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Dr. Yvonne Lynch

Assistant Professor (Clin Speech & Language Studies)
7/9 STH LEINSTER ST

 lynchyv@tcd.ie

 3531896 1198


Biography

I am an Assistant Professor in Speech and Language Therapy in the Dept. of Clinical Speech and Language Studies. I hold a BSc. and PhD from Trinity College Dublin and an MBA from the Smurfit School of Business. I am a CORU registered Speech and Language Therapist with 11 years clinical experience working with children and adults with physical and multiple disabilities. I also have 4 years Senior Management experience in the Health Service and 3 years experience as a post-doctoral Research Fellow on a major NIHR research grant. My research and clinical interests include Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC), telehealth, service delivery in speech and language therapy.

Research Projects

 Identifying Appropriate Symbol Communication Aids for children who are non-speaking: enhancing clinical decision making
 Promoting the communicative participation of children with speech, language and communication needs
 The AAC and Literacy Project
 Exploring the potential of digital learning in AAC.

Memberships

Membership of Professional Institutions, Associations, Societies

Details Date From Date To
CORU registered Speech and Language Therapist
Irish Association of Speech and Language Therapists 1999 to date
International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication 1999 to date
Moore Ramirez, Sinead, Lynch, Yvonne, "Feeling our way around in the dark" AAC team collaboration in the context of service change: Special education teachers" perceptions, Child Language, Teaching and Therapy, 2024, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Yvonne Lynch, Beth Milofsky, Cliona Sullivan, Eilis Farren, Órla Gilheaney, Susan Johnson, Ciaran Kenny, Caroline Jagoe and Duana Quigley, Developing a framework and digital toolkit for healthcare professional students and educators to support Technology-Enabled Practice Education (TEPE), Journal of Practice Teaching and Learning, 21, (1-2), 2023, p1 - 30, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI  URL
Webb EJD, Meads D, Lynch Y, Randall N, Judge S, Goldbart J, Meredith S, Moulam L, Hess S, Murray J., Something for everybody? Assessing the suitability of AAC systems for children using stated preference methods., Augmentative and alternative communication (Baltimore, Md. : 1985), 2023, p1-13 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Lynch, Y and Quigley, D, Co-designing a telehealth toolkit for Student SLPs, Journal of Practice Teaching and Learning, 2022, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Farren, E., Quigley, D., & Lynch, Y. , Telepractice in service delivery: A survey of perspectives and practices of speech and language therapists in Ireland during COVID-19. , Advances in Communication and Swallowing, 2022, p1 - 12, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Judge, S., Murray, J., Lynch, Y., Meredith, S., Moulam, L., Randall, N., Whittle, H., & Goldbart, J., Attributes of communication aids as described by those supporting children and young people with AAC. , International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2022, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  URL
Murray, J and Lynch Y, Perspectives of Young People who use AAc and their family Members on literacy learning , Communication Matters International AAC Conference , Leeds, UK , 11/09/2022, 2022, Oral Presentation, PUBLISHED
Murray, J, Randall, N., Whittle, H., and Lynch, Y, A case series from Service Users' Perspectives of AAC decision-making and the views of family members and professionals who support them , Communication Matters International AAC Conference , Leeds, UK , 11/09/2022, 2022, Oral Presentation, PUBLISHED  URL
Sotiropoulou Drosopoulou, C., Murray, J., Smith, M., Launonen, K., Neuvonen, K, Lynch, Y, Stadskliev, K and von Tetzchner, S, Appraising Conversation patterns between children and young people who use aided AAC and their conversation partners in two-person and multiperson interactions - clinical implications , Communication Matters International AAC Conference , Leeds UK , 11/09/22, 2022, Oral Presentation, PUBLISHED
Sotiropoulou Drosopoulou, C., Murray, J., Smith, M., Launonen, K., Neuvonen, K., Lynch, Y., Stadskleiv, K., & Von Tetzchner, S., Conversation Patterns between Children with Severe Speech Impairment and their Conversation Partners in Dyadic and Multi-person Interactions, Applied Linguistics , 2021, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  URL
  

