PUBLICATIONS

2021 onwards:

Teh, E. J. & Yap, M. J. (2023). Short report: Social processing in non-emotional contexts by children with and without autism spectrum disorders (ASD). PLoS One, 18(5): e0285972. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0285972

Best, W., Sze, W. P., Grassy, J., & Nickels, L. (2022). Finding the balance. Bulletin: The Official Magazine of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists, Autumn 2022(832), 48-51.

Lai, W. V., Tay, R. Y. L., & Rickard Liow, S. J. (2022). Dyadic conversation training in Mandarin for bilinguals with aphasia and their communication partners. Aphasiology, 36(9), 1096-1126. https://doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2021.1931802

Teh, E. J., Vijayakumar, R., Tan, T. X. J., & Yap, M. J. (2022). Effects of physical exercise interventions on stereotyped motor behaviours in children with ASD: A meta-analysis. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 52(7), 2934-2957. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-021-05152-z

Waring, R., Rickard Liow, S. J., Dodd, B., & Eadie, P. (2022). Differentiating phonological delay from phonological disorder: Executive function in preschoolers. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 57(2), 288-302. https://doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.12694

Wong, T. Y. Q., Yap, M. J., Obana, T., Asplund, C. L., & Teh, E. J. (2022). Brief report: Emotional picture and language processing in adults with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 52(1), 435-446. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-021-04920-1

Sze, W. P., Hameau, S., Warren J., & Best, W. (2021). Identifying the components of a successful spoken naming therapy: A meta-analysis of word-finding interventions for adults with aphasia. Aphasiology, 35(1), 33-72. https://doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2020.1781419

2016-2020:

Best, W., Sze, W. P., Edmundson, A., & Nickels, L. (2019). What counts as evidence? Swimming against the tide: Valuing both clinically informed experimentally controlled case series and randomised controlled trials in intervention research. Evidence-Based Communication Assessment and Intervention, 13(3), 107-135. https://doi.org/10.1080/17489539.2019.1597444

Low, A., Koh, G., Young, S. E.-L., & Chandler-Yeo, H. (2019). Effect of dialect on phonological analysis. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 33(5), 457-478. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699206.2018.1550812

Waring, R., Rickard Liow, S. J., Eadie, P., & Dodd, B. (2019). Speech development in preschool children: Evaluating the contribution of phonological short-term and phonological working memory. Journal of Child Language, 46(4), 632-652. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305000919000035

Cheong, M. H. Y., Young, S. E.-L., Young, D. P. C. Y., Lee, M. L. C., & Rickard Liow, S. J. (2018). Early reading abilities of bilingual children with nonsyndromic orofacial clefts. The Cleft Palate Craniofacial Journal, 55(2), 259-268. https://doi.org/10.1177/1055665617723923

Guo, Y. E, Jamil, S. K., Lam, C., & Rickard Liow, S. J. (2018). Normative study of a multilingual aphasia screening test in Singapore. Aphasiology, 32(S1), 76-78. https://doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2018.1485866

Teh, E. J., Yap, M. J., & Rickard Liow, S. J. (2018). Emotional processing in autism spectrum disorders: Effects of age, emotional valence, and social engagement on emotional language use. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 48(12), 4138-4154. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-018-3659-x

Teh, E. J., Yap, M. J., & Rickard Liow, S. J. (2018). PiSCES: Pictures with Social Context and Emotional Scenes with norms for emotional valence, intensity, and social engagement. Behavior Research Methods, 48(12), 4138-4154. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-017-0947-x

Waring, R., Eadie, P., Rickard Liow, S.J., & Dodd, B. (2018). The phonological memory profile of preschool-children who make atypical speech sound errors. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 32(1), 28-45. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699206.2017.1326167

Pua, E. P. K., Lee, M. L. C., & Rickard Liow, S. J. (2017). Screening bilingual preschoolers for language difficulties: Utility of teacher and parent reports. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 60(4), 950-968. https://doi.org/10.1044/2016_JSLHR-L-16-0122

Teh, E. J., Chan, D. M. E., Tan, G. K. J., & Magiati, I. (2017). Continuity and change in, and child predictors of, caregiver reported anxiety symptoms in young people with autism spectrum disorder: a follow-up study. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 47, 3857-3871. DOI 10.1007/s10803-017-3136-y

Waring, R., Eadie, P., Rickard-Liow, S., & Dodd, B. (2017). Do children with phonological delay have phonological short-term and phonological working memory deficits? Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 33(1), 33-46. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265659016654955

Brebner, C., McCormack, P., Rickard Liow, S. J. (2016). Marking of verb tense in the English of preschool English-Mandarin bilingual children: Evidence from language development profiles within subgroups on the Singapore English Action Picture Test. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 51(1), 31-43. https://doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.12181

