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Researcher

S.P.C. (Simone) Koenraads, MD

Researcher

  • Department
  • Otorhinolaryngology
  • Focus area
  • childhood stuttering, speech and language development, hearing loss in children
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About

Introduction

I'm a resident and doctoral candidate at the Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery at Erasmus University Medical Centre in Rotterdam. My primary research focus is childhood stuttering in a large population-based cohort, the Generation R Study, with a secondary focus on the association on stuttering and brain development in children.

Field(s) of expertise

  • childhood stuttering
  • speech and language development
  • hearing loss in children

Publications

Publications on Pubmed

My Groups

Stuttering

Stuttering is a developmental speech production disorder that starts in childhood at an early phase.

Hearing loss in children

Although most apparent in later stages of life, it is probable that hearing acuity gradually declines with age and should therefore be studied at young ages as well.

Speech and language development and disorder

The pathophysiology of many speech and language problems is still not fully understood. Studies investigating the effect of speech and language treatment are scarce

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Departments and research centers

Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck surgery

Research groups/labs

Hearing loss in children

Speech and language development and disorder

Stuttering

Research Projects

research-project

Childhood stuttering and structural brain morphology

The Generation R Study is an ongoing population-based prospective birth cohort investigating children’s development from fetal life onwards (n=9901). In brief, pregnant women with an expected delivery date between 2002 and 2006 living in Rotterdam were eligible for participation. Mothers received extensive questionnaires at different time points, and from the age of the child of 5 years onwards, all participants were invited to the research center to undergo various physical examinations, measurements, and MRI-scans. The department of Otorhinolaryngology is involved in this cohort study with various pediatric research topics, including music-induced hearing loss, acute otitis media, and developmental stuttering.