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.

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3 October 2022

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Research Colloquium Fall 2022

Unit for Communication Disorders/Logopedics invites you to research colloquium from september to december during the fall of 2022.

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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.

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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

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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.

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.

SEK 12 million for research into serious eye disease

Neil Lagali coordinates a research project that has received SEK 12.5 million from the European Joint Programme on Rare Diseases. The researchers will evaluate experimental treatments for a rare eye disease that affects sight directly from birth.

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Head of Division

Coordinator

Staff

Mojdeh Abbasi

Postdoc

Tomas Bro

Adjunct Associate Professor

Maria Cromnow

Anna Ekström

Associate professor

Lovisa Elm

PhD student

Per Fagerholm

Professor emeritus

Lovisa Farnebo

Adjunct Associate Professor

Jan Gärdin

Johanna Hengen

Lecturer

Heléne Hjertman

Elisabeth Hultcrantz

Professor emerita

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

Anna Montell Magnusson

Senior associate professor

Petros Moustardas

Principal Research Engineer

Anthony Mukwaya

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

Adjunct Professor

Christina Reuterskiöld

Professor

Christina Samuelsson

Visiting Professor

Johan Semby

Helen Setterud

Adjunct Associate Professor, Docent

Stefan Stenfelt

Professor, Head of Division

Ola Sunnergren

Adjunct Associate Professor

Sudeep Surendran

Postdoc

Katharina Tiefenböck Hansson

Adjunct Associate Professor

Annika Törngren

Adjunct Assistant Lecturer

Maria Xeroudaki

PhD student

Mingduo Zhao

Division of Sensory Organs and Communication (SOK)

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3 October 2022

Higher Seminar: How do we interact with visual aids used in narrative language assessment?

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Christina Reuterskiöld

Research Colloquium Fall 2022

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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

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Center for dementia research (CEDER)

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Bioengineered cornea can restore sight to the blind and visually impaired

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

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