Biography
I worked for many years as a speech and language therapist, working at first with pre-school children and eventually specialising in dysphasia. After a master's degree in London, my first research post was at the Applied Psychology Unit in Cambridge, working with John Morton and Karalyn Patterson looking at effectiveness of anomia therapy. In 1989 I was awarded a PhD from City University, supervised by Karalyn Patterson, for research applying cognitive neuropsychological models to categorise auditory comprehension disorders in aphasia. Before coming to the University of Limerick I worked at UCL, London, the University of York and the University of Newcastle.
At Newcastle my research centred on sentence processing disorders and phonological output disorders in naming. With David Howard and Anne Whitworth I worked with colleagues in Tokyo to develop a Japanese Aphasia Battery (SALA). With David Howard I obtained funding from the Tavistock Trust for Aphasia to establish an Aphasia Clinic at the University, which continues to offer 3-month blocks of intensive therapy to people with aphasia. I was instrumental in setting up the North East Trust for Aphasia which raises money to provide more long term support for people with aphasia.
In 2005 I became Professor of Speech and Language Therapy at the University of Limerick, having earlier carried out the initial set up of the MSc in Speech and Language Therapy (Professional Qualification) at Limerick. My current research interests are aphasia (anomia treatment, effective services) and secondary school language interventions (SLT/Teacher collaborations, effective interventions).
Research Interests
Aphasia:
Treatment for anomia, including software for therapy
Aphasia assessment in different languages
Setting aphasia research prioriites
International review of aphasia services (Cost Action: Collaboration of Aphasia Triallists)
Effective service provision
Post-Primary Speech Language and Communication Needs:
Evaluation of SLCN at post-primary level
Development and evaluation of treatments for SLCN
SLT/Teacher collaboration
Teaching Interests
Acquired disorders of communication (stroke, traumatic brain injury, dementia
Neuropsychology
Cognitive psychology
Abnormal Psychology
Publications
Book
Missing the meaning
Howard, D; Franklin, S
Book Chapter
Disorders of Auditory Comprehension
Morris J and Franklin S
Aphasia and related neurogenic communication disorders
Case based problem solving for speech and language therapy students
Whitworth, A; Franklin, S; Dodd, B
Innovations in education in speech and language pathology
Assessment and remediation of a speech discrimination deficit in a dysphasic patient
Morris, J; Franklin, S
Case studies in clinical linguistics
Cognitive neuropsychology and assessment
Kay, J; Franklin, S
Clinical neuropschological assessment. A cognitive approach.
Cognitive neuropsychology and the remediation of disorders of spoken language
Ellis, AW; Franklin, S; Crerar, A
Cognitive psychology and cognitive rehabilitation
Dissociations between component mechanisms in short-term memory: evidence from brain-damaged patients
Howard, D; Franklin, S
Attention and Performance 14: synergies in experimental psychology, artificial intelligence and cognitive neuroscience
Deaf to the meanings of words
Franklin, S; Howard, D
Mental lives: Case studies in cognition
Anomia: differentiating between semantic and phonological deficits
Ellis, AW; Kay, J; Franklin, S
Cognitive neuropsychology in clinical practice
Drawing without meaning? Dissociations in the graphic performance of an agnosic artist.
Franklin, S; Van Somers, P; Howard, D
Mental Lives. Case studies in cognition.
Memory without rehearsal
Howard, D; Franklin, S
Neuropsychological impairments of short-term memory
Three ways for understanding written words, and their use in two contrasting cases of surface dyslexia.
