Rate My Professor Rachael Unicomb

Unicomb's research interests include stuttering across the lifespan, treatment of co-occurring stuttering and speech sound disorders, speech sound disorders, child speech and language development, virtual reality and simulation for speech pathology education, gamification in undergraduate teaching, blended learning, clinical education, evidence-based practice, fluency, paediatric language, and professional issues in speech pathology. She has developed preliminary guidelines for simultaneously treating co-occurring stuttering and speech sound disorders. Notable publications comprise 'Assessment of reliable change using 95% credible intervals for the differences in proportions: A statistical analysis for case-study methodology' (2015, Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research), 'Prevalence and features of comorbid stuttering and speech sound disorder at age 4 years' (2020, Journal of Communication Disorders), 'Parental perceptions of stuttering in children: A systematic review of the literature' (2022, Speech, Language and Hearing), and 'Evidence for the treatment of co-occurring stuttering and speech sound disorder: A clinical case series' (2017, International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology). She has presented extensively at conferences and contributed to chapters like 'Virtual reality (VR) oral musculature assessment (VOMA): Using VR to solve a real-world problem in health practice' (2025). Awards include Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, University of Newcastle Women in Research Fellow, Advanced HE Fellow, Research Higher Degree Publication Prize (2014), and Australian Postgraduate Award (2011). Her research features international collaborations, grant funding, and publications advancing clinical practices for communication disorders in contexts such as Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, and China.