Dr Brooke-Mai Whelan
Senior Lecturer
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
+61 7 336 56087
Researcher biography
Brooke-Mai is a Lecturer in Speech Pathology and a Certified Practicing Speech Pathologist. Her research interests include the rehabilitation of motor speech disorders, brain mechanisms underpinning speech recovery, and the application of telerehabilitation to improve access to speech pathology services.
Book
Murdoch, Bruce and Whelan, Brooke-Mai (2009). Speech and language disorders associated with subcortical pathology. United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell.
Book Chapters
Whelan, Brooke-Mai, Rietdijk, Rachael, Theodoros, Deborah and Hill, Annie J. (2021). Be clear online – a telepractice application for dysarthria rehabilitation. Clinical cases in dysarthria. (pp. 72-92) edited by Margaret Walshe and Nick Miller. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003172536-6
Whelan, Brooke-Mai (2011). Assessment and treatment of cognitive-linguistic disorder in Parkinson disease. Communication and swallowing in Parkinson disease. (pp. 179-198) edited by Deborah Theodoros and Lorraine Ramig. San Diego, CA,USA: Plural Publishing.
Hancock, Adrienne, LaPointe, Leonard and Whelan, Brooke-Mai (2011). Cognitive-linguistic disorder in Parkinson's disease. Communication and swallowing disorders in Parkinson's disease. (pp. 123-178) edited by Deborah Theodoros and Lorraine Ramig. San Diego, CA United States: Plural Publishers.
Murdoch, B. E. and Whelan, B. (2009). Vascular dementia. Clinical Management of Sensorimotor Speech Disorders. (pp. 401-403) edited by Malcolm R. McNeil. New York, N. Y.: Thieme Medical Publishers.
Whelan, B. and Murdoch, B. E. (2009). Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy. Clinical Management of Sensorimotor Speech Disorders. (pp. 383-384) edited by M. R. McNeil. New York, N. Y.: Thieme Medical Publishers.
Murdoch, B. E. and Whelan, B. (2007). Assessment and treatment of speech and language disorders in TBI. Brain Injury Medicine: Principles and Practice. (pp. 865-886) edited by Zasler, N. D., Katz, D. I. and Zafonte, R. D.. New York: Demos Medical Publishing.
Murdoch, B. E., Whelan, B., Theodoros, D. G. and Silburn, P. (2003). Subcortical aphasia: Evidence from stereotactic surgical lesions. The Sciences of Aphasia: From Therapy to Theory. (pp. 65-92) edited by I. Papathanasiou and R. de Bleser. UK: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/b978-008044073-6/50006-7
Journal Articles
Stipancic, Kaila L., Whelan, Brooke-Mai, Laur, Lauren, Zhao, Yunxin, Rohl, Andrea, Choi, Inyong and Kuruvilla-Dugdale, Mili (2024). Tipping the scales: indiscriminate use of interval scales to rate diverse dysarthric features. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 67 (10), 3673-3685. doi: 10.1044/2024_jslhr-23-00785
Rogić Vidaković, Maja and Whelan, Brooke-Mai (2024). Editorial: Speech-language neurophysiology and intervention: neural markers, predictors, and correlates of treatment response. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 18 1473370. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2024.1473370
Mitchell, Claire, Woodward-Nutt, Kate, Dancer, Annette, Taylor, Stephen, Bugler, Joe, Bowen, Audrey, Conroy, Paul, Whelan, Brooke-Mai, Wallace, Sarah J., El Kouaissi, Sabrina and Kirkham, Jamie (2024). Towards a core outcome set for dysarthria after stroke: What should we measure?. Clinical Rehabilitation, 38 (6), 2692155241231929-810. doi: 10.1177/02692155241231929
Berlowitz, David J., Mathers, Susan, Hutchinson, Karen, Hogden, Anne, Carey, Kate A., Graco, Marnie, Whelan, Brooke-Mai, Charania, Salma, Steyn, Frederik, Allcroft, Peter, Crook, Ashley and Sheers, Nicole L. (2023). The complexity of multidisciplinary respiratory care in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Breathe, 19 (3) 220269, 220269. doi: 10.1183/20734735.0269-2022
Mitchell, C., Bowen, A., Conroy, P., Whelan, B.M., Wallace, S.J., Dancer, A., Woodward-Nutt, K. and Kirkham, J.J. (2023). COS-Speech: protocol to develop a core outcome set for dysarthria after stroke for use in clinical practice and research. Trials, 24 (1) 57, 1-7. doi: 10.1186/s13063-022-06958-7
Penman, Adriana, Waite, Monique, Hill, Anne E., Leslie, Taliesha-jayne, Whelan, Brooke-Mai and Whitehead, Andrea (2022). Simulation-based learning experiences in stuttering management delivered online: what do students, clinical educators and simulated patients think?. International Journal of Practice-based Learning in Health and Social Care, 10 (1), 23-35. doi: 10.18552/ijpblhsc.v10i1.733
