Journal Article: Conversation breakdowns in the audiology clinic: the importance of mutual gaze
Ekberg, Katie, Hickson, Louise and Grenness, Caitlin (2016). Conversation breakdowns in the audiology clinic: the importance of mutual gaze. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 52 (3), 346-355. doi: 10.1111/1460-6984.12277
Journal Article: Family member involvement in audiology appointments with older people with hearing impairment
Ekberg, Katie, Meyer, Carly, Scarinci, Nerina, Grenness, Caitlin and Hickson, Louise (2015). Family member involvement in audiology appointments with older people with hearing impairment. International Journal of Audiology, 54 (2), 70-76. doi: 10.3109/14992027.2014.948218
Journal Article: Addressing patients’ psychosocial concerns regarding hearing aids within audiology appointments for older adults.
Ekberg, Katie, Grenness, Caitlin and Hickson, Louise (2014). Addressing patients’ psychosocial concerns regarding hearing aids within audiology appointments for older adults.. American Journal of Audiology, 23 (3), 337-350. doi: 10.1044/2014_AJA-14-0011
Journal Article: Disagreements between clients and family members regarding clients' hearing and rehabilitation within audiology appointments for older adults
Ekberg, Katie, Meyer, Carly, Scarinci, Nerina, Grenness, Caitlin and Hickson, Louise (2014). Disagreements between clients and family members regarding clients' hearing and rehabilitation within audiology appointments for older adults. Journal of Interactional Research in Communication Disorders, 5 (2), 217-244. doi: 10.1558/jircd.v5i2.217
(2023–2026) NHMRC Targeted Research
(2021–2022) Advance Queensland Women's Research Assistance Program
Exploring the social experiences of people with hearing impairment
(2020) Sonova AG
Hearing, social connectedness, and well-being of ageing adults in Australia.
Doctor Philosophy
Using conversation analysis to understand and quantify allied health professionals' dietary behaviour change talk with adults living with Type 2 Diabetes
Doctor Philosophy
(2022) Doctor Philosophy
Conversation breakdowns in the audiology clinic: the importance of mutual gaze
Ekberg, Katie, Hickson, Louise and Grenness, Caitlin (2016). Conversation breakdowns in the audiology clinic: the importance of mutual gaze. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 52 (3), 346-355. doi: 10.1111/1460-6984.12277
Family member involvement in audiology appointments with older people with hearing impairment
Ekberg, Katie, Meyer, Carly, Scarinci, Nerina, Grenness, Caitlin and Hickson, Louise (2015). Family member involvement in audiology appointments with older people with hearing impairment. International Journal of Audiology, 54 (2), 70-76. doi: 10.3109/14992027.2014.948218
Ekberg, Katie, Grenness, Caitlin and Hickson, Louise (2014). Addressing patients’ psychosocial concerns regarding hearing aids within audiology appointments for older adults.. American Journal of Audiology, 23 (3), 337-350. doi: 10.1044/2014_AJA-14-0011
Ekberg, Katie, Meyer, Carly, Scarinci, Nerina, Grenness, Caitlin and Hickson, Louise (2014). Disagreements between clients and family members regarding clients' hearing and rehabilitation within audiology appointments for older adults. Journal of Interactional Research in Communication Disorders, 5 (2), 217-244. doi: 10.1558/jircd.v5i2.217
Language and emotion in psychotherapeutic interaction
Ekberg, Stuart, Smoliak, Olga, Ekberg, Katie and LeCouteur, Amanda (2023). Language and emotion in psychotherapeutic interaction. Language and Emotion. (pp. 2044-2061) De Gruyter. doi: 10.1515/9783110795486-036
Ekberg, Katie and LeCouteur, Amanda (2020). Clients’ resistance to therapists’ proposals: managing epistemic and deontic status in cognitive behavioral therapy sessions. Joint decision making in mental health: an interactional approach. (pp. 95-114) edited by Camilla Lindholm, Melisa Stevanovic and Elina Weiste. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-43531-8_4
