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Centre for Speech, Hearing and Communication Research

About the Centre for Speech, Hearing and Communication Research

Situated within Cardiff Metropolitan University’s School of Sport and Health Sciences, the Centre for Speech, Hearing and Communication Research (CSHCR) focuses on three areas of expertise; clinical speech and language therapy research; healthy and impaired hearing; and bilingual and multilingual development. The Centre works with NHS health boards, funding bodies and clinical networks to deliver research collaborations with national and international institutions, notably in Europe, the USA, China, Japan and Australia.

Working in partnership with the Bristol Speech and Language Therapy Research Unit, the Centre for Speech, Hearing and Communication Research boasts state-of-the-art laboratory facilities with specialised equipment for phonetics and audiology research. It also runs its own speech research clinic through which participant recruitment for many studies is facilitated, and has strong links with the University’s Allied Clinical Health Hub as well as undergraduate and taught Master’s programmes in speech and language therapy and audiology.

Research Areas

The Centre for Speech, Hearing and Communication Research strives to become a centre of research excellence in the fields of:

  • Lifelong communication disorders
  • Middle ear disorders and tinnitus interventions
  • Phonetic and phonological aspects of first and second language acquisition, first language attrition and atypical development
  • Speech and language development and use in minority languages, in particular Welsh, and its clinical and educational implications
  • Public and patient involvement and engagement of individuals with communication needs in research

The CSHCR has received substantial funding from major funding bodies, such as the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), the British Academy/Leverhulme Trust, Welsh Government, the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).