Merino, Joanne, Whelan, Brooke-Mai and Finch, Emma (2022). Examining the occurrence and outcomes of concussion and mTBI in mixed martial arts athletes: a systematic review. The Physician and Sportsmedicine, 51 (5), 1-11. doi: 10.1080/00913847.2022.2061836
Whelan, Brooke-Mai, Theodoros, Deborah, Cahill, Louise, Vaezipour, Atiyeh, Vogel, Adam P., Finch, Emma, Farrell, Anna and Cardell, Elizabeth (2022). Feasibility of a Telerehabilitation Adaptation of the Be Clear Speech Treatment Program for Non-Progressive Dysarthria. Brain Sciences, 12 (2) 197, 1-24. doi: 10.3390/brainsci12020197
Whelan, Brooke-Mai, Theodoros, Deborah, Mcmahon, Katie L., Copland, David, Aldridge, Danielle and Campbell, Jessica (2021). Substrates of speech treatment-induced neuroplasticity in adults and children with motor speech disorders: A systematic scoping review of neuroimaging evidence. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 23 (6), 1-14. doi: 10.1080/17549507.2021.1908425
Sluis, Rachel A., Campbell, Alana, Atay, Christina, Conway, Erin, Mok, Zaneta, Angwin, Anthony J., Chenery, Helen and Mai-Whelan, Brooke (2019). Conversational trouble and repair in dementia: revision of an existing coding framework. Journal of Communication Disorders, 81 105912, 105912. doi: 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2019.105912
Vaezipour, Atiyeh, Whelan, Brooke-Mai, Wall, Kylie and Theodoros, Deborah (2019). Acceptance of rehabilitation technology in adults with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury, their caregivers, and healthcare professionals: a systematic review. The Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 34 (4), 1-E82. doi: 10.1097/HTR.0000000000000462
Whelan, Brooke-Mai, Angus, Daniel, Wiles, Janet, Chenery, Helen J, Conway, Erin R, Copland, David A, Atay, Christina and Angwin, Anthony J (2018). Toward the development of SMART communication technology: Automating the analysis of communicative trouble and repair in dementia. Innovation in Aging, 2 (3) igy034, igy034. doi: 10.1093/geroni/igy034
Wong, Min Ney, Murdoch, Bruce E. and Whelan, Brooke-Mai (2012). Lingual kinematics during rapid syllable repetition in Parkinson's disease. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 47 (5), 578-588. doi: 10.1111/j.1460-6984.2012.00167.x
Barwood, Caroline H. S., Murdoch, Bruce E., Whelan, Brooke-Mai, Lloyd, David, Riek, Stephan, O’Sullivan, John D., Coulthard, Alan and Wong, Andrew (2012). Improved receptive and expressive language abilities in nonfluent aphasic stroke patients after application of rTMS: an open protocol case series. Brain Stimulation, 54 (3), 274-286. doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2011.03.005
Barwood, Caroline H. S., Murdoch, Bruce E., Whelan, Brooke-Mai, O'Sullivan, John D., Wong, Andrew, Lloyd, David, Riek, Stephan and Coulthard, Alan (2012). Longitudinal modulation of N400 in chronic non-fluent aphasia using low-frequency rTMS: A randomised placebo controlled trial. Aphasiology, 26 (1), 103-124. doi: 10.1080/02687038.2011.617812
Wong, Min Ney, Murdoch, Bruce E. and Whelan, Brooke-Mai (2011). Lingual kinematics in dysarthric and nondysarthric speakers with Parkinson’s disease. Parkinson's Disease, 2011 352838, 352838-8. doi: 10.4061/2011/352838
Barwood, C. H. S., Murdoch, B. E., Whelan, B. -M., Lloyd, D., Riek, S., O'Sullivan, J. D., Coulthard, A. and Wong, A. (2011). Improved language performance subsequent to low-frequency rTMS in patients with chronic non-fluent aphasia post-stroke. European Journal of Neurology, 18 (7), 935-943. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2010.03284.x
Barwood, Caroline H. S., Murdoch, Bruce E., Whelan, Brooke-Mai, Lloyd, David, Riek, Stephan, O'Sullivan, John, Coulthard, Alan, Wong, Andrew, Aitken, Phil and Hall, Graham (2011). The effects of low frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) and sham condition rTMS on behavioural language in chronic non-fluent aphasia: Short term outcomes. NeuroRehabilitation, 28 (2), 113-128. doi: 10.3233/NRE-2011-0640
Barwood, Chs, Murdoch, BE, Whelan, BM, Lloyd, D, Riek, S, O'Sullivan, JD, Coulthard, A and Wong, A (2011). Modulation of N400 in chronic non-fluent aphasia using low frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS). Brain and Language, 116 (3), 125-135. doi: 10.1016/j.bandl.2010.07.004
Hancock, Adrenne B., Schulz, Geralyn and Whelan, Brooke-Mai (2011). Language production by patients with Parkinson disease before and after unilateral posteroventral pallidotomy. Journal of Medical Speech-Language Pathology, 19 (4), 59-69.
