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Abstract: Approve the position statement entitled “Roles and Responsibilities of Speech-Language Pathologists With Respect to Evaluation and Treatment for Tracheoesophageal Puncture and Prosthesis”
RESOLVED, That the position statement developed by the ASHA-Special Interest Division 3 Working Group on Voice and Voice Disorders, entitled “Roles and Responsibilities of Speech-Language Pathologists With Respect to Evaluation and Treatment for Tracheoesophageal Puncture and Prosthesis,” be approved by ASHA; and further
RESOLVED, That the following ASHA policy document be rescinded: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. (1992, March). Evaluation and treatment for tracheoesophageal fistulization/puncture.” Asha, 34(Suppl. 7), 17-21; and further
RESOLVED, That “Roles and Responsibilities of Speech-Language Pathologists With Respect to Evaluation and Treatment for Tracheoesophageal Puncture and Prosthesis” be published in a supplement of The ASHA Leader, be posted on the ASHA professional Web site, be made available upon request from the ASHA Action Center, and be included in the next revision of the ASHA Desk Reference, and that the availability of the position statement be announced in The ASHA Leader.
Rationale: This position statement was developed by the ASHA-Special Interest Division 3 Working Group on Voice and Voice Disorders: Julie Barkmeier-Kraemer (chair), Glenn W. Bunting, Douglas M. Hicks, Michael P. Karnell, Stephen C. McFarlane, Robert E. Stone, Shelley Von Berg, Thomas L. Watterson, Alex F. Johnson (monitoring vice president), Amy Knapp (ex officio), and Diane Paul-Brown (ex officio). The current policy document, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. (1992, March). Evaluation and Treatment for Tracheoesophageal Fistulization/Puncture” Asha, 34(Suppl. 7), 17-21, was approved by ASHA’s Legislative Council at its November 1991 meeting (LC 51C-91). The 1992 document, prepared by the Ad Hoc Committee on Advances in Clinical Practice, included a position statement and delineated knowledge and skills for speech-language pathologists to perform tracheoesophageal fistulization/puncture procedures. The Working Group updated this document and prepared a separate technical report, position statement, and knowledge and skills statement.
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