School of Medical and Health Sciences

Associate Dean

Qualifications

• Doctor of Philosophy - Human Communication Science, Curtin University of Technology, 2003.
• Bachelor of Science (Speech & Hearing Science), Curtin University of Technology, 1996.

Research

Recent Research Grants

• Enhancing rehabilitation services for Aboriginal Australians after brain injury: Healing Right Way,  National Health and Medical Research Council,  Partnership Projects,  2016 - 2022,  $3,281,800.
• Brain injury yarning circles: Support groups for Aboriginal Australians after brain injury,  Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science,  Neurotrauma Research Program,  2020 - 2021,  $95,000.
• Translation of a culturally responsive stroke rehabilitation service for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples into a real-world setting in northern Australia: A Type 1 hybrid effectiveness implementation trial.,  National Health and Medical Research Council,  Northern Australia Tropical Disease Collaborative Research Program,  2018 - 2020,  $9,487.
• Investigating a Communication Enhanced Environment to Increase Communication Activity Early After Stroke. ,  Hollywood Private Hospital Research Foundation,  Grant,  2016 - 2020,  $17,483.
• Develop a systematic profiling of neurological conditions that will facilitate personalised treatment and streamline service delivery,  Multiple Sclerosis Society of Western Australia,  MS WA - Research funding for social and applied research,  2019 - 2020,  $600,000.
• Yarning together: Developing a culturally secure rehabilitation approach for Aboriginal Australians after brain injury,  Lowitja Institute Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health CRC,  2017 Research Funding,  2018 - 2019,  $197,622.
• Evidence based practice in the treatment of adults who stutter: Towards translation,  Edith Cowan University,  ECU Early Career Researcher Grant - 2016,  2017 - 2018,  $21,158.
• Stroke survivors and staff informing Very Early Rehabilitation in Speech (VERSE-Q): a VERSE qualitative sub-study.,  Edith Cowan University,  ECU Collaboration Enhancement Scheme - 2016 Round 2,  2017 - 2018,  $10,000.
• The Wangi (talking) project: a feasibility study of a culturally sensitive rehabilitation model for Aboriginal people post stroke.,  National Stroke Foundation,  Seed Grants,  2016 - 2017,  $49,779.
• Communication: How do females with Rett syndrome perform this activity?,  Stan Perron Charitable Trust,  Top Up Scholarship,  2012 - 2014,  $10,000.
• Speech pathologists' clinical decision making in the provision of services to people with aphasia,  Edith Cowan University,  ECU Early Career Researcher - Grant,  2011 - 2012,  $18,375.

Recent Publications (within the last five years)

