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Professor Beth Armstrong

Director, University Department of Rural Health South West

Staff Member Details
Mobile: 0410 303 228
Email: b.armstrong@ecu.edu.au
Campus: South West  
Room: BU1.114  
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4469-1117

Professor Elizabeth Armstrong is the Foundation Chair in Speech Pathology.

Current teaching

  • SPE3112

Background

Professor Elizabeth Armstrong is Foundation Chair in Speech Pathology and Director of the Communication, Brain and Culture Research Centre based in the School of Medical and Health Sciences. Along with a new Speech Pathology team recruited to ECU in 2009, Professor Armstrong established a fully accredited undergraduate Speech Pathology program and a postgraduate research program.

Prior to coming to ECU, she worked at Macquarie University in Sydney, where she established the first Speech Pathology Masters program in NSW. Professor Armstrong worked in the hospital sector as a clinician in Sydney for many years before taking up an academic career, focusing on acute inpatient care as well as longer-term rehabilitation for people with communication disorders after stroke.

Professor Armstrong’s current research focuses on improving rehabilitation services and health outcomes for Aboriginal people after stroke and traumatic brain injury.  She leads a multidisciplinary team of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal researchers in this endeavour and has a wide network of collaborative community and health service provider partnerships. Professor Armstrong has attracted NHMRC funding to support this program of research, with the exploratory Missing Voices project (2012-2016) leading to the currently running RCT Healing Right Way (2017-2022). The latter isa statewide, multi-centre trial examining the effects of hospital staff cultural security training and the establishment of Aboriginal Brain Injury Coordinator services across the state on access to rehabilitation services and ultimate quality of life for Aboriginal people with brain injury. Of particular interest is supporting people with brain injury and their family living in rural and remote areas and the need for culturally secure Telehealth services.

Professor Armstrong’s other area of research is in the area of aphasia – language difficulty after stroke. Her work in this area includes the application of Systemic Functional Linguistic theory to the everyday discourse of people with aphasia, early intervention strategies, and conversational assessment and treatment techniques. Related to both aphasia and providing services to First Nations Peoples, cross-cultural communication is also an increasing focus in her research.

Professor Armstrong presents regularly at both national and international speech pathology, linguistics, allied health and medical conferences and has published widely in both the above areas. She has actively collaborated at both national and international levels.

Professor Armstrong was founding Editor of Advances in Speech Language Pathology, now entitled the International Journal of Speech Language Pathology, has been Guest Editor for  special issues of the international journal Aphasiology, Seminars in Speech and Language, Journal of Neurolinguistics, and is on numerous international editorial boards.

Professional associations

  • Speech Pathology Association of Australia

Awards and recognition

  • Fellow of the Speech Pathology Association of Australia

Research areas and interests

  • Aboriginal health
  • Culturally secure rehabilitation services
  • Cross-cultural communication
  • Professional interactions
  • Aphasia rehabilitation
  • Linguistic applications to everyday discourse in aphasia

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Macquarie University, 1997.
  • Master of Arts (Honours), Macquarie University, 1988.

