Dr Mridhula Murali

Research Associate

Speech and Language Therapy

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Personal statement

A research associate on the Variation in Child Speech (VariCS) project with Dr. Anja Kuschmann. After completing a BA honours in Psychology, I developed an interest in linguistics and chose to complete my Masters in Linguistics from Utrecht University, Netherlands. My Masters project focused on investigating speech rhythm in the motor speech disorder, dysarthria. My doctorate with Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, investigated acoustic speech markers to track speech changes in hypokinetic dysarthria associated with Parkinson's disease. I have previously worked as a research assistant on an Innovation Fellowship at Queen Margaret University, focused on the development of ultrasound as a new clinical assessment tool of swallowing function. I have a keen interest in clinical phonetics, particularly speech production in speech and communication disorders, and in speech variability. I also have an interest in engaging in research that combines speech research and speech technology to strengthen diagnosis and intervention of speech and communication disorders.

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Publications

Developmental variability in voice quality : acoustic reference data from 275 children aged 5–12 years
Murali Mridhula, Cleland Joanne, Taylor Lauren, Young David, Stuart-Smith Jane, Kuschmann Anja
2025 International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association Conference (2025)
A study of voice quality and acoustic variability in sound prolongation performance in a large corpus of 5–12-year-old children
Murali Mridhula, Cleland Joanne, Taylor Lauren, Young David, Stuart-Smith Jane, Kuschmann Anja
Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica (2025)
Accuracy of diadochokinetic performance in 5–10-year-old children
Kuschmann Anja, Murali Mridhula, Taylor Lauren, Stuart-Smith Jane, Young David, Cleland Joanne
2025 International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association Conference (2025)
Investigating Variability in Child Speech (VariCS) – the VariCS corpus
Kuschmann Anja, Murali Mridhula, Taylor Lauren, Smith Amy, Cleland Joanne, Stuart-Smith Jane, Young David
(2024)
https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/WF2R9
Variability in DDK rate productions in typically-developing children in Scotland
Murali Mridhula, Taylor Lauren, Cleland Joanne, Young David, Stuart-Smith Jane, Kuschmann Anja
2024 Colloquium of the British Association of Academic Phoneticians (2024)
Investigating variability in child’s speech (VariCS) : introducing the VariCS corpus
Kuschmann Anja, Murali Mridhula, Taylor Lauren, Smith Amy, Cleland Joanne, Stuart-Smith Jane, Young David
2024 Colloquium of the British Association of Academic Phoneticians (2024)

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Professional Activities

Investigating variability in a large cohort of typically developing children in Scotland – preliminary analysis of non-speech tasks
Invited speaker
22/10/2024
Glasgow Science Festival
Contributor
6/2024
Variability in DDK rate productions in typically-developing children in Scotland
Speaker
22/2/2024
19th Biennial Conference of the International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association
Speaker
6/7/2023
19th Biennial Conference of the International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association
Speaker
4/7/2023
StrathWide 2023: The University of Strathclyde Researcher conference
Chair
28/4/2023

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Projects

BletherNet: Neural Networks for Understanding Tongue Shapes in Disordered
Lawson, Eleanor (Principal Investigator) Murali, Mridhula (Researcher) Kirkland, Paul (Academic) Cleland, Joanne (Academic)
A project investigating the use of neural networks in the automatic classification of /r/ tongue shapes, imaged with Ultrasound Tongue Imaging
01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2024

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Dr Mridhula Murali
Research Associate
Speech and Language Therapy

Email: mridhula.murali@strath.ac.uk
Tel: Unlisted