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The I-ASC Explanatory Model as a Support for AAC Assessment Planning A Case Report in, editor(s)M.Smith , Clinical Cases in Augmentative and Alternative Communication , New York , 2023, pp12 - 26, [Lynch, Y. and Murray, J], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Supporting emerging communicators using AAC: two case reports in, editor(s)Smith, M , Clinical Cases in AAC , 2023, [McCleary, M and Lynch, Y. ], Notes: [ 10.4324/9781003106739-3], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Personal perspectives on AAC in, editor(s)Martine M Smith , Clinical cases in Augmentative and Alternative Communication, London, Routledge, 2023, pp118 - 129, [Fitzpatrick Gillian, Fitzpatrick Sean, Lynch Yvonne, Smith Martine M.], Notes: [978-1-003-10673-9], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Lynch Y and McCleary, M, Assistive Technology Meeting of the Oireachtas Disability Committee, Assistive Technology Meeting of the Oireachtas Disability Committee, Houses of the Oireachtas, Dublin 2, 06/10/23, 2022, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED
Sotiropoulou Drosopolou, C., Murray, J., Smith, M, Launonen, K., Neuvonen, K., Lynch, Y., Stadskliev, K., and von Tetzchner, S., Appraising Conversation Patterns between children and young people who use aided AAC and their conversation partners in two-person and multiperson interactions - clinical implications , Journal of Practice Teaching and Learning, 2022, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Yvonne Lynch, Allow me to be indirect TheInformedSLP, 2022, 12 - 26, Miscellaneous, PUBLISHED
Yvonne Lynch, Polishing our crystal balls for preschool stuttering TheInformedSLP, 2022, 12 - 26, Miscellaneous, PUBLISHED
Yvonne Lynch, Don't Forget the Fringe TheInformedSLP, 2022, -, Miscellaneous, PUBLISHED
Yvonne Lynch, Focus on Form The Informed SLP, 2022, 12 - 26, Miscellaneous, PUBLISHED
Yvonne Lynch, Want to win at telepractice? Be extra! The Informed SLP , 2022, -, Miscellaneous, PUBLISHED

  

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Awards and Honours

Award Date
Visiting Research Fellow, Manchester Metropolitan University 2016- to date
British Academy of Childhood Disability-CASTANG Fellow - For future research leaders in the field of childhood disability 2019-2020
Lámh Scholar 2019
The International Society of the ISAAC: Emerging Researcher Travel Award - to support upcoming researchers in the field of AAC 2018

Research Interests

Description Of Research Interests

My research interests lie at the intersection of healthcare and technology. I was a Research Fellow on the 1 million pound I-ASC project, which delivered a comprehensive resource for assistive technology assessment (https://iasc.mmu.ac.uk/). I was Principal investigator on a project creating a co-designed telepractice toolkit and framework for students and educators in the health professions. I am a partner on an Enterprise Ireland Innovation project to develop inclusive, interactive whiteboard interventions to support language learning in primary school classrooms. I am an innovative researcher with a growing national and international profile. I have published in high-impact peer-reviewed journals (42 peer-reviewed publications) and have 163 citations (H-index of 8). I disseminate my research widely (at international conferences in Australia, USA, Brazil, UK, and Canada) and engage with the community to ensure maximum impact. I have presented at the Houses of the Oireachtas, Westminster parliament, and Scottish parliament provided keynote and invited presentations in Australia, the UK, and Ireland, written four book chapters, including 3 in student textbooks. I have also written 16 communicating science blog posts for a membership website with an audience of more than 12,000 health professionals (www.theInformedSLP.com). I have secured more than €550,000 in research funding to date. I have been recognised as a future leader in childhood disability research by two organisations (ISAAC International and The British Academy of Childhood Disability). I have built an extensive research collaboration network internationally, and I am working with two international research teams on large scale bids. I am a co-investigator on the ESRC-IRC funded UK-Ireland Communicative Participation Research Network. I am affiliated with the Trinity Centre for Ageing and Intellectual Disability group(https://www.tcd.ie/tcaid/), the DIGI-ID digital inclusion research project (https://www.tcd.ie/tcaid/research/Project7.php)and am part of the award-winning Irish and International network Raising Awareness of Developmental Language Disorder (https://radld.org/).