ABI Communication Lab 🧠 🌱 💬

Three of our brilliant team members shared their research this week! Tushar on avatars for ABI conversations, Petra on an AI chatbot for students to practice clinical communication, and Emma on creating great conference posters. Congratulations to all!
#DigitalHealth #AIinHealthcare #HDRShowcase

The @sydney.edu.au SPEECH Clinic is now taking on clients interested in the 10-week convers-ABI-lity program!

The SPEECH Clinic will be taking on new clients from early August and will be offering assessment and treatment sessions.

Email now to book in your sessions:
petra.avramovic@sydney.edu.au

The Acquired Brain Injury Communication Lab is now on LinkedIn!

Follow us there for updates on our work, opportunities to collaborate, and stories from the ABI community 💙

Link: linkedin.com/in/abi-communication-lab-aa0131367

#ABI #BrainInjury #CommunicationAccess #SLP #RehabResearch

📢 New publication from ABI #CommLab in AJSLP!

“It Does Not Always Need To Be Staff Choosing the Agenda”:

The #communication experiences of people with traumatic brain injury (TBI) in #rehabilitation settings - an area often overlooked in favour of staff perspectives.

Link: lnkd.in/g-ibA_K6

Mon 14 July, 4:00–5:30pm AEST

Clinical Bite with A/Prof Anita Wong & Honours grad Joyce Cai on working with #multilingualfamilies and being #culturallysensitive.

How can we better support families from #diversebackgrounds? Hear key strategies for culturally responsive practice.

lnkd.in/ghrPmS-e

Our team have been presenting their research at the Nordic Aphasia Conference #NAC2025 and 4th Cognitive Communication Disorders Symposium #ccdsYMP2025. Their research involved #virtualreality in #rehab for #CCDs following #TBI and the development of the social-ABI-lity communication assessment tool

July 6-13 is #NAIDOCWeek-- an important time to honour the histories, cultures, and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

This week is a reminder to listen and learn from First Nations voices and communities. #AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe #StrengthVisionLegacy

🎓 Free Resource Alert!
ASSBI is offering open access to expert webinars on #BrainInjury, #CognitiveRehab, & #Neuropsychology—perfect for clinicians, students & researchers.
Explore here: lnkd.in/gfuwmDXf
#FreeLearning #Rehabilitation #ASSBI #BrainHealth

Convers-ABI-lity is a 10-week program for people with #ABI and their #communicationpartners to build #conversationstogether. It includes self-guided activities and video calls with a speech pathologist.

For more information, contact Dr Rachael Rietdijk: rachael.rietdijk@sydney.edu.au

TBIbank is an open-access database of multimedia interactions designed to support research and #clinicalpractice in communication following #traumaticbraininjury.

To learn more or get involved: tbi.talkbank.org

Interact-ABI-lity is a free short course for family members, friends, support workers, and professionals working with people with a #braininjury.

To read more and sign up, click abi-communication-lab.sydney....

For more information, contact Dr Rachael Rietdijk on rachael.rietdijk@sydney.edu.au

#Communicationaccess means creating environments where everyone can communicate.

We found that many in healthcare, including workers, aren't familiar with it. #BraininjuryAwareness

Find out more at abi-communication-lab.sydney....
www.vecteezy.com/members/djvs...

We are looking for people with an #AcquiredBrainInjury to try a 2hr online social media course + join a closed Facebook group for 8 weeks.

If you’re interested, you can sign up at lnkd.in/gSuKAq42

If you'd like to find out more, please contact Dr Melissa Brunner on melissa.brunner@sydney.edu.au.

#FinancialReview: 'Stunt double' helps university teachers clone themselves

Dr Petra Avramovic, developed a Cogniti chatbot that acts as the parent of a child with a stutter. Students converse with Cogniti, giving advice on their clinical #communicationskills.

www.afr.com/technology/stunt-...

