Dr Kyla Hudson
Research Fellow
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Researcher biography
Kyla is a speech-language pathologist and Research Fellow within the Queensland Aphasia Research Centre and the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at The University of Queensland. Her main research interests are in aphasia rehabilitation, communication within aged care and qualitative health consumer research/ co-design. Her research focuses on understanding the lived experiences of individuals with communication disability to inform and develop meaningful interventions that focus on real-life outcomes.
She is an advocate for designing research processes that are communicatively accessible and inclusive of individuals with communication disability.
Publications
Book Chapters
Skeat, Jemma, Barnard, Rachel, Hudson, Kyla, Melvin, Katelyn, Meyer, Carly and Scarinci, Nerina (2022). Re-analyzing qualitative data: using meta-synthesis approaches to bring qualitative data together. Diving deep into qualitative data analysis in communication disorders research. (pp. 231-256) edited by Rena Lyons, Lindy McAllister, Clare Carroll, Deborah Hersh and Jemma Skeat. London, United Kingdom: J&R Press.
MacKenzie, Sophie, McAllister, Lindy, Hudson, Kyla, Worrall, Linda, Davidson, Bronwyn and Howe, Tami (2019). Phenomenology and its use in communication disorders research. Qualitative research in communication disorders: an introduction for students and clinicians. (pp. 193-211) edited by Rena Lyons and Lindy McAllister. Croydon, United Kingdom: J&R Press.
Hersh, Deborah, Worrall, Linda, O'Halloran, Robyn, Brown, Kyla, Grohn, Brooke and Rodriguez, Amy D. (2013). Assess for success: evidence for therapeutic assessment. Supporting Communication for Adults with Acute and Chronic Aphasia. (pp. 145-164) edited by Nina Simmons-Mackie, Julia M King and David R Beukelman. Baltimore, MA, United States: Brookes Publishing.
Journal Articles
Wallace, Sarah J., Ng, Zheng Yen, Burton, Bridget, Isaacs, Megan, Deslandes, Ryan, Sinh, Gopal, Barron, Kim, Jamieson, Phill, Shrubsole, Kirstine A., Copland, David A., Wiles, Janet, Palmer, Victoria J., Evans, Pippa, Hudson, Kyla, Angwin, Anthony J., Hill, Annie J., Timmer, Barbra H. B., Gullo, Matthew J., Campbell, Jessica H. and Worthy, Peter (2025). Development of an mHealth application for self‐management of post‐stroke aphasia: protocol for experience‐based co‐design, user experience testing, feasibility field test and process evaluation. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 60 (6) e70162, 1-8. doi: 10.1111/1460-6984.70162
Hudson, Kyla, Burton, Bridget, Worthy, Peter, Isaacs, Megan, Shrubsole, Kirstine, Palmer, Victoria J., NG, Zheng Yen, Copland, David A., Angwin, Anthony, Wiles, Janet, Timmer, Barbra, Gullo, Matthew J., Hill, Annie J. and Wallace, Sarah J. (2025). Experience-based co-design of a smartphone app for post-stroke aphasia self-management: a process evaluation. Brain Impairment, 26 (4) IB24127, 1-15. doi: 10.1071/ib24127
Tran, Duc Huu, Pham, Dinh Ngan Thanh, Le An, Pham, Hudson, Kyla and Wallace, Sarah J. (2024). The validation of aphasia united best practice recommendations with people with aphasia and their caregivers in Vietnam: a nominal group technique study. Aphasiology, 39 (5), 1-27. doi: 10.1080/02687038.2024.2367624
Cherak, Stephana J., Soo, Andrea, Brown, Kyla N., Ely, E. Wesley, Stelfox, Henry T. and Fiest, Kirsten M. (2020). Development and validation of delirium prediction model for critically ill adults parameterized to ICU admission acuity. PLoS One, 15 (8) e0237639, 1-18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0237639
Brown, Kyla N., Soo, Andrea, Faris, Peter, Patten, Scott B., Fiest, Kirsten M. and Stelfox, Henry T. (2020). Association between delirium in the intensive care unit and subsequent neuropsychiatric disorders. Critical Care, 24 (1) 476. doi: 10.1186/s13054-020-03193-x
Cameron, Ashley, McPhail, Steven, Hudson, Kyla, Fleming, Jennifer, Lethlean, Jennifer and Finch, Emma (2019). Telepractice communication partner training for health professionals: A randomised trial. Journal of Communication Disorders, 81 105914, 105914. doi: 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2019.105914
