ASHA Voices: The Changing Work World: With New Tech, A Growing Need for Soft Skills

On this episode of the podcast, we’re looking at the future… In collaboration with the ASHA Leader magazine, we’re examining how work is evolving in the professions of audiology and speech-language-pathology. Can how you treat your clients and colleagues make you stand out in a crowd? As increasing automation affects how people work, we discuss the importance and application of soft skills with emotional intelligence expert Kari Knutson. Also, technology makes it easier to connect with clients and students from afar. We talk telepractice with speech-language pathologist Tracy Sippl of S&L Teletherapy Consulting. Her experience as a telepractice consultant to schools guides our conversation about this tech-based technique. She shares what she’s discovered about what works and doesn’t when delivering telepractice services. “There are definitely advantages and disadvantages… but research has shown, and I’ve experienced it myself with my clients, therapy provided via telepractice seems to allow the amount of therapy time to decrease and is more efficient,” says Sippl. And on the audiology horizon, research audiologist Liz Convery suggests the emergence of self-fitting hearing devices may be an opportunity, rather than a threat. She sees it as a chance for audiologists to define themselves in new ways. Read the transcript for The Changing Work World: With New Tech, A Growing Need for Soft Skills Meet our guests: Kari Knutson, Knuts...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Tags: Academia & Research Audiology Health Care Podcast Private Practice Schools Slider Speech-Language Pathology Professional Development Source Type: blogs