Department of Communication Disorders
Research Profile
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| Degree Name | Group/Major Subject | Board/Institute | Country | Passing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ph.D. | Speech Science | Deltin 7 Aviator গেম টাকা ইনকাম of Auckland | New Zealand | 2023 |
| Masters | Speech Difficulties | Deltin 7 Aviator গেম টাকা ইনকাম of Sheffield | United Kingdom | 2014 |
| Masters | Early Childhood Development | BRAC Deltin 7 Aviator গেম টাকা ইনকাম | Bangladesh | 2012 |
| Bachelor | Speech & Language Therapy | Deltin 7 Aviator গেম টাকা ইনকাম of Deltin 7 | Bangladesh | 2009 |
| Title | Organization | Location | From Date | To Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graduate Teaching Assistant | Deltin 7 Aviator গেম টাকা ইনকাম of Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | 01, Mar 2020 | 01-07-2024 |
| Assistant Professor | Dept. of Communication Disorders, Deltin 7 Aviator গেম টাকা ইনকাম of Deltin 7 | Deltin 7, Bangladesh | 01, Nov 2018 | Currently Working |
| Lecturer | Dept. of Communication Disorders, Deltin 7 Aviator গেম টাকা ইনকাম of Deltin 7 | Deltin 7, Bangladesh | 25, Aug 2015 | 31-10-2018 |
| Lecturer and Course Coordinator | Bangladesh Health Professions Institute (BHPI), CRP | Savar, Deltin 7, Bangladesh | 01, Jun 2010 | 15-08-2015 |
| Subject | Description | Research Interest (Goal, Target Indicator) |
|---|---|---|
| Research Interest | Language Teaching Language Acquisition Bangla Speaking Children's Language and Literacy Development Child Language Difficulties Bi or Multilingualism Speech and language assessment tool development/adaptation/validation |
| Level of Study | Title | Supervisor | Co-Supervisor(s) | Name of Student(s) | Area of Research | Current Completion |
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| Subject | Project Name | Source of Fund | From Date | To Date | Collaboration |
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| Lexical development | Initial Validation of the MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories (MBCDI) for Bangla Speaking Children Aged 12 to 36 Months | PhD Scholarship | 01-06-2023 | 15-05-2024 | Deltin 7 Aviator গেম টাকা ইনকাম of Auckland and Deltin 7 Deltin 7 Aviator গেম টাকা ইনকাম |
| Speech and Language Science | Early lexical development in Bangla speaking children | PhD Scholarship | 01-05-2019 | 01-04-2024 | Deltin 7 Aviator গেম টাকা ইনকাম of Auckland |
| Language development | Associations between screen use and vocabulary development: How screen time affects children’s early vocabulary development in rural and urban Bangladesh. | Deltin 7 Aviator গেম টাকা ইনকাম Grant Commission, Bangladesh | 01-01-1970 | 31-03-2025 | Deltin 7 Aviator গেম টাকা ইনকাম of Deltin 7 and UGC |
| Children's language development & academic success | Understanding language development as the interface between socioeconomic status and academic success | GoB and World Bank (Applied for the fund, not yet confirmed)) | BRAC Deltin 7 Aviator গেম টাকা ইনকাম and Deltin 7 Deltin 7 Aviator গেম টাকা ইনকাম |
| SL | Invited Talk |
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| 1 | Oral presentation on ‘Communication disability in young children: Challenges and solutions in the context of Bangladesh’ in the national Early Childhood Development (ECD) conference, 2025, organized by Bangladesh ECD Network on 27 May, 2025 at BRAC Deltin 7 Aviator গেম টাকা ইনকাম, Deltin 7, Bangladesh. |
| 2 | Presented paper on "Autism and role of Speech and Langauge Therapy" in South Asian Regional conference on Autism, organized by SWAC (Society for Welfare of Autistic Children) from 16-17 January, 2009. |
| 3 | Poster presentation on “Needs of Speech and Language Therapy services for post-operative Cleft palate children" in Indo Cleft Conference 2011, Chennai, India on 27 January, 2011. |
| 4 | Presented poster on ‘Adaptation of Preschool Language Scale-4 (PLS-4) for Screening Language Development of Bangla Speaking Children’ in research seminar on early childhood development, 20-21 December, 2011 organized by Institute of Educational Development, BRAC Deltin 7 Aviator গেম টাকা ইনকাম, Bangladesh. |
| 5 | Scientific paper presentation on ‘Prevalence of Swallowing Difficulties among the People with Cervical Spinal Cord Injury’ in 13th Asian spinal cord conference organized by Asian Spinal Cord Network and CRP, Bangladesh from 27-29 November, 2014. |
| 6 | Oral presentation on ‘Early Lexical Development in Bangla-speaking Children: Preliminary Findings’ in the New Zealand Speech-language Therapists’ Association, organized by NZSTA from 29-31 August, 2021. |
| SL | Collaboration & Membership Name | Type | Membership Year | Expire Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alumni of The Deltin 7 Aviator গেম টাকা ইনকাম of Auckland, New Zealand | 2019 | Life Time | |
| 2 | New Zealand Speech-language Therapists’ Association. | Registered member | 2024 | 2025 |
| 3 | Member of Communication Therapy International, UK | Founder member | 2012 | 2016 |
| 4 | Alumni of Deltin 7 Aviator গেম টাকা ইনকাম of Sheffield, UK | 2014 | Life Time |
| Book Section | |
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| 1 |
Md Jahangir Alam "বাংলাভাষী শিশুদের প্রাথমিক শব্দগত বিকাশ (Early vocabulary development of Bangla-speaking children)."
