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(Chevy Chase, MD - November 8, 2006) Lucille B. Beck, PhD, national director of the Audiology and Speech Pathology Service for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in Washington, DC and chief consultant for the VA's Rehabilitation Services Group, will receive the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association's (ASHA) Honors of the Association award during the 2006 Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), November 16-18 in Miami Beach, Florida.
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.
For more than 25 years, Dr. Beck has worked to improve the hearing health and meet the communication needs of the nation's veterans. President Clinton acknowledged Beck's work in 2000 when she became the first audiologist to receive the prestigious Presidential Rank Award for "sustained extraordinary achievement in the management of programs of the United States government and for leadership exemplifying the highest standards of service to the public, reflecting credit on the career civil service". An ASHA Fellow, Dr. Beck has recently initiated groundbreaking collaborations between the VA and the Department of Defense (DoD) to develop the first distance-learning AuD program and, more recently, to increase the understanding of polytrauma and blast complications for speech, language, and hearing disorders.
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 Miami Beach 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 123,000 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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