Department of Rehabilitation Sciences
My research focuses mainly on speech and language development/disorders of infants wearing hearing aids or cochlear implants. It is crucial to identify early potential communication markers predicting the success of early cochlear implantation, even before the school-age period. My research was funded by the European Social Fund with the scholarship named “Heraclitus II”. The research findings are accessible through the official link of the program (http://heraclitus.uom.gr/binos.html). Some aspects of the current approved research can be found by the National Bioethics Committee of Cyprus. The age of implantation, volubility, suprasegmental factors, the onset and measurement of babbling, speech science, auditory verbal/aural education as an EBP approach, the development of early prognostic questionnaires and the study of early typical vocalization are all the components of my research activity. Based on these, today I teach the courses of Audiology, Rehab Audiology under the SLT perspective and Language Disorders at the Department of SLT in Cyprus University of Technology.
2014: Ph.D. in Speech & Hearing Sciences
Department of Educational & Social Policy, University of Macedonia, Greece
Dissertation topic: “Phonoprosodic features of speech in infants wearing Cochlear Implants”.
Lecturer
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences – Speech Language Therapy/Pathology, Cyprus University of Technology
Duration: 2022-today
Special Teaching Staff
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences – Speech Language Therapy/Pathology, Cyprus University of Technology
Duration: 2019-2022
Clinical SLT
Private Practice SLT
Duration: 2007 – 2013
Clinical SLT
Center of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (KEFIAP), Edessa, Greece.
Duration: 2018 – 2019
Research Assistant
University of Macedonia & Co-operation University Hospital AHEPA (Cochlear Implantation Clinic)
Duration: 2008 – 2014
Special Scientist
European University Cyprus
Duration: 2015 – 2019
Special Scientist
Cyprus University of Technology
Duration: 2015 – 2019
Visiting Lecturer for Postgraduate Program
Τhe School of Dentistry of Aristotle University (Greece)
Duration: 2018 – 2019
Visiting Lecturer for Postgraduate Program
Τhe Department of SLT in Ioannina (Greece)
Duration: 2017
Research Scholarship funded by the European Social Fund for the research in “Phonoprosodic features of speech in infants wearing Cochlear Implants”. (ESF) for three years (50K €) after national competition (Grade: Excellent).
Year: 2010 – 2013
The poster presentation titled "Auditory - Verbal Therapy as evidence informed practice (EIP)" received a distinction by the Reviewers of the National Conference of Speech Therapists (SELLE)
Year: 2019
Member of the AG Bell Association for the Deaf-Hard of Hearing (USA) and Assoc.
Duration: 2018 – 2020
Associate Editor of the peer-reviewed journal “The Volta Review” (Columbia, USA).
Duration: 2018 – 2020
Μember SLP Association in Cyprus
Duration: 2016 – 2020
Member of the Int Phonetic Association
Duration: 2018 – 2020
Member of the Panhellenic ENT-Audiology Association
Duration: 2016
Member of the Royal College of SLTs (UK)
Duration: 2007