"The PhonicStick – A Joystick to Generate Novel Words Using Phonics", R. Black; 1st Price Student Research Competition; ASSETS, The 13th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (2011). Dundee, Scotland, 24-26 October. (Download the paper here.)

"Using a Computer Intervention to Support Phonological Awareness Development of Nonspeaking Adults", H. Trinh; 2nd Price Student Research Competition; ASSETS, The 13th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (2011). Dundee, Scotland, 24-26 October.

"The PhonicStick: Interactive access to sounds for people with Complex Communication Needs", Ha Trinh, Annalu Waller, Rolf Black, James Bennet; Demo Session at the Second Workshop on Speech and Language Processing for Assistive Technologies (SLPAT) (2011), Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, 30 July. (Proceedings, external link, pdf)

"Incorporating synthetic speech into a phoneme-based communication system", Ha Trinh, Annalu Waller, Rolf Black; FICCDAT/RESNA 2011 Festival of International Conference on Caregiving, Disability, Aging and Technology (2011). Toronto, Canada, 5-8 June.

"Does training with the PhonicStick improve phonological awareness?: A meta study including one new pilot study", Ek, Tom, Degree of Master of Science in Speech and Language Pathology (2009), Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neuroscience. (Download the thesis here.)  

"Further Development of the PhonicStick: The application of phonic-based acceleration methods to the speaking joystick", H. Trinh, E. Reiter, R. Black, A. Waller; 14th Biennial Conference of the International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (2010). Barcelona, Spain, 24-29 July.

"How do Swedish children handle the PhonicStick and will it affect their phonological awareness?", E. Ager, E. Solli, M. Jennische, R. Black, A. Waller; 14th Biennial Conference of the International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (2010). Barcelona, Spain, 24-29 July.

"Can the PhonicStick enable language play and support phonological awareness for children with Down’s syndrome?", E. Lempke, S. Lindberg-Wesslert, M. Jennische, R. Black, A. Waller; 14th Biennial Conference of the International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (2010). Barcelona, Spain, 24-29 July.

"A South African Pilot Study: Learning How to Use the PhonicStick for Early Literacy Training", J. Kimhag, G. Lindmark, M. Jennische, R. Black, A. Waller; 14th Biennial Conference of the International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (2010). Barcelona, Spain, 24-29 July.

"The use of the PhonicStick in group training: Can South African children age 5-6 improve their phonological awareness by using the PhonicStick?", Andersz, Caroline; Hansson, Anna-Maria, Degree of Master of Science in Speech and Language Pathology (2009), Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neuroscience, Logopedi. (Download the thesis here.)  

"A PhonicStick Study: Investigating the Effectiveness of a Phonological Awareness Intervention in Children with Down Syndrome.", Gullberg, Jenny; Granholm, Josefin, Degree of Master of Science in Speech and Language Pathology (2009), Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neuroscience, Logopedi. (Download the thesis here.)  

"The PhonicStick Nursery Study: Can phonological awareness be initiated by using a speaking joystick?", Lindström, Nina; Peronius, Irmeli, Degree of Master of Science in Speech and Language Pathology (2009), Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neuroscience, Logopedi. (Download the thesis here.)  

"The Development of A Novel Sound-based Communication Aid for Individuals with Complex Communication Needs", H. Trinh; ICCHP 2010 12th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs: Young Researchers Consortium (2010). Vienna, Austria, 12-16 July.

"A Speaking Joystick for People with Complex Communication Needs", H. Trinh, A. Waller, R. Black, E. Reiter; SICSA PhD Conference (2010). Edinburgh, Scotland, 9-11 June. Poster and Abstract.

"The PhonicStick: A Swedish Study: How do children age 5 and 6 handle the PhonicStick and will the use of it affect their phonological awareness?", E. Ager, E. Solli, Degree of Master of Science in Speech and Language Pathology (2009), Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neuroscience, Logopedi. (Download the thesis here.)  

"The PhonicStick and Language play. Can the PhonicStick be used for the purpose of enabling language play and thereby promote phonological awareness for children with Down's Syndrome?", E. Lempke, S. Lindberg-Wesslert, Degree of Master of Science in Speech and Language Pathology (2009), Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neuroscience, Logopedi. (Download the thesis here.)  

"The PhonicStick: A South African pilot study about learning how to use a communication device for early literacy training", J. Kimhag, G. Lindmark, Degree of Master of Science in Speech and Language Pathology (2009), Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neuroscience, Logopedi. (Download the thesis here.)  

"Force-feedback Speaking Joystick for Children with Complex Communication Needs", H. T. Trinh, BSc (Hons) Applied Computing (2009), University of Dundee, School of Computing.  

"Introducing the PhonicStick: Preliminary evaluation with seven children", R. Black, A. Waller, G. Pullin and E. Abel, ISAAC 2008 13th Biennial Conference of the International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (2008), pp.424.  Montreal, Canada, 2-7 August.  ISBN: 978 0 9810463 0 3. (Abstract, pdf)  

"Say what Simon says: "Playing" a new approach for phonemic speech output", A. Waller, R. Black, C. Martin, G. Pullin and E. Abel, ISAAC 2008 13th Biennial Conference of the International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (2008), ISAAC, pp.035.  Montreal, Canada, 4-7 August.  ISBN: 978 0 9810463 0 3. (Abstract, pdf)   

"Phonemic speech output: A preliminary evaluation of the PhonicStick", R. Black, A. Waller, G. Pullin and E. Abel, Communication Matters National Symposium (2008), pp.13.  Leicester, UK, 21-23 September.  

""Simon Says": Taking a game more literally", A. Waller, R. Black, C. Martin, G. Pullin and E. Abel, Communication Matters National Symposium (2008), pp.13.  Leicester, UK, 21-23 September.  

"PhonicStick: Creating Training Games to Help Novice Users Learn a Joystick Interface", C. Martin, BSc (Hons) Applied Computing (2008), , University of Dundee, School of Computing.