ELEFTHERIA GERONIKOU

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY:DEVELOPMENT IN EARLY CHILDHOOD

Phone : (+30) 2610 962806
Email : egeronikou@upatras.gr

 

 

ACADEMIC TITLES

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Human Communication Sciences, University of Sheffield (2016)
  • Master of Sciences in Human Communication, University of London, University College London (2004)
  • Bachelor in Speech & Language Therapy, Department of Speech & Language Therapy, Technological Educational Institute of Patras (2001)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • 2020– todate: Assistant Professor, Speech-Language Pathology: Development in Early Childhood
  • 2016–2020: Technical Laboratory Staff Member, Department of Speech and Language Therapy, University of Patras
  • 2017–2019, 2004–2014: Adjunct Instructor, Department of Speech and Language Therapy, Technological Educational Institute of Western Greece
  • 2006–2016: Speech Therapist, Special Education Units, Greek Ministry of Education
  • 2001–2006: Speech Therapist, Private practice SLT

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Speech processing development in typically developing Greek-speaking children and children with speech and/ or language difficulties
  • Morphophonological development
  • Intervention delivery for children with developmental disorders of speech, language and communication

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  • Geronikou, E., & Babatsouli, E. (2024-online). Child speech developmental norms in Greek monolinguals: whole word and consonant accuracy. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 1-20.
  • Geronikou, E. (2023-online). “The development of speech output processing skills in Greek-speaking children”. Clinical linguistics & phonetics, 1-20.
  • Geronikou, E., Traga, E. & Xoli, S. (2023). Speech processing and Short Term Memory skills in preschoolers: Evidence from Greek-speaking children with and without Speech Sound Disorders. Clinical linguistics & phonetics, 37 (4-6), 530-548
  • Babatsouli, E., & Geronikou, E. (2022). Phonological delay of segmental sequences in a Greek child’s speech. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 36(7), 642-656.
  • Geronikou, E., Kimoglou, M., & Roussou, P. (2022). The integrity of underlying phonological representations of Greek-speaking children with speech sound disorders. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 36(2-3), 260-275.
  • Geronikou, E., & Terzi, A. (2022). Comprehension of non-canonical sentences by Greek-speaking children: Developmental and clinical aspects. In International Symposium on Monolingual and Bilingual Speech 2022 (p. 21).
  • Γερονίκου, Ε. (2020). Αξιολόγηση διαταραχών ομιλίας στο Μ. Καμπανάρου Σύγχρονα θέματα Λογοθεραπείας / Αξιολόγηση και διάγνωση, 75-100. Εκδόσεις Γκότσης, Πάτρα
  • Geronikou, E., Vance, M., Wells, B., & Thomson, J. (2020). Phonology, morphology and speech processing development in Greek-speaking children. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 34(5), 431-452.
  • Geronikou, E., Vance, M., Wells, B., & Thomson, J. M. (2019). The case for morphophonological intervention: Evidence from a Greek-speaking child with speech difficulties. Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 35(1), 5-23.
  • Geronikou, E., Michou, E., & Kyriazis, V. (2019). Narrative skills of bilingual school-aged English-Greek children’s: preliminary results. In E. Babatsouli (ed.), Proceedings of the International Symposium on Monolingual and Bilingual Speech 2019 (pp. 45-51). ISBN: 978-618-82351-3-7.
  • Geronikou, E. (2018). Morphologically relevant speech processing skills in Greek typically and atypically developing children. In E. Babatsouli (Ed), Cross linguistic Research in Monolingual and Bilingual Speech, pp 110-128, ISMBS, Chania, Greece.
  • Geronikou, E., & Rees, R. (2016). Psycholinguistic profiling reveals underlying impairments for Greek children with speech disorders. Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 32(1), 95–110.