Thanks so much for any colleagues who nominated me for the Wrexham University Above and Beyond Award for Researcher of the Year. It’s great to see our Welsh vowels Ultrasound Tongue Imaging study getting such recognition. Massive thanks to all those who helped!

SLPeeps exciting opportunity to support the development of the next generation of person-centred, evidence based speech and language therapy graduates :-) Closing date November 20th

Which of these snowballs would you assign the name bouba, and which kiki?

Pleased to present initial results at the Open House Research event at Wrexham University of our study investigating the production of Welsh vowels carried out at the National Eisteddfod back in August. Great talks also from Chris Bellis (Physiotherapy) and Dmitrii Iarovoi (Cyber and Computing).

Wrexham University colleagues, if you’re free tomorrow 12/11/25 at 13:00 please pop by Room B103 where I’ll be presenting on our project carried out at the National Eisteddfod in Wrexham back in August. @wrexhamuni.bsky.social @wrexhamuniresearch.bsky.social

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So proud of our first @wrexhamuni.bsky.social Speech and Language Therapy cohort who graduated yesterday. The first course in North Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 They’re already working with communities across the country. What an achievement! Well done to you all!

Getting local school pupils interested in Speech and Language Therapy…

Sounds really interesting. I’ve heard so many stories of this happening. Will be great to see the evidence. Recommend to @wrexhamuni.bsky.social students…

@samburrslt.bsky.social ‪@sarahkedney.bsky.social @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social @eyscotland.bsky.social @lancslinguistics.bsky.social @louisjames97.bsky.social @cathelaing.bsky.social @auditorynerves.bsky.social Please sign/ pass on this petition petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

That’s amazing!!!

Time for some word nerdery with @susiedent.com at @wrexhamuni.bsky.social

play.world.rugby/fantasy/leag... If anyone fancies joining me for fantasy rugby at the RWC2025…

Reliving the 90s at Wembley a couple of weeks ago #Oasis2025

Royal Society of Edinburgh workshop this September run by drjoanma.bsky.social from Queen Margaret University. rse.org.uk/event/swallo...

Don’t worry if you didn’t get the A’ Level grades you wanted. I messed mine up the first time round. Sometimes it just takes a little while to figure out what you want to do. #alevelresultsday

From engaging talks and panels to hands-on activities, the energy at the Eisteddfod 2025 has been incredible, and there’s still so much more to come! 🤩 Thanks to everyone who’s joined us so far! If you’re coming later this week, make sure to stop by and say hello. 👋

Dewch draw i’n gweld um mhabell Prifysgol Wrecsam / Come visit us in the Wrexham University tent @wrexhamsu.bsky.social @wrexhamuni.bsky.social @wrexhamuniresearch.bsky.social @colegcymraeg.bsky.social

TODAY at 11.30am – National Eisteddfod Panel Join a panel discussion organised by the Learned Society of Wales: Why is Wales worth studying? / Pam fod Cymru werth ei hastudio? Explore the interdisciplinary field of Wales Studies, covering language, culture, geography, people, and more.

Anyone ever had an ASUS Zenbook? Any opinions on this or similar models from ASUS?

✨ National Eisteddfod Talk ✨ On Sunday 3rd August at 3:00 PM, join Teresa Davies and Jonathan Lloyd for a session on Exploring Welsh Language Learning in Policing, Criminology & Law at Wrexham University. 🎥

We are carrying out this project looking at how Welsh speakers in different parts of Wales produce their vowels. Please visit the Wrexham University tent Monday to Friday at the National Eisteddfod 2025 to take part Please Share!

Rydym ni’n cynnal prosiect yn edrych ar sut mae siaradwyr Cymraeg mewn gwahanol rannau o Gymru yn ynganu eu llafariaid. Dewch i babell Prifysgol Wrecsam ddydd Llun i ddydd Gwener yn Eisteddfod Genedlaethol 2025 i gymryd rhan. Rhannwch os gwelwch yn dda!

Pwy sy’n barod am yr Eisteddfod Genedlaethol? Mae Tom Starr-Marshall a Ffion Roberts, Iaith a Lleferydd, wedi sicrhau grant o £10,000 i ymchwilio i sut y caiff synau llafariaid Cymraeg eu creu. Os ydych chi’n dod i'r Eisteddfod ddydd Iau y 7fed o Awst, dewch draw i’n pabell am 2pm i glywed mwy!

We’ll be there every day from Monday to Friday! If you’re a fluent Welsh speaker come find us in the Wrexham University tent and get your tongue ultrasounded!

Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists Wales Hub Day

RCSLT Wales Hub Day…

Collecting for the @eisteddfod.cymru at reception at @wrexhamuni.bsky.social There’s a quiz, Welsh cakes and crafting activities… You can also find out about a research project happening at the Eisteddfod…

🔐💰In @ashajournals.bsky.social Keller, S., Valentine, H., Harel, D., & Grigos, M. I. (2025). Training on Childhood #Apraxia of Speech: Experiences of SLPs. AJSLP, 1–21. doi.org/10.1044/2025... 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES #ChildSpeechDis #slpeeps

Glossogram with dark red indicating constriction and blue diagonal (tongue compartment contracted) demonstrating peristaltic transfer of water bolus from oral-pharyngeal. This is easiest to explain as sequential extension of neuromuscular compartments of the tongue.

Forgot how beautiful Scotland is…

🔐💰In @ashajournals.bsky.social Washington, Crowe, @sharynnemcleod.bsky.social, Margetson, Bazzocchi, Kokotek, van der Straten Waillet, Másdóttir, & Volhardt (2025). Methods of Diagnosing Speech Sound Disorders in Multilingual Children. LSHSS. doi.org/10.1044/2025... #ChildSpeechDis 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES

🔐💰In @ashajournals.bsky.social Alighieri, C., @yvonnewren.bsky.social, & Van Lierde, K. (2025). Relationship Between Intelligibility in Context Scale and Cleft-Related Speech Sound Errors in 3-Year-Olds With Nonsyndromic Cleft (Lip and) Palate. JSLHR. doi.org/10.1044/2025... 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES

Mock clinical trial for my Research Methods students today. Biscuits for the controls and chocolate for the treatment… let’s see if the chocolate improves their mood… #research #wrexhamuniversity #clinicaltrials @wrexhamuni.bsky.social @wrexhamuniresearch.bsky.social

🎉 Happy Cleft Lip and Palate Awareness Week! 🚨 To mark it, here is the RCSLT and CLAPA factsheet on supporting people with cleft lip and palate. ➡️ www.rcslt.org/wp-content/u... ➡️ And our clinical resources: www.rcslt.org/speech-and-l... #CleftAware #CleftLipAndPalateAwarenessWeek #SLTAwareness

Contact @rongruc.bsky.social 📣Participants Needed 🔍 A fun brain stimulation study using tDCS to explore how we process distorted speech. 👂 2 short lab visits (3h total) = £35 📍 UCL Chandler House (WC1N 1PF) See poster below! #UCL #BrainResearch #BrainStimulation #PaidStudy #tDCS #CognitiveScience

They're only formants if they come from the supralaryngeal region of the vocal tract. Otherwise they're just sparkling harmonics.

Useful paper for SLT intervention, learning/teaching… and quizzing!

Our #onlyconnect SEMI-FINAL is tonight! We're up against the current OQL champs so don't miss it! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

I think I might part of a select bunch who when they read “DEI”, think of “Dorsum Excursion Index”…

Oxford University Press will be awarding as many as 10 ECRs the opportunity to publish their first book in fully open access as well as in hardback. Today the website was revised to make clear that independent/unaffiliated scholars are eligible. Deadline March 3. academic.oup.com/pages/early-...

🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES WHO 1) Have completed a registered, accredited degree-level course to practise as a Speech and Language Therapist 2) Understand, read and communicate in English 3) Are based in the UK MIGHT BE INTERESTED TO COMPLETE @healthlibraryholly.bsky.social's SURVEY ABOUT #EasyEnglish

From conversations with colleagues, I’ve realised every SLT had that one subject they found really hard or didn’t expect it to be in an SLT course. For me, I found reflective essays tough at first. What was it for you?

AGE TEST: found this in the corner of today’s classroom… would you know what this is?

Well that was a fascinating short article and podcast on the history of the Welsh language. My grandad was from Cardiff - and Welsh always felt ancient and magical to me, so I loved this. The podcast starts with a great bit about some ancient Welsh laws that were written down at the time! 💚

Thanks @susanebbels.bsky.social - the link to register would be helpful 😊 - please do join us for what will be a really interesting #IJLCDWinterLecture on active ingredients for child language interventions - particularly thinking about dosage. Register here rcslt.info/48ZswtI

Etymology of the day: before a tapering piece of hanging ice was called an ‘icicle’ it was an ‘ickle’. In the Middle Ages people decided to add ‘ice’ for extra oomph and (tautologically) called it an ‘ice ickle’, until the two words eventually blended together.

Anyone have advice on getting inspection copies of books you’d like to use on modules? Have tried without success to get copies of: S.J. Hannahs, The Phonology of Welsh, from OUP Mcleod and Baker, Children’s Speech: An Evidence-Based Approach to Assessment and Intervention, from Pearson Tips? 🤷🏻‍♂️

I have an intern who is going to upload new materials to the #ReST website - if you have materials you’d be happy to share for free DM or email me childhood #apraxia of speech #dysarthia #cerebralPalsy #bskyslpeep #slp #speechie rest.sydney.edu.au

I am thrilled to share our new paper which investigates the role of continuous measures in linguistic diversity research. We found that children who are exposed to more linguistic diversity (e.g., language, dialect, accent) are perceptually more flexible. www.nature.com/articles/s41...