Does a Primary Language Impairment Affect Both Languages in a Bilingual Child?
Discussion Internationally, bilingualism is the rule. Even in the US which many have considered the holdout for monolingualism, bilingualism is increasing with more than 18% of people (>5 years) speaking 2 languages and it is expected that by 2030 more than 40% of children will learn English as their second language (L2). Children learn two or more languages in different contexts. A child may learn two language with parents speaking two different languages at home since birth, may have one language spoken at home and another in the community (such as a daycare setting) since birth, or may learn one at home since birth...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - March 9, 2015 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news

See The Amazing Moment When A Deaf Person Hears For The First Time
Imagine hearing the sound of your own voice, or the voice of a loved one, for the very first time. For those of us who have always been able to hear, that's hard to do. But have a look at this video montage showing hearing-impaired people hearing for the first time (above). When you see the profound joy that washes over their faces, you'll never take your own hearing for granted again. The videos feature people trying out their new cochlear implants, which are small, surgically implanted electronic devices that pick up and process sounds, and then deliver them straight to the brain. According to the American Speech-Lan...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - February 10, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news

See The Amazing Moment When A Deaf Person Hears For The First Time
Imagine hearing the sound of your own voice, or the voice of a loved one, for the very first time. For those of us who have always been able to hear, that's hard to do. But have a look at this video montage showing hearing-impaired people hearing for the first time (above). When you see the profound joy that washes over their faces, you'll never take your own hearing for granted again. The videos feature people trying out their new cochlear implants, which are small, surgically implanted electronic devices that pick up and process sounds, and then deliver them straight to the brain. According to the American Speech-Lan...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - February 10, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Over 50% of Patients on Ventilators Have Ability to Communicate
The study found that 53.9 percent of the 2,671 mechanically ventilated patients screened met basic communication criteria and could potentially benefit from the use of assistive communication tools and speech language consultation. These tools could be as simple as a notepad and pen that would allow a patient to write requests and questions. (Source: Disabled World)
Source: Disabled World - January 27, 2015 Category: Disability Tags: Rehabilitation and Hospitals Source Type: news

Heritage Valley Health System, Duquesne form academic partnership
Heritage Valley Health System has signed a student affiliation agreement with Duquesne University schools of health sciences and pharmacy, allowing Duquesne students to use the system's two hospitals as campuses. The agreement will allow Duquesne students to gain pharmacy experience at Heritage Valley Beaver and Sewickley hospitals, including dispensing medications and pharmacy management. Students studying physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech language pathology will be placed at inpatient… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - December 10, 2014 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Kris B. Mamula Source Type: news

Draft Recommendation on Screening Children for Speech, Language Problems Inconclusive
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has posted a draft recommendation statement that says current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of routine screening for speech/language delay and disorders in children 5 or younger. (Source: AAFP News)
Source: AAFP News - December 2, 2014 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

Evidence Lacking on Screening Children for Speech, Language Problems
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has posted a draft recommendation statement that says current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of routine screening for speech/language delay and disorders in children 5 or younger. (Source: AAFP News)
Source: AAFP News - December 2, 2014 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

To heal the human instrument
When Erik Laurence transferred in 2009 to Shanghai, China, as vice president of a software company, he thought his biggest challenge would be improving his Mandarin-language skills and learning the nuances of the Chinese business scene. But his vocal cords, not the foreign nation, turned out to be his undoing. Laurence, who was in his mid-40s at the time, had struggled for about 20 years with a mild case of spasmodic dysphonia (SD), intermittently losing his voice at odd times. It’s a neurological disorder that involves spasms of the vocal cords, which cause the voice to break up or have a strained or strangled  quality...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - November 21, 2014 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

“I’m Just In the Band”
Discussion Instrumental music, either as an avocation or profession, provides great pleasure for those performing and listening. Unfortunately it can also cause health problems. Many of the problems are musculoskeletal or neurological in etiology due to overuse and the musician may experience pain. Prelude to pain can include stiffness or tingling or other skin sensations. Musicians may experience weakness, loss of function, control (accuracy) and ability (speed) as well as problems with tone. “The most prevent problems involve overuse of muscles resulting from repetitive movements of playing, often in combination ...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - November 17, 2014 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news

Honest Speech
What does it mean to speak for yourself?read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - November 13, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Katherine Preston Tags: Gender Happiness Relationships Self-Help honesty identity speech therapy voice Source Type: news

Tell Congress to Get Back to Work on IDEA Funding
Contact your Members Today! (Source: ASHA Action Alerts)
Source: ASHA Action Alerts - October 28, 2014 Category: Speech Therapy Authors: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Source Type: news

Remembering one of Boston Children’s earliest liver transplants
When Michael “Mick” Devlin was born in 1987, his parents were sure of two things: They loved him, and they would cherish every minute they had together because no one knew how many they had left. Mick was born with ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC) deficiency, a genetic disorder that disrupts the liver’s ability to break down protein and eventually leads to a toxic build up of ammonia in the blood. It’s a very serious condition, and when Mick was born there weren’t many sustainable treatment options for OTC deficiency. Many children with the disease died. Needless to say, when Mick’s pare...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - October 6, 2014 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Tripp Underwood Tags: All posts Liver transplant our patients' stories Pediatric Transplant Center (PTC) Source Type: news

Babies learn words differently as they age, researcher finds
Researcher has found that toddlers learn words differently as they age, and a limit exists as to how many words they can learn each day. These findings could help parents enhance their children's vocabularies and assist speech-language professionals in developing and refining interventions to help children with language delays. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - September 17, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news

Babies learn words differently as they age, researcher finds
(University of Missouri-Columbia) In a new study, a University of Missouri researcher has found that toddlers learn words differently as they age, and a limit exists as to how many words they can learn each day. These findings could help parents enhance their children's vocabularies and assist speech-language professionals in developing and refining interventions to help children with language delays. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - September 17, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Survivor of lightning strike reunites with rescuers
July 27 started out as a typical Sunday for Robert Kilroy, a 56-year-old off-duty seasonal Los Angeles County lifeguard and a chiropractor. The Marina Del Rey resident went to his favorite spot in Venice Beach and was chest-deep in the ocean teaching his daughter Emily Kilroy, 15, how to surf. Suddenly, a rare bolt of lightning from an unexpected summer storm struck the beach, injuring numerous people and tragically killing one young man. The next thing Kilroy knew, he woke up in the Emergency Department at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. What transpired that afternoon was a series of events that led to Kilroy’s rema...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - August 30, 2014 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news