Katherine Broomfield is a speech and language therapist and a senior research fellow across North Bristol NHS Trust and Cardiff Metropolitan University. She worked clinically with adults who acquired communication disability in multi-professional post-acute and community rehabilitation teams before specialising in augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) – external strategies and devices that support people who cannot speak clearly. Katherine completed a National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) clinical doctoral research fellowship in 2022. Her research interests include: accessible and creative qualitative methods for inclusive research, person-centred care and person-centred outcomes, and AAC and assistive technology. She has experience in mentoring clinical academics on research training fellowships, public involvement with seldom heard voices, and qualitative methodology.
Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), which are external communication strategies and devices to support people with long-term communication disability. Young people and people from diverse ethnic backgrounds in the south west region. PhD in developing a person-centred outcome measure for people who use AAC.
I have a special interest in creative methods to involve seldom heard voices in research.