Chua, S. M., Rickard Liow, S. J., & Yeong, S. H. M. (2016). Using spelling to screen bilingual kindergarteners at risk for reading difficulties. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 49(3), 227-239. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022219414538519

Sze, W. P., Yoon, W. L., Escoffier, N., & Rickard Liow, S. J. (2016). Evaluating the training effects of two swallowing rehabilitation therapies using surface electromyography – Chin Tuck Against Resistance (CTAR) exercise and the Shaker exercise. Dysphagia, 31(2), 195-205. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00455-015-9678-2

Yap, M. J. & Rickard Liow, S. J. (2016). Processing the written word. In V. Cook & D. Ryan (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of the English Writing System (pp. 457-474). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.

2011-2015:

Brebner, C., Chandler Yeo, H., Goh, M. M., Kam, K. W., & Yeo, W. S. F. (2015). Tests over time: Evaluating the currency of normative data in a complex multilingual environment. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 17(6), 556-564. https://doi.org/10.3109/17549507.2015.1024167

Chang, C. S. E., Young, S. E.-L., Rickard Liow, S. J. & Chong, C. X. Y. (2015). Story-retelling abilities of bilingual children with non-syndromic cleft lip and/or palate. Speech, Language and Hearing, 18(2), 91-101. https://doi.org/10.1179/2050572814Y.0000000054

Lee, S.-M. K., Young, S. E.-L., Rickard Liow, S. J., & Purcell, A. A. (2015). Spelling Processes of Children With Nonsyndromic Cleft Lip and/or Palate: A Preliminary Study. Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal, 52(1), 70-81. https://doi.org/10.1597/13-120

Sze, W. P., Yap, M. J., & Rickard Liow, S. J. (2015). The role of lexical variables in the visual recognition of Chinese characters: A megastudy analysis. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology (Special Issue), 68(8), 1541-1570. https://doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2014.985234

Chua, S. M. & Rickard Liow, S. J. (2014). The locus of word frequency effects in skilled spelling-to-dictation. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 67(9), 1720-1741. https://doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2013.868915

Lim, L., Arciuli, J., Rickard Liow, S. J., & Munro, N. (2014). Predictors of spelling ability in children with Down Syndrome. Scientific Studies of Reading, 18(3), 173-191. https://doi.org/10.1080/10888438.2013.862247

Sze, W. P., Rickard Liow, S. J., & Yap, M. J. (2014). The Chinese Lexicon Project: A repository of lexical decision behavioral responses for 2,500 Chinese characters. Behavior Research Methods, 46(1), 263-273. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-013-0355-9

Rickard Liow, S. J. (2013). Diversity in bilingual children's spelling skill development: The case of Singapore. In H. Winskel & P. Padakannaya (Eds). Handbook of South and Southeast Asian Psycholinguistics (PP. 212 - 220). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139084642.024

Tan, Y. H., Poon, K. K., & Rickard Liow, S. J. (2013). Predictors of reading ability in English for Mandarin-speaking bilingual children. Early Child Development and Care, 183(10), 1420-1431. https://doi.org/10.1080/03004430.2013.788817

Yoon, W. L., Khoo, K.-P. J., & Rickard Liow, S. J. (2013). Chin Tuck Against Resistance (CTAR): New method for enhancing suprahyoid muscle activity using a Shaker-type Exercise. Dysphagia, 29(2), 243-248. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00455-013-9502-9

Ramos, S. D. S. & Rickard Liow, S. J. (2012). Discriminant Function Analysis. In C. A. Chapelle (Ed.), The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781405198431.wbeal0335

Yang, Y., Leow, L. P., Yoon, W. L., Rickard Liow, S. J., & Chua, K. C. (2012). Relationship between age and drinking instructions on the modification of drinking behavior. Dysphagia, 27(2), 210-215. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00455-011-9355-z

Yeong, S. H. M. & Rickard Liow, S. J. (2012). Development of phonological awareness in English-Mandarin bilinguals: A comparison of English-L1 and Mandarin-L1 kindergarten children. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 112(2), 111-126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2011.12.006

Young, S. E.-L., Purcell, A. A., Ballard, K. J., Rickard Liow, S. J., Da Silva Ramos, S., & Heard, R. (2012). Bilingual children with nonsyndromic cleft lip and/or palate. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 55(5), 1314-1328. https://doi.org/10.1044/1092-4388(2012/10-0320)

Jalil, S. B., Rickard Liow, S.J., & Tng, S.K. (2011). Semantic assessment battery for Malay speaking adults with aphasia. Aphasiology, 25(4), 415-433. https://doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2010.489259.