Research Outputs

2024

Journal Articles

  • Armstrong, B., Hersh, D. (2024). Speaking Up and Being Heard: The Importance of Functional Communication and Discourse Principles in Aphasia Intervention. Seminars in Speech and Language, 2024(Article in press), pp. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0044-1788981.
  • Armstrong, B., Colegate, K., Papertalk, L., Crowe, S., McAllister, M., Hersh, D., Ciccone, N., Godecke, E., Katzenellenbogen, J., Coffin, J. (2024). Intersectionality and Its Relevance in the Context of Aboriginal People with Brain Injury in Australia. Seminars in Speech and Language, 45(1), 56 - 70. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-1776755.
  • Drew, N., McAllister, M., Coffin, J., Robinson, M., Katzenellenbogen, J., Armstrong, B. (2024). Healing Right Way Randomised Clinical Controlled Trial enhancing services for Aboriginal people with brain injury: Translation principles and activities. Brain Impairment, 25(2), Article number IB23109. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1071/IB23109.
  • McKimmie, A., Keeves, J., Gadowski, A., Bagg, MK., Antonic-Baker, A., Hicks, AJ., Hill, R., Clarke, N., Holland, A., Veitch, B., Fatovich, D., Reeder, S., Romero, L., Ponsford, JL., Lannin, NA., O'Brien, TJ., Cooper, DJ., Rushworth, N., Fitzgerald, M., Gabbe, BJ., Cameron, PA., Alexander, T., Anderson, V., Armstrong, B., Babl, FE., Balogh, ZJ., Barlow, KM., Bellapart, J., Bidargaddi, N., Bosio, E., Bragge, P., Bynevelt, M., Caeyenberghs, K., Capell, J., Chai, KE., Collins-Praino, LE., Cowen, G., Crowe, LM., Cudmore, T., Cullen, J., Curtis, K., Delaney, A., Dibdin, G., Eades, S., Egan, GF., Ellis, DY., Ercole, A., Fisher, MJ., Fitzgerald, M., Fleming, J., Francis, R., Gilroy, J., Hansen, MA., Harrison, JE., Haseler, LJ., Hassett, L., Hellewell, SC., Hill, AF., Honeybul, S., Jeffree, RL., Joyce, C., Kendall, E., King, K., Law, M., Maas, AI., Mahoney, A., Makin, P., Mayhew, P., McDonald, A., McDonald, S., McDonald, SJ., McNamara, R., Meka, S., Menon, DK., Mitchell, G., Mobbs, R., Nasrallah, FA., Newcombe, VF., Olver, JH., O'Reilly, GM., Ownsworth, T., Parizel, PM., Parr, M., Powell, B., Ratajczak, P., Reade, MC., Reid, C., Robertson, J., Robinson, S., Rowse, D., Rose, SE., Rosenfeld, JV., Ross, JP., Scheinberg, A., Semple, BD., Shultz, SR., Simpson, GK., Teague, WJ., Togher, L., Udy, AA., Vallmuur, K., Varma, D., Vickers, J., Wagland, J., Walsham, J., Wells, AJ., Whiley, L., Williams, G., Williams, JK., Witham, R., Wright, DK., York, L., Young, JT., Zeeman, H. (2024). The Australian Traumatic Brain Injury Initiative: Systematic Review of Clinical Factors Associated with Outcomes in People with Moderate-Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. Neurotrauma Reports, 5(1), 640-659. https://doi.org/10.1089/neur.2023.0111.
  • Gabbe, BJ., Keeves, J., McKimmie, A., Gadowski, AM., Holland, AJ., Semple, BD., Young, JT., Crowe, L., Ownsworth, T., Bagg, MK., Antonic-Baker, A., Hicks, AJ., Hill, R., Curtis, K., Romero, L., Ponsford, JL., Lannin, NA., O'Brien, TJ., Cameron, PA., Cooper, J., Rushworth, N., Fitzgerald, M., Alexander, T., Anderson, V., Armstrong, B., Babl, FE., Balogh, ZJ., Barlow, KM., Bellapart, J., Bidargaddi, N., Bosio, E., Bragge, P., Bynevelt, M., Caeyenberghs, K., Capell, J., Chai, KE., Collins-Praino, LE., Cooper, DJ., Cowen, G., Crowe, LM., Cudmore, T., Cullen, J., Delaney, A., Eades, S., Egan, GF., Ellis, DY., Ercole, A., Fatovich, DM., Fisher, MJ., Fitzgerald, M., Fleming, J., Francis, R., Gilroy, J., Hansen, MA., Harrison, JE., Haseler, LJ., Hassett, L., Hellewell, SC., Hill, AF., Holland, AJ., Jeffree, RL., Joyce, C., Kendall, E., King, K., Maas, AI., Mahoney, A., Makin, P., Mayhew, P., McDonald, A., McDonald, S., McDonald, SJ., McNamara, R., Meka, S., Menon, DK., Mitchell, G., Mobbs, R., Nasrallah, FA., Newcombe, VF., Olver, JH., O'Reilly, GM., Parizel, PM., Parr, M., Powell, B., Ratajczak, P., Varma, D., Vickers, J., Wagland, J., Walsham, J., Wells, AJ., Whiley, L., Williams, G., Williams, JK., Witham, R., Wright, DK., York, L., Zeeman, H., Scheinberg, A., Teague, WJ., Robertson, J., Honeybul, S. (2024). The Australian Traumatic Brain Injury Initiative: Systematic Review and Consensus Process to Determine the Predictive Value of Demographic, Injury Event, and Social Characteristics on Outcomes for People With Moderate-Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. Journal of Neurotrauma, 2024(Article in press), TBD. https://doi.org/10.1089/neu.2023.0461.