Cameron, Ashley, Hudson, Kyla, Finch, Emma, Fleming, Jennifer, Lethlean, Jennifer and McPhail, Steven (2018). 'I've got to get something out of it. And so do they': experiences of people with aphasia and university students participating in a communication partner training programme for healthcare professionals. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 53 (5), 919-928. doi: 10.1111/1460-6984.12402
Finch, Emma, Fleming, Jennifer, Cameron, Ashley, Lethlean, Jennifer, Hudson, Kyla, Dassanayake, Samantha and McPhail, Steven M (2017). Is an educational lecture a critical component of communication partner training?. International journal of speech-language pathology, 20 (7), 1-11. doi: 10.1080/17549507.2017.1360940
Finch, Emma, Cameron, Ashley, Fleming, Jennifer, Lethlean, Jennifer, Hudson, Kyla and McPhail, Steven (2017). Does communication partner training improve the conversation skills of speech-language pathology students when interacting with people with aphasia?. Journal of Communication Disorders, 68, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2017.05.004
Baker, Caroline , Worrall, Linda , Rose, Miranda , Hudson, Kyla , Ryan, Brooke and O’Byrne, Leana (2017). A systematic review of rehabilitation interventions to prevent and treat depression in post-stroke aphasia. Disability and Rehabilitation, 40 (16), 1-23. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2017.1315181
Ryan, Brooke, Hudson, Kyla, Worrall, Linda, Simmons-Mackie, Nina, Thomas, Emma, Finch, Emma, Clark, Kathy and Lethlean, Jennifer (2017). The aphasia action, success, and knowledge programme: results from an Australian phase I trial of a speech-pathology-led intervention for people with aphasia early post stroke. Brain Impairment, 18 (3), 284-298. doi: 10.1017/BrImp.2017.5
Cameron, Ashley, McPhail, Steven, Hudson, Kyla, Fleming, Jennifer, Lethlean, Jennifer, Tan, Ngang Ju and Finch, Emma (2017). The confidence and knowledge of health practitioners when interacting with people with aphasia in a hospital setting. Disability and Rehabilitation, 40 (11), 1-6. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2017.1294626
Cameron, Ashley, McPhail, Steven M., Hudson, Kyla, Fleming, Jennifer, Lethlean, Jennifer and Finch, Emma (2017). A pre–post intervention study investigating the confidence and knowledge of health professionals communicating with people with aphasia in a metropolitan hospital. Aphasiology, 31 (3), 359-374. doi: 10.1080/02687038.2016.1225277
Worrall, Linda E., Hudson, Kyla, Khan, Asaduzzaman, Ryan, Brooke and Simmons-Mackie, Nina (2017). Determinants of living well With aphasia in the first year poststroke: a prospective cohort study. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 98 (2), 235-240. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2016.06.020
Worrall, Linda, Ryan, Brooke, Hudson, Kyla, Kneebone, Ian, Simmons-Mackie, Nina, Khan, Asaduzzaman, Hoffman, Tammy, Power, Emma, Togher, Leanne and Rose, Miranda (2016). Reducing the psychosocial impact of aphasia on mood and quality of life in people with aphasia and the impact of caregiving in family members through the Aphasia Action Success Knowledge (Aphasia ASK) program: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials, 17 (153) 153, 1-7. doi: 10.1186/s13063-016-1257-9
Cameron, Ashley, McPhail, Steven M., Hudson, Kyla, Fleming, Jennifer, Lethlean, Jennifer and Finch, Emma (2015). Increasing the confidence and knowledge of occupational therapy and physiotherapy students when communicating with people with aphasia: A pre-post intervention study. Speech, Language and Hearing, 18 (3), 148-155. doi: 10.1179/2050572814Y.0000000062
Grohn, Brooke, Worrall, Linda, Simmons-Mackie, Nina and Hudson, Kyla (2014). Living successfully with aphasia during the first year post-stroke: a longitudinal qualitative study. Aphasiology, 28 (12), 1405-1425. doi: 10.1080/02687038.2014.935118
Brown, Kyla, Hill, Anne J., Copley, Anna, Rose, Miranda and Cartmill, Bena (2014). The changing face of clinical research. Journal of Clinical Practice in Speech-Language Pathology, 16 (1), 14-18.
