Division of Sensory Organs and Communication (SOK)

At the division, research focusing on human communication is carried out.

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The main areas of the division's research include conversations with people with communicative impairments, speech and language disorders in children, applied hearing research, and clinical and ultrastructural studies of eye tissues and vision.

Upcoming events at SOK

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Research Colloquium 2024

Unit for Communication Disorders/Logopedics invites you to research colloquium from September to December during the fall of 2024.

Research

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Precursors of Intentional Communication Skills in Children

The project aims to create a checklist for parents, identify early communicative behaviors in young children up to one year of age, and examine their connection to later linguistic and communicative abilities.

Senior woman sitting alone in her kitchen. She is looking out into her conservatory while holding a home telephone in her hand.

CIRCA 鈥� a support for social interaction

CIRCA is a webpage developed to support social interaction for people who find it challenging to partake in conversational activities, for example older aduls who experience memory problems, and their next of kin.

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Cornea Research

Our research team focuses on understanding the origins of blinding diseases of the cornea, evaluating new pharmacologic, surgical, and regenerative therapies to treat corneal disease.

Collaboration

Center for dementia research - CEDER

The research has a focus on the everyday life with dementia. Of special interest is the challenges and the ways persons with dementia and their significant others manage and organize their lives.

News

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Eye problems after COVID-19 can now be explained

Mild COVID-19 can cause severe and long-lasting eye problems, according to a study from LiU. The study also explains why it has been difficult for sufferers to get help: the abnormal eye behaviour cannot be detected by standard methods.

The world's largest eye research organization praises LiU researchers

Neil Lagali and Mehrdad Rafat earn global acclaim, winning ARVO Foundation's 2023 Point of View Award. Recognized by the world's largest eye research organization, their work in regenerative ophthalmology offers new hope for vision restoration.

European investment in research into corneal diseases

Researchers at 糖心直播 are taking part in the largest European investment to date into diseases of the cornea. The aim is to restore vision in people with severe and rare eye diseases.

Contact us

Head of Division

Coordinator

Staff

Associate Professor, Docent

Lovisa Elm

Adjunct Assistant Lecturer

Moa Eriksson

Adjunct Assistant Lecturer

Lovisa Farnebo

Adjunct Associate Professor

Òscar Garriga-Monterde

Principal Research Engineer

Seyedehdina Javidjam

Björn Johansson

Adjunct Associate Professor

Affiliated Researcher

Principal Research Engineer

Elina Mäki-Torkko

Visiting Professor

Charlotta Plejert

Senior Associate Professor

Christina Reuterskiöld

Professor

Johan Semby

Helen Setterud

Adjunct Associate Professor, Docent

Stefan Stenfelt

Professor, Head of Division

Sudeep Surendran

Principal Research Engineer

Annika Törngren

Adjunct Assistant Lecturer

Adjunct Associate Professor

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