A Telehealth Research Program in Australia: Early Stuttering and Beyond

Linda Wilson, Mark Onslow, Michelle Lincoln and Lindy McAllister

This presentation will outline a program of research investigating the need for telehealth adaptations of speech pathology interventions. In addition, the outcomes of two low-tech telehealth trials of the Lidcombe Program will be presented and compared to benchmarks established by the Lidcombe team (Jones, Onslow, Harrison, & Packman, 2000) and others (Kingston, Huber, Onslow, Jones, & Packman, 2003) for standard delivery of the program. The presentation will also outline research, either completed, underway or planned, addressing the availability of telehealth technologies in rural Australia, the acceptability of telehealth, and the efficacy of telehealth interventions.