In Appreciation: Sandra C. Holley-Carter
The Leader is grateful to the Holley-Carter family for providing this tribute.
Dr. Sandra C. Holley-Carter, 1988 ASHA president, died in her home in Mesa, Arizona, on March 9, 2020.
Holley-Carter was born Sandra May Cavanaugh, March 30, 1943, in Washington, D. C., the daughter of Clyde Howard and Rebecca Naomi (Arthur) Cavanaugh. She was that rare blend of kindness, brilliance, and grace that is only found in natural and inspiring leaders. She commanded perfection and brought elegance and class to everything she did. Holley-Carter was a remarkable and relentless trailblazer, history maker, and visionary.
As a child growing...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - April 6, 2020 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: ASHA Staff Tags: News Slider Speech-Language Pathology audiology Source Type: blogs
A Story from the Sandwich Generation: Caring for Kids and Parents All At Once
Photo credit Irina Murza
When my elderly neighbor, Joe, was widowed, I did what most neighbors would do. I didn’t know him or his wife well, but I knew he was completely deaf and that he was probably lonely. I started to visit, thinking I could help him if he needed groceries or something. What began as a neighborly check-in continued into a kind of adoption of Joe, by myself and my two sons, ages six and eight. For five years, the kids and I were Joe’s family.
Continue reading on Agingcare to learn more about how you can slowly become part of the sandwich generation - without knowing it:
Support a caregiver or jump-st...
Source: Minding Our Elders - April 3, 2020 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Carol Bradley Bursack Source Type: blogs
Masks Pose Barriers for People With Hearing Loss: Here ’s a Novel Solution
Federal health officials are on the brink of recommending face coverings to help stem the spread of COVID-19, according to recent news reports. But masks and other face coverings muffle the wearers’ voices and prevent people from reading their lips, writes University of Florida graduate student Laken Brookes in a CNN article. For people who are hard of hearing, that’s a problem, she says.
Brookes, who has tinnitus, connected with a number of people with and without hearing challenges about communication problems related to masks. She notes that the fallback method—using a whiteboard passed back and forth—isn’...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - April 3, 2020 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Carol Polovoy Tags: Audiology Health Care Slider audiologist COVID-19 face masks Hearing Assistive Technology hearing loss Source Type: blogs
Clear Face Masks for The Deaf and Hard of Hearing
There are hundreds of groups around the world making face masks as fast as they can to help slow the spread of COVID-19. While face masks can help to block particulates from entering the nose and mouth, they also make it impossible to see the mouth moving when the wearer is talking. This is actually a considerable limitation for people who are deaf or hard of hearing and who use visual cues to help them understand what a speaker is saying.
A college student who studies Education for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing at Eastern Kentucky University has now designed and is producing face masks that have a clear screen where the...
Source: Medgadget - April 3, 2020 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Medgadget Editors Tags: ENT Materials Medicine Public Health Rehab Source Type: blogs
“ Essential Oncology ” : The COVID Challenge
By CHADI NABHAN MD, MBA, FACP
One harsh Chicago winter, I remember calling a patient to cancel his appointment because we had deemed it too risky for patients to come in for routine visits—a major snowstorm made us rethink all non-essential appointments. Mr. Z was scheduled for his 3-month follow-up for an aggressive brain lymphoma that was diagnosed the prior year, during which he endured several rounds of intense chemotherapy. His discontent in hearing that his appointment was canceled was palpable; he confessed that he was very much looking forward to the visit so that he could greet the nurses, front-desk staff, ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - April 3, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: COVID-19 Hospitals Medical Practice Physicians Chadi Nabhan Clinical Trials coronavirus drug dosing Oncology Pandemic Source Type: blogs
Coping with a Loss of Income During COVID-19 — or Anytime
Planning cures panic. At least it’s always made me feel better. Whenever I get hit upside the head with anxiety, the first thing I do after taking a few deep breaths is to figure out what actions I can take to regain some semblance of control and peace of mind.
We’re all trying to control as much as we can during this unprecedented time. If—among other things—you’re feeling on edge because you’ve recently seen a loss of income, or you’re afraid it may happen to you soon, here are the steps to take.
Evaluate your emergency fund
The first step is figuring out your essential monthly expenses. I’m talking the b...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - April 2, 2020 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Jacob Parish Tags: Academia & Research Audiology Health Care Private Practice Schools Slider Speech-Language Pathology COVID-19 Practice Management Source Type: blogs
‘Not Just Dots On a Map’: SLPs Speak Their Truth From the COVID-19 Battlefront
Tuesday, March 10. Speech-language pathologist Fatima Warren was grocery shopping with her grandmother when she first noticed the painful body aches. Chalking it up to the rainy day and an earlier workout, she ran a hot bath.
Wednesday, March 11. Warren woke up with chills, fever, and worsening aches. She drove straight to the closest ER in her hometown of Lexington, Kentucky. There, staff ran numerous tests, but not for COVID-19. The 45-year-old didn’t qualify because she hadn’t traveled outside the country and couldn’t name a contact with the virus.
Thursday, March 12. Worried about infecting her 13-year-old son an...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - April 1, 2020 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Bridget Murray Law Tags: Slider Speech-Language Pathology Uncategorized acute care Cognitive Rehabilitation Dysphagia FEES Health Care MBSS personal protective equipment skilled nursing facilities Swallowing Disorders Source Type: blogs
COVID-19 and Audiology: Closed Practices, Empty Campuses, Halted Research
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect the country, most everyone has had to adapt in some way to accommodate this strange new normal—audiologists and hearing researchers included.