Ekberg, Katie, Hickson, Louise and Lind, Christopher (2020). Practices of negotiating responsibility for troubles in interaction involving people with hearing impairment. Atypical interaction: the impact of communicative impairments within everyday talk. (pp. 409-433) edited by Ray Wilkinson, John P. Rae and Gitte Rasmussen. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-28799-3_14
Linguistisch-interaktionale Differentialdiagnose in der Anfallsambulanz
Reuber, Markus and Ekberg, Katie (2015). Linguistisch-interaktionale Differentialdiagnose in der Anfallsambulanz. Handbuch Sprache in der Medizin. (pp. 264-281) edited by Albert Busch and Thomas Spranz-Fogasy. Berlin: De Gruyter. doi: 10.1515/9783110296174-015
Scarinci, Nerina, Tulloch, Kristen, Meyer, Carly, Ekberg, Katie and Lind, Christopher (2022). Using an Online Tool to Apply a Person-Centred Approach in Audiological Rehabilitation: A Pilot Study. Audiology Research, 12 (6), 620-634. doi: 10.3390/audiolres12060060
Scarinci, Nerina, Nickbakht, Mansoureh, Timmer, Barbra H., Ekberg, Katie, Cheng, Bonnie and Hickson, Louise (2022). A qualitative investigation of clients, significant others, and clinicians’ experiences of using wireless microphone systems to manage hearing impairment. Audiology Research, 12 (6), 596-619. doi: 10.3390/audiolres12060059
Ekberg, Katie, Timmer, Barbra H., Francis, Anna and Hickson, Louise (2022). Improving the implementation of family-centred care in adult audiology appointments: a feasibility intervention study. International Journal of Audiology, 1-13. doi: 10.1080/14992027.2022.2095536
Ng, Zheng Yen, Waite, Monique, Ekberg, Katie and Hickson, Louise (2022). Clinicians' and managers' views and experiences of audiology and speech-language pathology service provision for culturally and linguistically diverse families of young children with hearing loss. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 65 (7), 1-18. doi: 10.1044/2022_jslhr-21-00378
Ekberg, Katie, Ekberg, Stuart, Weinglass, Lara, Herbert, Anthony, Rendle‐Short, Johanna, Bluebond‐Langner, Myra, Yates, Patsy, Bradford, Natalie and Danby, Susan (2022). Attending to child agency in paediatric palliative care consultations: adults’ use of tag questions directed to the child. Sociology of Health and Illness, 44 (3), 566-585. doi: 10.1111/1467-9566.13437
Ekberg, Stuart, Bowers, Alison, Bradford, Natalie, Ekberg, Katie, Rolfe, Melanie, Elvidge, Norah, Cook, Rebecca, Roberts, Sara‐Jane, Howard, Christine, Agar, Meera, Deleuil, Renee, Fleming, Sara, Hynson, Jenny, Jolly, Ashka, Heywood, Melissa, Waring, Simon, Rice, Toni and Vickery, Annette (2021). Enhancing paediatric palliative care: a rapid review to inform continued development of care for children with life‐limiting conditions. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 58 (2), 232-237. doi: 10.1111/jpc.15851
Ekberg, Stuart, Parry, Ruth, Land, Victoria, Ekberg, Katie, Pino, Marco, Antaki, Charles, Jenkins, Laura and Whittaker, Becky (2021). Communicating with patients and families about illness progression and end of life: a review of studies using direct observation of clinical practice. BMC Palliative Care, 20 (1) 186, 186. doi: 10.1186/s12904-021-00876-2
Meyer, Carly, Waite, Monique, Atkins, Jenny, Ekberg, Katie, Scarinci, Nerina, Barr, Caitlin, Cowan, Robert and Hickson, Louise (2021). How can eHealth meet the hearing and communication needs of adults with hearing impairment and their significant others? A group concept mapping study. Ear and Hearing, Publish Ahead of Print (2), 335-346. doi: 10.1097/aud.0000000000001097
Pandemic morality-in-action: accounting for social action during the COVID-19 pandemic
Ekberg, Katie, Ekberg, Stuart, Weinglass, Lara and Danby, Susan (2021). Pandemic morality-in-action: accounting for social action during the COVID-19 pandemic. Discourse and Society, 32 (6), 666-688. doi: 10.1177/09579265211023232
Ng, Zheng Yen, Waite, Monique, Hickson, Louise and Ekberg, Katie (2021). Language accessibility in allied healthcare for culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) families of young children with chronic health conditions: a qualitative systematic review. Speech, Language and Hearing, 24 (2), 50-66. doi: 10.1080/2050571x.2021.1879611
