Kakia Petinou

Professor, Deputy Dean

Kakia Petinou is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, School of Health Sciences, Cyprus University of Technology. Since 2020 she has been the coordinator of the Master of Science Program “Developmental Communication Disorders”. Professor Petinou holds a Bachelor and Master's Degree (CUM LAUDE) in Speech Therapy / Speech Pathology from the University of Georgia, USA, as well as a PhD in Speech and Hearing from the City University of New York Graduate Center in the US with a specialization in development psycholinguistics.

Her research interests focus on the linguistic development of children with [...]

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Kakia Petinou is a Professor and Head of the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, School of Health Sciences, program of Speech and Language Pathology at the Technological University Cyprus as well as founder and director of the research laboratory “TheraLab” at Cyprus University of Technology. She holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master’s degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders from the University of Georgia, USA as well as a Ph.D. in the field of Speech and Hearing Sciences in Developmental Psycholinguistics from the City University of New York, Graduate Center, NY, USA. She was a Lecturer in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders (Faculty of Health Sciences) at Yeshiva University, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA, a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Cyprus in 2000-2001. Between 2004 and 2012 she was appointed as Associate Professor of Linguistics and Speech and Language Pathology at the European University Cyprus. She also served as a scientific collaborator at The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics (Department of Clinical Genetics) and has been the Principal Investigator (PI) of various funded research programs in Cyprus and in Europe. She has been a member of the Child Language Committee (CLC) of the IALP from 2010-2018 and since 2018-present she has been chairing the Autism Spectrum Committee (ASD) of the IALP. She is a registered member of the Cyprus Association of Speech Therapy and a member of the association’s By-Laws committee. She has published her research in various scientific journals and has participated in various international congresses. Her research interests lie in typical and atypical language development of toddlers and children with a focus on late talkers, early speech correlates of developmental apraxia of speech, phonological and semantic interface, systematic intervention in speech sound disorders and clinical practices in ASD. Her research interests lie also on the development of valid and reliable assessment tools for evaluation, diagnosis and intervention of speech and language disorders in children. In addition, she was a Management Committee member of COST ACTION IS1406-Enhancing children’s oral language skills across Europe.

Qualifications

1998: Ph.D. in Speech and Hearing Sciences

Department of City University of New York

Dissertation topic: Otitis Media Effects on Speech Perception

1989: Me.d. Speech Pathology

Department of University of Georgia

1987: Bachelor in Speech Pathology

Department of University of Georgia

Employment

Professor Department of Rehabilitation Sciences/ Speech & Language Pathology

Cyprus University of Technology

Duration: 2020 – Current

Associate Professor Department of Rehabilitation Sciences / Speech & Language Pathology

Cyprus University of Technology

Duration: 2013 – 2020

Associate Professor Department of Speech & Language Pathology

European University Cyprus

Duration: 2009 – 2013

Assistant Professor of Linguistics

Cyprus College

Duration: 2004 – 2008

Labs

http://theralab.cut.ac.cy/

Awards

Primary Investigator & Project Coordinator

Development of the Cyprus Speech and Language Assessment Battery, Center of Education and Research

Year: 2015

Theralab

Center of Education and Research

Year: 2014 – 2016

Netquest

Life Long Learning Program

Year: 2010 -2013

Grammatical Skills in Children with Typical Language Development

Faculty Research Grant, Euc Supplement Grant

Year: 2009 – 2010

Lexical Development in Children 12-14 Months

European University

Year: 2008 – 2009

Grammatical Learning in Cypriot and Greek Children with Specific Language Impairment

The Cyprus Institute of Research Promotion

Year: 2006 – 2010

Linguistic Skills of Normally Developing and Late Talking Toddlers: Phonology, Lexical Acquisition, Morphology and Syntax

Cyprus College Research Faculty

Year: 2006 – 2007

Phonological and Lexical Skills of Cypriot-Greek Speaking Toddlers

Year: 2005 – 2007

Publications

Journal Publications (peer-reviewed)

