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Spotlight on Special Interest Group 4, Fluency and Fluency Disorders
Interested in learning more about ongoing research on the nature, diagnosis and treatment of fluency disorders? Check out what SIG 4 has to offer affiliates! When did you join your SIG—and what made you want to join? I joined SIG 4 at its onset. I was a doctoral student specializing in stuttering and a professor thought it would be a good idea for me to join, and I have been a member ever since. One of the real highlights in the early days was the leadership conference. They set the standard for specialization and other important issues. How has your involvement with the SIG helped you in your career? I met leaders in...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - December 5, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: John Tetnowski Tags: Academia & Research Health Care Private Practice Schools Slider Speech-Language Pathology Fluency Disorders Speech Disorders stuttering Voice Disorders voice therapy Source Type: blogs

PCORI to Fund Studies on Treatments for Age-Related Hearing Loss
Researchers investigating treatment options for older adults with mild to moderate age-related hearing loss may apply for up to $2 million in direct cost funding from PCORI, the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute. The PCORI funding announcement is for investigators who address treatment dilemmas by comparing options that may include hearing devices—hearing aids or personal sounds amplification products—and/or the support service models accompanying these devices. Support services may include professional fitting of hearing aids, patient self-selection and fitting of hearing aids, and counseling or education i...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - December 3, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Carol Polovoy Tags: Academia & Research Audiology News Slider Aging and Hearing Loss grants Source Type: blogs

Balancing Screen Time Use With Young Clients and Their Parents
As my husband and I sat in a local restaurant, I took note of all the little heads dozing into screens and exclaimed, “My child will never do that!” Sound familiar? I not only swallowed my pride time and time again as a parent, but I’ve also done it as a speech-language pathologist. I once found it easy to instruct parents on the dangers of digital media and the never-appropriate use for it at the dinner table. Now with two children of my own, both younger than 5, I know first-hand about the allure of digital media. Digital media is part of our world. SLPs can’t ignore the role devices, screens, apps, and other dig...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - November 30, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Ruth Ann King Tags: Academia & Research Private Practice Schools Slider Speech-Language Pathology Early Intervention Language Disorders Source Type: blogs

10 Tips for Getting Kids to Go Low Tech This Holiday Season
Do you feel as if sounds of ringtones, alerts and push notifications replace those of sleigh bells, music and crackling fires during today’s holidays? Most likely, families of your patients, clients or students feel the same. For audiologists and speech-language pathologists craving a lower-tech holiday season professionally and personally, share these 10 tips to make this goal a reality and help families instead embrace conversation, communication and bonding this holiday season. As always, children who use low- and high-tech augmentative and alternative communication devices (AAC) should continue to use them at all t...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - November 28, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Stacey Glasgow Tags: Academia & Research Audiology Health Care Private Practice Schools Slider Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: blogs

New Government Report Indicates Autism Prevalence of 1 in 40 Kids
A new study published online today in the journal Pediatrics suggests a U.S. autism rate that is higher than those reported in other government studies. A research team led by Michael D. Kogan estimates 2.5 percent of American children ages 3 to 17—1.5 million—have  received an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnosis. Kogan, of the Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, and his team base their estimates on data from the 2016 National Survey of Children’s Health. The survey sampled of parents of more than 50,000 children, which the team says is nationally representative. The ...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - November 26, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Bridget Murray Law Tags: Academia & Research Health Care Schools Slider Speech-Language Pathology autism Autism Spectrum Disorder Source Type: blogs

3 Steps to Reduce Stress Over the Things You Can ’ t Change
Being an audiologist or speech-language pathologist can be incredibly rewarding. As clinicians, we get to help people communicate better, safely enjoy their food again, hear their parents or grandchildren, and generally thrive in their lives. Our work can also cause stress and feel overwhelming at times. And those stressful moments often come from factors out of our control, such as demands from paperwork, productivity and growing caseloads. Sometimes stress even comes from a patient or client not achieving desired outcomes or making progress at the rate we expected, causing us to wonder what we can do better. These stress...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - November 23, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Jessi Andricks Tags: Audiology Slider Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: blogs

Spotlight on Special Interest Group 9, Hearing and Hearing Disorders in Childhood
If you’re interested in joining an active community of clinicians, educators, researchers, and students collaborating to enhance communication outcomes of children who are deaf and hard of hearing or who have other auditory/vestibular-related disorders, then SIG 9 is for you. Read on for more from James Mahshie. When did you join your SIG—and what made you want to join? SIG 9 was an obvious way to learn more about hearing and hearing loss in children, particularly because my research focuses on perception and production abilities of children with cochlear implants. I joined SIG 9 in 2012 and decided to run for the ...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - November 21, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: James Mahshie Tags: Academia & Research Audiology Health Care Private Practice Schools Slider audiologist Cochlear Implants communication sciences and disorders hearing health care hearing loss hearing loss treatment Source Type: blogs

What I Learned at ASHA Convention to Put Into Practice Today
On the first day of last week’s highest-attended ASHA Convention in history, Leader editors asked attendees what challenges they wanted to overcome by being there. As the convention drew to a close, we asked: “What did you learn that you can put into practice when you get home?” Based on answers we received, attendees greatly appreciated the hands-on labs running throughout the convention, as well as what they learned from exhibitors, session presenters and conversations with fellow attendees and ASHA staff. Throughout convention, we also asked members what you want to hear on our new podcast launching n...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - November 19, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: ASHA Staff Tags: Academia & Research Audiology Events Health Care Private Practice Schools Slider Speech-Language Pathology Professional Development Source Type: blogs