Howard, D; Franklin, S
Language perception and production; shared mechanisms in listening, speaking reading and writing
Other Publication
Towards unsupervised remote therapy for individuals with aphasia. Mobile Computing, Applications, and Services Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering
Higgins, C. ,Kearns, A.,Ryan, C.,Fernstrom, M. ,Franklin, S
Mobile Computing, Applications, and Services Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications EngineeringMobile Computing, Applications, and Services Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-05452-0_20
Communication interaction between doctors and persons with aphasia after stroke: The use of conversation analysis in an acute stroke unit setting
Flanagan, B,Franklin, S,Gowran, R
International Journal Of Stroke
Peer Reviewed Journal
A Maltese adaptation of the Boston Naming Test: A shortened version
Grima, R,Franklin, S
Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics
DOI: 10.1080/02699206.2016.1181106
Cognitive grammar and aphasic discourse
Manning, M,Franklin, S
Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics
DOI: 10.3109/02699206.2015.1128981
Investigating the effect of a semantic therapy on comprehension in aphasia
Morris, J,Franklin, S
Aphasiology
DOI: 10.1080/02687038.2012.702885
Passive imaging technology in aphasia therapy
Burke, K,Franklin, S,Gowan, O
Memory
DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2010.551131
Returning to work with aphasia: A case study
Morris, J; Franklin, S; Menger, F; GD
Aphasiology
DOI: 10.1080/02687038.2010.549568
An analysis of thematic and phrasal structure in people with aphasia: what more can we learn from the story of Cinderella?
Webster, J; Franklin, S; Howard, D
Journal Of Neurolinguistics
Effects of therapy targeted at verb retrieval and the realisation of the predicate argument structure: A case study
Webster, J; Morris, J; Franklin, S
Aphasiology
DOI: 10.1080/02687030500166957
Investigating the sub-processes involved in the production of thematic structure: an analysis of four people with aphasia
Webster, J; Franklin, S; Howard, D
Aphasiology
Verbs and nouns - the importance of being imageable
Bird, H; Howard, D; Franklin, S
Journal Of Neurolinguistics
Generalised improvement in speech production for a subject with reproduction conduction aphasia
Franklin, S; Buerk, F; Howard, D
Aphasiology
'Little words' - not really: function and content words in normal and aphasic speech
Bird, H; Franklin, S; Howard, D
Journal Of Neurolinguistics
Noun-verb differences? A question of semantics: a response to Shapiro and Caramazza
Bird, H; Franklin, S; Howard, D
Brain And Language
Age of acquisition and imageability ratings for a large set of words, including verbs and function words.
Bird, H; Franklin, S; Howard, D
Behaviour Research Methods
An investigation of the interaction between thematic and phrasal structure in nonfluent agrammatic subjects
Webster, J; Franklin, S; Howard, D
Brain And Language
Why is a verb like an inanimate object? Grammatical category and semantic category deficits
Bird, H; Howard, D; Franklin, S
Brain And Language
Early intervention in a case of jargon aphasia. Efficacy of language comprehension therapy during early intervention
Grayson, E; Franklin, S; Hilton, R
European J. Disorders Of Communication
Designing single case treatment studies
Franklin, S
Neuropsychological Rehabilitation
Remediating a speech perception deficit in an aphasic patient
Morris, J; Franklin, S; Ellis, AW; Turner, JE; Bailey, PJ
Aphasiology
Cinderella revisited: a comparison of fluent and non-fluent aphasic speech
Bird, H; Franklin, S
Journal Of Neurolinguistics
A distinctive case of word meaning deafness?
Franklin, S; Turner, J; Lambon Ralph, MA; Morris, J; Bailey, P
Cognitive Neuropsychology
Abstract word anomia
Franklin, S; Howard, D; Patterson, K
Cognitive Neuropsychology
Abstract word meaning deafness
Franklin, S; Howard, D; Patterson, K
Cognitive Neuropsychology
Neuropsychological studies of auditory visual fusion illusions: four case studies and their implications
Campbell, R; Garwood, J; Franklin, S; Howard, D
Neuropsychologia
Dissociations in auditroy word comprehension; evidence from nine fluent aphasic patients
Franklin, S
Aphasiology
The facilitation of picture naming in aphasia
Howard, D; Patterson, K; Franklin, S; Orchard-Lisle, VM; Morton, J
Cognitive Neuropsychology
Treatment of word retrieval deficits in aphasia - a comparison of two therapy methods
Howard, D; Patterson, K; Franklin, S; Orchard-Lisle, VM; Morton, J
Brain