Our key research focuses on understanding the nature and cause of stuttering, how it affects people throughout life, and conducting clinical research that develops treatments for children and adults to help them control their stuttering and minimise their anxiety.
To date, research conducted at the Australian Stuttering Research Centre has produced a number of treatment programs, including the Lidcombe Program, the Westmead Program, and the Oakville Program, for children; and the Camperdown Program for teenagers and adults; as well as a cognitive behaviour therapy for adults who stutter and have social anxiety.
Our current clinical research focus is to establish the world’s first internet-based stuttering clinic. By adapting our treatments for use on the internet, we will make them more accessible to those who stutter worldwide.
Research at the Australian Stuttering Research Centre is mostly funded by the Australian Government through either the National Health and Medical Research Council or the Australian Research Council. Since its inception in 1996 the Centre has received around $14 million of such funding. We also receive support from generous donors.
INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN FUTURE RESEARCH?
Opportunities will arise in the future for research involving adults and children who stutter, speech pathologists, and speech pathology students.
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