The International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association (ICPLA) is an international

scholarly association A learned society ( ; also scholarly, intellectual, or academic society) is an organization that exists to promote an academic discipline, profession, or a group of related disciplines such as the arts and sciences. Membership may be open to al ...

devoted to the study of

phonetics Phonetics is a branch of linguistics that studies how humans produce and perceive sounds or, in the case of sign languages, the equivalent aspects of sign. Linguists who specialize in studying the physical properties of speech are phoneticians ...

and

linguistics Linguistics is the scientific study of language. The areas of linguistic analysis are syntax (rules governing the structure of sentences), semantics (meaning), Morphology (linguistics), morphology (structure of words), phonetics (speech sounds ...

in relation to

speech disorders Speech disorders, impairments, or impediments, are a type of communication disorder in which normal manner of articulation, speech is disrupted. This can mean fluency disorders like stuttering and cluttering. Someone who is unable to speak due to ...

and

language disorder Language disorders or language impairments are disorders that involve the processing of linguistic information. Problems that may be experienced can involve grammar (syntax and/or morphology (linguistics), morphology), semantics (meaning), or o ...

s. Specifically its mission is to: * Stimulate thought and research into clinical phonetics and linguistics in relation to speech and language disorders. * Facilitate interaction and communication between researchers and clinicians. * Organise regular meetings/conferences both nationally and internationally on relevant topics in clinical phonetics and linguistics. It was founded in 1991 at the Symposium on Advances in Clinical Phonetics held at the

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. The official journal of the Association is ''Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics'' published since 1987 by

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. It has appeared on a monthly basis since 2007. The original editors were: Martin J. Ball, Raymond D. Kent, Nicole Müller, and Thomas W. Powell. Current editors are Vesna Stoyanovik and Tim Bressman. ICPLA Presidents: William J. Hardcastle (1991-2000), Martin J. Ball (2000-2006), Sara Howard (2006-2014), Hanne Gram Simonsen (2014-2018), Vesna Mildner (2018-2023), Sharynne McLeod (2023-) ICPLA Vice Presidents: Eric Keller (1991-1993), Jack Ryalls (1994- ), Michael R. Perkins (-2006), Sharynne McLeod (2006-2018), Vesna Stoyanovik (2018-2023), Joanne Cleland (2023-) The Association sponsors a biennial conference. Conferences have been held in the following locations: 1991 Cardiff, Wales, UK; 1992 London, UK; 1993 Helsinki, Finland; 1994 New Orleans, USA; 1996 Munich, Germany; 1997 Nijmegen, The Netherlands; 1999 Montreal, Canada; 2000 Edinburgh, UK; 2002 Hong Kong, SAR China; 2004 Lafayette, USA; 2006 Dubrovnik, Croatia; 2008 Istanbul, Turkey; 2010 Oslo, Norway; 2012 Cork, Ireland; 2014 Stockholm, Sweden; 2016 Halifax, Canada; 2018 Malta; 2021 Edinburgh, Scotland (online); 2023 Salzburg, Austria

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