Nerina Scarinci
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Professor
Nerina Scarinci
Email: : n.scarinci@uq.edu.au
Phone: : +61 7 336 53097
Positions
Head of School : Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences
Affiliate of University of Queensland Centre for Hearing Research (CHEAR) : Centre for Hearing Research : Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences
Overview
Background
Professor Nerina Scarinci is the Head of School, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences at The University of Queensland. Her main research focus is on the implementation and evaluation of patient- and family-centred care for adults and children with communication disability. Professor Scarinci has clinical and research expertise in the development, implementation, and evaluation of alternative models of allied health service delivery, including group interventions, eHealth, and communication partner training. Professor Scarinci has over 20 years clinical and research experience, with expertise in co-design, patient- and family-centred care, and the evaluation and management of communication disability.
University Profile: Professor Nerina Scarinci is a Professor in Speech Pathology and Director of Higher Degree Reserach Students in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences.
Teaching Themes: Professional Practice and Communication Skills, Children with Special Needs in Communication, Paediatric Speech Pathology, Hearing Impairment, Service Delivery, Professional Issues and Ethics
Research interests: Paediatric and Adult Hearing Impairment, Communication Disability, International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF), Third-Party Disability, Family-Centred Care, Early Intervention, Co-Design
Grant funding: Professor Scarinci has attained >$10.2 Million in grant funding, with >$4.12 Million as Chief Investigator and >$6.1 Million as Associate Investigator or Program Lead.
Reviewer: International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology; International Journal of Audiology; Ear & Hearing; Speech, Language and Hearing; Disability & Rehabilitation; Child Language Teaching & Therapy, American Journal of Audiology; BMC Geriatrics; Clinical Interventions in Aging.
Editorial Boards: Associate Editor for International Journal of Audiology; Editorial Consultant for International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology.
Professional Memberships: Speech Pathology Australia; The Hanen Centre; Ida Institute.
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Availability
Professor Nerina Scarinci is: : Available for supervision : Media expert
Fields of research
Allied health and rehabilitation science Audiology Family care Health Sciences Health services and systems Implementation science and evaluation People with disability Rehabilitation Speech pathology
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Speech Pathology, The University of Queensland
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
Works
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All (168) Book (2) Journal Article (115) Other Outputs (2) Conference Publication (40) Book Chapter (9)
2025
Conference Publication
Impact of a revised speech pathology program on students becoming reflective practitioners and lifelong learners
Penman, A., Retamal-Walter, F., Cook, K., Angwin, T. and Scarinci, N. (2025). Impact of a revised speech pathology program on students becoming reflective practitioners and lifelong learners. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Washington D.C., 20-22 Nov.
2025
Conference Publication
Engaging families of children aged 0-7 with communication difficulties in telepractice: Five-year insights
Retamal-Walter, F., Waite, M., Melvin, K. and Scarinci, N. (2025). Engaging families of children aged 0-7 with communication difficulties in telepractice: Five-year insights. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Washington, DC, United States, 20-22 November 2025.
2025
Conference Publication
What about the father? Exploring father involvement in supporting children with communication difficulties
Retamal-Walter, F., Occeana, J., Penman, A. and Scarinci, N. (2025). What about the father? Exploring father involvement in supporting children with communication difficulties. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Washington, DC, United States, 20-22 November 2025.
2025
Conference Publication
Working with spoken language interpreters: strengthening clinician-interpreter collaboration for equitable hearing care
Nisar, Mehwish, Nickbakht, Mansoureh, Orlando, Marc, Scarinci, Nerina, Newall, John, Harris-Roxas, Ben, Hickson, Louise and Dawes, Piers (2025). Working with spoken language interpreters: strengthening clinician-interpreter collaboration for equitable hearing care . National Multicultural Health and Wellbeing Conference 2025, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 11-12 November 2025.
2025
Conference Publication
Perceptions of Australian speech-language pathologists managing stuttering: a mixed-methods workforce survey
Alegre, E., Penman, A., Unicomb, R. and Scarinci, N. (2025). Perceptions of Australian speech-language pathologists managing stuttering: a mixed-methods workforce survey. Oxford Stuttering and Cluttering Research Conference, Oxford, United Kingdom, 23-26 September 2025.
