| Speaking Out on IDEA Regulations |
| ASHA members made their voices heard, submitting more than 1,600 comment letters on IDEA and speaking at nearly all meetings hosted by the U.S. Department of Education. |
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| AAAS Session Explores Cochlear Hair Cell Regeneration |
| The current state of scientific knowledge about hair cell regeneration and auditory neurons shows the promise and limitations for treatment. *Audiology* |
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| California Clinicians Gain Salary Supplement |
| The Palo Alto Unified School District became the first district in California to grant a salary supplement, reflecting a national movement to link additional salary to the CCCs. |
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| CMS Tries Legal Avenue to Fix Medicare Fee Schedule |
| The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is seeking legal advice to prevent six straight years of rate reductions in the Medicare Fee Schedule. |
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| EHDI: New ASHA Guidelines Available on Children, Ages Birth to 5 |
| New ASHA guidelines are available on children from birth to age 5 which focus on family-centered, culturally competent assessment. *Audiology* |
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| Hearing Lost in Space? |
| Research probes factors that may affect astronauts’ hearing, leading to the potential for developing a system to test hearing in space. *Audiology* |
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| Current and Emerging Tools for Assessing Middle-Ear Function |
| Emerging technologies offer improved diagnosis of middle-ear disorders. *Audiology* |
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| The Evolution of Aural Acoustic-Immittance Measurements |
| Tests to detect and qualify conductive hearing losses have evolved over the last two centuries. |
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| Wideband Energy Reflectance |
| Middle-ear energy reflectance may hold promise for the treatment of middle-ear disorders. |
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| Using Laser-Doppler Vibrometry to Diagnose Conductive Hearing Loss |
| In the last decade, laser-Doppler vibrometry has become sensitive enough to make measurements of the motion of the human eardrum practical. |
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| Conference Explored Vocal Pathologies, Dementia, and Pediatric Dysphagia |
| Vocal pathologies, dementia, and pediatric dysphagia were the topics of tracks at the ASHA 2005 Health Care Conference. |
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| Teachers With Voice Disorders: Recent Clinical Trials Research |
| Evidence confirms that voice disorders are an occupational hazard of teaching school. |
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| Patients With Head and Neck Cancer |
| A variety of treatment approaches are available for the management of advanced laryngeal cancer, but only recently had attention focused on functional outcomes. |
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