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RESEARCH OUTPUTS

A selection of our publications are listed below. 

For those publications that are not open access, please contact us via the Contact Us tab if you would like a copy.

2025

Decolonizing speech language 'Pathology': Critical foundational concepts for research, pedagogy and praxis.

Nair, V.K.K., Brea-Spahn, M., & Yu, B. 

Journal of Critical Study of Communication and Disability (2025)

Mellahn, K., Kilkenny, M.F., Siyambalapitiya, S., Lakhani, A., Burns, C., Purvis, T., Cadilhac, D., & Rose, M.  

Stroke (2025)

Requiring an interpreter influences stroke care and outcomes for people with aphasia during inpatient rehabilitation

Costa, N., Olson, R., Mescouto, K., Setchell, J., Dune, T., Creese, J., Suleman, S., Prasad-Ildes, R., & Ng, Z.Y.  

Culture Medicine and Psychiatry (2025)

Non-clinical psychosocial mental health support programmes for people with diverse language and cultural backgrounds: A critical rapid review.

Siyambalapitiya, S., Nair, V.K.K., Cochrane, F., & Huang, A. 

Cultural Sensitivity and Responsiveness in Neurorehabilitation (2025)

Aphasia. (Book Chapter)

2024

"Working together...I can't stress how important it is": Indigenous Health Liaison Officers' insights into working with speech-language pathologists and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples with stroke and TBI.

Cochrane, F., Singleton-Bray, J., Canendo, W., Cornwell, P., & Siyambalapitiya, S. 

International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology (2024)

2023

Assessment and rehabilitation of acquired communication disorders in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults with stroke or traumatic brain injury: a retrospective chart review.

Cochrane, F., Cornwell, P., & Siyambalapitiya, S. 

Disability and Rehabilitation (2023)

Comparing acute hospital outcomes for people with post-stroke aphasia who do and do not require an interpreter.

Mellahn, K., Kilkenny, M., Siyambalapitiya, S., Lakhani, A., Purvis, T., Reyneke, M., Cadilhac, D., & Rose, M. 

Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation (2023)

A critical analysis of standardized testing in speech and language therapy.

Nair, V., Farah W., & Cushing, I. 

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools (2023)

Language intervention in bilingual children with developmental language disorder: a systematic review.

Nair, V., Clark, G., Siyambalapitiya, S., & Reuterskiöld, C. 

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders (2023)

2022

Clinicians' and managers' views and experiences of audiology and speech-language pathology service provision for culturally and linguistically diverse families of young children with hearing loss.

Ng, Z.Y., Wait, M., Ekberg, K., & Hickson, L. 

Journal of Speech-Language and Hearing Research (2022)

2021

Clinical profile of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults with stroke and traumatic brain injury at a regional Australian hospital: a retrospective chart audit.

Cochrane, F., Cornwell, P., & Siyambalapitiya, S. 

Brain Impairment (2021)

The nature of inpatient rehabilitation for people with aphasia from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds: a scoping review.

Mellahn, K., Larkman, C., Lakhani, A., Siyambalapitiya, S., & Rose, M. 

Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation (2021)

Domain-general cognitive control and domain-specific language control in bilingual aphasia: A systematic quantitative literature review.

Nair, V. K. K., Rayner, T., Siyambalapitiya, S., & Biedermann, B. 

Journal of Neurolinguistics (2021)

Longitudinal social and communication outcomes in children with autism raised in bi/multilingual environments.

Siyambalapitiya, S., Paynter, J., Nair, V. K., K., Reuterskiöld, C., Tucker, M., & Trembath, D. 

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders (2021)

Language accessibility in allied healthcare for culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) families of young children with chronic health conditions: a qualitative systematic review

Ng, Z.Y., Waite, M., Hickson, L.,  & Ekberg, K. 

Speech, Language and Hearing (2021)

Pre 2020

Speech pathologists and professional interpreters managing culturally and linguistically diverse adults with communication disorders: a systematic review.

Huang, A., Siyambalapitiya, S., & Cornwell, P. 

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders (2019)

“Are we…providing them with an equal service?”: Speech-language pathologists’ perceptions of bilingual aphasia assessment of Samoan-English speakers.

Jodache, S., Howe, T., & Siyambalapitiya, S. 

Clinical Archives of Communication Disorders (2019)

Speech-language pathology services for Indigenous Australian adults with acquired communication disorders: a systematic quantitative literature review.

Cochrane, F., Cornwell, P., & Siyambalapitiya, S. 

Speech, Language and Hearing (2018)

Community-based interventions for building social inclusion of refugees and asylum seekers in Australia: A systematic review. 

Mahoney, D., & Siyambalapitiya, S. 

Journal of Social Inclusion (2017)

"... Trial and error ...": speech-language pathologists' perspectives of working with Indigenous Australian adults with acquired communication disorders.

Cochrane, F., Brown, L., Siyambalapitiya, S., & Plant, C. 

International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology (2015)

Assessment of a Samoan–English speaker with bilingual aphasia: “it’s hard”.

Jodache, S., Howe, T., & Siyambalapitiya, S. 

Aphasiology (2015)

Managing aphasia in bilingual and culturally and linguistically diverse individuals in an Australian context. 

Siyambalapitiya, S., & Davidson, B. 

Journal of Clinical Practice in Speech-Language Pathology (2015)

Lexical-semantic representation in bilingual aphasia: Findings from semantic priming and cognate repetition priming. 

Siyambalapitiya, S., Chenery, H., & Copland, D. 

Aphasiology (2013)

Bilingualism and aging: Reversal of the cognate advantage in older bilingual adults. 

Siyambalapitiya, S., Chenery, H., & Copland, D. 

Applied Psycholinguistics (2009)

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