Speech Pathology Database for Best Interventions and Treatment Efficacy

What is speechBITE™?

speechBITE™is a free searchable database available on the internet that gives you access to the best evidence across all areas of speech pathology intervention. speechBITE™ indexes peer reviewed research articles from all levels of evidence including: systematic reviews, randomised controlled trials, non-randomised controlled trials, case series and single subject designs.

To help in interpreting the quality of research, many of the studies have a rating score out of 10. This score indicates the methodological quality and interpretability of the research.

The speechBITE™ database covers the entire scope of speech pathology professional practice and includes many different types of interventions, e.g.; group therapy, technological, computer-based, pharmacological and complementary /alternative therapies.

What makes speechBITE™ unique?

A joint evidence-based practice initiative between Speech Pathology Australia and The University of Sydney, speechBITE™ offers a range of unique benefits:

• Completely free of charge
• No login, passwords or membership required
• Only contains research relevant to speech pathology
• All articles are from peer reviewed journals and contain empirical data.
• Articles are categorised according to methodology e.g.; randomised controlled trials etc.
• Searching is intuitive, use the drop down menu or simple key word searching.

speechBITE™ is a growing database and is updated regularly!

Member comments

 “I really find it easy to use and it’s quick. I have a sense that it has the latest up-to-date info... and I don’t have to be a member of another organisation to use it ...so a great member benefit."

“speechBITE™ has been helpful when wanting to complete a quick search…very user friendly, easy to navigate around the site.”

“The ratings allow me to easily identify the quality of the study at a glance. Thank you for a great resource.”

How do you search speechBITE™?

Go to www.speechbite.com and click on the SEARCH button.

For an easy-to-use guide for searching speechBITE™, click here

Any questions about speechBITE™?

Contact Kate Smith, speechBITE™ Project Manager, at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it