  • Katzenellenbogen, J., White, J., Robinson, M., Thompson, S., Epstein, A., Stanley, M., Klobas, J., Haynes, E., Armstrong, B., Coffin, J., Skoss, R. (2024). Process evaluation of a randomised controlled trial intervention designed to improve rehabilitation services for Aboriginal Australians after brain injury: the Healing Right Way Trial. BMC Health Services Research, 24(1), Article number 946. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-11390-5.
  • Ponsford, JL., Hicks, AJ., Bagg, MK., Phyland, R., Carrier, S., James, AC., Lannin, NA., Rushworth, N., O'Brien, TJ., Cameron, PA., Cooper, DJ., Hill, R., Gabbe, BJ., Fitzgerald, M., Alexander, T., Anderson, V., Antonic-Baker, A., Armstrong, B., Babl, FE., Balogh, ZJ., Barlow, KM., Bellapart, J., Bidargaddi, N., Bosio, E., Bragge, P., Bynevelt, M., Caeyenberghs, K., Capell, J., Chai, KE., Collins-Praino, LE., Cowen, G., Crowe, LM., Cudmore, T., Cullen, J., Curtis, K., Delaney, A., Dibdin, G., Eades, S., Egan, GF., Ellis, DY., Ercole, A., Fatovich, DM., Fisher, MJ., Fitzgerald, M., Fleming, J., Francis, R., Gadowski, A., Gilroy, J., Hansen, MA., Harrison, JE., Haseler, LJ., Hassett, L., Hellewell, SC., Hill, AF., Holland, AJ., Honeybul, S., Jeffree, RL., Joyce, C., Kendall, E., King, K., Law, M., Maas, AI., Mahoney, A., Makin, P., Mayhew, P., McDonald, A., McDonald, S., McDonald, SJ., McKimmie, A., McNamara, R., Meka, S., Menon, DK., Mitchell, G., Mobbs, R., Nasrallah, FA., Newcombe, VF., Olver, JH., O'Reilly, GM., Ownsworth, T., Parizel, PM., Parr, M., Powell, B., Ratajczak, P., Rause, D., Reade, MC., Reeder, S., Reid, C., Robertson, J., Robinson, S., Rose, SE., Rosenfeld, JV., Ross, JP., Scheinberg, A., Semple, BD., Shultz, SR., Simpson, GK., Teague, WJ., Togher, L., Udy, AA., Vallmuur, K., Varma, D., Vickers, J., Wagland, J., Walsham, J., Wells, AJ., Whiley, L., Williams, G., Williams, JK., Witham, R., Wright, DK., York, L., Young, JT., Zeeman, H. (2024). The Australian Traumatic Brain Injury Initiative: Review and Recommendations for Outcome Measures for Use With Adults and Children After Moderate-to-Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. Neurotrauma Reports, 5(1), 387-408. https://doi.org/10.1089/neur.2023.0127.
  • Antonic-Baker, A., Auvrez, C., Tao, G., Bagg, MK., Gadowski, A., McKimmie, A., Hicks, AJ., Hill, R., Romero, L., Ponsford, JL., Lannin, NA., Gabbe, BJ., Cameron, PA., Cooper, DJ., Rushworth, N., Fitzgerald, M., O'Brien, TJ., Alexander, T., Anderson, V., Armstrong, B., Babl, FE., Balogh, ZJ., Barlow, KM., Bellapart, J., Bidargaddi, N., Bosio, E., Bragge, P., Bynevelt, M., Caeyenberghs, K., Capell, J., Chai, KE., Collins-Praino, LE., Cooper, DJ., Cowen, G., Crowe, LM., Cudmore, T., Cullen, J., Curtis, K., Shoalhaven, I., Delaney, A., Dibdin, G., Eades, S., Egan, GF., Ellis, DY., Ercole, A., Fatovich, DM., Fisher, MJ., Fitzgerald, M., Fleming, J., Francis, R., Gilroy, J., Hansen, MA., Harrison, JE., Haseler, LJ., Hassett, L., Hellewell, SC., Hill, AF., Holland, AJ., Honeybul, S., Jeffree, RL., Joyce, C., Kendall, E., King, K., Law, M., Maas, AI., Mahoney, A., Makin, P., Mayhew, P., McDonald, A., McDonald, S., McDonald, SJ., McNamara, R., Meka, S., Menon, DK., Mitchell, G., Mobbs, R., Nasrallah, FA., Newcombe, VF., Olver, JH., O'Reilly, GM., Ownsworth, T., Parizel, PM., Parr, M., Powell, B., Ratajczak, P., Reade, MC., Reeder, S., Reid, C., Robertson, J., Robinson, S., Rose, SE., Rosenfeld, JV., Ross, JP., Rowse, D., Scheinberg, A., Semple, BD., Shultz, SR., Simpson, GK., Teague, WJ., Togher, L., Udy, AA., Vallmuur, K., Varma, D., Vickers, J., Wagland, J., Walsham, J., Wells, AJ., Whiley, L., Williams, G., Williams, JK., Witham, R., Wright, DK., York, L., Young, JT., Zeeman, H. (2024). The Australian Traumatic Brain Injury Initiative: Systematic Review and Consensus Process to Determine the Predictive Value of Pre-existing Health Conditions for People with Moderate-Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. Journal of Neurotrauma, 2024(Article in press), pp. https://doi.org/10.1089/neu.2023.0462.