2025
Journal Article
Factors influencing the use of hearing services by diverse ethnic communities in Australia
Nickbakht, Mansoureh, Furze, Cailyn, Nisar, Mehwish, Waite, Monique, Scarinci, Nerina, Newall, John, Hickson, Louise, Armitage, Christopher J., Ching, Teresa Y. C. and Dawes, Piers (2025). Factors influencing the use of hearing services by diverse ethnic communities in Australia. Ear and Hearing. doi: 10.1097/aud.0000000000001734
Factors influencing the use of hearing services by diverse ethnic communities in Australia
2025
Journal Article
What does culturally responsive hearing care look like? The views of service users, clinicians, and researchers
Nickbakht, Mansoureh, Nisar, Mehwish, Furze, Cailyn, Scarinci, Nerina, Newall, John, Hickson, Louise, Timmer, Barbra, Armitage, Christopher J. and Dawes, Piers (2025). What does culturally responsive hearing care look like? The views of service users, clinicians, and researchers. Ear and Hearing, 46 (6) 10.1097/AUD.0000000000001686, 1479-1489. doi: 10.1097/aud.0000000000001686
2025
Journal Article
Understanding affiliate stigma among significant others of adults with hearing loss: a cross-sectional survey in Australia, the UK, and the US
Meyer, Carly, Scarinci, Nerina, Ekberg, Katie, Nickbakht, Mansoureh, Timmer, Barbra, Waite, Monique and Hickson, Louise (2025). Understanding affiliate stigma among significant others of adults with hearing loss: a cross-sectional survey in Australia, the UK, and the US. International Journal of Audiology, 65 (s1), S58-S64. doi: 10.1080/14992027.2025.2505979
2025
Journal Article
Who do you tell about your hearing loss? A stigma-induced identity-threat model for adults with hearing loss
Ekberg, Katie, Nickbakht, Mansoureh, Meyer, Carly, Waite, Monique, Timmer, Barbra, Scarinci, Nerina and Hickson, Louise (2025). Who do you tell about your hearing loss? A stigma-induced identity-threat model for adults with hearing loss. International Journal of Audiology, 64 (sup1), 1-6. doi: 10.1080/14992027.2025.2489569
2025
Journal Article
Speech–language pathologists’ perceptions of their competence in managing stuttering: a systematic review with narrative synthesis
Alegre, Emma, Penman, Adriana, Unicomb, Rachael and Scarinci, Nerina (2025). Speech–language pathologists’ perceptions of their competence in managing stuttering: a systematic review with narrative synthesis. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 60 (3) e70040, 1-18. doi: 10.1111/1460-6984.70040
2025
Journal Article
Evidence-based practice (EBP) in action for clinicians – a new critical appraisal checklist for evaluating intervention studies
Wong, Lena L. N., Hickson, Louise and Scarinci, Nerina (2025). Evidence-based practice (EBP) in action for clinicians – a new critical appraisal checklist for evaluating intervention studies. International Journal of Audiology, 64 (10), 1091-1092. doi: 10.1080/14992027.2025.2486849
2025
Conference Publication
Improving access to hearing services for people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds [Symposium]
Dawes, Piers, Nickbakht, Mansoureh, Scarinci, Nerina, Newall, John, Furze, Cailyn and de Silva, Dumini (2025). Improving access to hearing services for people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds [Symposium]. Audiology Australia 2025 Conference, Adelaide, SA, Australia, 1-4 April 2025.
2025
Conference Publication
Engagement with Interpreters to Improve Hearing Health Equity in Audiology Clinics
Nisar, Mehwish, Nickbakht, Mansoureh, Orlando, Marc, Kruger, Jan-Louis, Scarinci, Nerina, Newall, John and Dawes, Piers (2025). Engagement with Interpreters to Improve Hearing Health Equity in Audiology Clinics. Global Conference on Migration and Health Equity, Sydney, NSW Australia, 30-31 January 2025.
Engagement with Interpreters to Improve Hearing Health Equity in Audiology Clinics
2025
Journal Article
The decision to tell or not to tell is associated with experiences of stigma and hearing aid use among adults with hearing loss
Meyer, Carly, Nickbakht, Mansoureh, Ekberg, Katie, Timmer, Barbra, Scarinci, Nerina, Waite, Monique and Hickson, Louise (2025). The decision to tell or not to tell is associated with experiences of stigma and hearing aid use among adults with hearing loss. International Journal of Audiology, 64 (sup1), 1-10. doi: 10.1080/14992027.2024.2446480
2025
Conference Publication
What does culturally responsive hearing care look like? An international Delphi study
Dawes, Piers, Nickbakht, Mansoureh, Nisar, Mehwish, Newall, John, Timmer, Barbra, Hickson, Louise, Furze, Cailyn, Armitage, Christopher J. and Scarinci, Nerina (2025). What does culturally responsive hearing care look like? An international Delphi study. 14th International Conference of the Coalition for Global Hearing Health, Wellington, New Zealand, 16-18 January 2025.