Journal Articles

• Ford, D., Mills, B., Ciccone, N., Beatty, S., (2020), Does Direct Helicopter Retrieval Improve Survival of Severely Injured Trauma Patients From Rural Western Australia?. Air Medical Journal, epub ahead of print(March), 6p., DOI: 10.1016/j.amj.2020.01.005.
• Armstrong, B., McAllister, M., Hersh, D., Katzenellenbogen, J., Thompson, S., Coffin, J., Flicker, L., Woods, D., Hayward, C., Ciccone, N., (2019), A screening tool for acquired communication disorders in Aboriginal Australians after brain injury: lessons learned from the pilot phase. Aphasiology, epub ahead of Print(21 October), 26p., DOI: 10.1080/02687038.2019.1678107.
• Armstrong, B., Coffin, J., McAllister, M., Hersh, D., Katzenellenbogen, J., Thompson, S., Ciccone, N., Flicker, L., Cross, N., Arabi, L., Woods, D., Hayward, C., (2019), ‘I’ve got to row the boat on my own, more or less’: aboriginal australian experiences of traumatic brain injury. Brain Impairment, 20(2), 120-136, DOI: 10.1017/BrImp.2019.19.
• Hersh, D., Armstrong, B., McAllister, M., Ciccone, N., Katzenellenbogen, J., Coffin, J., Thompson, S., Hayward, C., Flicker, L., Woods, D., (2019), General practitioners’ perceptions of their communication with Australian Aboriginal patients with acquired neurogenic communication disorders. Patient Education and Counseling, 102(12), 2310-2317, Ireland, Elsevier Ireland Ltd, DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2019.07.029.
• Armstrong, B., Coffin, J., Hersh, D., Katznellenbogen, J., Thompson, S., Ciccone, N., Flicker, L., Woods, D., Hayward, C., Dowell, C., McAllister, M., (2019), “You felt like a prisoner in your own self, trapped”: the experiences of Aboriginal people with acquired communication disorders. Disability and Rehabilitation, epub ahead of Print(6 Nov 2019), 15p., DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2019.1686073.
• Ciccone, N., Armstrong, B., Hersh, D., Adams, M., McAllister, M., (2019), The Wangi (talking) project: A feasibility study of a rehabilitation model for aboriginal people with acquired communication disorders after stroke. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 21(3), 305-316, DOI: 10.1080/17549507.2019.1595146.
• Brogan, E., Ciccone, N., Godecke, E., (2019), Treatment fidelity in aphasia randomised controlled trials. Aphasiology, 33(7), 759-779, DOI: 10.1080/02687038.2019.1576442.
• Moore, K., Bacon, R., Bevitt, T., Bialocerkowski, A., Ciccone, N., Haworth, N., Horstmanshof, L., Milne, N., Naumann, F., Sanderson, B., Wells, C., (2018), Report: The University Health Clinic: Definition, educational practices and outcomes. Focus on Health Professional Education, 19(2), 1-13.
• Godecke, E., Rai, T., Cadilhac, D., Armstrong, B., Middleton, S., Ciccone, N., Whitworth, A., Rose, M., Holland, A., Ellery, F., Hankey, G., Bernhardt, J., (2018), Statistical analysis plan (SAP) for the Very Early Rehabilitation in Speech (VERSE) after stroke trial: aninternational 3-arm clinical trial to determine the effectiveness of early, intensive, prescribed, direct aphasia therapy. International Journal of Stroke, 13(8), 863-880, United Kingdom, Sage Publications Inc, DOI: 10.1177/1747493018790055.
• Urbanowicz, A., Ciccone, N., Girdler, S., Leonard, H., Downs, J., (2018), Choice making in Rett syndrome: a descriptive study using video data. Disability and Rehabilitation, 40(7), 813-819, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, Taylor & Francis Group, DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2016.1277392.
• Katzenellenbogen, J., Atkins, E., Thompson, S., Hersh, D., Coffin, J., Flicker, L., Hayward, C., Ciccone, N., Woods, D., Greenland, M., McAllister, M., Armstrong, B., (2018), Missing Voices: Profile, Extent, and 12-Month Outcomes of Nonfatal Traumatic Brain Injury in Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Adults in Western Australia Using Linked Administrative Records. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 33(6), 412-423, United States, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, DOI: 10.1097/HTR.0000000000000371.
• Hennessey, N., Fisher, G., Ciccone, N., (2018), Developmental changes in pharyngeal swallowing acoustics: a comparison of adults and children. Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology, 43(2), 63-72, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, Taylor & Francis, DOI: 10.1080/14015439.2017.1326526.
• Armstrong, B., Ciccone, N., Hersh, D., Katzenellenbogen, J., Coffin, J., Thompson, S., Flicker, L., Hayward, C., Woods, D., McAllister, M., (2017), Development of the Aboriginal Communication Assessment After Brain Injury (ACAABI): a screening tool for identifying acquired communication disorders in Aboriginal Australians. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 19(3),  297-308, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, Taylor & Francis, DOI: 10.1080/17549507.2017.1290136.
