|
(Lincoln, NE - November 8, 2006) Neil T. Shepard, PhD, professor of audiology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and director of the Balance Disorders Clinic at Boys Town National Research Hospital, will receive the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association's (ASHA) Honors of the Association award during their 2006 Convention, 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.
Dr. Shepard is an internationally-respected clinician and scientist in the area of balance function assessment and rehabilitation. A pioneer in collaborative clinical care, he has focused his research and clinical practice on the assessment and rehabilitation of balance and dizziness disorders. Dr. Shepard also has had a long record of professional service, for which he has been honored. An ASHA Fellow, he was elected ASHA's vice president for quality of service in audiology (2003-2005). He received the ASHFoundation's Clinical Achievement Award for the state of Michigan.
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.
###
|