| Here Come The Boomers |
| The demographic bulge known as the "Baby Boom" will have a growing impact on service delivery as it moves along the timeline to old age. This special issue focuses on its effect on clinicians on a professional and personal level. |
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| Texas Clinicians Defeat Effort to Lower Standards for School SLPs |
| Speech-language pathologists in Texas are celebrating a first-round victory in upholding the state’s qualification standards. |
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| ED Releases Proposed IDEA Rules |
| The U.S. Department of Education released the proposed regulations for the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act 2004 and is holding a series of meetings around the nation to gather feedback. |
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| What Made Us What We Are Today? |
| A Boomer SLP looks back on the many people and events that have shaped the professional outlook of a generation. |
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| Ohio Clinicians To Launch a National Web Resource for Genetics Education |
| A national Web resource on genetics education will soon be available to speech-language pathology and audiology students and faculty, thanks to the efforts of clinicians in Ohio. |
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| It's Still Rock and Roll |
| Billed as the quietest concert, a performance at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame featured unamplified music to highlight the importance of hearing loss prevention. *Audiology* |
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| Genetic Hearing Test Moves Ahead |
| A new genetic test under development could be used to identify the genetic basis of hearing loss in infants one day old. *Audiology* |
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| Active and Proactive- Boomers and the Health Care System |
| Baby Boomers will take a different approach to aging by being active participants in health care and by remaining physically active than previous generations. |
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| Speechreading and Aging |
| To give Baby Boomers a clearly visible future, clinicians need assess speechreading and integration abilities during audiological evaluations. *Audiology* |
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| Aging in a Fast-Paced World |
| Knowledge about age-related changes in information processing will guide our interaction with older adults and raise public awareness. *Audiology* |
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