Ekberg, Katie, Timmer, Barbra, Schuetz, Simone and Hickson, Louise (2020). Use of the behaviour change wheel to design an intervention to improve the implementation of family-centred care in adult audiology services. International Journal of Audiology, 60 (sup2), 1-10. doi: 10.1080/14992027.2020.1844321
Ekberg, Katie, Weinglass, Lara, Ekberg, Stuart, Danby, Susan and Herbert, Anthony (2020). The pervasive relevance of COVID-19 within routine paediatric palliative care consultations during the pandemic: A conversation analytic study. Palliative Medicine, 34 (9), 269216320950089-1219. doi: 10.1177/0269216320950089
Turton, Laura, Souza, Pamela, Thibodeau, Linda, Hickson, Louise, Gifford, René, Bird, Judith, Stropahl, Maren, Gailey, Lorraine, Fulton, Bernadette, Scarinci, Nerina, Ekberg, Katie and Timmer, Barbra (2020). Guidelines for best practice in the audiological management of adults with severe and profound hearing loss. Seminars in Hearing, 41 (03), 141-246. doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1714744
Ekberg, Katie and Barr, Caitlin (2020). Identifying clients’ readiness for hearing rehabilitation within initial audiology appointments: a pilot intervention study. International Journal of Audiology, 59 (8), 1-9. doi: 10.1080/14992027.2020.1737885
Ekberg, Katie, Schuetz, Simone, Timmer, Barbra and Hickson, Louise (2020). Identifying barriers and facilitators to implementing family-centred care in adult audiology practices: a COM-B interview study exploring staff perspectives. International Journal of Audiology, 59 (6), 1-11. doi: 10.1080/14992027.2020.1745305
Ekberg, Katie, Meyer, Carly, Hickson, Louise and Scarinci, Nerina (2019). Parents’ questions to clinicians within paediatric hearing habilitation appointments for children with hearing impairment. Patient Education and Counseling, 103 (3), 491-499. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2019.09.015
Leydon, Geraldine M., Halls, Amy, Ekberg, Katie, Latter, Sue, Stuart, Beth, Moynihan, Clare, Salmon, Peter, Danquah, Lisa, Brindle, Lucy, Howe, Sonia, Woods, Catherine J. and Little, Paul (2019). Specialist call handlers’ perspectives on providing help on a cancer helpline: a qualitative interview study. European Journal of Cancer Care, 28 (5) e13081, e13081. doi: 10.1111/ecc.13081
Lopriore, Stefanie, LeCouteur, Amanda, Ekberg, Katie and Ekberg, Stuart (2019). “You'll have to be my eyes and ears”: a conversation analytic study of physical examination on a health helpline. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 28 (1-2), 330-339. doi: 10.1111/jocn.14638
Ekberg, Katie, Scarinci, Nerina, Hickson, Louise and Meyer, Carly (2018). Parent-directed commentaries during children's hearing habilitation appointments: a practice in family-centred care. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 53 (5), 929-946. doi: 10.1111/1460-6984.12403
Delivering healthcare at a distance: exploring the organisation of calls to a health helpline
Lopriore, Stefanie, LeCouteur, Amanda, Ekberg, Stuart and Ekberg, Katie (2017). Delivering healthcare at a distance: exploring the organisation of calls to a health helpline. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 104, 45-55. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2017.05.001
Difficult conversations: talking about cost in audiology consultations with older adults
Ekberg, Katie, Barr, Caitlin and Hickson, Louise (2017). Difficult conversations: talking about cost in audiology consultations with older adults. International Journal of Audiology, 56 (11), 854-861. doi: 10.1080/14992027.2017.1339128
Exploring audiologists’ language and hearing aid uptake in initial rehabilitation appointments
Sciacca, Anna, Meyer, Carly, Ekberg, Katie, Barr, Caitlin and Hickson, Louise (2017). Exploring audiologists’ language and hearing aid uptake in initial rehabilitation appointments. American Journal of Audiology, 26 (2), 110-118. doi: 10.1044/2017_AJA-16-0061
Ekberg, Katie and Ekberg, Stuart (2017). Gendering occupations: persistence and resistance of gender presumptions about members of particular healthcare professions. Gender and Language, 11 (1), 100-120. doi: 10.1558/genl.24082