2023

Journal Articles

  • Fitzgerald, M., Ponsford, J., Hill, R., Rushworth, N., Kendall, E., Armstrong, B., Gilroy, J., Bullen, J., Keeves, J., Bagg, M., Hellewell, S., Lannin, N., O'Brien, T., Cameron, P., Cooper, J., Gabbe, B. (2023). The Australian Traumatic Brain Injury Initiative: single data dictionary to predict outcome for people with moderate-severe traumatic brain injury. Journal of Neurotrauma, 2023(Article in press), 8 pages. https://doi.org/10.1089/neu.2023.0467.
  • Kim, J., Sookram, G., Godecke, E., Brogan, E., Armstrong, B., Ellery, F., Rai, T., Rose, M., Ciccone, N., Middleton, S., Holland, A., Hankey, G., Bernhardt, J., Cadilhac, D. (2023). Economic evaluation of the Very Early Rehabilitation in SpEech (VERSE) intervention. Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation, 2023(Article in press), -. https://doi.org/10.1080/10749357.2023.2229039.

2022

Book Chapters

  • Hersh, D., Skeat, J., Armstrong, B., Barnes, S., Beeke, S., Bloch, S., O'Malley-Keighran, M. (2022). Analyzing talk and text: Discourse analysis and conversation analysis. Diving Deep into Qualitative Data Analysis in Communication Disorders Research (129-154). J&R Press Ltd. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworks2022-2026/2037.

Journal Articles

  • Armstrong, B., Rai, T., Hersh, D., Thompson, S., Coffin, J., Ciccone, N., Flicker, L., Cadilhac, D., Godecke, E., Woods, D., Hayward, C., Hankey, G., McAllister, M., Katzenellenbogen, J. (2022). Statistical Analysis Plan for the stepped-wedge clinical trial Healing Right Way - Enhancing Rehabilitation Services for Aboriginal Australians after Brain Injury. Trials, 23(1), Article Number 886. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06800-0.
  • Hunt, E., Nang, C., Meldrum, S., Armstrong, B. (2022). Can dynamic assessment identify language disorder in multilingual children? Clinical applications from a systematic review. Language, Speech and Hearing Services in Schools, 53(2), 598-625. https://doi.org/10.1044/2021_LSHSS-21-00094.
  • Godecke, E., Brogan, E., Ciccone, N., Rose, M., Armstrong, B., Whitworth, A., Ellery, F., Holland, A., Middleton, S., Rai, T., Hankey, G., Cadilhac, D., Bernhardt, J. (2022). Treatment fidelity monitoring, reporting and findings in a complex aphasia intervention trial: a substudy of the Very Early Rehabilitation in SpEech (VERSE) trial. Trials, 23(1), Article number 501. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06433-3.
  • D'souza, S., Ciccone, N., Hersh, D., Janssen, H., Armstrong, B., Godecke, E. (2022). Staff and volunteers’ perceptions of a Communication Enhanced Environment model in an acute/slow stream rehabilitation and a rehabilitation hospital ward: a qualitative description study within a before-and-after pilot study. Disability and Rehabilitation, 44(23), 7009-7022. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2021.1977397.
  • D'souza, S., Hersh, D., Godecke, E., Ciccone, N., Janssen, H., Armstrong, B. (2022). Patients’ experiences of a Communication Enhanced Environment model on an acute/slow stream rehabilitation and a rehabilitation ward following stroke: a qualitative description approach. Disability and Rehabilitation, 44(21), 6304-6313. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2021.1965226.
  • Cairns, A., Geia, L., Kris, S., Armstrong, B., O'Hara, A., Rodda, D., McDermott, R., Barker, R. (2022). Developing a community rehabilitation and lifestyle service for a remote indigenous community. Disability and Rehabilitation, 44(16), 4266-4274. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2021.1900416.
  • D'souza, S., Godecke, E., Ciccone, N., Hersh, D., Armstrong, B., Tucak, C., Janssen, H. (2022). Investigation of the implementation of a Communication Enhanced Environment model on an acute/slow stream rehabilitation and a rehabilitation ward: A before-and-after pilot study. Clinical Rehabilitation, 36(1), 15-39. https://doi.org/10.1177/02692155211032655.
  • Armstrong, B., McAllister, M., Coffin, J., Robinson, M., Thompson, S., Katzenellenbogen, J., Colegate, K., Papertalk, L., Hersh, D., Ciccone, N., White, J. (2022). Communication services for Indigenous peoples after stroke and traumatic brain injury: Alignment of Sustainable Development Goals 3, 16 and 17 within the First Nations context in Australia. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 25(1), 147-151. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2022.2145356.

2021

Journal Articles

  • Godecke, E., Armstrong, B., Rai, T., Ciccone, N., Rose, M., Middleton, S., Whitworth, A., Holland, A., Ellery, F., Hankey, G., Cadilhac, D., Bernhardt, J. (2021). A randomized control trial of intensive aphasia therapy after acute stroke: The Very Early Rehabilitation for SpEech (VERSE) study. International Journal of Stroke, 16(5), 556-572. https://doi.org/10.1177/1747493020961926.
  • Skoss, R., White, J., Stanley, M., Robinson, M., Thompson, S., Armstrong, B., Katzenellenbogen, J. (2021). Study protocol for a prospective process evaluation of a culturally secure rehabilitation programme for Aboriginal Australians after brain injury: the Healing Right Way project. BMJ Open, 11(9), Article number e046042. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-046042.
  • D'souza, S., Godecke, E., Ciccone, N., Hersh, D., Janssen, H., Armstrong, B. (2021). Hospital staff, volunteers' and patients' perceptions of barriers and facilitators to communication following stroke in an acute and a rehabilitation private hospital ward: a qualitative description study. BMJ Open, 11(5), article number e043897. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-043897.
  • Hersh, D., Armstrong, B. (2021). Information, communication, advocacy, and complaint: how the spouse of a man with aphasia managed his discharge from hospital. Aphasiology, 35(8), 1067-1083. https://doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2020.1765304.
  • Armstrong, B., McCoy, K., Clinch, R., Merritt, M., Speedy, R., McAllister, M., Heine, K., Ciccone, N., Robinson, M., Coffin, J. (2021). The development of aboriginal brain injury coordinator positions: a culturally secure rehabilitation service initiative as part of a clinical trial. Primary Health Care Research and Development, 22(Sep 2021), Article number e49. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1463423621000396.
  • Armstrong, B., Coffin, J., Hersh, D., Katznellenbogen, J., Thompson, S., Ciccone, N., Flicker, L., Woods, D., Hayward, C., Dowell, C., McAllister, M. (2021). “You felt like a prisoner in your own self, trapped”: the experiences of Aboriginal people with acquired communication disorders. Disability and Rehabilitation, 43(13), 1903-1916. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2019.1686073.
  • Armstrong, B., Coffin, J., Hersh, D., Katznellenbogen, J., Thompson, S., Flicker, L., McAllister, M., Cadilhac, D., Rai, T., Godecke, E., Hayward, C., Hankey, G., Drew, N., Lin, I., Woods, D., Ciccone, N. (2021). Healing right way: study protocol for a stepped wedge cluster randomised controlled trial to enhance rehabilitation services and improve quality of life in Aboriginal Australians after brain injury. BMJ Open, 11(9), Article number e045898. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-045898.

