
Professor Anja Lowit
Speech and Language Therapy
Area of Expertise
- Communication disorders
- Acoustic speech analysis
- Prosody
- Motor speech disorders
Qualifications
I trained as a speech and language therapist at Reading University (BA Hons in Linguistics and Language Pathology) and then moved to Newcastle upon Tyne to do my PhD on acoustic phonetic analysis in dysarthria. I practised briefly as a speech and language therapist in North Wales before moving to Strathclyde University in 1996.
Publications
- Investigating subtypes : a study on the heterogeneous nature of ataxic dysarthria
- Kahraman Suleyman, Lowit Anja, Parra Rodriguez Mario, Hadjivassiliou Marios
- American Speech and Hearing Association Convention 2024 (2024)
- Social competencies of children with disinhibited social engagement disorder : a systematic review
- Davidson Claire, Islam Shahela, Venturini Enrico, Lowit Anja, Gillberg Christopher, Minnis Helen
- JCPP Advances Vol 4 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jcv2.12226
- ClearSpeechTogether versus standard SLT : a pilot randomised controlled trial for people with MSA-C
- Lowit Anja, Xing Kaiyue, Hadjivassilliou Marios
- Conference on Motor Speech (2024)
- ClearSpeechTogether : a qualitative process evaluation framework examining the implementation of speech intervention for individuals with progressive ataxia
- Lowit Anja, Ashworth Phoebe, Hadjivassilliou Marios
- Conference on Motor Speech (2024)
- Digital health in head and neck cancer : a systematic review
- Hulse Kate, Li Lucy, Lowit Anja, Maguire Roma, Douglas Catriona
- Journal of Laryngology and Otology Vol 137, pp. 1312-1325 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022215123000695
- ClearSpeechTogether : a rater blinded, single, controlled feasibility study of speech intervention for speakers with progressive ataxia
- Lowit Anja, Cox Jessica, Loucas Melissa, Grassly Jennifer, Egan Aisling, van Brenk Frits, Hadjivassilliou Marios
- The Cerebellum Vol 22, pp. 865-876 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s12311-022-01462-9
Teaching
My teaching expertise covers clinical linguistics as well as SLT related topics for the BSc in Speech and Language Pathology. This includes pragmatics, semantics, grammar, bilingualism and instrumental speech analysis, motor speech and other adult acquired communication disorders.
Current and past external educational responsibilities include various external examiner positions, and being a member of course accreditation panels at international level. I have also held a number of visiting lecturer posts, such as in Malta or Portugal. I furthermore represented RCSLT in the Education committee of CPLOL (Comité Permanent de Liaison des Orthophonistes / Logopèdes de l'Union Européenne) from 2008 and held the position of Vice President of this committee from 2009 to 2011.
Research Interests
My research mainly focuses on motor speech disorders. This includes the application of instrumental techniques to diagnosis and treatment, the investigation of prosodic difficulties and the evaluation of assessment and treatment techniques for these disorders.
Furthermore, I am interested in the nature of other speech problems, such as cleft palate speech, prosodic disturbances across a range of disorders, as well as the relationship between speech perception and production, and cognition and speech and language skills in degenerative disorders. Recent work also extends to evaluating outcome measures for speech and language therapy, as well as investigations of service delivery models.
Professional Activities
- Clinical manifestations and management of communication difficulties in people with progressive ataxia
- Speaker
- 28/6/2024
- ClearSpeechTogether versus standard NHS speech intervention: A single, mixed method, rater-blinded pilot randomised controlled trial for people living with MSA-C.
- Speaker
- 9/2/2024
- New Developments in the Treatment of Communication Difficulties in Progressive Ataxias
- Speaker
- 20/10/2023
- Communication in people with progressive motor conditions - A speaker perspective
- Speaker
- 12/3/2023
- Speech Therapy
- Speaker
- 18/6/2022
- COP26 Reflections
- Participant
- 16/12/2021
Projects
- ClearSpeechTogether versus standard NHS speech intervention: A single, mixed method, rater blinded pilot randomised controlled trial for people living with MSA-C
- Lowit, Anja (Principal Investigator)
- 15-Jan-2023 - 30-Jan-2024
- A feasibility study of LSVT Artic to improve speech performance in people with progressive ataxia
- Lowit, Anja (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 30-Jan-2023
- A joint model of online SLT intervention and peer support to enhance communication effectiveness and participation in people with progressive ataxia
- Lowit, Anja (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2020 - 30-Jan-2022
- Mealtime Difficulties in Dementia - a carer perspective ( Aisling Egan)
- Lowit, Anja (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2019 - 10-Jan-2020
- Effectiveness of LSVT in improving communication in people with hereditary ataxia
- Lowit, Anja (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2017 - 30-Jan-2019
- Phonetic markers of sentence stress in people with speech disorders
- Lowit, Anja (Principal Investigator) Kuschmann, Anja (Co-investigator)
- Phonetic markers of sentence stress in people with speech disorders
- 01-Jan-2016 - 31-Jan-2017