Anne Jurkutat

Anne Jurkutat is a Senior Lecturer and Academic Councillor at the Chair of Pedagogy and Intervention for Language and Communication Impairments, Faculty of Human Sciences, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg. She manages the speech therapy outpatient clinic, leads voice disorder prevention programs for teachers, and serves as an Equal Opportunities Officer at the Institute for Special Education.

• PhD in Special Education (2011, University of Würzburg)
• MA in Special Education – Speech Therapy (2006, University of Würzburg)
• MSc in Human Communication Sciences (2002, University of Newcastle upon Tyne)

Her research focuses on voice disorders in adults, phonological disorders in children, Glut1 deficiency syndrome speech impairments, and orofacial cleft-related language development. She investigates speech motor disorders in neurological conditions, diagnostic tools for childhood speech sound disorders, and interdisciplinary applications of music therapy.

Recent publications highlight her work on Glut1-DS speech patterns, standardized diagnostic assessments, and early music-language interaction effects. She has collaborated on studies involving ketogenic diet impacts on cognitive profiles and interdisciplinary approaches to voice hygiene for teachers.

• 2009: Preis für gute Lehre (Prize for Good Teaching) at Bavarian State Universities

Jurkutat supervises admission theses, contributes to state exams in special education, and integrates speech physiology into music pedagogy. She leads the STRONG VOICE MAKES SCHOOL project and applies mindfulness techniques in voice training for educators.