Karin Brunnegård

Karin Brunnegård is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Clinical Sciences, Umeå University, specializing in speech-language pathology. She works at the Norrlands universitetssjukhus (NUS) in Umeå and serves as Head of Unit in the Speech-Language Pathology Section.

Her research focuses on cleft palate speech and children's language development, with an emphasis on reliability in speech assessments, surgical timing impacts on speech outcomes, and quality indicators in national registries.

Key research trends include longitudinal studies tracking speech development in cleft palate patients, validation of clinical tools like nasometry, and multi-center collaborations analyzing surgical and speech outcomes.

Karin collaborates extensively within the N4 Research Group and contributes to improving clinical practices through evidence-based registry studies.