Spoken Discourse Impairments in the Neurogenic Populations (PDF)

Anthony Pak-Hin Kong holds a Ph.D. in Speech and Hearing Sciences and is a professor and research scientist specialized in aphasiology at The University of Hong Kong. He is a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) and Academy of Aphasia. In 2013, he received the ASHA Recognition for Outstanding Contribution in International Achievement. Dr. Kong currently serves as the Head of Academic Unit of Human Communication, Learning, and Development (HCLD) and Director of Aphasia Research and Therapy (ART) Laboratory at The University of Hong Kong.Trained as a speech-language pathologist, Dr. Kong's research interests include stroke-.-induced aphasia, discourse analyses, neurogenic communication disorders in multilingual speakers, gesture production and multi-modal communication in aphasia, acoustic analysis and automatic speech assessment for disordered speech, neuromodulation and technology-based training foracquired communication disorders, and community support to people with aphasia and their caregivers. His research has received continuous funding from the National Institutes of Health, the Hong Kong Government, The Government of the People's Republic of China, and multiple national and international universities and private foundations.
Over the years, Dr. Kong has developed several important language and cognitive tools/batteries for clinical evaluation of Chinese speakers, such as The Main Concept Analysis (MCA) for oral discourse production, The Hong Kong version of the Oxford Cognitive Screen, and The Cantonese version of Birmingham Cognitive Screen. He is also the organizer of the Cantonese AphasiaBank (https://speech.edu.hku.hk/caphbank/search/), the first data-sharing corpus of multi-modal discourse production by Chinese-speaking people with aphasia and healthy individuals. His most recent authored book is Analysis of neurogenic disordered discourse production: Theories, assessment and treatment (2nd edition) (Routledge).