Anna Nyman

I am an adjunct lecturer at the Division of Speech-Language Pathology, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology since 2024. I currently perform research under a post doc grant from Region Stockholm in the project Babbling in infants and toddlers with CP - the prediction of speech development and need for communicative aids  in collaboration with the Department of Women's and Children's Health at KI. I defended my PhD thesis at KI in 2022: Babbling, Speech and Language in Children with Neurological Disabilities – Development, Validity of Measures and Effect of Intervention.  In addition to research and education at KI, I work as a Specialist Speech-Language Pathologist at Habiliteringscenter Söderstaden, Habiliation & Health, Region Stockholm.

My research area is speech, language and communication in neurodevelopmental disabilities such as cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, autism and intellectual disability. I am specifically intersted in babbling as a precursor to speech and as a potential predictor of speech difficulties. In addition, I am interested in the assessment och speech, language and communication in neurodevelopmental disabilities and how difficulties in these areas can be treated. 

I am the course coordinator for the program course Early disorders of feefing, babbling and communication at the Speech-language pathology program. I also regularly teach on other courses on the program on subjects such as speech and language disorders in neurodevelopmental disabilities, treatment of speech and language disorders in children and in augmentative and alternative communication (AAC).