The Laboratory of Studies, Applications and Interventions in Communication and Deafness (E.P.E.M.E.K.), covers teaching, research and scientific needs in the subjects related to the Sciences of Communication Disorders (speech, speech, hearing, non-verbal communication and swallowing) and Deafness, generating new knowledge in the areas of basic research, applications and interventions in communication and deafness.
It operates as an established laboratory of the Department of Educational and Social Policy of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts of the University of Macedonia.
News and Updates
Recent news and activities of our Lab
- The volume “The Oxford Handbook of Speech Development in Languages of the World” has been published!A global collaboration of researchers on children’s speech development
- Speech therapy through new modern technological tools: ERT3 – Day with Color, 24/3/2026Presentation of innovative software from the EMEPEK lab on the ET3 show “Day with Color”
- Effects of the phonological structure on word production and on word learning in deaf children with cochlear implantsRole of phonological structure in lexical learning and production in children with cochlear implants.
- Speech processing cues in children with hearing loss intervened with cochlear implantsA study to investigate the effect of sonority on lexical processing by children with Cochlear Implants and their facility for tapping into phonological grammar during lexical access