Leydon, Geraldine M., Stuart, Beth, Danquah, Lisa, Ekberg, Katie, Brindle, Lucy, Latter, Sue, Moynihan, Clare, Salmon, Peter, Howe, Sonia, Stokoe, Elizabeth and Little, Paul (2016). A descriptive survey of cancer helplines in the UK: who they are, the services offered and accessibility of those services. Psycho-Oncology, 26 (8), 1140-1146. doi: 10.1002/pon.4293
Conversation breakdowns in the audiology clinic: the importance of mutual gaze
Ekberg, Katie, Hickson, Louise and Grenness, Caitlin (2016). Conversation breakdowns in the audiology clinic: the importance of mutual gaze. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 52 (3), 346-355. doi: 10.1111/1460-6984.12277
Ekberg, Katie and Reuber, Markus (2016). Can conversation analytic findings help with differential diagnosis in routine seizure clinic interactions?. Communication and Medicine, 12 (1), 13-24. doi: 10.1558/cam.v12i1.26851
Ekberg, Katie, Grenness, Caitlin and Hickson, Louise (2016). Application of the transtheoretical model of behaviour change for identifying older clients’ readiness for hearing rehabilitation during history-taking in audiology appointments. International Journal of Audiology, 55 (Supp 3), S42-S51. doi: 10.3109/14992027.2015.1136080
Grenness, Caitlin, Meyer, Carly, Scarinci, Nerina, Ekberg, Katie and Hickson, Louise (2016). The international classification of functioning, disability and health as a framework for providing patient- and family-centered audiological care for older adults and their significant others. Seminars in Hearing, 37 (3), 187-199. doi: 10.1055/s-0036-1584411.
Clients’ resistance to therapists’ proposals: managing epistemic and deontic status
Ekberg, Katie and LeCouteur, Amanda (2015). Clients’ resistance to therapists’ proposals: managing epistemic and deontic status. Journal of Pragmatics, 90, 12-25. doi: 10.1016/j.pragma.2015.10.004
Jenkins, Laura, Cosgrove, Jeremy, Ekberg, Katie, Kheder, Ammar, Sokhi, Dilraj and Reuber, Markus (2015). A brief conversation analytic communication intervention can change history-taking in the seizure clinic. Epilepsy and Behavior, 52 (Part A), 62-67. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2015.08.022
Family member involvement in audiology appointments with older people with hearing impairment
Ekberg, Katie, Meyer, Carly, Scarinci, Nerina, Grenness, Caitlin and Hickson, Louise (2015). Family member involvement in audiology appointments with older people with hearing impairment. International Journal of Audiology, 54 (2), 70-76. doi: 10.3109/14992027.2014.948218
Ekberg, Katie, Grenness, Caitlin and Hickson, Louise (2014). Addressing patients’ psychosocial concerns regarding hearing aids within audiology appointments for older adults.. American Journal of Audiology, 23 (3), 337-350. doi: 10.1044/2014_AJA-14-0011
Ekberg, Katie and LeCouteur, Amanda (2014). Co-implicating and re-shaping clients' suggestions for behavioural change in cognitive behavioural therapy practice. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 11 (1), 60-77. doi: 10.1080/14780887.2012.709917
Ekberg, Katie, Meyer, Carly, Scarinci, Nerina, Grenness, Caitlin and Hickson, Louise (2014). Disagreements between clients and family members regarding clients' hearing and rehabilitation within audiology appointments for older adults. Journal of Interactional Research in Communication Disorders, 5 (2), 217-244. doi: 10.1558/jircd.v5i2.217
Ekberg, Katie, McDermott, Joanne, Moynihan, Clare, Brindle, Lucy, Little, Paul and Leydon, Geraldine M. (2014). The role of helplines in cancer care: intertwining emotional support with information or advice-seeking needs. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology, 32 (3), 359-381. doi: 10.1080/07347332.2014.897294
Using a family-centred care approach in audiologic rehabilitation for adults with hearing impairment
Scarinci, Nerina, Meyer, Carly, Ekberg, Katie and Hickson, Louise (2013). Using a family-centred care approach in audiologic rehabilitation for adults with hearing impairment. Perspectives on Aural Rehabilitation and its Instrumentation, 20 (3), 83-90. doi: 10.1044/arri20.3.83
'How can I help?’ Nurse call openings on a cancer helpline and implications for call progressivity.
