Rogayah A Razak PhD, is an associate professor in the Dept. of Postgraduate Studies, Faculty of Education, Language & Psychology, Segi University. She spent 35 years in the public universities: Speech Sciences Program, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), (2000-2021); Malay Language Department, Universiti Malaya (1997-2000); Malay Language Program, Universiti Sains Malaysia (1986-1996). She founded the Clinical Linguistics postgraduate program in 2009 at UKM. She invented and commercialized in 2018 a standardized language assessment tool for preschool children ‘Alat Ujian Bahasa Kanak-Kanak Prasekolah Melayu (MPLAT)’ which is used to screen and diagnose preschool children at risk of language impairment. Other tests developed in local languages included: Malay- LARSP and Chinese-LARSP profiles, ‘The Malay Early Language Profile’ (a parent checklist), Malay Hearing in Noise Test (My-HINT), and Malay Boston Naming Test. Her research interests cover clinical linguistics (linguistic analysis of language of children with developmental language disorders, hearing impairment, autism, dyslexia) and adult language (aphasia); developmental language and Malay grammar. She has published in high impact journals (Quartile1-3) such as PLOS One, Proceedings National Academy Science USA, Brain Sciences, and Aphasiology. She won the prestigious Fulbright Visiting Scholar Award (2006) from the US State Department.
