Nicole Müller is professor of Speech and Hearing Sciences at University College Cork. She was born in Germany and educated in Germany, England, and Ireland. She held academic positions in England, Wales, the United States and Sweden, before joining UCC in 2017. Her research interests include clinical linguistics and phonetics, multilingualism, ageing-related impairments of cognition and communication and their psychosocial consequences, and research methods as applicable to the clinical context, specifically qualitative methods.

Research Interests • Ageing, and ageing-related disorders of communication and cognition: dementia, aphasia, acquired speech disorders, psychosocial consequences, quality of life, long-term care. • Multilingualism and multicultural issues in the context of communication and cognitive disorders • Qualitative Research in communication disorders and related disciplines • Clinical linguistics: context-embedded approaches to language and cognition; systemic functional linguistics; clinical phonetics and phonology • Intelligibility and comprehensibility as theoretical constructs and practical concerns in normal and disordered speech and language

Doctoral Supervision (awarded PhDs):

PhD in Applied Language and Speech Sciences, University of Louisiana at Lafayette:

Brent Wilson, ‘Functional Exploration of Discourse Markers used by an Individual with Dementia of the Alzheimer’s Type: A Conversation Analytic Perspective’. Awarded 2007. 

Alana Kozlowski, ‘Repetitive Verbal Behaviors in free conversation with a person with Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy’. Awarded 2008.

Ben Rutter, Acoustic Properties of Repair Sequences in Dysarthric Conversational Speech: An Interactional Phonetic Study’. Awarded 2008. 

Janice Nix-Victorian, ‘Impact of Early French Immersion on Language Use Patterns of Post-Secondary Students’. Awarded 2009.

Zaneta Mok, ‘Linguistic construction of interpersonal relationships in dementia: An application of Systemic Functional Linguistics’. Awarded 2011.

Louise Keegan, ‘The Linguistic Construction of Identity in Individuals with TBI.’ Awarded 2012.

Ioannis Papakyritsis, ‘Acoustic and perceptual effects of dysarthria in Greek.’ Awarded 2013.

Angela Granese, ‘The linguistic construction of the bilingual stuttering experience.’ Awarded 2014.

Nohemi Torres, ‘The development of a grammatical profile for Russian’. Awarded 2018. 

PhD in Medical Sciences, Linköping University

Sophia Lindeberg, ‘Dementia, sense-making and evaluations: Implications for communication.’ Awarded December 2021.

Inga-Lena Johansson, ‘Parkinson’s Disease and communication: Intelligibility, interaction and participation.’ Awarded April 2024

 

 

 

I contribute to the following modules:

AU6022 Research Methods for Audiology

CT2001 Introduction to Research Methods

CT3001/2 Advanced Research Methods

SL1005 Preparation for Academic and Professional Learning

SL3001 Language Sciences III

SL4003 Research-based Dissertation

SL4009 Current Issues in Communication Disorders