| Convention Unites Members In Science and Service |
| ASHA members were able to attend more than 1,500 sessions at the Convention, learn about personal finances from Suze Orman, and hear from luminaries such as Jane Seymour, and John and Annie Glenn. |
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| Audiology Keynote Sessions Probe Hair Cell Research, Other Hot Topics |
| At the 2004 ASHA Convention, audiologists learned about the latest developments in hair cell regeneration, current trends in amplification, and early hearing identification. |
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| Congress Reauthorizes IDEA |
| President Bush signed into law a bill to reauthorize the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), a bill that met with overwhelming approval in Congress. |
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| Medicare Fee Schedules Issued for 2005: Rates Rise for Vestibular Function Tests, Cochlear Implant Procedures |
| Rates will rise for vestibular function tests, cochlear implant procedures. |
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| Science at Work |
| Four separate snapshots of how the research process is used to link theory with practice in the area of rehabilitation and habilitation of communication disorders. |
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| Intervention Decision-Making for Persons with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis |
| A collaborative research project analyzed the need for and acceptance of augmentative and alternative communication by persons with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. |
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| The Learnability Project: Applied Research on Phonological Disorders |
| Applied research on phonological learning bridges theory and practice to help children make bigger gains. |
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| The Emerging Potential of Neurorehabilitation |
| A century of pessimism is giving way to optimism with research demonstrating the possibility of reconstituting damaged neurons, which will lead to clinical therapeutic experiments. |
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| Optimizing Amplification for Infants and Young Children |
| The success of newborn hearing screening programs has created a need for a well-defined, scientifically based approach for the selection and fitting of hearing aids for our youngest patients. |
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| Medical Devices 'R Us: Reflections on a Decade of Device Review at the FDA |
| An audiologist offers an insider’s view of the approval process for medical devices at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. |
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