SGR Reform Legislation Introduced, Medicare Therapy Cap Not Included
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Source: ASHA Action Alerts - February 7, 2014 Category: Speech Therapy Authors: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Source Type: news

Oppose legislation providing an apprenticeship pathway for hearing aid fitter/dispensers
(Source: ASHA Action Alerts)
Source: ASHA Action Alerts - February 3, 2014 Category: Speech Therapy Authors: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Source Type: news

Super Inspirational
Like a lot of Americans, 11-year-old Trever is excited for Super Bowl XLVIII. A lifelong Denver Broncos fan, Trever would normally have plenty of trash-talk ready for his team’s opponents, the Seattle Seahawks, but this year even he’s a little torn about whom to cheer for on game day. What could possibly make a die-hard Denver fan like Trever question his loyalty? A minute-long TV commercial starting Derrick Coleman, the first deaf offensive player to make it to the NFL: Like Coleman, Trever is a football player— he’s a kicker, punt returner and linesman for both the defensive and offensive squads of h...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - January 31, 2014 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Tripp Underwood Tags: All posts audiology Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Enhancement Source Type: news

Congress Extends Exceptions Process for 3 Months, Action Still Needed to Prevent the Therapy Cap
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Source: ASHA Action Alerts - January 17, 2014 Category: Speech Therapy Authors: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Source Type: news

Urge Your Representative to Join the Congressional Hearing Health Caucus!
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Source: ASHA Action Alerts - January 14, 2014 Category: Speech Therapy Authors: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Source Type: news

Support the NY EI Administrative Relief Bill
(Source: ASHA Action Alerts)
Source: ASHA Action Alerts - January 11, 2014 Category: Speech Therapy Authors: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Source Type: news

The ins and outs of stammering at school
There are certain things that teachers can do to help stammerers simply by changing external factors which can ease the internal struggle, says Fiona Barry     (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - December 19, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: The King's Speech Musharaf Asghar stammer speech therapist Fiona Barry stammerer stutter Source Type: news

Congress Poised to Act on the SGR; Less than 30 Days Left to Prevent a Hard Cap on Therapy in 2014
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Source: ASHA Action Alerts - December 13, 2013 Category: Speech Therapy Authors: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Source Type: news

Congress Poised to Act on the SGR; 30 Days Left to Prevent a Hard Cap on Therapy in 2014
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Source: ASHA Action Alerts - December 2, 2013 Category: Speech Therapy Authors: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Source Type: news

Tell Leaders of the Budget Conference to Stop Cuts to Education!
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Source: ASHA Action Alerts - November 19, 2013 Category: Speech Therapy Authors: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Source Type: news

Request your Members of Congress to Sign on as Cosponsors to the Hearing Aid Assistance Tax Credit Act
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Source: ASHA Action Alerts - November 14, 2013 Category: Speech Therapy Authors: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Source Type: news

Keeping Insecurity Away: Bonding Without Spoken Language
Opening the channels of attachment through other means of communicationread more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - November 8, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Robert T. Muller, Ph.D. Tags: Child Development Parenting Therapy american sign language ASL attachment communication deaf hearing hearing impaired speech therapy spoken language Source Type: news