Want to Improve Your Cultural Competency? Check Out SIG 14, Cultural and Linguistic Diversity
This special interest group focuses on the intersection of sociocultural factors with audiology and speech-language pathology services.
1. What would you say to encourage other colleagues to join SIG 14?
SIG 14 has an amazing community of professionals, and I enjoy the discussions and information shared. I appreciate being able to tap them on the shoulder when I have a complicated case. Having access to Perspectives is also a great perk of SIG 14, with articles focused on culturally and linguistically diverse populations across the lifespan and across disabilities.
2. How has your involvement in this SIG improved your unde...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - August 26, 2019 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Melissa White Tags: Academia & Research Health Care Private Practice Schools Slider Speech-Language Pathology Bilingual assessment bilingual service delivery Cultural Diversity multilingual Source Type: blogs
FDA Approves Cochlear Implants for Single-Sided Deafness, Asymmetric Hearing Loss
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved MED-EL USA’s cochlear implant system for single-sided deafness and asymmetric hearing loss. This is the first time cochlear implants have been green-lighted for these indications in the United States.
MED-EL Cochlear Implant Systems, including SYNCHRONY and the recently FDA-approved SYNCHRONY 2, are now approved for people 5 years and older with single-sided deafness who have profound sensorineural hearing loss in one ear and normal hearing or mild sensorineural hearing loss in the other ear. They’re also approved for people 5 years and older with asymmetric h...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - August 23, 2019 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Jillian Kornak Tags: Audiology News Slider Hearing Assistive Technology hearing loss hearing loss treatment Source Type: blogs
Back-to-School: The Ideal Time to Educate About Your Services and Expertise
It’s the most hectic time of year for many, so make use of ASHA’s ready-made resources!
Summer is winding down, and for many ASHA professionals, that means it’s back to school. If you’re among those entering this hectic period, educating parents, other professionals, and administrators about your role and value of your services might not rank high on your priority list.
But doing so can contribute to greater appreciation from colleagues and students alike—as well as their parents or caregivers—and help fulfill your sense of job satisfaction.
Try these simple approaches to spreading the word—and take advan...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - August 22, 2019 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Francine Pierson Tags: Advocacy Audiology Schools Slider Speech-Language Pathology Professional Development Source Type: blogs
Advising Families on Screens: 7 Resolutions for the New School Year
It’s that time of year: back to school. Whether you are celebrating or mourning the end of summer, this time marks a fresh start for families. As parents consider how to best help their child achieve success this school year, audiologists and speech-language pathologists know how much tech use can affect a child’s school achievement. This makes it an ideal time to guide parents toward better balance after the all-too-common summer screen-time binge.
Editor’s note: As always, children who use low- and high-tech augmentative and alternative communication devices (AAC) should continue to use them at all times—and in...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - August 12, 2019 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Jaumeiko Coleman Tags: Audiology Private Practice Schools Slider Speech-Language Pathology Technology Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, August 12th 2019
We examined 9293 individuals from the Copenhagen General Population Study using nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy measurements of total cholesterol, free- and esterified cholesterol, triglycerides, phospholipids, and particle concentration. Fourteen subclasses of decreasing size and their lipid constituents were analysed: six subclasses were very low-density lipoprotein (VLDL), one intermediate-density lipoprotein (IDL), three low-density lipoprotein (LDL), and four subclasses were high-density lipoprotein (HDL). Remnant lipoproteins were VLDL and IDL combined.
Mean nonfasting cholesterol concentration was 72â...
Source: Fight Aging! - August 11, 2019 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
