Contact Congress to Repeal the Medicare Therapy Cap
Contact Congress Today! (Source: ASHA Action Alerts)
Source: ASHA Action Alerts - April 2, 2014 Category: Speech Therapy Authors: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Source Type: news
Cochlear implants click for Isabelle
Five-year-old Isabelle Labriola loves sound. She eagerly chats with her twin sister, loves to sing along to holiday songs and enjoys dancing to music. Sounds click with Isabelle, even though enlarged vestibular aqueducts (the tiny canals in the inner ear) resulted in moderate-to-severe hearing loss in her right ear and severe-to-profound hearing loss in her left ear.
Isabelle’s hearing loss was identified at birth, and she was fitted with hearing aids at 6 weeks of age. Cheryl Edwards, AuD, interim director of Diagnostic Audiology in the Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Enhancement at Boston Children’s Ho...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - March 27, 2014 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Lisa Fratt Tags: All posts Boston Children’s Cochlear Implant Program Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Enhancement Source Type: news
Stop Legislation That Would Recognize Hearing Aid Specialists as Providers in the VA
Write your Representative Today! (Source: ASHA Action Alerts)
Source: ASHA Action Alerts - March 27, 2014 Category: Speech Therapy Authors: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Source Type: news
Could Botox be used to treat severe asthma?
Conclusion
This small study involved 11 people who had severe asthma symptoms despite optimised treatment and who had abnormal vocal cord movement which was not improved by speech therapy. The results suggest that Botox injections into one of the vocal cords improved asthma control and the airway size at the level of the vocal cords was increased. However, there were no changes in measures of lung function.
As the researchers point out, this study was not controlled or blinded and a placebo effect cannot be excluded.
It is also not known how long any effect would last, as participants were only assessed for one to three...
Source: NHS News Feed - March 25, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medical practice Medication Heart/lungs Source Type: news
Senate Introduces SGR Reform bill including a Repeal of the Medicare Therapy Cap
Contact your Senators today! (Source: ASHA Action Alerts)
Source: ASHA Action Alerts - March 20, 2014 Category: Speech Therapy Authors: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Source Type: news
IDEA Full Funding Legislation Introduced in the House
Contact your Members to Sign on as Cosponsors! (Source: ASHA Action Alerts)
Source: ASHA Action Alerts - March 20, 2014 Category: Speech Therapy Authors: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Source Type: news
Support the Protecting Student Athletes from Concussions Act
Contact Congress Today! (Source: ASHA Action Alerts)
Source: ASHA Action Alerts - March 20, 2014 Category: Speech Therapy Authors: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Source Type: news
Tennessee: Ask legislators to expand services for telepractice
(Source: ASHA Action Alerts)
Source: ASHA Action Alerts - March 17, 2014 Category: Speech Therapy Authors: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Source Type: news
Bionic ears: let's hear it for cochlear implants…
Cochlear implants have transformed the lives of children born without hearing. But at around £40,000 each, it's a different story for adults trying to get them on the NHSSitting at the kitchen table rolling a ball of Play-Doh, Oliver Campbell is a picture of childhood contentment. At just under two years old he is experimenting with words and is happily peppering his creative endeavours with them. But inside Oliver's head something extraordinary is happening. Currents from tiny electrodes, curled inside the snail-shaped cochlea of his inner ear, are stimulating his auditory nerve, allowing him to hear the thud of the Play...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 16, 2014 Category: Science Authors: Nicola Davis Tags: Health Deafness and hearing impairment Medical research Society Features Disability NHS The Observer Science Source Type: news
Bionic ears: let's hear it for cochlear implants…
Cochlear implants have transformed the lives of children born without hearing. But at around £40,000 each, it's a different story for adults trying to get them on the NHSSitting at the kitchen table rolling a ball of Play-Doh, Oliver Campbell is a picture of childhood contentment. At just under two years old he is experimenting with words and is happily peppering his creative endeavours with them. But inside Oliver's head something extraordinary is happening. Currents from tiny electrodes, curled inside the snail-shaped cochlea of his inner ear, are stimulating his auditory nerve, allowing him to hear the thud of the Play...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 16, 2014 Category: Science Authors: Nicola Davis Tags: Medical research Science Deafness and hearing impairment Disability NHS Health Society The Observer Features Source Type: news
Rhode Island: Oppose Music Therapy Registration
(Source: ASHA Action Alerts)
Source: ASHA Action Alerts - March 13, 2014 Category: Speech Therapy Authors: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Source Type: news
Support Senate Amendment to EHB 2108 - Removing Apprentice Pathway for Hearing Aid Specialists
(Source: ASHA Action Alerts)
Source: ASHA Action Alerts - March 11, 2014 Category: Speech Therapy Authors: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Source Type: news
Washington: Oppose legislation providing an apprenticeship pathway for hearing aid fitter/dispensers
(Source: ASHA Action Alerts)
Source: ASHA Action Alerts - February 28, 2014 Category: Speech Therapy Authors: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Source Type: news
Utah: Take Action to Oppose Music Therapy Certification
(Source: ASHA Action Alerts)
Source: ASHA Action Alerts - February 28, 2014 Category: Speech Therapy Authors: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Source Type: news
Early Intervention Services Are Available for Your Child with Down Syndrome
Even though we all know that all children with Down syndrome may require physical, occupational and language/speech therapy during their development or maybe throughout their life, more therapy doesn't necessarily equal more advancement and should never be considered a way to fix a child. Therapy is a form of guidance that reinforces your child's development, and at the same time teaches you, as a parent, how to integrate this guidance into your child's natural routines....Read Full Post (Source: About.com Down Syndrome)
Source: About.com Down Syndrome - February 28, 2014 Category: Disability Source Type: news