2020

Journal Articles

  • Armstrong, B., McAllister, M., Hersh, D., Katzenellenbogen, J., Thompson, S., Coffin, J., Flicker, L., Woods, D., Hayward, C., Ciccone, N. (2020). A screening tool for acquired communication disorders in Aboriginal Australians after brain injury: lessons learned from the pilot phase. Aphasiology, 34(11), 1388-1412. https://doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2019.1678107.

2019

Book Chapters

  • Brewer, K., Lewis, T., Bond, C., Armstrong, B., Hill, A., Nelson, A., Coffin, J. (2019). Maintaining cultural integrity in Australian Aboriginal and New Zealand Maori qualitative research in communication disorders. Qualitative research in communication disorders - an introduction for students and clinicians (407-433). J&R Press Ltd. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworkspost2013/6632.

Journal Articles

  • Groenewold, R., Armstrong, B. (2019). A multimodal analysis of enactment in everyday interaction in people with aphasia. Aphasiology, 33(12), 1441-1461. https://doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2019.1644814.
  • Hersh, D., Armstrong, B., McAllister, M., Ciccone, N., Katzenellenbogen, J., Coffin, J., Thompson, S., Hayward, C., Flicker, L., Woods, D. (2019). General practitioners’ perceptions of their communication with Australian Aboriginal patients with acquired neurogenic communication disorders. Patient Education and Counseling, 102(12), 2310-2317. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2019.07.029.
  • Armstrong, B., Carmody, A., Robins, A., Lewis, T. (2019). Assessment and outcome measures for Aboriginal Australians with communication disorders. Journal of Clinical Practice in Speech-Language Pathology, 21(2), 50-57. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworkspost2013/7586.
  • Ciccone, N., Armstrong, B., Hersh, D., Adams, M., McAllister, M. (2019). The Wangi (talking) project: A feasibility study of a rehabilitation model for aboriginal people with acquired communication disorders after stroke. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 21(3), 305-316. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2019.1595146.
  • Booth, S., Armstrong, B., Taylor, C., Hersh, D. (2019). Communication access: is there some common ground between the experiences of people with aphasia and speakers of English as an additional language?. Aphasiology, 33(8), 996-1018. https://doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2018.1512078.
  • Armstrong, B., Coffin, J., McAllister, M., Hersh, D., Katzenellenbogen, J., Thompson, S., Ciccone, N., Flicker, L., Cross, N., Arabi, L., Woods, D., Hayward, C. (2019). ‘I’ve got to row the boat on my own, more or less’: aboriginal australian experiences of traumatic brain injury. Brain Impairment, 20(2), 120-136. https://doi.org/10.1017/BrImp.2019.19.

2018

Journal Articles

  • Godecke, E., Rai, T., Cadilhac, D., Armstrong, B., Middleton, S., Ciccone, N., Whitworth, A., Rose, M., Holland, A., Ellery, F., Hankey, G., Bernhardt, J. (2018). Statistical analysis plan (SAP) for the Very Early Rehabilitation in Speech (VERSE) after stroke trial: aninternational 3-arm clinical trial to determine the effectiveness of early, intensive, prescribed, direct aphasia therapy. International Journal of Stroke, 13(8), 863-880. https://doi.org/10.1177/1747493018790055.
  • Groenewold, R., Armstrong, B. (2018). The effects of enactment on communicative competence in aphasic casual conversation: a functional linguistic perspective. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 53(4), 836-851. https://doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.12392.
  • Katzenellenbogen, J., Atkins, E., Thompson, S., Hersh, D., Coffin, J., Flicker, L., Hayward, C., Ciccone, N., Woods, D., Greenland, M., McAllister, M., Armstrong, B. (2018). Missing Voices: Profile, Extent, and 12-Month Outcomes of Nonfatal Traumatic Brain Injury in Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Adults in Western Australia Using Linked Administrative Records. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 33(6), 412-423. https://doi.org/10.1097/HTR.0000000000000371.
  • Hersh, D., Wood, P., Armstrong, B. (2018). Informal aphasia assessment, interaction and the development of the therapeutic relationship in the early period after stroke. Aphasiology, 32(8), 876-901. https://doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2017.1381878.

