Karla Washington, University of Toronto

Research

Bilingualism Diversity Early Diagnosis Equity Paediatric Population Speech Sound Disorder Speech-Language Pathology Crc

Latest papers

Comparison of intelligibility measures for children with velopharyngeal insufficiency: visual analog scale ratings, interval scales, and orthographic transcription (OT)-based measures.
Clinical linguistics & phonetics · 2024 · senior author

All 1 publications

Latest funding

Advancing a fair and efficient system in speech disorder diagnosis: Testing the feasibility of an unbiased AI diagnostic tool
CIHR · 2026 · Principal investigator
$409,276
Canada Research Chair - Tier 2
CIHR · 2023 · Nominated PI
$600,000

All 2 grants and awards

1 publications.

01

Comparison of intelligibility measures for children with velopharyngeal insufficiency: visual analog scale ratings, interval scales, and orthographic transcription (OT)-based measures.

Hashemi Hosseinabad H, Bai X, Washington K

Clinical linguistics & phonetics2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/02699206.2023.2227987 PMID: 37363955

Advancing a fair and efficient system in speech disorder diagnosis: Testing the feasibility of an unbiased AI diagnostic tool

Principal investigatorCIHR2026Project Grant

Principal investigators: Molnar, Monika; Washington, Karla N

Keywords: Bilingualism; Diversity; Early Diagnosis; Equity; Paediatric Population; Speech Sound Disorder; Speech-Language Pathology

$409,276

Canada Research Chair - Tier 2

Nominated PICIHR2023Canada Research Chairs - CIHR Funded - Tier 2

Principal investigators: Washington, Karla N

Keywords: Crc

$600,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Bilingualism Dear Professor Washington, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Comparison of intelligibility measures for children with velopharyngeal insufficiency: visual analog scale ratings, interval scales, and orthographic transcription (OT)-based measures." (2024), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "Advancing a fair and efficient system in speech disorder diagnosis: Testing the feasibility of an unbiased AI diagnostic tool" (2026), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]