Brown, Kyla, Worrall, Linda, Davidson, Bronwyn and Howe, Tami (2013). Reflection on the benefits and limitations of participant-generated photography as an adjunct to qualitative interviews with participants with aphasia. Aphasiology, 27 (10), 1214-1231. doi: 10.1080/02687038.2013.808736
Rodriguez, Amy D., Worrall, Linda, Brown, Kyla, Grohn, Brooke, McKinnon, Eril, Pearson, Charlene, Van Hees, Sophia, Roxbury, Tracy, Cornwell, Petrea, MacDonald, Anna, Angwin, Anthony, Cardell, Elizabeth, Davidson, Bronwyn and Copland, David A. (2013). Aphasia LIFT: exploratory investigation of an intensive comprehensive therapy programme. Aphasiology, 27 (11), 1339-1361. doi: 10.1080/02687038.2013.825759
Finch, Emma, Fleming, Jennifer, Brown, Kyla, Lethlean, Jennifer, Cameron, Ashley and McPhail, Steven M. (2013). The confidence of speech-language pathology students regarding communicating with people with aphasia. BMC Medical Education, 13 (1) 92, 92.1-92.8. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-13-92
Tregea, Shelley and Brown, Kyla (2013). What makes a successful peer-led aphasia support group?. Aphasiology, 27 (5), 581-598. doi: 10.1080/02687038.2013.796506
Brown, Kyla, Davidson, Bronwyn, Worrall, Linda E. and Howe, Tami (2013). "Making a good time": the role of friendship in living successfully with aphasia. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 15 (2), 165-175. doi: 10.3109/17549507.2012.692814
Worrall, Linda E., Howe, Tami, O'Callaghan, Anna, Hill, Anne J., Rose, Miranda, Wallace, Sarah J., Rose, Tanya, Brown, Kyla, Power, Emma, O'Halloran, Robyn and Rohde, Alexia (2013). The World Report on Disability as a blueprint for international, national, and local aphasia services. International Journal of Speech Language Pathology, 15 (1), 106-112. doi: 10.3109/17549507.2012.721004
Grohn, Brooke, Worrall, Linda E., Simmons-Mackie, Nina and Brown, Kyla (2012). The first 3-months post-stroke: What facilitates successfully living with aphasia?. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 14 (4), 390-400. doi: 10.3109/17549507.2012.692813
Brown, Kyla, Worrall, Linda E., Davidson, Bronwyn and Howe, Tami (2012). Living successfully with aphasia: A qualitative meta-analysis of the perspectives of individuals with aphasia, family members and speech-language pathologists. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 14 (2), 141-155. doi: 10.3109/17549507.2011.632026
Brown, Kyla, Worrall, Linda, Davidson, Bronwyn and Howe, Tami (2011). Living successfully with aphasia: Family members share their views. Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation, 18 (5), 536-548. doi: 10.1310/tsr1805-536
Brown, Kyla, Worrall, Linda, Davidson, Bronwyn and Howe, Tami (2011). Exploring speech-language pathologists' perspectives about living successfully with aphasia. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 46 (3), 300-311. doi: 10.3109/13682822.2010.496762
Worrall, Linda, Brown, Kyla, Cruice, Madeline, Davidson, Bronwyn, Hersh, Deborah, Howe, Tami and Sherratt, Sue (2010). The evidence for a life-coaching approach to aphasia. Aphasiology, 24 (4), 497-514. doi: 10.1080/02687030802698152
Brown, Kyla, Worrall, Linda, Davidson, Bronwyn and Howe, Tami (2010). Snapshots of success: An insider perspective on living successfully with aphasia. Aphasiology, 24 (10), 1267-1295. doi: 10.1080/02687031003755429
Brown, Kyla, McGahan, Leslie, Alkhaledi, Maram, Seah, Denise, Howe, Tami and Worrall, Linda (2006). Environmental factors that influence the community participation of adults with aphasia: The perspective of service industry workers. Aphasiology, 20 (7), 595-615. doi: 10.1080/02687030600626256
Conference Papers
Finch, E., Cameron, A., Fleming, J., Lethlean, J., Brown, K. and McPhail, S. (2016). Communication partner training with people with aphasia, health professionals and health professional students: a program of research. SMART STROKES 2016 Conference, Canberra, ACT Australia, 25-26 August 2016. London, United Kingdom: Sage Publications. doi: 10.1177/1747493016661644
Grohn, B., Worrall, L., Simmons-Mackie, N., Brown, K. and Thomas, E. (2013). Living successfully with aphasia during the first-year post stroke. Speech Pathology Australia Conference, Gold Coast, QLD Australia, 1 June 2013.
Brown, K., Worrall, L., Davidson, B. and Howe, T. (2012). Exploring the meaning of living successfully with aphasia: The use of photography as an adjunct to interviews in research with individuals with aphasia. A combined event of the Stroke Society of Australasia 2012 Annual Scientific Meeting and the 8th Smart Strokes Australasian Nursing and Allied Health Stroke Conference, Sydney Australia, 29-31 August 2012. Richmond, VIC Australia: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia. doi: 10.1111/j.1747-4930.2012.00907.x
Generic Document
Yang, Yifei, Wallace, Sarah J., Hudson, Kyla, Zingelman, Sally, Fothergill, Lauren, King, Michelle, Zhao, Yinshu, Al Khuwaitem, Mohammed and Worthy, Peter (2026). Protocol for workforce training for care technologies in aged care: a scoping review. Centre for Open Science. doi: 10.17605/OSF.IO/2JDAQ
Research Report
Fothergill, Lauren, Patch, Jimmy, Hudson, Kyla, Zingelman, Sally, Worthy, Peter, Yang, Yifei (Yves), King, Michelle and Wallace, Sarah (2025). UQ Conversations about Care: Co-designing CommSNAP – A Communication Profiling Tool for Aged Care (August 2025). Brisbane, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland.
Creative Works
King, Michelle, Wallace, Sarah J., Fothergill, Lauren, Hudson, Kyla, Zingelman, Sally and Patch, Jimmy (2025). UQ conversations about care decision-making in aged care roundtable - feedback and complaints - 5 November 2025. Brisbane, Australia: Conversations about Care Project, University of Queensland.
King, Michelle, Patch, Jimmy, Fothergill, Lauren, Hudson, Kyla, Lee, Jennifer, Zingelman, Sally and Wallace, Sarah J. (2025). UQ conversations about care decision-making in aged care roundtable 2 August 2025. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Conversations about Care Project, The University of Queensland.