Philips Cares Celebrates National Family Caregivers Month with Helpful App
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National Family Caregivers Month which runs all of November is our day, so fellow caregivers, let’s celebrate! According to AARP, we are 40 million strong, so we deserve it. This campaign, themed #BeCareCurious, focuses on recognizing the sacrifice of family caregivers while it emphasizes those sometimes, hard-earned rewards.
Philips is joining in this recognition, as well. The company has been involved in family caregiving though their Philips Lifeline personal alert service, but is now expanding to provide even more help through their new app, Philips Cares. This is a place where subscribers can organize care...
Source: Minding Our Elders - November 21, 2019 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Carol Bradley Bursack Source Type: blogs
You Are Beacons for Those You Serve —Even Long After You Serve Them
Steve Pemberton overcame not having a family and experiencing violent abuse because a few people he encountered “saw” him. He used his experiences to inspire the ASHA 2019 Convention audience at his keynote address. Pemberton reminded the listeners that their work not only changes the immediate lives of the people they serve but continues for years and through generations.
He started with the story of a kind stranger who saw a cute little boy living in foster care and for years occasionally brought him boxes of books her kids didn’t read anymore. Pemberton especially liked the mysteries, because his life was one big ...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - November 21, 2019 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Shelley D. Hutchins Tags: Audiology Events News Slider Speech-Language Pathology ASHA Convention Source Type: blogs
Convention Keynoter: You Are Beacons for Those You Serve —Even Long After You Serve Them
Steve Pemberton overcame not having a family and experiencing violent abuse because a few people he encountered “saw” him. He used his experiences to inspire the ASHA 2019 Convention audience at his keynote address. Pemberton reminded the listeners that their work not only changes the immediate lives of the people they serve but continues for years and through generations.
He started with the story of a kind stranger who saw a cute little boy living in foster care and for years occasionally brought him boxes of books her kids didn’t read anymore. Pemberton especially liked the mysteries, because his life was one big ...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - November 21, 2019 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Shelley D. Hutchins Tags: Audiology Events News Slider Speech-Language Pathology ASHA Convention Source Type: blogs
New Device Improves Speech of People with Parkinson ’s
Many people with Parkinson’s disease tend to talk more quietly and less clearly than before the disease struck them. Speech therapy can help in many cases, but a device recently developed at Purdue University automatically activates an internal mechanism in users that to spurs them to speak louder and more intelligibly.
The SpeechVive device, an invention of Jessica Huber, a professor at Purdue’s Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, looks like a hearing aid. Unlike a hearing aid, though, it actually creates noise in the wearer’s ear when he or she is speaking. To overcome this seeming ...
Source: Medgadget - November 21, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Medgadget Editors Tags: Neurology Rehab Source Type: blogs
Study: Hearing aids may help older adults delay dementia, depression, anxiety, and falls
CONCLUSIONS: Use of HAs is associated with delayed diagnosis of AD, dementia, depression, anxiety, and injurious falls among older adults with HL. Although we have shown an association between use of HAs and reduced risk of physical and mental decline, randomized trials are needed to determine whether, and to what extent, the relationship is causal.
The Study in Context:
Hearing aids, by reducing cognitive load, can improve brain function in persons with hearing loss
46.7 million Americans have Alzheimer’s Disease brain pathology today, so it’s urgent to prevent or at least delay progression to clinical disease
35% o...
Source: SharpBrains - November 20, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Health & Wellness Technology anxiety dementia depression fall-related injuries hearing aid hearing loss Medicare older-adults Source Type: blogs
Formlabs Commits to Dental Industry Offerings with Launch of Formlabs Dental and Form 3B Printer
According to market research firm Key Group, Formlabs is the most installed 3D printer for all sizes of dental labs. The global company currently provides professional 3D printing hardware and digital fabrication services across a range of industries from healthcare, including dental and audiology, to entertainment and education.
Doubling down on its current dental offerings, last week Formlabs announced the launch of Formlabs Dental. The new business unit, comprised of a team of dental professionals, will serve the dental vertical with Formlabs’ new Form 3B printer and platform.
The Form 3B is able to pri...
Source: Medgadget - November 19, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Medgadget Editors Tags: Dentistry Exclusive Source Type: blogs
Everyday Ethics: Do I Discontinue Services for Unvaccinated Clients?
Question: I’m a private-practice, ASHA-certified speech-language pathologist who is three months pregnant. I have been treating a child in her home, but I want to discontinue services to the child because no one in the family has been vaccinated for the measles. Can I do so or would it be considered client abandonment?
More than 1,150 measles cases occurred in more than 30 states in the U.S. in 2019, and most of those cases involved unvaccinated people, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Measles is highly contagious and there is no cure. Measles in pregnant women may have serious cons...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - November 15, 2019 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Donna Euben Tags: Audiology Health Care Private Practice Slider Speech-Language Pathology Early Intervention Professional Development Source Type: blogs
Be Kind.