Sze, W. P. & Rickard Liow, S. J. (2011). Morphophonemic transfer in English second language learners. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 14(3), 423-432. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1366728910000283

Yeong, S. H. M. & Rickard Liow, S. J. (2011). Cognitive-linguistic foundations of early spelling development in bilinguals. Journal of Educational Psychology, 103(2), 470-488. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0022437

Young, S. E.-L., Ballard, K. J., Heard, R., & Purcell, A. A. (2011). Communication and cognition profiles in parents of children with nonsyndromic cleft lip and/or palate. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 33(6), 658-671. https://doi.org/10.1080/13803395.2010.550601

2000-2010:

Lau, D. P., Lee, G. A., Wong, S. M., Lim, V. P., Chan, Y. H., Tan, N. G., Rammage, L. A., & Morrison, M. D. (2010). Injection laryngoplasty with hyaluronic acid for unilateral vocal cord paralysis. Randomized controlled trial comparing two different particle sizes. Journal of Voice, 24 (1), 113-118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvoice.2008.05.007

Lau, D. P. C., Zhang, E., Wong, S. M., Lee, G., & Chan, Y. H. (2010). Correlating voice handicap index and quantitative videostroboscopy following injection laryngoplasty for unilateral vocal paralysis. Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 143 (2), 190-197. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.otohns.2010.03.011

Yap, M. J., Rickard Liow, S. J., Jalil, S. B., & Faizal, S. (2010). The Malay Lexicon Project: A database of lexical statistics for 9,592 words. Behavior Research Methods, 42(4), 992-1003. https://doi.org/10.3758/BRM.42.4.992

Yeong, S. H. M. & Rickard Liow, S. J. (2010). Phonemic and early spelling errors in bilinguals. Scientific Studies of Reading,14(5), 387-406. https://doi.org/10.1080/10888431003623538

Young, S. E.-L., Purcell, A. A., & Ballard, K. J. (2010). Expressive language skills in Chinese Singaporean preschoolers with nonsyndromic cleft lip and/or palate. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 74(5), 456-464. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijporl.2010.01.014

Lim, V. P. C., Rickard Liow, S. J., Lincoln, M., Chan, Y. H., & Onslow, M. (2008). Determining language dominance in English-Mandarin bilinguals: Development of a self-report classification tool for clinical use. Applied Psycholinguistics, 29(3), 389-412. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0142716408080181

Jalil, S. B. & Rickard Liow, S. J. (2008). How does home language influence early spellings? Phonologically plausible errors of diglossic Malay children. Applied Psycholinguistics, 29(4), 535-552. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0142716408080235

Rickard Liow, S.J. & Lau, L. H.-S. (2006). The development of bilingual children's early spelling in English. Journal of Educational Psychology, 98(4), 868–878. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-0663.98.4.868

Lau, H.-S. L. & Rickard Liow, S. J. (2005). Phonological awareness and spelling skill development. In V. Cook and B. Bassetti (Eds.). Second Language Writing Systems (pp. 357-374). Clevedon: Multilingual Matters. https://doi.org/10.21832/9781853597954-016

Tham, W. W. P., Rickard Liow, S.J., Rajapakse, J. C., Tan, C. L., Ng, S. E. S., Lim, W. E. H., & Ho, L.G. (2005). Phonological processing in Chinese-English bilingual biscriptals: An fMRI study. NeuroImage, 28(3), 579-587. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2005.06.057

Rickard Liow, S.J., & Lee, L. C. (2004). Metalinguistic awareness and semi-syllabic scripts: Children's spelling errors in Malay. Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 17(1-2), 7-26. https://doi.org/10.1023/B:READ.0000013833.79570.de

Rickard Liow, S. J. & Tng, S.K. (2003). Biscriptal literacy development of Chinese children in Singapore. In C. McBride Chang & H. C. Chen (Eds.), Reading Development in Chinese Children (pp. 215-228). Westport, Connecticut: Praeger.

Before 2000:

Gupta, A.F., Brebner C., & Chandler Yeo, H. (1998). Development assessments in speech-language therapy in Singapore. Asia Pacific Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing, 3(1), 17-28. https://doi.org/10.1179/136132898805577278

Chandler Yeo, H., Rickard Liow, S., & Gupta, A.F. (1994). Specific language disorders in Singaporean children: Four case studies. Singapore Journal of Education, 14(2), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1080/02188799408547730

Gupta, A.F., & Chandler, H. (1993). Paediatric speech and lanaguage therapy referral in Singapore: Implications for multilingual language disability. European Journal of Disorders of Communication, 28(3), 311-317. https://doi.org/10.3109/13682829309060044

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