2017

Book Chapters

  • Ferguson, A., Spencer, E., Armstrong, B. (2017). Systemic functional linguistics and clinical linguistics. The Routledge Handbook of Systemic Functional Linguistics (491-505). Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315413891.

Journal Articles

  • Penn, C., Armstrong, B. (2017). Intercultural aphasia: new models of understanding forIndigenous populations. Aphasiology, 31(5), 563-594. https://doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2016.1213788.
  • Penn, C., Armstrong, B., Brewer, K., Purves, B., McAllister, M., Hersh, D., Godecke, E., Ciccone, N., Lewis, A. (2017). De-colonizing Speech-Language Pathology practice in acquired neurogenic disorders. Perspectives on Neurophysiology and Neurogenic Speech and Language Disorders, 2(3), 91-99. https://doi.org/10.1044/persp2.SIG2.91.
  • Armstrong, B., Ciccone, N., Hersh, D., Katzenellenbogen, J., Coffin, J., Thompson, S., Flicker, L., Hayward, C., Woods, D., McAllister, M. (2017). Development of the Aboriginal Communication Assessment After Brain Injury (ACAABI): a screening tool for identifying acquired communication disorders in Aboriginal Australians. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 19(3), 297-308. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2017.1290136.
  • Berg, K., Askim, T., Balandin, S., Armstrong, B., Rise, M. (2017). Experiences of participation in goal setting for people with stroke-induced aphasia in Norway: A qualitative study. Disability and Rehabilitation, 39(11), 1122-1130. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2016.1185167.
  • Armstrong, B., McKay, G., Hersh, D. (2017). Assessment and treatment of aphasia in Aboriginal Australians: Linguistic considerations and broader implications for cross-cultural practice. Journal of Clinical Practice in Speech-Language Pathology, 19(1), 27-34.

2016

Journal Articles

  • Godecke, E., Armstrong, B., Rai, T., Middleton, S., Ciccone, N., Whitworth, A., Rose, M., Holland, A., Ellery, F., Hankey, G., Cadilhac, D., Bernhardt, J. (2016). A randomized controlled trial of very early rehabilitation in speech after stroke. International Journal of Stroke, 11(5), 586-592. https://doi.org/10.1177/1747493016641116.
  • Katzenellenbogen, J., Atkins, E., Thompson, S., Hersh, D., Coffin, J., Flicker, L., Hayward, C., Ciccone, N., Woods, D., McAllister, M., Armstrong, B. (2016). Missing Voices: Profile and extent of acquired communication disorders in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal adult stroke survivors in Western Australia using linked administrative records. International Journal of Stroke, 11(1), 103-116. https://doi.org/10.1177/1747493015607521.
  • Berg, K., Rise, MB., Balandin, S., Armstrong, B., Askim, T. (2016). Speech pathologists' experience of involving people with stroke-induced aphasia in clinical decision making during rehabilitation. Disability and Rehabilitation, 38(9), 870-878. https://doi.org/10.3109/09638288.2015.1066453.
  • Hersh, D., Godecke, E., Armstrong, B., Ciccone, N., Bernhardt, J. (2016). “Ward Talk”: nurses' interaction with people with and without aphasia in the very early period poststroke. Aphasiology, 30(5), 609-628. https://doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2014.933520.

2015

Journal Articles

  • Hersh, D., Armstrong, B., Panak, V., Coombes, J. (2015). Speech-language pathology practices with Indigenous Australians with acquired communication disorders. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 17(1), 74-85. https://doi.org/10.3109/17549507.2014.923510.
  • Armstrong, B., Hersh, D., Katzenellenbogen, J., Coffin, J., Thompson, S., Ciccone, N., Hayward, C., Flicker, L., Woods, D., McAllister, M. (2015). Study Protocol: Missing Voices - Communication difficulties after stroke and traumatic brain injury in Aboriginal Australians. Brain Impairment, 16(2), 145-156. https://doi.org/10.1017/BrImp.2015.15.
  • Armstrong, B., Hersh, D., Hayward, C., Fraser, J. (2015). Communication disorders after stroke in Aboriginal Australians. Disability and Rehabilitation, 37(16), 1462-1469. https://doi.org/10.3109/09638288.2014.972581.
  • Hersh, D., Armstrong, B., Bourke, N. (2015). A narrative analysis of a speech pathologist’s work with Indigenous Australians with acquired communication disorders. Disability and Rehabilitation, 37(1), 33-40. https://doi.org/10.3109/09638288.2014.890675.

