People

People working in the research unit.

Minna Laakso

Professor

Satu Saalasti

University Lecturer

Collaborators

Prof. Mikko Sams, Aalto University,
Prof. Iiro Jääskeläinen, Aalto University,
Prof Martti Vainio and Dr Juraj Simko (phonetics) University of Helsinki,
Dr Alice Lee University College Cork and
DELAD-initiative for Digital Databank of Disordered Speech, Martin Matthiesen, CSC Finland.

Ritva Torppa

University Lecturer

Collaborators

Professor Minna Huotilainen, CICERO Learning Network, Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland
Professor Andrew Faulkner, Speech Hearing and Phonetic Sciences, University College London, UK
Professor Marja Laasonen, Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Phoniatrics, Head and Neck Surgery, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Finland; Department of Psychology and Speech-Language Pathology, University of Turku, Finland
Dr. Daniela Sammler, Otto Hahn Group “Neural Bases of Intonation in Speech and Music”, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
Dr. Valerie Looi, SCIC, An RIDBC Service, Sydney Australia; Advanced Bionics (Asia Pacific), Australia
Dr. Laura Huhtinen-Hilden, The School of Culture and Creative Studies, Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences, Helsinki, Finland
Lindfors Foundation:
LapCI ry:
Cognitive Brain Research Unit:
CICERO Learning:
Financial support: Signe and Ane Gyllenberg Foundation

Leena Tuomiranta

University Lecturer

Leena Tuomiranta has a special interest in learning in aphasia. She defended her doctoral thesis on the title "" in 2015. Her new project on New word learning in subacute and chronic aphasia started in 2018. The objectives are to follow up learning ability, cognitive-linguistic skills and recovery in people with aphasia during the first year post stroke.

Alisa Ikonen

University Teacher, PhD student

Irina Savolainen

PhD, University Lecturer, Department of Psychology and Logopedics