestigious funding from Health and Care Research Wales to conduct Phase 2 of the MISLToe_SSD study in Wales! 🤩 healthandcareresearchwales.org/about/news/h... @cshcr.bsky.social

New linguistics meme dropped

A great opportunity to join a great team on a great project

question for ultrasound users 🐦🐦 - has anyone successfully mounted a mirror at 45 degrees on the stabilization headset so that the front-facing camera gets a front and side view of the mouth? (paging @awrench.bsky.social @samkirkham.bsky.social and sorry to anyone I am forgetting)

This is just a lovely positive story for your weekend. Meet the three-year-olds helping anxious teens spend more time in school www.bbc.com/news/article...

Killing 'delve': We analysed 4,800+ student-authored reports across a decade to uncover how ChatGPT is shaping undergrad writing—style, sentiment, and quality. 📉📈 GenAI isn't just a tool. It's a co-author. 📝 #Preprint: www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...

Please consider following Language and Society Scotland, a new network for scholars, practitioners, writers, activists and other stakeholders working on issues broadly related to the study of language and society in Scotland. On Bluesky: @langsocscot.bsky.social‬

Today:

Great child speech session at #ialp2025 with @samburrslt.bsky.social & @drjoannecleland.bsky.social on the @misltoessd.bsky.social project

Really useful thread here from @vanigupta.bsky.social about adolescent language. Worth a read. Vani is at #ialp2025, posting live, so give her a follow for more content about Developmental Language Disorder #DevLangDis

#ialp2025 The motor speech sub committee needs diverse clinicians and researchers to complete a survey on current practice across languages, counties, settings and disorders #dysarthria #apraxia forms.office.com/e/fbcNmet5tG

Hello Malta! #IALP2025 kicks off tomorrow and we can’t wait! Come along to the Child Speech Committee Session 15:45 on Tuesday for a fascinating panel on reaching consensus on #SSD description and assessment in #research and #practice 🤩 @drjoannecleland.bsky.social @samburrslt.bsky.social

Ever wondered, 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES about the relationship b/n individual Intelligibility in Context item scores & orthographic transcription intelligibility scores within age bands? pubs.asha.org/doi/full/10.... @ashajournals.bsky.social @tjmahr.com @katieh-wisc.bsky.social @sharynnemcleod.bsky.social

The irony, of course, is that the “phonetic way to say umami” is [umami].

👇🏻In academia this is very common. People feel flattered or obliged when they are asked to be part of a project, give a talk, write a chapter ... What is often not part of the thought process is their own wellbeing. Why do so many academics ignore that they are the most important person for themself?

Congrats to @strath-psh.bsky.social PhD student Ketnipa Ratanakul on her first published paper #DevSpeechDis #PhonologicalAwareness #bskySPEECHIES doi.org/10.1111/1460...

😊 Great that RCSLT's signed-up to this letter and huge congrats to our @voice21oracy.bsky.social colleagues on getting such an impressive #Oracy coalition together.

We are thrilled to announce that Phase 2 of the MISLToe_SSD Study in England has been funded by the @nihr.bsky.social Research for Patient Benefit Programme 🤩 We can’t wait to start work with 5 amazing #NHS #SLT teams in September! #TeamWorkMakesTheDreamWork

The nicest thing you can do if asked to review a paper to say yes (and do the review). But a very very close second is to say no as quickly as possible and to suggest another person or two who might say yes.

Or a speech pathologist or audiologist I’d be happy to chat

There is still time to apply to join the @misltoessd.bsky.social team as we take forward Phase 2 of the study 🤩 ⬇️

Come and join our MISLToe_SSD team! Great opportunity for post doc in SLT, linguistics or psychology. www.nbt.nhs.uk/careers/curr...

Come and join the @misltoessd.bsky.social team as a #SeniorResearchAssociate 🤩 www.nhsjobs.com/job/UK/Brist... Job vacancy: Senior Research Associate, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol | trac.jobs @cshcr.bsky.social @bristol-sltru.bsky.social @bristolcach.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social

Thank you to the #ICPLA2025 team for a fantastic conference dinner. We are pleased to announced that #ICPLA2027 will be hosted by @strath-psh.bsky.social in Glasgow in June 2027. See you there!

Panel session #icpla2025 on outcome measures chaired by @drjoannecleland.bsky.social First up @frickesilke.bsky.social on #devlangdis outcome measures

Great outcomes panel chaired by @drjoannecleland.bsky.social today. Excellent session by Anniek van Doornik on participation and ICF. @icpla2025 Topically, there is an international webinar on ICF updates tomorrow www.paho.org/en/events/in...

Fantastic to see Lucy Gibson presenting her Masters work at @icpla2025.bsky.social 🤩#OneToWatch @drjoannecleland.bsky.social #SpeechDisorders @unistrathclyde.bsky.social

The Scottish Languages Bill (2025) haes gid throu an PASSED. Scots is noo an official leid ae Scotland, alangside an equal tae Gaelic an English. A muckle thanks tae ilka activist, supporter an spikker fa hiv focht sae hard. 🎉🥳🍾🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

The Scottish Languages Bill (2025) has PASSED. Scots is now an official language of Scotland, alongside and equal to Gaelic and English. A huge thanks to every activist, supporter and speaker who have fought so hard 🎉🥳🍾🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

🇬🇧 UK 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES #gestaltlanguageprocessing #naturallanguageacquisition #GLP #NLA #glp/nla #neuro-affirmativepractice #neuro-affirmativecare 10-minute ethics approved survey open to 🇬🇧 Speech and Language Therapist or Speech and Language Therapy Assistant in the UK.

Congratulations to the Speech and Language Therapy programme for reaching 3rd place in the Complete University Guide 2026 overall ranking and 2nd place in Research quality!!! 🎉 🥉 🥈 Wonderful recognition in the year its 90th anniversary!! 🎂 www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-table...

Thanks to the @informedslp for this critique of oral motor therapy www.theinformedslp.com/review/The-o...