Published

Petinou K. &Theodorou, Ε (2019). Promoting speech intelligibility through phonologically dense targets. Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics. 4, 1-13. doi: 10.1080/02699206.2019.1597168.
Pampoulou, I., Theodorou E., & Petinou, K (2018). The use of augmentative and alternative communication in Cyprus: Findings from a preliminary survey. Journal of Child Language Teaching & Therapy. 34(1), 5-21. htth/doi.org/10.1177/0265659018755523
Kyriakou, K., Petinou, K., & Phinikettos, I (2017). Risk and Prevalence of Self—perceived Voice Disorders in Male and Female University professors in Cyprus. Journal of Environmental and Health Sciences. 4(1), 26-33. available on-line, https://doi: 10.15436/2378-6841.18.1834
Gilloni, Yvette Hyterii, Fernanda Dreux M Fernandes iii, Sarah Fermaniv, Yvette Husv, Kakia Petinouvi, Osnat Segalvii, Tatjana Tumanovaviii, Ioannis Vogindroukasix , Carol Westbyx, Marleen Westerveldxi (2017): International Survey of Speech-language pathologists’ practices in working with children with Autism 13 Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Folia Phoniatrica & Logopaedica. 69(1-2):8-19. doi: 10.1159/000479063.
Petinou, K., & Minaidou, D. (2017). Neurobiological bases of autism spectrum disorders and implications for early intervention: a brief overview. Folia Phoniatrica & Logopaedica. 69(1-2):38-42. doi: 10.1159/000479181.
Kyriakou, K., Petinou, K., & Phinikettos, I (2017). Risk Factors for Voice Disorders in University Professors in Cyprus. Journal of Voice. 31 (5), 393-518. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvoice.2017.07.005
Petinou, K. & Armostis, S. (2017). Phonological process occurrence in Typically Developing Toddlers. Folia Phoniatrica & Logopaedica. 68 (5), 199-204. doi: 10.1159/000454950
Kkese, E., & Petinou, K. (2016). Perception Abilities of L1 Cypriot Greek Listeners - Types of Errors Involving Plosive Consonants in L2 English. Journal of Psycholinguist Research. 16, 18-34.
Petinou, K., & Theodorou, E. (2015). Early phonetic profiles in Cypriot Greek toddlers. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics. 4, 22- 38.
Petinou , K. & Spanoudes, G. (2014). How early language phenotypes correlate with later linguistic abilities, Special Issues on Brain cognition and language connections. Folia Phoniatrica & Logopedica. 66, 67-76. doi:10.1159/000365848

Teaching

Phonetics & Phonology

Introduction to Linguistics

Language Acquisition

Developmental Phonological Disorders

Psycholinguistics and Neurolinguistics

Craniofacial anomalies and Genetic Syndromes

Rehabilitative Audiology

Differential Diagnosis and rehabilitation in Speech Sound Disorders

Services Consulting

Academic Degree Evaluator

Cyprus Registry of Diploma Evaluation KYSATS

Duration: Since 2013

Academic Program & Faculty Promotion Evaluator

APELA, Greece

Duration: Since 2013

Member

Cyprus Association of Speech Therapists

Duration: Since 1989

Delegate Scientific Committee

International Association of Logopedics & Phoniatrics (IALP)

Duration: Since 2010

Member

International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics (IALP)

Duration: Since 1997

Kakia Petinou

Τεχνολογικό Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου

Professor, Deputy Dean

Her research interests focus on the linguistic development of children with late onset of expressive language and its relationship to persistent language challenges in the form of developmental language disorder, child apraxia of speech, speech sound disorders, autism spectrum disorders, narrative skills across pathologies, evidence-based treatment in speech sound disorders etc.). Petinou also focuses on the development of reliable and valid tools of speech and language assessment.

He has been a Lecturer in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Cyprus in the Department of English Philology and the Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies. He has also served as Associate Professor of Speech and Linguistics at the European University of Cyprus. She has worked as a research associate at the Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics (Department of Clinical Genetics) and was has received numerous funding grants in the ae of child language speech and language disorders and development. (see attached CV).

She is a member of the International Association of Communication Sciences and Disorders (IALP). At the same time, since 2020 he is chairman of the Autism Committee of the International Association of Communication Disorders (IALP). She is the director of the research laboratory http://theralab.cut.ac.cy/. She is a registered member of the Association of Speech Therapists of Cyprus and from 2010-2013 he was its chairman.

Her research work has been published in various scientific journals. He has participated in many international conferences with research papers on linguistic conquest and language disorder, early language retardation and phonological development. Petinou is strong advocate of theory-motivated and evidence-based practice in the field of communication sciences and disorders.

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kakia.petinou@cut.ac.cy

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Kakia Petinou

Professor, Deputy Dean

kakia.petinou@cut.ac.cy

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