Top 10 Articles in the ASHA Leader for 2018

Who doesn’t love a top-10 list? With this list, you can peruse popular articles while honing your professional skills over the holidays. Enjoy re-reading or discovering for the first time some of the most-read articles printed in The ASHA Leader this past year. Top audiology articles Chomp. Slurp. Smack. SNAP! Hypersensitivity to certain trigger sounds—known as misophonia—can be socially and emotionally crippling for some people. Audiology Unbundled Wake Forest Baptist Health restructured its audiology clinic to establish an unbundled services model. Here’s how they did it. Ear Care for All, On and Off the Job Companies expand hearing-protection efforts beyond employees exposed to occupational noise—to all employees at all hours. Maintaining Balance: Vestibular Help for Children With Hearing Loss Vestibular physical therapy can help children with hearing loss and cochlear implants. Do Opioids Hurt Hearing? A new study finds no such link when they’re taken as prescribed, but it’s less clear what happens when they’re abused. Top speech-language pathology articles Invisible Girls Is autism being overlooked in girls because the signs are much clearer in boys? A growing body of research says yes. The Power of a Toothbrush The toothbrush wields considerable power against disease-causing bacteria. So how can we better promote oral care in patients with dysphagia? Healthy Breathing, ’Round the Clock Problems with airway functioning during sleep can hurt children...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Tags: Academia & Research Audiology Health Care Private Practice Schools Slider Speech-Language Pathology autism Source Type: blogs