Dr Neville Hennessey

Introduction

Neville Hennessey lectures primarily in the Bachelor of Science (Speech Pathology) program at Curtin University. The areas in which Neville teaches includes speech science and acoustic phonetics, psycholinguistics, research methods and statistics. Neville also supervises research students in Speech Pathology and Psychology, ranging from Honours to PhD. Research interests include dyslexia, psycholinguistics, stuttering, normal and disordered speech and language development, including the relationship between the emergence of speech and language skills in infancy and later language and literacy development, and the relationship between speech perception and production.

Post Nominals

BA(Hons), PhD

Research Interests

Cognitive processes in language perception and production. Dyslexia and reading development. Acquired and developmental language disorders. Speech disorders including stuttering. Human performance. Speech science, including digital signal processing of normal and disordered speech and swallowing. Dysphagia.

Supervision

Teaching Summary

Speech Science, Cognitive Psychology & Psycholinguistics, Research Methods and Statistics, Advanced Topics in Speech Pathology

Publications

2020

Druker, K., T. Mazzucchelli, N. Hennessey, and J. Beilby. 2020. "An evaluation of an integrated stuttering and parent-administered self-regulation program for early developmental stuttering disorders." Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research 63 (9): 2894-2912.

2019

Druker, K., N. Hennessey, T. Mazzucchelli, and J. Beilby. 2019. "Elevated attention deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms in children who stutter." Journal of Fluency Disorders 59: 80-90.
Johnston, S. K., N. W. Hennessey, and S. Leitão. 2019. "Determinants of assessing efficiency within auditory attention networks." Journal of General Psychology 146 (2): 134-169.
Druker, K., T. Mazzucchelli, N. Hennessey, and J. Beilby. 2019. "Parent perceptions of an integrated stuttering treatment and behavioral self-regulation program for early developmental stuttering." Journal of Fluency Disorders 62

2018

Hennessey, N. W., G. Fisher, and N. Ciccone. 2018. "Developmental changes in pharyngeal swallowing acoustics: a comparison of adults and children." Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology 43 (2): 63-72.

2014

Hennessey, N. W., E. Dourado, and J. M. Beilby. 2014. "Anxiety and speaking in people who stutter: An investigation using the emotional Stroop task." Journal of Fluency Disorders 40: 44-57.

2013

Highman, C., N. W. Hennessey, S. Leitao, and J. P. Piek. 2013. "Early development in infants at risk of childhood apraxia of speech: A longitudinal investigation." Developmental Neuropsychology 38 (3): 197-210.

2012

Lau, S. R., J. M. Beilby, M. L. Byrnes, and N. W. Hennessey. 2012. "Parenting styles and attachment in school-aged children who stutter." Journal of Communication Disorders 45: 98-110.
Highman, C., S. Leitão, N. Hennessey, and J. Piek. 2012. "Prelinguistic communication development in children with childhood apraxia of speech: A retrospective analysis." International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology 14: 35-47.
Hennessey, N. W., A. Deadman, and C. Williams. 2012. "Semantic effects on word naming in children with developmental dyslexia." Journal of Research in Reading 35 (3): 267-286.
Ciccone, N., N. Hennessey, and S. F. Stokes. 2012. "Community-based early intervention for language delay: a preliminary investigation." International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders 47: 467-470.

2010

Hennessey, N. W., S. Leitao, and K. Mucciarone. 2010. "Verbal repetition skill in language impaired children: Evidence of inefficient lexical processing?." International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology 12: 47-57.

2008

Mulcahy, K., N. Hennessey, J. Beilby, and M. Byrnes. 2008. "Social anxiety and the severity and typography of stuttering in adolescents." Journal of Fluency Disorders 33: 306-319.
Franklin, D. E., C. L. Taylor, N. W. Hennessey, and J. M. Beilby. 2008. "Investigating factors related to the effects of time-out on stuttering in adults." International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders 43 (3): 283-299.
Hennessey, N. W., C. Y. Nang, and J. M. Beilby. 2008. "Speeded verbal responding in adults who stutter: Are there deficits in linguistic encoding?." Journal of Fluency Disorders 33: 180-202.
Highman, C., N. Hennessey, M. Sherwood, and S. Leitão. 2008. "Retrospective parent report of early vocal behaviours in children with suspected childhood apraxia of speech (sCAS)." Child Language Teaching and Therapy 24 (3): 285-306.