Dr Katie Ekberg
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Aud
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
+61 7 336 58547
Book Chapter
Reuber, Markus and Ekberg, Katie (2015). Linguistisch-interaktionale Differentialdiagnose in der Anfallsambulanz. In Albert Busch and Thomas Spranz-Fogasy (Ed.), Handbuch Sprache in der Medizin (pp. 264-281) Berlin: De Gruyter.
Journal Articles
Lopriore, Stefanie, LeCouteur, Amanda, Ekberg, Katie and Ekberg, Stuart (2019) “You'll have to be my eyes and ears”: a conversation analytic study of physical examination on a health helpline. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 28 1-2: 330-339. doi:10.1111/jocn.14638
Ekberg, Katie, Scarinci, Nerina, Hickson, Louise and Meyer, Carly (2018) Parent-directed commentaries during children's hearing habilitation appointments: a practice in family-centred care. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 53 5: 929-946. doi:10.1111/1460-6984.12403
Lopriore, Stefanie, LeCouteur, Amanda, Ekberg, Stuart and Ekberg, Katie (2017) Delivering healthcare at a distance: exploring the organisation of calls to a health helpline. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 104 45-55. doi:10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2017.05.001
Ekberg, Katie, Barr, Caitlin and Hickson, Louise (2017) Difficult conversations: talking about cost in audiology consultations with older adults. International Journal of Audiology, 56 11: 854-861. doi:10.1080/14992027.2017.1339128
Sciacca, Anna, Meyer, Carly, Ekberg, Katie, Barr, Caitlin and Hickson, Louise (2017) Exploring audiologists’ language and hearing aid uptake in initial rehabilitation appointments. American Journal of Audiology, 26 2: 110-118. doi:10.1044/2017_AJA-16-0061
Ekberg, Katie and Ekberg, Stuart (2017) Gendering occupations: persistence and resistance of gender presumptions about members of particular healthcare professions. Gender and Language, 11 1: 100-120. doi:10.1558/genl.24082
Leydon, Geraldine M., Stuart, Beth, Danquah, Lisa, Ekberg, Katie, Brindle, Lucy, Latter, Sue, Moynihan, Clare, Salmon, Peter, Howe, Sonia, Stokoe, Elizabeth and Little, Paul (2016) A descriptive survey of cancer helplines in the UK: who they are, the services offered and accessibility of those services. Psycho-Oncology, 26 8: 1140-1146. doi:10.1002/pon.4293
Ekberg, Katie, Hickson, Louise and Grenness, Caitlin (2016) Conversation breakdowns in the audiology clinic: the importance of mutual gaze. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 52 3: 346-355. doi:10.1111/1460-6984.12277
Ekberg, Katie and Reuber, Markus (2016) Can conversation analytic findings help with differential diagnosis in routine seizure clinic interactions?. Communication and Medicine, 12 1: 13-24. doi:10.1558/cam.v12i1.26851
Ekberg, Katie, Grenness, Caitlin and Hickson, Louise (2016) Application of the transtheoretical model of behaviour change for identifying older clients’ readiness for hearing rehabilitation during history-taking in audiology appointments. International Journal of Audiology, 55 Supp 3: S42-S51. doi:10.3109/14992027.2015.1136080
Grenness, Caitlin, Meyer, Carly, Scarinci, Nerina, Ekberg, Katie and Hickson, Louise (2016) The international classification of functioning, disability and health as a framework for providing patient- and family-centered audiological care for older adults and their significant others. Seminars in Hearing, 37 3: 187-199. doi:10.1055/s-0036-1584411.