Wong, Min Ney, Murdoch, Bruce E. and Whelan, Brooke-mai (2010). Kinematic analysis of lingual function in dysarthric speakers with Parkinson's disease: An electromagnetic articulograph study. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 12 (5), 414-425. doi: 10.3109/17549507.2010.495784
Wong, Min Ney, Murdoch, Bruce and Whelan, Brooke-Mai (2010). Language disorders subsequent to mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI): Evidence from four cases. Aphasiology, 24 (10), 1155-1169. doi: 10.1080/02687030903168212
Wong, Min Ney, Murdoch, Bruce E. and Whelan, Brooke-Mai (2010). Tongue function in nondysarthric speakers with Parkinson's disease: An electromagnetic articulography investigation. Journal of Medical Speech-Language Pathology, 18 (3), 24-33.
Murdoch, Bruce E. and Whelan, Brooke-Mai (2007). Language disorders subsequent to left cerebellar lesions: a case for bilateral cerebellar involvement in language?. Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica, 59 (4), 184-189. doi: 10.1159/000102930
Whelan, B., Murdoch, B. E. and Bellamy, N. (2007). Delineating communication impairments associated with mild traumatic brain injury: A case report. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 22 (3), 192-197. doi: 10.1097/01.HTR.0000271120.04405.db
Whelan, Brooke-Mai and Murdoch, Bruce (2005). Unravelling subcortical linguistic substrates: Comparison of thalamic versus cerebellar cognitive-linguistic regulation mechanisms. Aphasiology, 19 (12), 1097-1106. doi: 10.1080/02687030500174050
Whelan, Brooke-Mai, Murdoch, Bruce E., Theodoros, Deborah G., Silburn, Peter A. and Hall, Bruce (2005). Borrowing from models of motor control to translate cognitive processes: Evidence for hypokinetic-hyperkinetic linguistic homologues?. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 18 (5), 361-381. doi: 10.1016/j.jneuroling.2004.05.002
Whelan, Brooke-Mai, Murdoch, Bruce E., Theodoros, Deborah G., Silburn, Peter A. and Hall, Bruce (2005). Beyond verbal fluency: Investigating the long-term effects of bilateral subthalamic (STN) deep brain stimulation (DBS) on language in two cases. Neurocase, 11 (2), 93-102. doi: 10.1080/13554790590925501
Whelan, Brooke-Mai, Murdoch, Bruce, Theodoros, Deborah, Silburn, Peter and Hall, Bruce (2004). Redefining functional models of basal ganglia organisation: Role for the posteroventral pallidum in linguistic processing?. Movement Disorders, 19 (11), 1267-1278. doi: 10.1002/mds.20252
Whelan, Brooke-Mai, Murdoch, Bruce E., Theodoros, Deborah, Silburn, Peter and Hall, Bruce (2004). Re-appraising contemporary theories of subcortical participation in language: Proposing an interhemispheric regulatory function for the subthalamic nucleus (STN) in the mediation of high-level linguistic processes. Neurocase, 10 (5), 345-352. doi: 10.1080/13554790490893742
Whelan, Brooke-Mai, Murdoch, Bruce E., Theodoros, Deborah G., Silburn, Peter and Hall, Bruce (2004). Reappraising contemporary theories of subcortical participation in language: Proposing an interhemispheric regulatory function for the subthalamic nucleus (STN) in the mediation of high-level linguistic processes. Neurocase, 10 (1), 70-77. doi: 10.1080/13554790490960521
Cook, M., Murdoch, B., Cahill, L. and Whelan, B. M. (2004). Higher-level language deficits resulting from left primary cerebellar lesions. Aphasiology, 18 (9), 771-784. doi: 10.1080/02687030444000291
Whelan, B. M., Murdoch, B. E., Theodoros, D. G., Hall, B. and Silburn, P. (2003). Defining a role for the subthalamic nucleus within operative theoretical models of subcortical participation in language. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 74 (11), 1543-1550. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.74.11.1543
Whelan, B., Murdoch, B. E., Theodoros, D. G., Hall, B. I. and Silburn, P. (2003). Building upon working theories of subcortical participation in language: Integration of intrinsic basal ganglia circuitry.. Acta Neuropsychologia, 1 (2), 174-193.