Today, November 13, is World Kindness Day. Mark Twain once said, “Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” It is something distinguishable, beautiful and just warms the soul. It is a quality I believe all of my nursing colleagues encompass. And all of us will be patients one
The post Be Kind. appeared first on Johns Hopkins Nursing Magazine. (Source: Nursing Blogs at Johns Hopkins University)
Source: Nursing Blogs at Johns Hopkins University - November 13, 2019 Category: Nursing Authors: Editor Tags: On the Pulse baltimore Source Type: blogs
ASHA Voices: Talking About Hearing Loss … and Solving the Cocktail Party Problem?
You know that hearing problem you can have when you’re trying to pick up just one voice in a crowd …
This week on the podcast, we talk to neural engineer Nima Mesgarani. His research into how we communicate may lead to a solution to this common “cocktail party” problem. A faculty member at Columbia University’s Zuckerman Institute, Mesgarani tells us about his lab’s investigations into the brain’s role in hearing—and technology that could one day allow us to highlight a specific voice in a crowd.
Also on the podcast, we talk about ways of discussing hearing loss. A new tool from the Ida...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - November 7, 2019 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: J.D. Gray Tags: Academia & Research Audiology Health Care Podcast Private Practice Slider Source Type: blogs
New Rules for Student Loan Forgiveness Program Might Help You
Many of you likely know about the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program,. The program allows you to eliminate loan debt if you work for a qualified public service employer. If you qualify, the program forgives the balance on your federal student loans after you make 120 monthly payments.
While the program works well for some borrowers, others encounter problems and confusion. Some expected loan forgiveness, then never saw it materialize. In an effort to aid these borrowers, in spring 2018, the federal government created the Temporary Expanded Public Service Loan Forgiveness (TEPSLF) program. It allocated ...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - November 6, 2019 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Jacob Parish Tags: Audiology Slider Speech-Language Pathology Health Care Professional Development Schools Source Type: blogs
Translating the Evidence
Story by Steve St. Angelo | Photography by Chris Hartlove PhD student works to break the silence on ‘hearing health’ and loneliness Jonathan Suen can recall moments in his life when it felt as though someone physically took him by the shoulders and pointed him in an alternative direction that suddenly made all the sense
The post Translating the Evidence appeared first on Johns Hopkins Nursing Magazine. (Source: Nursing Blogs at Johns Hopkins University)
Source: Nursing Blogs at Johns Hopkins University - November 6, 2019 Category: Nursing Authors: Editor Tags: Baltimore Fall 2019 On the Pulse Student Profile Students We Are All East Baltimore Aging ASL audiology Community health equity hearing health hearing loss home-featured language multilingual peace corps PhD sign langua Source Type: blogs
“Why did you make me this way?!”
Recently, Jon Holmlund brought us up to date on an effort in Russia to proceed with CRISPR gene editing aimed at eliminating deafness. Coincidently, a recent MedPage article was posted regarding the ethics of using pre-implantation genetic diagnosis and IVF to purposefully select FOR an embryo with genetic deafness for a couple, both of whom … Continue reading "“Why did you make me this way?!”" (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - November 5, 2019 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Mark McQuain Tags: Health Care bioethics biotechnology Consent / Research enhancement human dignity reproduction syndicated Source Type: blogs
SIG 18 Can Answer Your Questions About Telepractice
Got questions about telepractice? Special Interest Group 18 can connect you with resources and colleagues to help you build your telepractice success.
What would you say to encourage other colleagues to join SIG 18?
Telepractice is a rapidly growing service-delivery model, and many practitioners want information on how to get started using it. SIG 18 is here to help with a robust community of telepractitioners ready to provide a wealth of information. Joining the SIG gives you ongoing telepractice support—based on ASHA standards and best practices—that cannot be found in the social media forums.
How has your involvemen...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - November 4, 2019 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Traci Bean Tags: Academia & Research Audiology Health Care Private Practice Schools Slider Speech-Language Pathology Telepractice Source Type: blogs
Interview with Julian Savulescu on Genetic Selection and Enhancement
Should we use genetic testing to choose what type of children to bring into the world, and if so, how should we choose? Is it acceptable to choose a deaf child? Should we choose our children on the basis of non-disease traits such as intelligence if that were possible ? Does genetic selection put too […] (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - November 4, 2019 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Katrien Devolder Tags: Genetics Health Care Audio Files cognitive enhancement disab disability genetic selection human enhancement Katrien Devolder Interview medical ethics PGD procreative beneficence syndicated Video Series Youtube interview Source Type: blogs
ASHA-Endorsed Telehealth Legislation Introduced in House, Senate
Members of Congress introduced new legislation on Wednesday that could expand the ability of audiologists, speech-language pathologists, and other health care professionals to provide telehealth services.
The Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act of 2019 (H.R. 4932/S. 2741) could lead to elimination of Medicare restrictions on the types of providers who can be reimbursed for telehealth services under certain conditions. The bill, which was introduced by Sens. Brian Schatz (D-HI) and Roger Wicker (R-MS), and Reps. Mike Thompson (D-CA) and David Schweikert (R-AZ)...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - November 1, 2019 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Jerry White Tags: Advocacy Audiology Health Care Slider Speech-Language Pathology Telepractice Source Type: blogs