Ekberg, Katie and LeCouteur, Amanda (2015) Clients’ resistance to therapists’ proposals: managing epistemic and deontic status. Journal of Pragmatics, 90 12-25. doi:10.1016/j.pragma.2015.10.004
Jenkins, Laura, Cosgrove, Jeremy, Ekberg, Katie, Kheder, Ammar, Sokhi, Dilraj and Reuber, Markus (2015) A brief conversation analytic communication intervention can change history-taking in the seizure clinic. Epilepsy and Behavior, 52 Part A: 62-67. doi:10.1016/j.yebeh.2015.08.022
Ekberg, Katie, Meyer, Carly, Scarinci, Nerina, Grenness, Caitlin and Hickson, Louise (2015) Family member involvement in audiology appointments with older people with hearing impairment. International Journal of Audiology, 54 2: 70-76. doi:10.3109/14992027.2014.948218
Ekberg, Katie, Grenness, Caitlin and Hickson, Louise (2014) Addressing patients’ psychosocial concerns regarding hearing aids within audiology appointments for older adults.. American Journal of Audiology, 23 3: 337-350. doi:10.1044/2014_AJA-14-0011
Ekberg, Katie and LeCouteur, Amanda (2014) Co-implicating and re-shaping clients' suggestions for behavioural change in cognitive behavioural therapy practice. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 11 1: 60-77. doi:10.1080/14780887.2012.709917
Ekberg, Katie, Meyer, Carly, Scarinci, Nerina, Grenness, Caitlin and Hickson, Louise (2014) Disagreements between clients and family members regarding clients' hearing and rehabilitation within audiology appointments for older adults. Journal of Interactional Research in Communication Disorders, 5 2: 217-244. doi:10.1558/jircd.v5i2.217
Ekberg, Katie, McDermott, Joanne, Moynihan, Clare, Brindle, Lucy, Little, Paul and Leydon, Geraldine M. (2014) The role of helplines in cancer care: intertwining emotional support with information or advice-seeking needs. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology, 32 3: 359-381. doi:10.1080/07347332.2014.897294
Scarinci, Nerina, Meyer, Carly, Ekberg, Katie and Hickson, Louise (2013) Using a family-centred care approach in audiologic rehabilitation for adults with hearing impairment. Perspectives on Aural Rehabilitation and its Instrumentation, 20 3: 83-90. doi:10.1044/arri20.3.83
Leydon, Geraldine Marie, Ekberg, Katie and Drew, Paul (2013) 'How can I help?’ Nurse call openings on a cancer helpline and implications for call progressivity.. Patient Education and Counseling, 92 1: 23-30. doi:10.1016/j.pec.2013.02.007
Leydon, Geraldine M., Ekberg, Katie, Kelly, Moira and Drew, Paul (2013) Improving ethnic monitoring for telephone-based healthcare: a conversation analytic study. BMJ Open, 3 6: 1-7. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002676
Ekberg, Katie and Le Couteur, Amanda (2012) Negotiating behavioural change: therapists' proposal turns in cognitive behavioural therapy. Communication and Medicine, 9 3: 229-239. doi:10.1558/cam.v9i3.229
Simmons, Katie and LeCouteur, Amanda (2011) 'Hypothetical active-voicing': therapists 'modelling' of clients' future conversations in CBT interactions. Journal of Pragmatics, 43 13: 3177-3192. doi:10.1016/j.pragma.2011.06.002
Simmons, Katie and Lecouteur, Amanda (2008) Modern racism in the media: constructions of 'the possibility of change' in accounts of two Australian 'riots'. Discourse and Society, 19 5: 667-687. doi:10.1177/0957926508092248
Conference Papers
Hickson, Louise, Scarinci, Nerina, Meyer, Carly, Ekberg, Katie and Grenness, Caitlin (2015). How to Implement Patient- and Family-Centered Care in your Audiologic Rehabilitation Practice. In: American Academy of Audiology, San Antonio, TX, United States, (). 25-28 March 2015.
Meyer, Carly, Sciacca, Anna, Grenness, Caitlin, Ekberg, Katie and Hickson, Louise (2015). Does Audiologists’ Language Influence the Decision to Obtain Hearing Aids?. In: American Academy of Audiology, San Antonio, TX, United States, (). 25-28 March 2015.
Ekberg, Katie and Ekberg, Stuart (2014). Gendering occupations: persistence and resistance of gender presumptions about members of healthcare professions. In: Australasian Institute of Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis (AIEMCA), Hamilton, New Zealand, (). 20-21 November 2014.