Whelan, B. M., Murdoch, B. E. and Theodoros, D. G. (2002). A role for the dominant thalamus in language? A linguistic comparison of two cases subsequent to unilateral thalamotomy procedures in the dominant and non-dominant hemispheres. Aphasiology, 16 (12), 1213-1226. doi: 10.1080/02687030244000446
Whelan, B. M., Murdoch, B. E., Theodoros, D. G., Silburn, P. A. and Harding-Clark, J. (2000). Towards a better understanding of the role of subcortical nuclei participation in language: The study of a case following bilateral pallidotomy. Asia Pacific Journal of Speech Language and Hearing, 5 (2), 93-111. doi: 10.1179/136132800805576960
Conference Papers
Barwood, Caroline, Murdoch, Bruce, Whelan, Brooke-Mai, Lloyd, David, Riek, Stephan and O'Sullivan, John (2010). Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) and sham modulation of language function in non-fluent aphasia 2 months post stimulation. AoA2010: 48th Academy of Aphasia Proceedings, Athens, Greece, 23-26 October, 2010. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier BV. doi: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.08.117
Wong, M. N., Murdoch, B. E., Whelan, B.-M., Bailey, J. and Goozee, L. (2009). Electromagnetic articulography assessment of tongue function in non-dysarthric speakers with Parkinson’s disease. MDS 13th International Congress: The Movement Disorder Society’s 13th International Congress of Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorder, Paris, France, 7-11 June 2009. Hoboken, NJ, U.S.A.: Wiley-Liss. doi: 10.1002/mds.22628
Whelan, B., Murdoch, B. E., Lloyd, D., Copland, D., Riek, S., Carson, R. G., Darnell, R. E. and Barwood, C. (2007). Unravelling the effects of single-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation (STMS) on word retrieval: Back to square one?. The 45th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Aphasia, Washington, DC USA, 21-23 October 2007. Maryland Heights, MO, United States: Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/j.bandl.2007.07.015
Whelan, Brooke-Mai and Murdoch, Bruce E. (2006). The impact of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) on language function: More than meets the eye?. 44th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Aphasia, Victoria, British Columbia, 15-17th October. San Diego, CA, United States: Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/j.bandl.2006.06.100
Murdoch, B.E. and Whelan, B-M. (2004). Building upon working theories of subcortical participation in language: Integrating intrinsic basal ganglia circuitry. Australian Society for the Study of Brain Impairment, Brisbane, QLD Australia, July 2004. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1375/brim.5.supp.11
Murdoch, B.E. and Whelan, B-M. (2004). Building upon working theories of subcortical participation in language: Integrating intrinsic basal ganglia circuitry. Australian Society for the Study of Brain Impairment (ASSBI) and the International Neuropsychological Society (INS) Annual Meeting, Brisbane, Australia, 7 - 14 July 2004. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/S1355617704040032
Whelan, B-M., Murdoch, B. E., Theodoros, D. G., Silburn, P. A. and Hall, B. (2004). Investigating long-term effects of subthalamic nucleus (STN) deep brain stimulation (DBS) on language: a study of 2 cases. Annual Meeting of the Australian Society for the Brain Impairment (ASSBI) and the International Neuropsychological Society (INS), Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 7-10 July 2004. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/S1355617704040032
Murdoch, B. E., Whelan, B. M., Theodoros, D. G. and Cahill, L. (2004). A subcortical chain of command involved in the regulation of linguistic processes?. 42nd Annual Meeting of Academy of Aphasia, Chicago, IL, USA, 17–19 Oct 2004. SAN DIEGO: ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE. doi: 10.1016/j.bandl.2004.06.090
Murdoch, Bruce E., Whelan, Brooke-Mai, Theodoros, Deborah G., Hall, Bruce and Silburn, Peter (2003). Correlating motor and cognitive behaviour: Exploring the notion of akinetic and dyskinetic linguistic homologues. 41st Annual Meeting of the Academy of Aphasia, Vienna, 19th - 21st, October 2003. USA: Elsevier Science. doi: 10.1016/S0093-934X(03)00265-7
Whelan, B., Murdoch, B. E. and Theodoros, D.G. (2001). The role of subcortical neural mechanisms and frontal lobe disconnection in language: A theoretical perspective. Seventeenth International Australasian Winter Conference on Brain Research, Queenstown, New Zealand, August, 1999. London, United Kingdom: Gordon and Breach. doi: 10.3109/00207450108986516
Thesis
Whelan, Brooke-Mai (2003). Impact of stereotactic basal ganglia and thalamic surgery on linguistic functioning in Parkinson's disease. PhD Thesis, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/106280