Leydon, Geraldine Marie, Ekberg, Katie and Drew, Paul (2013). 'How can I help?’ Nurse call openings on a cancer helpline and implications for call progressivity.. Patient Education and Counseling, 92 (1), 23-30. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2013.02.007
Improving ethnic monitoring for telephone-based healthcare: a conversation analytic study
Leydon, Geraldine M., Ekberg, Katie, Kelly, Moira and Drew, Paul (2013). Improving ethnic monitoring for telephone-based healthcare: a conversation analytic study. BMJ Open, 3 (6) 002676, 1-7. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002676
Negotiating behavioural change: therapists' proposal turns in cognitive behavioural therapy
Ekberg, Katie and Le Couteur, Amanda (2012). Negotiating behavioural change: therapists' proposal turns in cognitive behavioural therapy. Communication and Medicine, 9 (3), 229-239. doi: 10.1558/cam.v9i3.229
Simmons, Katie and LeCouteur, Amanda (2011). 'Hypothetical active-voicing': therapists 'modelling' of clients' future conversations in CBT interactions. Journal of Pragmatics, 43 (13), 3177-3192. doi: 10.1016/j.pragma.2011.06.002
Simmons, Katie and Lecouteur, Amanda (2008). Modern racism in the media: constructions of 'the possibility of change' in accounts of two Australian 'riots'. Discourse and Society, 19 (5), 667-687. doi: 10.1177/0957926508092248
Does Audiologists’ Language Influence the Decision to Obtain Hearing Aids?
Meyer, Carly, Sciacca, Anna, Grenness, Caitlin, Ekberg, Katie and Hickson, Louise (2015). Does Audiologists’ Language Influence the Decision to Obtain Hearing Aids?. American Academy of Audiology, San Antonio, TX, United States, 25-28 March 2015.
How to Implement Patient- and Family-Centered Care in your Audiologic Rehabilitation Practice
Hickson, Louise, Scarinci, Nerina, Meyer, Carly, Ekberg, Katie and Grenness, Caitlin (2015). How to Implement Patient- and Family-Centered Care in your Audiologic Rehabilitation Practice. American Academy of Audiology, San Antonio, TX, United States, 25-28 March 2015.
Ekberg, Katie and Ekberg, Stuart (2014). Gendering occupations: persistence and resistance of gender presumptions about members of healthcare professions. Australasian Institute of Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis (AIEMCA), Hamilton, New Zealand, 20-21 November 2014.
(2023–2026) NHMRC Targeted Research
(2021–2022) Advance Queensland Women's Research Assistance Program
Exploring the social experiences of people with hearing impairment
(2020) Sonova AG
To tell or not to tell? The stigma experiences of adults with hearing impairment and their families
(2019–2022) GN Hearing Care Corporation
(2019) The Children's Hospital Foundation
Dr Katie Ekberg - Maternity Funding (Advance Queensland Women's Academic Fund)
(2017–2018) Queensland Government Advance Queensland Women's Academic Fund
(2016–2018) Deafness Foundation (Victoria)
(2016–2017) Ida Institute (Denmark)
(2016–2017) Ida Institute (Denmark)
Enabling equal access using e-health
(2014–2019) HEARing CRC
Hearing, social connectedness, and well-being of ageing adults in Australia.
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
Using conversation analysis to understand and quantify allied health professionals' dietary behaviour change talk with adults living with Type 2 Diabetes
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
(2022) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors: