The Communicative Participation
Lab is part of the School of Communication Sciences & Disorders at Western University. We are interested primarily in examining
the relationships among communicative participation with speech measures such
as speech intelligibility in individuals with a variety of communication
disorders such as the dysarthria associated with oromandibular dystonia (a
movement disorder affecting the lips, tongue and/or jaw), Parkinson’s disease
and velopharyngeal inadequacy (a speech/voice disorder associated with
dysfunction of the structures that allow closure between the oral and nasal
cavities called the velopharnygeal (VP) port). Our lab is directed by Allyson Dykstra, an assistant professor and speech-language
pathologist. We are actively recruiting talented and qualified students from the MSc program
in Speech and Language Science, the MSc program in Rehabilitation Sciences or
the MClSc program in Speech-Language Pathology. Individuals who possess an
interest in the areas of communicative participation, speech intelligibility,
motor speech disorders or VPI are encouraged to submit a current CV and a brief
description of their area of interest to adykstr3@uwo.ca
Communicative Participation
Lab
CPL Links
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Contact Information
Allyson Dykstra, PhD
Director, CPL
Assistant Professor
School of Communication Sciences and Disorders
519-661-2111
ext. 88940
adykstr3@uwo.ca