Members of the ABI #CommLab recently published in the American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology:

The Peer Effect Is “Utterly Profound”: A Social-ABI-lity Pilot Study of a Peer-Moderated Social Media Skills Intervention for People With #AcquiredBrainInjury

To read more: lnkd.in/gE-ka5Ps

Meet the passionate faces behind the ABI #CommLab!

Get the latest updates, insider insights and cutting-edge research shaping #communicationdisorders following #AcquiredBrainInjury (ABI)

If you want to stay in the loop, check out our new ABI Starter Pack: go.bsky.app/5FAWnBt

YouTube video by Stroke Foundation Mental health after stroke

Brilliant video on mental health after stroke by the Stroke Foundation 💙 #aphasia #stroke
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2Ag...

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📣 We have a full-time Lab manager role available!!

🗣️ Join us in the ABI Communication Lab team @sydney.edu.au & work on #DigitalHealth projects supporting inclusion after #AcquiredBrainInjury.

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Thanks to IBIA for the prestigious Jennett Plum Award for Distinguished Clinical Achievement in Brain Injury at the World Congress. I was pleased to acknowledge the @abicommlab.bsky.social @sydney.edu.au team and my many mentors and colleagues who have supported my clinical research career #IBIA2025

Applications close 16 March - get in touch if you want to know more!

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📣 We have 3x3yr full-time postdocs available!!!!!!

🗣️ Join us in the ABI Communication Lab team @sydneyuni.bsky.social & work on #DigitalHealth projects supporting inclusion after #AcquiredBrainInjury.

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Our latest paper on #TBI discourse: what types of images are used in research to elicit talking? #slpeeps @elisebogart.bsky.social Rhianne Hoffman @abicommlab.bsky.social

The @nihr.bsky.social Fellowship enabled me visit Australia last year to network.

Thankfully hosted @leannetogher.bsky.social & @abicommlab.bsky.social @lissbee.bsky.social Rachael Rietdijk @petraavramovic.bsky.social @sophiebrassel.bsky.social @tusharprasad.bsky.social @elisebogart.bsky.social

Wow!!!! Thanks everyone 😍

We now have over 4K people who have accessed interact-ABI-lity & over 500 who have accessed social-ABI-lity 🙌

Check out these FREE resources: abi-communication-lab.sydney.edu.au/social-brain...

The most clicked-on article from the January
@speechbite.bsky.social
newsletter was a systematic review looking at gestalt language processing and natural language acquisition bit.ly/4i45Eg9 It's open access! #SLPeeps #SLP2B #SLT #bskySPEECHIES

ABI Comm Lab Clinical Research Officer Full time role until 2027 based in Susan Wakil Health Building Dynamic opportunity within the ABI Communication Lab team Base Salary $99,455 + 17% superannuation About the opportunity The Acquired Bra...

We are looking for a project manager to assist with the work of our fabulous @abicommlab.bsky.social team! It’s a great opportunity to work with a dynamic team which is leading the world in digital health and technology for #ABI

DM if you’re interested.

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Thanks Liss!! It was great to meet amazing early & mid career researchers today who are solving the significant challenges of healthcare and making a difference in the world. Very inspiring! Proud of @abicommlab.bsky.social team’s presentations @sophiebrassel.bsky.social @petraavramovic.bsky.social

Leanne standing at the front of a room with title slide behind her ‘My clinician researcher journey’

Leanne’s clinical and research career (& life) & the twists & turns over the years!

Slide asking ‘what are you passionate about?’ & ‘what is the significance of your question?’

Lovely plenary from @leannetogher.bsky.social at Day 3 of the @sydneyuni.bsky.social FMH EMCR symposium this morning! Sharing her life & clinical research journey- it’s about having great people around you, &being passionate about what you’re doing, & starting small to build from there 🙌

Dr Rachael Rietdijk presenting some new resources & requesting feedback for the next version of evidence summaries. Inclusion of #NDIS was suggested today at Speech Pathology Brain Injury Interest Group #SPBIIG at @abicommlab.bsky.social
abi-communication-lab.sydney.edu.au/brain-injury...

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