With calls and procedures for self-quarantine and guidance for small businesses and universities varying from state to state, hearing care professionals may find themselves thrust into new situations. Some are being asked to adopt telepractice for the foreseeable future, and others are quickly switching to virtual-only learning for their audiology students.
ASHA is constantly monitoring the situation as it evolves daily. For more informa...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - March 31, 2020 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Jillian Kornak Tags: Academia & Research Audiology Health Care News Private Practice Slider audiologist COVID-19 Telepractice Source Type: blogs
COVID-19: Ethical Considerations for Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists
Many ASHA members are calling with questions, as almost all types of service delivery are changing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Donna Euben, ASHA’s ethics director, along with our practices teams, pulled together some of the most frequently asked ethics-related questions during this unprecedented time. Read her answers to these questions, which also include links to numerous resources.
Plan for providing uninterrupted services.
I’m an audiologist at an outpatient/inpatient hospital clinic. Am I at risk of client abandonment if I refuse to treat patients to minimize my exposure to the virus that causes COVID-19?...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - March 30, 2020 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Donna Euben Tags: Academia & Research Audiology Health Care Private Practice Schools Slider Speech-Language Pathology COVID-19 Professional Development Technology Telepractice Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, March 30th 2020
This study, for the first time, shows that transplantation of non-autologous mitochondria from healthy skeletal muscle cells into normal cardiomyocytes leads to short-term improvement of bioenergetics indicating "supercharged" state. However, over time these improved effects disappear, which suggests transplantation of mitochondria may have a potential application in settings where there is an acute stress.
Outlining Some of the Science Behind Partial Reprogramming at Turn.bio
https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2020/03/outlining-some-of-the-science-behind-partial-reprogramming-at-turn-bio/
Turn.bio is ...
Source: Fight Aging! - March 29, 2020 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
ASHA Voices: How COVID-19 is Changing Our Work Lives
In this episode, we talk with audiologists and SLPs throughout the country about the pandemic’s immediate and drastic effects on their work. From the Seattle area to New York City, they are facing significant challenges, but they are also rising to those challenges.
Read the transcript for this episode.
Featuring voices of professionals in schools, private practice, academia, and health care, this episode delivers snapshots of what members are experiencing in various workplace settings, including skilled nursing facilities.
Before I can clock in, we have to go and take our temperature and record that. And then, i...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - March 26, 2020 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: J.D. Gray Tags: Academia & Research Audiology Health Care Podcast Private Practice Schools Slider Speech-Language Pathology audiologist Augmentative Alternative Communication communication sciences and disorders COVID-19 hearing loss Social Medi Source Type: blogs
COVID-19: Private Practitioners Report on Office Closures and Telepractice
As schools and businesses shut down the week of March 16 in response to social distancing and shelter-in-place directives related to COVID-19, private practitioners put the brakes on in-person treatment. To keep their services going in this uncertain time, many have embraced telepractice—a new medium for some.
State and individual payer regulations vary on telepractice coverage; check state and payer websites regularly for updated information. ASHA is continually updating webpages on telepractice and COVID-19 (also listed below in the resources section), and has also released new guidance on providing private-pay servi...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - March 25, 2020 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Carol Polovoy Tags: Advocacy Audiology Health Care News Private Practice Slider Speech-Language Pathology COVID-19 medicare Source Type: blogs
ASHA Revisits Guidance on Medicare Telepractice
Audiologists and SLPs may provide telepractice services to Medicare Part B (outpatient) beneficiaries who choose to pay privately, according to ASHA’s new interpretation of Medicare laws. This determination stems from ASHA’s direct communication with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services staff and consultation with Medicare law experts and other professional associations.
Very simply: A federal statute excludes audiologists and speech-language pathologists from Medicare reimbursement for telepractice. Therefore, because telepractice is not a covered benefit when provided by an audiologist or SLP, such services...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - March 24, 2020 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Neela Swanson Tags: Audiology News Private Practice Slider Speech-Language Pathology Health Care medicare Telepractice Source Type: blogs
Ronjon Nag on Investment in the Longevity Industry
Ronjon Nag is a noted angel investor in the Bay Area, and one of the newer entries to the select community of investors interested in the longevity industry. He brings his own perspective to the table; new points of view are always welcome as the community grows in size, and as more narrowly focused specialists begin to emerge. That said, given the enormous venture funding still in waiting, looking for places to invest, there is always the perverse incentive for fund managers to consider the space of aging and longevity in the broadest sense possible. There is a pressure to invest now, invest soon, find more deals to parti...
Source: Fight Aging! - March 23, 2020 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Investment Source Type: blogs
5 Steps to Get Started in Telepractice
Over the last few weeks, many schools and clinics nationwide—well, really worldwide—have been shutting down in response to COVID-19. While this is an uncertain time for all of us, fortunately many audiologists and speech-language pathologists might be able to offer services for clients using telepractice.
Editor’s note: Per ASHA guidelines, use of telepractice must be equivalent to the quality of services provided in person and consistent with adherence to the Code of Ethics, audiology scope of practice, speech-language pathology scope of practice, state and federal laws, and ASHA policy.
Even before this pandemi...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - March 18, 2020 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Jessi Andricks Tags: Audiology Health Care Private Practice Schools Slider Speech-Language Pathology Professional Development Technology Telepractice Source Type: blogs