2014

Journal Articles

  • Stewart, K., Ciccone, N., Armstrong, B. (2014). Carer experiences with rehabilitation in the home. Journal of Clinical Practice in Speech-Language Pathology, 16(1), 2-6.

2013

Journal Articles

  • Armstrong, B., Fox, S., Wilkinson, R. (2013). Mild aphasia: is this the place for an argument?. American Journal of Speech Language Pathology, 22(2), S268-S278. https://doi.org/10.1044/1058-0360(2012/12-0084).
  • Godecke, E., Rai, T., Ciccone, N., Armstrong, B., Granger, A., Hankey, G. (2013). Amount of therapy matters in very early aphasia rehabilitation after stroke: A clinical prognostic model. Seminars in Speech and Language, 34(3), 129-141. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0033-1358369.
  • Cherney, L., Simmons-Mackie, N., Raymer, A., Armstrong, B., Holland, A. (2013). Systematic Review of Communication Partner Training in Aphasia: Methodological Quality. International Journal of Speech Language Pathology, 15(5), 535-545. https://doi.org/10.3109/17549507.2013.763289.

2012

Journal Articles

  • Armstrong, B., Mortensen, L., Ciccone, N., Godecke, E. (2012). Expressing opinions and feelings in a conversational setting. Seminars in Speech and Language, 33(1), 16-26. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0031-1301160.
  • Armstrong, B., Hersh, D., Hayward, C., Fraser, J., Brown, M. (2012). Living with aphasia: Three Indigenous Australian stories. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 14(3), 271-280. https://doi.org/10.3109/17549507.2011.663790.

2011

Book Chapters

  • Armstrong, B., Ferguson, A., Mortensen, L. (2011). Public and private identity: The co-construction of aphasia through discourse.. Discourses of deficit (215-234). Palgrave Macmillan.

Journal Articles

  • Fromm, D., Holland, A., Armstrong, B., Forbes, M., Macwhinney, B., Risko, A., Mattison, N. (2011). “Better But No Cigar”: Persons with Aphasia Speak about their Speech.. Aphasiology, 25(11), 1431-1447. https://doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2011.608839.
  • Armstrong, B., Ciccone, N., Godecke, E., Kok, B. (2011). Monologues and dialogues in aphasia: Some initial comparisons. Aphasiology, 25(11), 1347-1371. https://doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2011.577204.

2010

Book Chapters

  • Armstrong, B., Ferguson, E. (2010). Interacting with difficulty: The case of aphasia. New adventures in language and interaction (199-221). John Benjamins Publishing Company.

Journal Articles

  • Barnes, S., Armstrong, B. (2010). Conversation after right hemisphere brain damage: Motivations for applying conversation analysis. Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, 24(1), 55-69.
  • Armstrong, B., Ferguson, A. (2010). Language, meaning, context, and functional communication. Aphasiology, 24(4), 480-496.
  • Simmons-Mackie, N., Raymer, S., Armstrong, B., Holland, A., Cherney, L. (2010). Communication Partner Training in Aphasia:A Systematic Review. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 91(12), 1814-1837.

2007

Book Chapters

  • Armstrong, B., Ulatowska, H. (2007). Stroke Stories: Conveying Emotive Experiences in Aphasia.. Clinical Aphasiology: Future Directions (195-210). Psychology Press.

Journal Articles

  • Armstrong, B., Ulatowska, H. (2007). Making stories: Evaluative language and the aphasia experience. Aphasiology, 21(6-8), 763-774.

2006

Journal Articles

  • Armstrong, B., Mortensen, L. (2006). Everyday talk: Its role in assessment and treatment for individuals with aphasia. Brain Impairment, 7(3), 175-189.

2005

Book Chapters

  • Armstrong, B., Ferguson, A., Mortensen, L., Togher, L. (2005). Acquired language disorders: Some functional insights.. Continuing Discourse on Language: A Functional Perspective (383-412). Equinox Publishing.

Journal Articles

  • Armstrong, B. (2005). Expressing opinions and feelings in aphasia: Linguistic options. Aphasiology, 19(3-5), 285-295.
  • Bartlett, S., Armstrong, B., Roberts, J. (2005). Linguistic resources of individuals with Asperger Syndrome. Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, 19(3), 203-213.
  • Armstrong, B. (2005). Language disorder: A functional linguistic perspective. Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, 19(3), 137-153.

Conference Publications

  • Mirabito, K., Armstrong, B. (2005). Parent Reactions to Speech Therapy Involvement.. Proceedings of the 2005 Speech Pathology Australia National Conference (54-61). Speech Pathology Australia.

2004

Journal Articles

  • Ferguson, A., Armstrong, B. (2004). Reflections on speech–language therapists’ talk: implications for clinical practice and education. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 39(4), 469-507.

2003

Journal Articles

  • Ferguson, A., Worrall, L., McPhee, J., Buskell, R., Armstrong, B., Togher, L. (2003). Testamentary capacity and aphasia: A descriptive case report with implications for clinical practice. Aphasiology, 17(10), 965-980.
  • Armstrong, B. (2003). Communication culture in acute speech pathology settings: Current issues. Advances in Speech-Language Pathology, 5(2), 137-143.