• Penn, C., Armstrong, B., Brewer, K., Purves, B., McAllister, M., Hersh, D., Godecke, E., Ciccone, N., Lewis, A., (2017), De-colonizing Speech-Language Pathology practice in acquired neurogenic disorders. Perspectives on Neurophysiology and Neurogenic Speech and Language Disorders, 2(3), 91-99, Rockville, USA, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, DOI: 10.1044/persp2.SIG2.91.
• Unwin, L., Bruz, I., Mayberry, M., Reynolds, V., Ciccone, N., Dissanayake, C., Hickey, M., Whitehouse, A., (2017), Acoustic properties of cries in 12-month old infants at high-risk of Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 47(7), 2108-2119, New York, USA, Springer, DOI: 10.1007/s10803-017-3119-z.
• Urbanowicz, A., Leonard, H., Girdler, S., Ciccone, N., Downs, J., (2016), Parental perspectives on the communication abilities of their daughters with Rett syndrome. Developmental Neurorehabilitation, 19(1), 17-25, United Kingdom, Taylor and Francis Ltd., DOI: 10.3109/17518423.2013.879940.
• Hersh, D., Godecke, E., Armstrong, B., Ciccone, N., Bernhardt, J., (2016), “Ward Talk”: nurses' interaction with people with and without aphasia in the very early period poststroke. Aphasiology, 30(5), 609-628, Routledge, DOI: 10.1080/02687038.2014.933520.
• Urbanowicz, A., Downs, J., Girdler, S., Ciccone, N., Leonard, H., (2016), An Exploration of the Use of Eye Gaze and Gestures in Females With Rett Syndrome. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 59(6), 1373-1383, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, DOI: 10.1044/2015_JSLHR-L-14-0185.
• Godecke, E., Armstrong, B., Rai, T., Middleton, S., Ciccone, N., Whitworth, A., Rose, M., Holland, A., Ellery, F., Hankey, G., Cadilhac, D., Bernhardt, J., (2016), A randomized controlled trial of very early rehabilitation in speech after stroke. International Journal of Stroke, 11(5), 586-592, London, UK, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, DOI: 10.1177/1747493016641116.
• Katzenellenbogen, J., Atkins, E., Thompson, S., Hersh, D., Coffin, J., Flicker, L., Hayward, C., Ciccone, N., Woods, D., McAllister, M., Armstrong, B., (2016), Missing Voices: Profile and extent of acquired communication disorders in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal adult stroke survivors in Western Australia using linked administrative records. International Journal of Stroke, 11(1), 103-116, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, DOI: 10.1177/1747493015607521.
• Ciccone, N., West, D., Cream, A., Cartwright, J., Rai, T., Granger, A., Hankey, G., Godecke, E., (2016), Constraint-induced aphasia therapy (CIAT): a randomised controlled trial in very early stroke rehabilitation. Aphasiology, 30(5), 566-584, Routledge, DOI: 10.1080/02687038.2015.1071480.
• Nang, C., Ciccone, N., (2016), Stuttering prognosis and predictive factors of treatment outcome: A review. Journal of Clinical Practice in Speech-Language Pathology, 18(2), 94-99, Melbourne, VIC, Speech Pathology Australia.
• Ferreira, D., Ciccone, N., Verheggen, A., Godecke, E., (2016), Speech pathology service delivery in the acute hospital setting. Journal of Clinical Practice in Speech-Language Pathology, 18(1), 19-22.
• Hersh, D., Ciccone, N., (2016), Predicting potential for aphasia rehabilitation: The role of judgments of motivation. Journal of Clinical Practice in Speech-Language Pathology, 18(1), 3-7.
• Armstrong, B., Hersh, D., Katzenellenbogen, J., Coffin, J., Thompson, S., Ciccone, N., Hayward, C., Flicker, L., Woods, D., McAllister, M., (2015), Study Protocol: Missing Voices - Communication difficulties after stroke and traumatic brain injury in Aboriginal Australians. Brain Impairment, 16(2), 145-156, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Cambridge University Press, DOI: 10.1017/BrImp.2015.15.
• Urbanowicz, A., Downs, J., Girdler, S., Ciccone, N., Leonard, H., (2015), Aspects of speech-language abilities are influenced by MECP2 mutation type in girls with Rett Sydnrome. American Journal of Medical Genetics, 167(2), 354-362, United States, Wiley-Liss Inc., DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.36871.

Research Student Supervision

Principal Supervisor

• Doctor of Philosophy,  Treatment fidelity in very early rehabilitation in speech (verse) randomised controlled trial: An exploration of treatment for aphasia

Associate Supervisor

• Master of Social Science,  Speech and swallowing rehabilitation in the home: A comparison of two service delivery models for stroke survivors
• Doctor of Philosophy,  Communication: How do females with rett syndrome perform this activity and what factors influence performance?

Co-ordinating Supervisor

• Doctor of Philosophy,  Exploring the preparedness of novice (student) paramedics for the mental health challenges of the paramedic profession using the wisdom of the elders.