What does culturally responsive hearing care look like? An international Delphi study
2025
Conference Publication
Actors influencing the accessibility and use of hearing services by diverse ethnic communities in Australia
Newall, John, Furze, Cailyn, Nickbakht, Mansoureh, Nisar, Mehwish, Scarinci, Nerina, Hickson, Louise, Armitage, Christopher J., Ching, Teresa Y. C., Shi, Li, Timmer, Barbra and Dawes, Piers (2025). Actors influencing the accessibility and use of hearing services by diverse ethnic communities in Australia. 14th Annual Conference of the Coalition for Global Hearing Health, Wellington, New Zealand, 16-18 January 2025.
2025
Journal Article
How do adults with hearing loss, family members, and hearing care professionals respond to the stigma of hearing loss and hearing aids?
Scarinci, Nerina, Waite, Monique, Nickbakht, Mansoureh, Ekberg, Katie, Timmer, Barbra, Meyer, Carly and Hickson, Louise (2025). How do adults with hearing loss, family members, and hearing care professionals respond to the stigma of hearing loss and hearing aids?. International Journal of Audiology, 64 (sup1), s20-s27. doi: 10.1080/14992027.2024.2406885
2025
Journal Article
Using Ecological Momentary Analysis to explore stigma experiences in the real world for adults with acquired hearing loss
Timmer, Barbra H. B., Ekberg, Katie, Meyer, Carly, Waite, Monique, Scarinci, Nerina, Nickbakht, Mansoureh and Hickson, Louise (2025). Using Ecological Momentary Analysis to explore stigma experiences in the real world for adults with acquired hearing loss. International Journal of Audiology, 64 (sup1), s28-s38. doi: 10.1080/14992027.2024.2418970
2025
Journal Article
Development of a family-centred intervention for families and children with hearing loss transitioning into early intervention: application of the Behaviour Change Wheel
Nickbakht, Mansoureh, Meyer, Carly, Beswick, Rachael and Scarinci, Nerina (2025). Development of a family-centred intervention for families and children with hearing loss transitioning into early intervention: application of the Behaviour Change Wheel. International Journal of Audiology, 64 (5), 525-534. doi: 10.1080/14992027.2024.2402823
2024
Journal Article
Development and validation of an observational tool to measure engagement in telepractice early intervention
Retamal-Walter, Felipe, Waite, Monique and Scarinci, Nerina (2024). Development and validation of an observational tool to measure engagement in telepractice early intervention. Disability and Rehabilitation, 47 (14), 1-12. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2024.2432921
Funding
Current funding
- 2024 - 2027
Speech pathologists and families together: Implementation of a tool to support engagement in early speech pathology intervention
Northern Sydney Local Health District
Open grant - 2024 - 2026
Queensland speech pathologists and families together: Co-designing supports for engagement in early intervention services
Speech Pathology Australia
Open grant - 2023 - 2026
Addressing long waits in child development services: What do families do while waiting and how does this impact parental self-efficacy?
Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service
Open grant - 2023 - 2027
Improving the psychosocial and emotional well-being of adults with hearing loss through co-designed evidence-based services: ACE2.0
NHMRC Targeted Research
Open grant - 2022 - 2026
Improving access to the hearing services program for people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
NHMRC Targeted Research
Open grant - 2022 - 2027
Unspoken, Unheard, Unmet: Improving Access to Preventative Health Care through Better Conversations about Care
NHMRC MRFF Dementia, Ageing and Aged Care Mission
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Past funding
- 2022 - 2023
Effective language and communication strategies: Best-practice guidelines for supporting differentiated instruction for diverse learners
Queensland Department of Education
Open grant - 2022 - 2024
Reducing social isolation in adolescents who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
Deafness Foundation (Victoria)
Open grant - 2021 - 2022
Co-design of an environment that supports shared book reading within a community centre
Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service
Open grant - 2020 - 2021
Comparison of the outcomes of the truncated versus the full Hanen ITTT Program for children with language delay
Speech Pathology Australia
Open grant - 2020 - 2022
Development of a standardised tool to capture parents' use of language facilitation strategies
Queensland Legacy Board Grant
Open grant - 2020 - 2022
Inter-professional collaboration between teachers and speech pathologists: identify facilitators and barriers to working together effectively within a Whole School Approach in Queensland
Speech Pathology Australia
Open grant - 2019 - 2021
Does viewing ethnographic videos change audiology and speech-language pathology students' clinical self-efficacy and anxiety in commencing clinical placements?
