Variability in Child Speech (VariCS)

Advancing our understanding of variability in child speech development.

[Variability in Child Speech (VariCS) @VariCS_project]

Great morning at Riverside Museum with @AmySmithSLT @AnjaKuschmann @jhstuartsmith for @varics

[Variability in Child Speech (VariCS) @VariCS_project]

Some great interactions with children at the Glasgow Science festival this morning! We’re giving ultrasound demonstrations and a fun sound prolongation challenge to try — we’re at Riverside Museum all day and on 16th June. @DrJoanneCleland @mridhula_murali

[Variability in Child Speech (VariCS) @VariCS_project]

And finally thank you to our amazing team for traveling Scotland to collect the data!

[Variability in Child Speech (VariCS) @VariCS_project]

We have recorded speech from children living in Fife, the Scottish Borders, Edinburgh, Glasgow, West Dunbartonshire, North and South Lanarkshire.

[Variability in Child Speech (VariCS) @VariCS_project]

Thank you so much to all the head teachers inviting our research team to their schools, thank you to all the parents for their interest in our project and thank you to all the children who are now part of this project.

[Variability in Child Speech (VariCS) @VariCS_project]

It's been a little quiet but we were busy collecting data - we have completed data collection for time point 1!

275 children from 23 different primary schools across the Scottish belt took part in our project.

[ASHA @ASHAWeb]

ASHA is proud to announce a comprehensive update of our developmental milestones for children ages birth to five years, now available on ASHA’s website: https://t.co/CxcaWiQf0P

[SLT Ultrasound @SltUltrasound]

Wrap up warm… we’re taking our #ultrasound #adventures to Newcastle🧣❄️

The Eventbrite for #SLT #ultrasound ‘dabble day’ on Friday 26th January 2024 is now OPEN: https://t.co/AYV1I5hslQ

[Variability in Child Speech (VariCS) @VariCS_project]

📢 Blog post alert! Read the team's Tips For Ultrasound Recording With Children.

https://t.co/aDE3VR4NC2

[Mridhula Murali @mridhula_murali]

A great talk by @AmySmithSLT. Lovely to see the interest in speech variability at @icphs2023. Follow @VariCS_project for updates on our project and feel free to reach out to the team for more info!

[Amy Smith @AmySmithSLT]

Thank you for having me @icphs2023 Grateful for the opportunity to present our work on articulatory variability and field recording. #ultrasoundtongueimaging #SSD #strathlife

[Variability in Child Speech (VariCS) @VariCS_project]

If you’re at @icphs2023 come to the clinical phonetics 2 session tomorrow to hear @AmySmithSLT talk about using ultrasound to investigate tongue shape variability in children! #ICPhS2023 Eleanor Lawson, @drdokovova @AnjaKuschmann @DrJoanneCleland

[Amy Smith @AmySmithSLT]

Excited to be at @icphs2023 Catch me presenting on Thursday in Clinical Phonetics 2! #icphs2023 #Varics

[Variability in Child Speech (VariCS) @VariCS_project]

Excited to be at ICPhS this year! Come meet @AmySmithSLT @mridhula_murali and @jhstuartsmith to learn about our project and catch @AmySmithSLT on Thursday morning during her talk.

[ICPhS 2027 @icphs2027]

The Congress Opening Ceremony is about to begin in the Forum Hall!

#ICPhS2023 #openingceremony

[Variability in Child Speech (VariCS) @VariCS_project]

Welcome to the captivating world of data collection in schools! Here’s a wee guide to collecting speech data in the field from our own experience.🧑‍🦰👧

A Guide to Data Collection in Schools https://t.co/2K6S6vSO1o via @VariCS_project

[Variability in Child Speech (VariCS) @VariCS_project]

Come visit us at poster #34 to learn more about our variability in child speech project! @mridhula_murali @DrJoanneCleland @jhstuartsmith @LozzoTaylor, David Young, @AnjaKuschmann

[Variability in Child Speech (VariCS) @VariCS_project]

Come visit us at poster #34 to learn more about our variability in child speech project! @mridhula_murali @DrJoanneCleland @jhstuartsmith @LozzoTaylor, David Young, @AnjaKuschmann

[Variability in Child Speech (VariCS) @VariCS_project]

Great presentation by @AmySmithSLT and lovely to see the interest in her work! We’re excited to tell you more about VariCS tomorrow - @mridhula_murali will be presenting a poster so do come visit!

[Amy Smith @AmySmithSLT]

Excited to be @ICPLA2023 and give my first conference presentation all about articulatory variation in children with and without SSDs using ultrasound! @VariCS_project @drdokovova

[Variability in Child Speech (VariCS) @VariCS_project]

Some of the VariCS team is at #ICPLA2023! Come chat with us about our project on child speech variability.

[Variability in Child Speech (VariCS) @VariCS_project]

Learn more about our project at #ICPLA2023! @AmySmithSLT is giving a talk tomorrow morning and @mridhula_murali is presenting a poster on Thursday!

[Mridhula Murali @mridhula_murali]

A great start to #ICPLA2023! Looking forward to presenting my PhD work on acoustic markers in speech of people with Parkinson’s, and a poster on our @VariCS_project study on child speech variability - both on Thursday afternoon!