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Qualifications: BSc Speech and Language Therapy (University of Ulster, UK) , MSc Clinical Therapies (University of Limerick, Ireland), PhD Medicine and Health (University College Cork, Ireland).
Profile: Áine has worked as a speech and language therapist with a variety of clinical populations across the life span, working within acute, rehabilitation and community services in Ireland and New Zealand. Her clinical areas of interest are inclusive and accessible communication, adult acquired communication disorders, stroke rehabilitation and the assessment and management of feeding, eating drinking and swallowing disorders in adults.
Teaching Experience: Áine teaches acquired communication disorders and clinical skills in the MSc. Speech and Language Therapy Programme. She also coordinates the Conversation Partner Scheme for first year students.
Research Experience: Áine PhD research, which explored stakeholders' perspectives of ICT-delivered aphasia rehabilitation, was funded by the Health Research Board (HPF-2016-1700). This was followed by a participatory health research study also funded by the Health Research Board, KEDS-2017-007). This resulted in the development of a website for public awareness about computer use in aphasia rehabilitation. Áine has recently investigated the feasibility of an online conversation partner scheme with student speech and language therapists and people with acquired communication disorders.
Research Interests: Aphasia Rehabilitation; Acceptance and Use of Digital Technologies in Healthcare; Conversation Partner Training; Inclusive and accessible communication; Lived Experience of Non-Oral Feeding.
Professional Membership: CORU, Irish Association of Speech and Language Therapists, Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists, Association for Computing Machinery, British Aphasiology Society.