Ida Institute (Denmark)
Open grant - 2019 - 2020
Development of a decision aid for the introduction of AAC systems to parents of children with complex communication needs
Speech Pathology Australia
Open grant - 2019 - 2022
To tell or not to tell? The stigma experiences of adults with hearing impairment and their families
GN Hearing Care Corporation
Open grant - 2016 - 2017
Applying a person-centred approach to engaging patients and communication partners in audiological rehabilitation: Changing the talk to focus on living well with hearing loss
Ida Institute (Denmark)
Open grant - 2016 - 2017
The development and validation of the Significant Other Scale for Dysphagia in Head and Neck Cancer (SOS-DYSPHAGIA H&N)
The Australian & New Zealand Head and Neck Cancer Society Incorporated
Open grant - 2016 - 2018
Family-centred care in paediatric hearing rehabilitation programs: How is it being implemented in day to day practice?
Deafness Foundation (Victoria)
Open grant - 2015 - 2019
Improving rehabilitation outcomes for adults with hearing impairment and their family members: A family-centred care approach
Flinders University
Open grant - 2015 - 2016
Improving the health and well-being of serving and ex-serving Australian Defence Force members with hearing loss and their families: A family-centred care approach
DHF Establishment Grants
Open grant - 2014 - 2019
Enabling equal access using e-health
HEARing CRC
Open grant - 2012
Third-party disability: Parents, grandparents and siblings of children with hearing impairment discuss family-centred care
UQ Early Career Researcher
Open grant - 2011 - 2012
Evauluation of the Hanen early Language Teacher Talk Program: A pilot study to investigate outcomes for early childhood educators in Queensland
Speech Pathologists Board of Queensland
Open grant - 2008 - 2011
Bilateral cochlear implants in children: A study of speech and language outcomes
UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund
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Supervision
Availability
Professor Nerina Scarinci is: : Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
- Doctor Philosophy
##### Address the psychosocial and emotional needs of adults with hearing loss and their family members
Principal Advisor - Doctor Philosophy
##### Behavioural Interventions for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Monique Waite - Doctor Philosophy
##### Establishing an evidence-based hearing health decision-making solution for emerging adults with hearing loss using consumer and community involvement research.
Principal Advisor - Doctor Philosophy
##### Hearing Health Inequality in Australian Immigrants
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Piers Dawes - Doctor Philosophy
##### Exploring the management of school aged children who stutter in Australia
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Adriana Penman - Master Philosophy
##### Young kids and Understanding Mealtimes (YUM): A co-designed support program for families with children experiencing feeding difficulties
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Jeanne Marshall - Doctor Philosophy
##### Connected to Care: Enhancing Telehealth in Allied Health to bridge gaps in Regional and Remote Queensland.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Felipe Retamal Walter, Dr Monique Waite - Doctor Philosophy
##### Accessible Information and Communication Support for Young People in the Queensland Youth Justice System
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Rebecca Armstrong
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Completed supervision
- 2025
Doctor Philosophy
##### Early intervention services for children with hearing loss in Kuwait
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Rebecca Packer, Dr Mansoureh Nickbakht - 2022
Doctor Philosophy
##### A year in the life: The impact of dysarthria for people with MND
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Anna Rumbach, Dr Rebecca Packer - 2019
Doctor Philosophy
Principal Advisor - 2019
Doctor Philosophy
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Louise Hickson - 2020
Doctor Philosophy
##### Exploring the complexity of engagement with families in early speech-language pathology intervention
Joint Principal Advisor - 2019
Doctor Philosophy
##### Supporting Families of Children with Hearing Loss Transitioning to Early Intervention
Joint Principal Advisor - 2016
Doctor Philosophy
Joint Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Louise Hickson - 2022
Doctor Philosophy
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Monique Waite - 2021
Doctor Philosophy
Associate Advisor - 2015
Doctor Philosophy
##### A systematic investigation of communication and mealtime management in residential aged care: Exploring perspectives and management across service providers.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Elizabeth Ward - 2014
Doctor Philosophy
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Elizabeth Ward, Dr Bena Brown
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- children
- co-design
- family-centred care
- hearing loss
- language delay
- language development
- late talkers
- speech pathology
- telehealth
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