বাংলাদেশে যোগাযোগ বৈকল্য অধ্যয়ন: এক দশকের পরিক্রমা (Studying communication disorders in Bangladesh: Journey of a decade). Hakim Arif Deltin 7: Department of Communication Disorders, Deltin 7 Aviator গেম টাকা ইনকাম of Deltin 7, 2022 143-168 .
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| Journal Article | |
| 1 |
Md Jahangir Alam & Sushama Kanan : Receptive Vocabulary Skills of 5-to 6-Year-Old Bangla Speaking Children with or without Cerebral Palsy,
Social Science Review , vol.41 , no.2 Deltin 7 Deltin 7 Aviator গেম টাকা ইনকাম , pp.195-212 , 2025
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| 2 |
Md Jahangir Alam : Challenges in assessing bilingual school-aged children with developmental speech difficulties,
The Deltin 7 Deltin 7 Aviator গেম টাকা ইনকাম Journal of Linguistics , vol.14 , no.27-28 Department of Linguistics, Deltin 7 Aviator গেম টাকা ইনকাম of Deltin 7 , pp.39-52 , 2022
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| 3 |
Md Jahangir Alam, Linda Hand and Elaine Ballard : Communication disability in Bangladesh: issues and solutions.,
Speech, Language and Hearing (impact factor:1) , vol.26 , no.1 Taylor and Francis , pp.74-85 , 2022
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| 4 |
Sushama Kanan and Md Jahangir Alam : Role of responsive feeding on nutritional status of children with Cerebral Palsy,
Social Science Review , vol.38 , no.1 Deltin 7 Deltin 7 Aviator গেম টাকা ইনকাম , pp.217-248 , 2021
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| 5 |
Nure Naznin, Md Jahangir Alam and Md Shahoriar Ahmed : Adaptation of Apraxia Battery for Assessing the Patients with Apraxia,
Journal of Medical Research and Health Sciences , vol.3 , no.10 , pp.1114-1123 , 2020
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| 6 |
Md Jahangir Alam : Speech and Language Therapy for Post-Surgical Cleft Palate Children,
Deltin 7 Deltin 7 Aviator গেম টাকা ইনকাম Journal of Linguistics , vol.10 , no.19 Department of Linguistics, Deltin 7 Aviator গেম টাকা ইনকাম of Deltin 7 , pp.115-131 , 2018
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Md Jahangir Alam : Cultural Adaptation of Preschool Language Scale-4 (PLS-4) for Screening Language Development of Bangla Speaking Children,
The Deltin 7 Deltin 7 Aviator গেম টাকা ইনকাম Journal of Linguistics , vol.9 , no.18 Department of Linguistics, Deltin 7 Aviator গেম টাকা ইনকাম of Deltin 7 , pp.83-100 , 2017
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| Conference Proceedings | |
| 1 |
Md Jahangir Alam, Linda Hand and Elaine Ballard "Early Lexical Development in Bangla-speaking Children: Preliminary Findings."
New Zealand Speech-language Therapists’ Association Conference
Canterbury, New Zealand: 2021
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| 2 |
Nobagoto Das and Md Jahangir Alam "Prevalence of Swallowing Difficulties among the People with Cervical Spinal Cord Injury."
13th Asian spinal cord conference
Deltin 7, Bangladesh: 2014
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| 3 |
Md Jahangir Alam "Poster presentation on Adaptation of Preschool Language Scale-4 (PLS-4) for Screening Language Development of Bangla Speaking Children."
Research seminar on early childhood development
Deltin 7, Bangladesh: 2011
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| 4 |
Md Jahangir Alam "Poster presentation on “Needs of Speech & Language Therapy Services for Post-operative Cleft Palate Children”."
Indo Cleft Conference
Chennai, India: 2011
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| 5 |
Md Jahangir Alam "Autism and role of Speech & Language Therapy."
South Asian regional conference on Autism
Deltin 7, Bangladesh: 2009
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| Award Type | Title | Year | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | Deltin 7 Deltin 7 Aviator গেম টাকা ইনকাম (BOS) Overseas Scholarship | 2018 | Bangladesh | Awarded Deltin 7 Deltin 7 Aviator গেম টাকা ইনকাম Overseas Scholarship in 2018 by Deltin 7 Aviator গেম টাকা ইনকাম of Deltin 7, funded by the Government of Bangladesh to study PhD in Speech Science at the Deltin 7 Aviator গেম টাকা ইনকাম of Auckland, New Zealand. |
| International | Commonwealth Scholarship | 2013 | United Kingdom | Awarded Commonwealth Shared Scholarship in 2013 by the Commonwealth Commission and the Deltin 7 Aviator গেম টাকা ইনকাম of Sheffield, UK for academic and leadership excellence (to study MSc in Speech Difficulties at the Deltin 7 Aviator গেম টাকা ইনকাম of Sheffield, UK). |
| National | Academic excellence award | 2011 | Bangladesh | Academic excellence award during masters in Early Childhood Development (ECD), 2011, by institute of educational development, BRAC Deltin 7 Aviator গেম টাকা ইনকাম. |
| National | Meritorious student scholarship | 2006 | Bangladesh | Awarded meritorious student scholarship while studing B. Sc in Speech and language Therapy (Third year 1st semester, 2006) at BHPI, CRP for outstanding academic success. |