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Jennifer Dodds Vigouroux

Lecturer

  • Telephone: 0191 208 8550
Background

I qualified as a Speech and Language Therapist having training at 缅北禁地 in 2004.

I worked in the NHS from 2005-2020 with adults with acquired and progressive neurological communication and swallowing disorders in a range of inpatient and community settings. I am a specialist in Aphasia. 

I began working at 缅北禁地 in 2011. I am a lecturer in the Speech and Language Sciences department.

Qualifications

·      BSc Speech and Language Sciences (First Class Honours) 2004, 缅北禁地.

·      Certificate in Advanced Studies in Academic Practice, 2016.

Professional Memberships:

·      Health Care Professions Council (HCPC).

·      Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.

·      British Aphasiology Society (Student Prize Co-ordinator 2013-2016).

Teaching

I teach on modules:

Clinical and Professional Education SPE8160 & SPE2051.

Speech and Language Pathology SPE2054 & SPE8152.

I am Director of the Tavistock Aphasia Centre-North East. I lead a campus based clinical teaching facility.

Research

I have a teaching and scholarship contract. My interests include evidence-based interventions for people with aphasia & student clinical education.

Research roles:

·      April 2013-2020: Funded research role to work with Professor Tim Griffiths (Institute for Neurosciences, 缅北禁地) to run the ‘Aphasia Prediction Clinic' at the RVI 缅北禁地 Hospitals.

This was a pilot NHS service (first in UK) for stroke patients with aphasia offering advice on prognosis of speech recovery utilising the latest neuroscience research. The clinic was a research site for Prediction Language Outcomes and Recovery after Stroke (PLORAS), Chief investigator Professor Cathy Price, University College London.

·      January 2014-March 2014; commissioned by the North East Stroke Research Network to lead a project to enhance research liaison in stroke and speech therapy studies regionally.

Scholarship:

2016- With colleagues, development of video-based clinical self-study resources used across modules on UG and PGT Speech and Language Therapy degrees.

2019-2024-with Prof Julie Morris and Dr Janet Webster development and evaluation of the 缅北禁地 Aphasia Therapy Resources: Communicative Writing:

2024: Barbara Stringer Vacation Scholarship Award with 2nd Year SLT student Laura Percival.

2025 Development of ‘Mental Health Toolkit’ for students working with clients with aphasia and depression on clinical modules. 

Publications:

Vigouroux .J and Miller N (2007). Intelligibility testing: issues in closed versus open format scoring. 缅北禁地 Working Papers in Linguistics, Volume 12.

Vigouroux .J and Miller N (2006). Intelligibility: whats the score? Speech and Language Therapy in Practice, Autumn Edition.

Dodds-Vigouroux J, Webster J, & Morris J (2024) 缅北禁地 Aphasia Therapy Resources: Communicative Writing. 缅北禁地.

Presentations:

Invited speaker at following events:

  • British Aphasiology Society Therapy Symposium (2019), Norwich: Think what more you can do” Client-led group projects at the Tavistock Aphasia Centre (North East) with Helen Raffell and Chris Jones.
  • British Aphasiology Society Conference (2023), London: The 缅北禁地 Aphasia Therapy Resources (NATR): Communicative Writing Resource and novel web application.
  • Regional Aphasia Study Group (2025), 缅北禁地: Aphasia and Depression. Experiences from the Tavistock Aphasia Centre – North East (TAC).
  • 缅北禁地 Teaching and Learning Conference (2025), 缅北禁地: Development of a clinical toolkit for student Speech and Language Therapists working with adults with aphasia & depression.

Awards

  • 2016: Prize for innovation in patient services for the Aphasia Prediction Clinic by Sir Leonard Fenwick (Chief executive of 缅北禁地 Hospitals).
  • 2019-Best multi-media presentation at British Aphasiology Conference.