Clinical Research

The Speech Pathology Department supports individual and collaborative approaches to clinical research.

Research projects involving RAH Speech Pathology staff from 2000 onwards are listed below.

Tyler E., Baron H., Beaty J., Kollias J., Malycha P., Jay M. (2000)
Perceptual Voice Changes after Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery.
Poster presentation at 5th Voice Symposium of Australia, Brisbane, Australia

Baron H., Herbert M., Penniment M. (2000) The characteristics of voice and swallowing following radiotherapy for early glottic cancers.
Paper presented at Clinical Oncological Society of Australia, Adelaide, Australia.

Burnett, R. (2001), Investigation of current speech pathology clinical practices for the acute management of laryngectomy and voice prosthese.  
National survey by the Royal Adelaide Hospital Speech Pathology Department to Head and Neck units.

Kollias J., Malycha P., Jay M., Baron H., Beaty J. (2001) Thyroid surgery and voice-related outcomes. ANZ Journal of Surgery 71 (2) , 119.

Malycha P., Kollias J., Baron H., Krishnan S., Jay M. (2001) The frequency of voice changes after thyroid and parathyroid surgery.
Nippon Gekakei Rengo Gakkaishi 26 (3), 572.

Burnett, R. & Mills, E. (2002), Investigation of the use of X- Ray confirmation of voice prosthesis fit.
Royal Adelaide Hospital Speech Pathology Department project.

Burnett, R. (2002), Swallowing function after treatment for tongue based cancer.
Paper presented at the Australian and New Zealand Head and Neck Society conference, Sydney, Australia.

Broadley SA., Croser D., Cottrell J., Creevy M., Teo M., Yui D., Pathi R., Taylor J., Thompson PD. (2003) Predictors of prolonged dysphagia following acute stroke. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 10, 300-305.

Burnett, R. (2004), Supracricoid laryngectomy – the speech pathology perspective. Paper presented at the Australian and New Zealand Head and Neck Society conference, Adelaide, Australia.

Murray, J., Saliba, M., Correll, A. & Creevy, M. (2004),
Stroke Patients who Aspirate Thin Liquids – Current and Emerging Management.
Paper presented at 26th World Congress of the International Association of
Logopedics and Phoniatrics, Brisbane, Australia.

Broadley SA., Cheek A., Salonikas S., Whitham E., Chong V., Cardone D., Alexander B., Taylor J., Thompson PD. (2005) Predicating prolonged dysphagia in acute stroke: the Royal Adelaide Prognostic Index for Dysphagic Stroke (RAPIDS). Dysphagia 20, 303-310.

Murray, J. (2006), Aspiration of Water – is it as harmful as we think?
Key note address presented at Stroke Society of Australasian 2006 Annual Scientific
Meeting, Adelaide, South Australia.

Foreman, A., Burnett, R., & Rees, G. (2007), Voice prosthesis rehabilitation outcomes.
Paper presented at the Australian and New Zealand Head and Neck Society conference, Brisbane, Australia.

Burnett, R. Contribution to Ward, E. & van As-Brooks, C. (2007), Head and neck cancer: treatment, rehabilitation and outcomes, Plural Publishing, San Diego, CA
A text book on the Australian experience of laryngectomy voice rehabilitation.

Milich A., Murray J., Ormerod D., (2008) The DART – Hitting the Spot. How do we assess the risk of dysphagia?
Paper presented at the Safety and Quality in Health Care Conference, Oct 2008

Submitted papers to date:

Baron H., Beaty J., Burnett R., (2008) A Speech Pathology-led nasendoscopy clinic. An example of advanced practice.
Submitted to 2009 National Speech Pathology Australia Conference, Adelaide, Australia.

Baron H. & Flavell J., (2008) Getting up your patient’s nose – why it’s good for them and for you too!
Submitted to 2009 National Speech Pathology Australia Conference, Adelaide, Australia.

Milich A., Murray J., Ormerod D., (2008) The DART – Hitting the Spot. How do we assess the risk of dysphagia?
Submitted to 2009 National Speech Pathology Australia Conference, Adelaide. Australia.

Murray J. & Correll A. (2008) Free water protocols: Collecting the evidence.
Submitted to ACQuiring Knowledge in Speech, Language and Hearing, Australia.

Murray J. & Correll A. (2008) Free water protocols and fluid intake.
Submitted to 2009 National Speech Pathology Australia Conference, Adelaide, Australia.