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(Bethesda, MD-November 1, 2005) Dr. Christy Ludlow chief of the Laryngeal and Speech Section, Medical Neurology Branch, Clinical Neuroscience Program, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke of the National Institutes of Health will be one of five professionals awarded the Honors of the Association award during the 2005 Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), November 18-20 in San Diego, CA.
The Honors of the Association recognizes distinguished contribution to the field of speech, language, and hearing and is the highest honor the Association can give. Honored individuals have made outstanding contributions to the discipline of communication science and disorders, research, administration, or service to state or national organizations.
Dr. Ludlow has brought national recognition to the importance of speech/communication assessment and treatment strategies for people with spasmodic dysphonia and other neurologically based voice disorders. Her research has emphasized neurophysiological, neuromuscular, behavioral, modeling, and brain imaging approaches.
Dr. Ludlow's work has been widely praised. A Fellow of ASHA and the American Laryngological Association, she has received the Honors of the Maryland Speech-Language-Hearing Association and the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, and is also the recipient of the NIH Director's Award and the Editor's Award of the Journal of Speech and Hearing Research for the best scientific article in speech for 1987, among other honors.
The annual ASHA convention is the most comprehensive development conference for speech-language pathologists, audiologists, and speech, language and hearing scientists. It features more than 1,500 educational sessions that highlight the latest developments in research and clinical practices for professionals who provide services in schools, hospitals, health care centers, rehabilitation clinics, and other practice settings.
Nearly 300 exhibitors, including hearing aid manufacturers and other companies in the speech and hearing industries, will showcase innovative products and services in the San Diego Convention Center's exhibit hall. Technology presentations on products, such as computer software programs as well as alternative and augmentative communication and assistive listening devices were also featured.
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) is the national professional, scientific, and credentialing association for more than 120,000 audiologists, speech-language pathologists, and speech, language, and hearing scientists. Audiologists specialize in preventing and assessing hearing disorders as well as providing audiologic treatment including hearing aids. Speech-language pathologists identify, assess, and treat speech and language problems including swallowing disorders.
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