OUR STORY

Dr Michelle Malan (Brown) is an experienced 
certified practising speech-language pathologist.

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Michelle has worked at The Children's Hospital at Westmead, a community health centre,

and owned a private practice.

Michelle is also a lecturer and researcher with an interest in paediatric literacy, speech, language, voice, hearing loss, and swallowing.

Michelle holds a Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics and Special Education

Master of Speech-Language Pathology
Thesis title: Underlying patterns of dyslexia and dysgraphia
(reading and spelling disorders)

PhD 
Thesis title: The effectiveness of early storybook reading for babies with and without a hearing loss

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Michelle has published and presented her research nationally and internationally and has been invited to collaborate with Speech Pathology Australia on literacy initiatives.

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Michelle is an experienced clinician who is passionate about supporting children and their families with
speech, language, literacy, voice, hearing loss, and swallowing difficulties,
to reach their fullest potential.