Podcast with Sarah-Maria Thumbeck

A group of speech and language therapists (SLTs) tell us why they believe the answer is yes. We hear about a survey of SLTs in the UK on their views of this question and find out about attitudes in Germany, Australia and wider.

Interviewees:

• Carol Moxam, Senior Lecturer, Newcastle University & Director of The Children’s Speech & Language Clinic
• Claire D’Urban-Jackson, Dually qualified SLT with a postgraduate certificate (Level 7) in Language Literacies & Dyslexia, Knowl Hill School
• Prof. Pamela Snow, Prof. of Cognitive Psychology, La Trobe University
• Sarah-Maria Thumbeck, SLT in a rehabilitation center, research at Uni Erfurt (PhD project on looking at text level reading comprehension in persons with aphasia)