| Preserving Our Integrity |
| In this issue, feature articles provide readers with perspectives on ethical decision-making in audiology, research, treatment candidacy, and in working with culturally and linguistically diverse population. |
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| Treatment Candidacy and Ethical Decision-Making |
| A framework for asking the right questions, specifically when challenged with decision-making regarding treatment candidacy and/or termination. |
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| Electrical Stimulation Aids Dysphagia |
| The use of electrical stimulation to aid dysphagia has gained increasing attention within clinical and research areas of speech-language pathology, and may be a tool in dysphagia rehabilitation in the future. |
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| Ethics and Audiology |
| Should the rules that govern retail sales apply to audiologists? Roy Shinn examines this and other questions in light of ASHA’s Code of Ethics. |
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| The Ethics of Assessment With Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Populations |
| Catherine Crowley shares stories of speech-language pathologists who worked to modify assessment requirements so they could continue to provide ethical services. |
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| Ethics and Research |
| The consequence of violations of research ethics can be far-reaching. Adherence to high research ethics standards is essential if we are to trust the science that underpins all that we do. |
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