Division of Sensory Organs and Communication (SOK)

At the division, research focusing on human communication is carried out.

Thor BalkhedThe main areas of research are interaction involving people with communicative disabilities, speech and language disorders in children and applied hearing research.

Upcoming events at SOK

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Research Colloquium 2023

Unit for Communication Disorders/Logopedics invites you to research colloquium from January to May during the spring of 2023.

Research

Cornea Research

Our research team focuses on understanding the origins of blinding diseases of the cornea, evaluating new pharmacologic, surgical, and regenerative therapies to treat corneal disease.

Clinical Ophthalmic Research

Sight is our most important source of information about the world around us, and is the mind that engages most of the brain. Preserved vision is a basic prerequisite for maintaining one's independence in everyday activities, especially in old age.

CIRCA – a support for social interaction

CIRCA is a webpage developed to support social interaction for people who find it challenging to partake in conversational activities, for example older aduls who experience memory problems, and their next of kin.

Collaboration

Center for dementia research (CEDER)

The research has a focus on the everyday life with dementia. Of special interest is the challenges and the ways persons with dementia and their significant others manage and organize their lives.

En skylt "Allt kommer att bli bra" i ett skyltfönster / A sign "Everything will be fine" in a shop window

News

Bioengineered cornea can restore sight to the blind and visually impaired

LiU-researchers have developed an implant made of collagen protein from pig’s skin, which resembles the human cornea. In a pilot study, the implant restored vision to 20 people with diseased corneas.

Children’s language skills arise before speech

Seven out of every hundred children do not learn their mother tongue as expected. Christina Reuterskiöld, newly appointed professor of speech and language pathology at Linköping University, is investigating how language develops in children.

Research into eye problems in post-COVID sufferers

Some people who have recovered from COVID-19 have experienced long-term problems with their eyes. But why? And can this phenomenon be measured using biological markers? These are questions that researchers will try to answer in a new project.

Contact us

Head of Division

Coordinator

Staff

Mojdeh Abbasi

Postdoc

Tomas Bro

Adjunct Associate Professor

Maria Cromnow

Ava Dashti

Research Assistant

Anna Ekström

Associate Professor, Docent

Lovisa Elm

PhD student

Per Fagerholm

Lovisa Farnebo

Adjunct Associate Professor

Jan Gärdin

Johanna Hengen

Lecturer

Heléne Hjertman

Elisabeth Hultcrantz

Mathias Hällgren

Seyedehdina Javidjam

PhD student

Björn Johansson

Adjunct Associate Professor

Inga-Lena Johansson

Lecturer

Sumru Keceli

Neil Lagali

Professor

Torbjörn Ledin

Professor

Inger Lundeborg Hammarström

Associate Professor, Docent

Ulrika Marklund

Associate Professor

Petros Moustardas

Principal Research Engineer

Elina Mäki-Torkko

Visiting Professor

Nicole Müller

Visiting Professor

Beatrice Peebo

Adjunct Associate Professor

Charlotta Plejert

Senior Associate Professor

Srdan Prodanovic

Postdoc

Lars Rasmusson

Christina Reuterskiöld

Professor

Christina Samuelsson

Visiting Professor

Johan Semby

Helen Setterud

Adjunct Associate Professor, Docent

Stefan Stenfelt

Professor, Head of Division

Sudeep Surendran

Principal Research Engineer

Annika Törngren

Adjunct Assistant Lecturer

Julia Wallmann

PhD student

Division of Sensory Organs and Communication (SOK)

Upcoming events at SOK

Research Colloquium 2023

Research

Cornea Research

Clinical Ophthalmic Research

CIRCA – a support for social interaction

Educational Equality for Children with Developmental Language Disorder. A Study of Goal Attainment, Experience and Participation

Applied Auditory Research

Collaboration

Center for dementia research (CEDER)

News

Bioengineered cornea can restore sight to the blind and visually impaired

Children’s language skills arise before speech

Research into eye problems in post-COVID sufferers

SEK 12 million for research into serious eye disease

LiU professor recognised for work against visual impairment

A half million Swedish crowns to eye researcher Neil Lagali

Contact us

Head of Division

Coordinator

Staff

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