What Challenges Did Going to ASHA Convention Help You Overcome?
On the first day of the largest ASHA convention in the organization’s history, Leader editors talked to around 600 of the thousands of attendees. We asked about topics we should cover in our new podcast, launching next year. We’d like you to share, too! Please list any topics or experts from the professions you’d like to hear about on the coming Leader podcast in the comment section below. We also asked attendees why they came to Boston in November. We wanted to know what challenges members face and the strategies they hope to learn to help them overcome those challenges. See what your peers shared below. And look fo...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - November 16, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: ASHA Staff Tags: Academia & Research Audiology Events Health Care News Private Practice Schools Speech-Language Pathology Advocacy ASHA Convention Autism Spectrum Disorder Dysphagia Early Intervention Professional Development social skills Source Type: blogs

What Challenges Did You Come to ASHA Convention to Help Overcome?
On the first day of the largest ASHA convention in the organization’s history, Leader editors talked to around 600 of the thousands of attendees. We asked about topics we should cover in our new podcast, launching next year. We’d like you to share, too! Please list any topics or experts from the professions you’d like to hear about on the coming Leader podcast in the comment section below. We also asked attendees why they came to Boston in November. We wanted to know what challenges members face and the strategies they hope to learn to help them overcome those challenges. See what your peers shared below. And look fo...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - November 16, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: ASHA Staff Tags: Academia & Research Audiology Events Health Care News Private Practice Schools Slider Speech-Language Pathology Advocacy ASHA Convention Autism Spectrum Disorder Dysphagia Early Intervention Professional Development social sk Source Type: blogs

SLP to Head of Arizona Department of Education
Democrat Kathy Hoffman, a speech-language pathologist in the Peoria (Arizona) Unified School District, won a tight race to become Arizona’s superintendent of public instruction in the Nov. 4 election. The novice politician was declared the winner over Frank Riggs, an experienced politician, after a post-election vote count, according to a report on ABC15-Arizona. A first-time candidate, Hoffman won two political upsets—first by besting David Schapira, a veteran politician, in the Democratic primary over the summer, and then by narrowly overtaking Riggs, a former California congressman who also headed a nonprofit group ...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - November 14, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Carol Polovoy Tags: News Schools Slider Speech-Language Pathology Uncategorized education political leadership Source Type: blogs

Strategies for Person-Centered Approach to Mild TBI: An Interprofessional Perspective
Approximately 42 million people worldwide experience mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) each year. Even if they don’t exhibit verifiable cognitive symptoms, they might experience cognitive inefficiency in their daily lives. How can health care professionals, such as speech-language pathologists and psychologists, help them? The Joint Committee on Interprofessional Relations of ASHA and the American Psychological Association (APA) suggests taking a person-centered approach to treatment that focuses on education, counseling, and use of compensatory strategies to help patients re-engage in meaningful daily activities. A per...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - November 12, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Joint Committee on Interprofessional Relations APA-ASHA Tags: Academia & Research Health Care Private Practice Schools Slider Speech-Language Pathology ASHA Convention Cognitive Rehabilitation Traumatic Brain Injury Source Type: blogs

Why Use Literary Interventions for Diverse Populations
How we can better support our diverse caseloads? This means supporting the communication needs of students and clients of color, those exposed to two or more languages, and members of the LGBTQ+ communities. When supporting diverse populations, I find carrying out out the following two activities prior to speech-language treatment yields positive outcomes. Build rapport Building rapport and trust with the client/student yields greater outcomes for gains in speech, language and social-pragmatic skills. Jeffrey Duncan-Andrade, an associate professor at San Francisco State University, studies elements of effective teaching w...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - November 9, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Phuong Palafox Tags: Academia & Research Private Practice Schools Slider Speech-Language Pathology ASHA Convention Autism Spectrum Disorder Bilingual assessment bilingual service delivery Early Intervention Language Disorders social skills Speech Disor Source Type: blogs

In Appreciation: Daniel R. Boone
Daniel R. Boone, 1976 ASHA president, died Oct. 27, 2018, at age 90, in Tucson, Arizona.  Boone joined the U.S. Army in 1945, and after several stateside assignments was deployed in 1946 to Korea. After his honorable discharge in 1947, he attended the University of Redlands, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in speech-language pathology in June 1951. From 1951 to 1953, he worked as an SLP in the Long Beach VA Hospital with World War II and Korean War veterans who had aphasia. Boone received both a master’s and PhD from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, where he was an assistant professor. He also held ac...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - November 8, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Richard Zraick Tags: Academia & Research News Slider Speech-Language Pathology Speech Disorders Voice Disorders voice therapy Source Type: blogs

How to Set Up and Run a Curriculum-Based Session
Editor’s note: This is the second in a two-part series on curriculum-based intervention. Read part one: “4 Reasons to Use Curriculum-Based Intervention.“ Speech-language pathologists can reduce planning time and successfully move children through their goals using curriculum-based intervention. But the questions remain: How do you do it efficiently and what does it look like? Let’s talk about why curriculum-based intervention is so powerful and then jump in to a minute-by-minute example of how you can make it a reality. Curriculum-based intervention succeeds for three main reasons: We don’t make assu...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - November 7, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Scott Prath Tags: Schools Slider Speech-Language Pathology Language Disorders Source Type: blogs