Research Projects

  • How can culture inform brain injury rehabilitation services? Centering First Nations perspectives in achieving systemic change in the planning and delivery of rehabilitation and support after stroke and traumatic brain injury, Department of Health WA, Clinician Researcher Training Scholarship, 2023 ‑ 2027, $225,000.
  • AUS-mTBI: designing and implementing the health informatics approaches to enhance treatment and care for people with mild TB, National Health and Medical Research Council, MRFF Traumatic Brain Injury Mission and Emerging Priorities and Consumer Driven Research Initiative - 2021 Traumatic Brain Injury Grant, 2022 ‑ 2026, $630,527.
  • Enhancing rehabilitation services for Aboriginal Australians after brain injury: Healing Right Way, National Health and Medical Research Council, Partnership Projects, 2016 ‑ 2023, $1,856,079.
  • Medical and Health Research Infrastructure Fund (MHRIF) 2021, Department of Health WA, Medical and Health Research Infrastructure, 2021 ‑ 2022, $15,264.
  • Brain injury yarning circles: Support groups for Aboriginal Australians after brain injury, Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science, Neurotrauma Research Program, 2020 ‑ 2022, $95,000.
  • Translation of a culturally responsive stroke rehabilitation service for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples into a real-world setting in northern Australia: A Type 1 hybrid effectiveness implementation trial., National Health and Medical Research Council, Northern Australia Tropical Disease Collaborative Research Program, 2018 ‑ 2021, $9,487.
  • Investigating a Communication Enhanced Environment to Increase Communication Activity Early After Stroke. , Hollywood Private Hospital Research Foundation, Grant, 2016 ‑ 2020, $17,483.
  • Medical and Health Research Infrastructure Fund 2018 (Round 22), Department of Health WA, Medical and Health Research Infrastructure, 2019 ‑ 2020, $17,132.
  • Early process evaluation: Real-world data to inform better implementation of an Aboriginal stroke rehabilitation trial , National Stroke Foundation, Seed Grants, 2018 ‑ 2019, $29,819.
  • Yarning together: Developing a culturally secure rehabilitation approach for Aboriginal Australians after brain injury, Lowitja Institute Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health CRC, 2017 Research Funding, 2018 ‑ 2019, $166,445.
  • Medical and Health Research Infrastructure Fund 2016 (Round 20), Department of Health WA, Medical and Health Research Infrastructure, 2017 ‑ 2018, $29,305.
  • Very Early Rehabilitation in SpEech: An RCT of aphasia therapy after stroke, Tavistock Trust for Aphasia, Grant, 2017 ‑ 2018, $243,000.
  • Prediction of language outcome after stroke using clinically available acute brain imaging , Rebecca L Cooper Medical Research Foundation Ltd, Grant, 2016 ‑ 2018, $25,000.
  • Stroke survivors and staff informing Very Early Rehabilitation in Speech (VERSE-Q): a VERSE qualitative sub-study., Edith Cowan University, ECU Collaboration Enhancement Scheme - 2016 Round 2, 2017 ‑ 2018, $10,000.
  • Very Early Rehabilitation in SpEech: An RCT of aphasia therapy after stroke, National Health and Medical Research Council, Project Grants, 2013 ‑ 2018, $742,000.
  • Medical and Health Research Infrastructure Fund (MHRIF) 2015 (Round 19) , Department of Health WA, Medical and Health Research Infrastructure, 2016 ‑ 2017, $19,560.
  • The Wangi (talking) project: a feasibility study of a culturally sensitive rehabilitation model for Aboriginal people post stroke., National Stroke Foundation, Seed Grants, 2016 ‑ 2017, $49,779.
  • Missing voices: Communication difficulties after stroke and traumatic brain injury in Indigenous Australians, National Health and Medical Research Council, Project Grants, 2013 ‑ 2016, $634,088.
  • 2015 NHMRC Equipment Grant, National Health and Medical Research Council, Equipment Grant 2015, 2015 ‑ 2016, $6,798.
  • Standard Equipment Grant 2012, National Health and Medical Research Council, Equipment Grant 2012, 2012 ‑ 2014, $5,744.
  • Learning not to talk: Is communication "learned non-use" following stroke a reality?, Edith Cowan University, ECU Early Career Researcher - Grant, 2011 ‑ 2012, $23,622.
  • Communication difficulties after stroke in Indigenous Australians: Issues and attitudes, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, AIATSIS - Grant, 2010 ‑ 2011, $35,541.

Research Student Supervision

Current Supervisions

Principal Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Investigation of the role of dynamic assessment in the diagnosis, referral and language outcomes of multilingual children with developmental language disorder

Completed Supervisions

Principal Supervisor

  • Master of Social Science, Face-to-face: An exploratory study of how people with aphasia and speakers of English as a second language perceive their interactions with government agencies
  • Master of Social Science, Speech and swallowing rehabilitation in the home: A comparison of two service delivery models for stroke survivors

Associate Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Investigation of a communication enhanced environment model after stroke: A mixed methods before-and-after pilot study
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