March 22, 2005

FOCUS ON AUDIOLOGY

Keeping Our Eyes on the Prize-Reimbursement Equity

ASHA Argues for professional "work" category in Medicare relative value units.

IDEA '04 offers the option of using responsiveness-to-intervention as a model to prevent or identify students with specific learning disabilities for special education.

In New Jersey, Clinicians Gain FEES in Scope of Practice

Speech-language pathologists have successfully overturned a state ban on the use of FEES and gained recognition for the procedure in the state's scope of practice.

IDEA Funding Cut, Transition Services Strengthened

This third article in a series analyzes key provisions in the new law, including transition, English language learners, minority over-identification, authorization, and funding.

Summit Focuses on Future of Doctoral Education in Audiology

Leaders in Audiology met to identify and describe indicators of quality that could be used to assist doctoral education programs in Audiology. *Audiology*

Research Probes Optimum Age for Implants

Researchers at the Indiana University School of Medicine are trying to determine how infants with cochlear implants perceive and develop speech and language. *Audiology*

Trends in Private Practice Among ASHA Constituents, 1986 to 2003

Surveys of nearly two decades of data on private practice among audiologists and speech-language pathologists for almost 20 years show trends in the professions.

Otoacoustic Emissions: Where Are We Today?

A quarter century of research and progress after the discovery of otoacoustic emissions. *Audiology*

Aural Habilitation Update

The role of auditory feedback on speech production skills of infants and children with hearing loss. *Audiology*

ASHA Year in Review 2004

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