Audiology Certification Standards Changes Coming in 2020
Newrequirements for the certificate of clinical certification in audiology (CCC-A) will take effect Jan. 1, 2020, replacing requirements established in 2012. (Source: The ASHA Leader Online)
Source: The ASHA Leader Online - August 31, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research

ASHA Receives Workplace Excellence Awards
(Source: The ASHA Leader Online)
Source: The ASHA Leader Online - August 31, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research

Access Audiology Looks at Patient-Centered Care
How can audiologists adapt to the rapidly shifting hearing health care paradigm? (Source: The ASHA Leader Online)
Source: The ASHA Leader Online - August 31, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research

Quantifying the Clinician-Client Relationship: Kerry Ebert assesses how the relationship between SLPs and their clients affects treatment success, which may lead to developing a measurement tool.
Name:Kerry Danahy Ebert, PhD, CCC-SLP (Source: The ASHA Leader Online)
Source: The ASHA Leader Online - August 31, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research

Misophonia Awareness
I am a speech-language pathologist with 35 years of experience. I am also a misophonia sufferer. As such, I wanted to express my appreciation for the July 2018 ASHA Leader cover article, “Chomp. Slurp. Smack. SNAP!”. The article dealt with this issue very respectfully and applicably. (Source: The ASHA Leader Online)
Source: The ASHA Leader Online - August 31, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research

An Interesting Issue of the Leader
I received my copy of the July 2018 Leader yesterday and, as usual, checked the list of articles for those most interesting to me. I practiced for 37 years in a central Connecticut regionalized school district comprising two small towns, which grew from bedroom towns to larger cities. I don ’t recall how long the Leader has been published, but I’ve taken more notice of it as my only ASHA publication in my 12 years of retirement. (Source: The ASHA Leader Online)
Source: The ASHA Leader Online - August 31, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research

September 2018
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Source: The ASHA Leader Online - August 31, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research

Behind the Ventilator: An SLP finds her voice as a patient with Guillain Barr é syndrome.
(Source: The ASHA Leader Online)
Source: The ASHA Leader Online - August 31, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research

Sweet Speech!
(Source: The ASHA Leader Online)
Source: The ASHA Leader Online - August 31, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research

Blogjam: From making the most out of a grocery run to simple hearing protection reminders, these blogging audiologists and SLPs share practical advice.
(Source: The ASHA Leader Online)
Source: The ASHA Leader Online - August 31, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research

Proposed 2019 Medicare Outpatient Rule Keeps Rates Steady: While the proposed fee schedule is under review, ASHA pushes to maintain code values and responds to changes in reporting requirements.
(Source: The ASHA Leader Online)
Source: The ASHA Leader Online - August 31, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research

Medicare Proposes Overhaul to Home Health Payment: A 2020 rule would replace therapy needs with patient characteristics to determine reimbursement rates.
(Source: The ASHA Leader Online)
Source: The ASHA Leader Online - August 31, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research

Confident Crisis Communicators: Two high school-based SLPs organize a program to help students with complex communication needs interact with emergency responders.
Have you ever wondered how your students with complex communication needs would react in a crisis? Would they know how to use their speech-generating devices appropriately to communicate identifying information? Would the first responder know how to interact with someone with complex communication needs? Would your students even feel comfortable if approached by a first responder? (Source: The ASHA Leader Online)
Source: The ASHA Leader Online - August 31, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research

Children ’s Learning Disabilities May Take Toll on Families
(Source: The ASHA Leader Online)
Source: The ASHA Leader Online - August 31, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research

Specialized Teacher Training Associated With Improved ASD Outcomes
(Source: The ASHA Leader Online)
Source: The ASHA Leader Online - August 31, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research