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: https://lindforsinsaatio.net/
  • LapCI ry: http://www.lapci.fi/
  • Cognitive Brain Research Unit: https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/cognitive-brain-research-unit
  • CICERO Learning: https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/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 "Novel word learning ability in chronic post-stroke aphasia: Variability and modality effects" 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