Top 5 Audiology Posts for 2017

Here are the most popular audiology posts from the past year—we’ll bring you the top five speech-language pathology posts next week! Does Auditory Processing Disorder Meet the Criteria for a Legitimate Clinical Entity? You wanted to know more about both side of the auditory processing disorder controversy. We ran a series of articles, and this installment from audiologist Andrew Vermiglio, director of the Speech Perception Lab at East Carolina University, garnered the most views. In the post, he states that the “concept of the clinical entity is important when addressing controversial conditions such as auditory processing disorder (APD). Although the ASHA Working Group on APD concluded sufficient evidence exists to support APD as a diagnostic entity, others—me included—remain skeptical.”   Now That President Trump Signed It Into Law, 5 Steps to OTC Hearing Aid Implementation “So what’s next for OTC hearing aids under this legislation? Here’s a step-by-step look.” Following the legislative process around over-the-counter hearing aids interested many of our readers. Once President Trump signed this legislation into law, Michelle Mannebach, ASHA director of advocacy communications and administration, shared what will happen now.   Helping Patients Select the Right Hearing-Assistive Technology Audiologist Melissa Wilson and SLP Jody Vaynshtok run a private practice together in San Francisco. Many of their blogs on how they collaborate to give th...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Tags: Advocacy Audiology Health Care Hearing Aids Hearing Assistive Technology hearing loss Language Disorders Source Type: blogs