Thesis: Dynamic assessment of phonology and vocabulary in language therapy

Research interests:

• Language Assessment and Intervention
• Developmental Language Disorder
• Speech Sound Disorder
• Evidence-Based-Practice (EBP)

Education:

• 2020: Master 2 Neuropsychology and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Toulouse 3 - Paul Sabatier

Master thesis: Effect of multimodality and tempo on rhythms’ production during development 

Project: Rhythm Perception and Attention in Adolescents and Young Adults - ToNIC (Toulouse NeuroImaging Center)

• 2019: Certificat de Capacité d’Orthophoniste (Speech and Language Therapist degree), University of Toulouse 3 - Paul Sabatier

Master's thesis: Analysis of professional practices: contribution of EBP on language therapy

Positions:

• 2021 - : Ph.D student, University of Geneva
• 2019-2021: Speech-language therapist, CIVAL Lestrade (A.S.E.I.), Toulouse

Publications:

• De Marchi, L., Matrat, M., Delage, H. & Kehoe, M. (2023). L'évaluation dynamique de la production phonologique. Glossa. 136. https://www.glossa.fr/index.php/glossa/article/view/1415
• Matrat, M., Delage, H. & Kehoe, M. (2023). A new dynamic word learning task to diagnose language disorder in French-speaking monolingual and bilingual children. Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences. 3:1095023. doi: 10.3389/fresc.2022.1095023 ; https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:167109
• Matrat, M., Delage, H. & Kehoe, M. (2022). Dynamic assessment of word learning to diagnose developmental language disorder in French-speaking monolingual and bilingual children. Languages, 7(3), 181. https://doi.org/10.3390/languages7030181 ; https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:162599
• Matrat, M., Hadjadj, O., Delage, H. & Kehoe, M. (2022). Interview : L’évaluation dynamique en lexique (EDL). Langage et Pratiques, 65, 15-16.

Communications :

• Dynamic assessment of lexical and narrative skills in mono- and bilingual French-speaking children with and without developmental language disorder. Matrat, M. & Hadjadj, O. Congrès ICPLA (International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association), 4-7 Juillet 2023, Salzburg, Austria.
• Dynamic word learning task using shared-storybook reading to diagnose French-speacking children with developmental language disorder. Convention ASHA (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association), 17-19 Novembre 2022, Virtual Library.
• Dynamic assessment of phonological awareness in bilingual and monolingual French-speaking children. Congrès ESLA (European Speech and Language Therapy Association), 26-28 Mai 2022, Salzburg, Austria.
• Nouveaux outils et résultats pilotes pour l’évaluation dynamique en langage oral chez l’enfant. Delage, H., Matrat, M. & Hadjadj, O. 1^ère Journée Scientifique d’Orthophonie, SURO (Société Universitaire de Recherche en Orthophonie), 22 octobre 2021, Virtual meeting.