2006 Index

Articles are listed in reverse chronological order, under subject headings. Many of these articles are available at The ASHA Leader Online (see the 2006 online archive for links to each issue). 

* Asterisks indicate feature articles.

ASHFoundation

• ASHFoundation Announces New Century Scholars (Dec. 26)
• The ASHFoundation in the 1990s (Sept. 26)
• ASHFoundation's 60th Anniversary Honoring Pioneers Who Fueled the Future (Aug. 15)
• ASHFoundation Celebrates 60 Years of Giving (May 23)
• Call for Applications: ASHFoundation New Century Scholars Program (March 21)
• ASHFoundation Golf Benefit Raises $40,000 for Research and Scholarship Programs (March 21)

Association

• ASHA Receives International CE Designation (Aug. 15)
• ASHA Elections 2006—Meet the Candidates for Executive Board and Legislative Council (July 11)
• ASHA Elections Process "Energized" in 2006 (June 13)
• Slate Completed for Executive Board Election (June 13)
• Construction Begins on ASHA's New Home (May 23)
• Call for 2008 Convention Program Co-Chairs (May 23)
• ASHA Nominees Announced for 2006 Elections (May 23)
• Using a Good Coach to Go for the Gold—How Case Managers Can Help in the Certification Process (May 2)
• A New Look for the Leader (Jan. 17)
• Legislative Council Approves 2006 Budget, Supports Part-Time Doctoral Students (Jan. 17)
• 2,000 Members Affected by Hurricane Katrina (Feb. 7)
• ASHA Receives Minority Health Leadership Award (Feb. 7)

Audiology

• Hispanics May Face Higher Risk for Hearing Loss From iPods, Other MP3 Players (Dec. 26)
• Audiology at the ASHA Convention in Miami (Dec. 26)
• Court Overturns Cochlear Implant Denial (Nov. 28)
• Childhood Development After Cochlear Implantation (Laura S. Eisenberg, Nancy E. Fink, and John K. Niparko) (Nov. 28)
• *New Directions in Pediatric Cochlear Implantation: Effects on Candidacy (Karen Iler Kirk, Jill B. Firszt, Linda J. Hood, and Rachael Frush Holt) (Nov. 28)
• *Audiologists With Hearing Loss—The Dual Perspective (Sandra Mintz); From Pessimism to Optimism (Samuel R. Atcherson); A Reflection on Sound and Its Impact on Life (Ally Sisler) (Nov. 28)
• *Cochlear Implant Collaborations Aid School Success (Teresa A. Zwolan and Donna L. Sorkin) (Nov. 28)
• Audiology Master's Accreditation Dropped With Profession's Move to Doctoral Level (Nov. 28)
• Five Important Questions About FM Systems and Cochlear Implants (Linda M. Thibodeau) (Nov. 28)
• Early Hearing Diagnosis Key to Language Skills (Oct. 17)
• *Counseling Adults Prior to a Cochlear Implant (Anne D. Olson) (Sept. 26)
• Buds Web Site Features Interactive Game, Parent Resources (Sept. 26)
• When Children Need Hearing Aids; Newborn Hearing Screening (Sept. 5)
• *Documentation Requirements for Audiology Services (Robert Fifer) (Sept. 5)
• Researchers Investigate Link Between Hearing Loss and Osteoporosis (Aug. 15)
• ASHA Participates in Hearing Screening and Issues Forum on Capitol Hill (July 11)
• Rep. Neugebauer Helps With Screening in Texas (July 11)
• Better Hearing and Speech Month—Concert Encourages Listeners to "Turn It Down" (Terence A. Limb); SLPs Earn New Title, Raise Awareness; Colleagues Connect for a Cause During May (Lori Sampson-Baum) (July 11)
• *Blast-Related Ear Injury in Current U.S. Military Operations (Col. David Chandler) (July 11)
• Hard of Hearing Hall of Fame Announces Selections (July 11)
• The "Buds" Have a New Home (June 13)
• A Broader View of Pediatric Cochlear Implants (Donald Plapinger) (June 13)
• Vanderbilt Education Program Unites Disciplines (May 23)
• Sound Field Systems on the Rise in Schools (May 23)
• Harnessing the Sun to Help People Hear—Company Promotes Solar Rechargeable Hearing Aids in Botswana (Dannis Fafard) (May 2)
• It's May and the (Ear) "Buds" Are Here! (May 2)
• FDA Warns of Cochlear Implant Risks (April 11)
• Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Hits Teens (April 11)
• Point/Counterpoint Debuts in American Journal of Audiology (March 21)
• Hearing Loss Rises Among U.S. Soldiers in Iraq (March 21)
• *Benefits of Fitting One Versus Two Hearing Aids (William Noble) (March 21)
• *The Counseling Relationship (David Luterman) (March 21)
• High Notes—Audiologist Serves as Consultant to Orchestra (March 21)
• Hearing Protection Proposed for UNCG Music Students (March 21)
• Advances in Audiology Research: An Overview (March 21)
• ASHA Resources on Audiologic Rehabilitation (March 21)
• Hearing Aid Tax Credit Bill Making Progress (March 21)
• Ethical Issues in Genetics Related to Hearing Loss (Feb. 28)
• ASHA to Address Hearing Hazards (Feb. 28)
• *Ethical Issues in Genetics Related to Hearing Loss (Ruth S. Marin and Kathleen S. Arnos) (Feb. 28)
• Hospital Noise Stresses Patients and Staff (Feb. 28)
• Vestibular Disorders and Audiology (Faith W. Akin and Owen D. Murnane) (Feb. 7)
• Genetics and Hearing Loss: An Overview (Jan. 17)
• Researchers Make Progress in Developing Mechanical Cochlea (Jan. 17)

  Convention

• Gold Coast Shines for ASHA Convention (Dec. 26)
• NIDCD Sponsors 16^th Annual Research Symposium at 2006 ASHA Convention (June 13)
• Miami Beach—ASHA's 2006 Convention (June 13)
• 2006 Convention Builds Bridges (March 21)

  Ethics

• Board of Ethics Decision—Becky Brandt (June 13)
• Focus on Ethics—Uses and Abuses of the ASHA Code of Ethics (Shelly S. Chabon and Sandra R. Ulrich) (Feb. 7)
• Recognizing When Strings Are Attached (Jan. 17) (Jaynee Handelsman)

  Governance

• Speak Your Piece to the Legislative Council at March Meeting (Feb. 28)
• Members Invited to Address the Legislative Council (Feb. 7)
• Legislative Council Approves 2006 Budget, Supports Part-Time Doctoral Students (Jan. 17)

  Governmental & Public Policy Issues

• Bipartisan Outreach Will Shape 2007 Advocacy (Dec. 26)
• Tennessee Passes the "Autism Equity Act" (Sept. 26)
• IDEA Part B Final Regulations Released (Sept. 26)
• Advocacy, Action Plans Lead to Success (Sept. 26)
• State of the States 2006: Legislatures Address Qualified Providers, Early Hearing Detection, and More (Aug. 15)
• Seven States Begin Work on Personnel Shortages, Qualifications (Aug. 15)
• Cognitive Rehabilitation Denial Overturned (July 11)
• Support Grows to Extend Therapy Cap Exceptions (July 11)
• Maryland Licensing Board Revises Endoscopy Guidelines (June 13)
• Lobbying Reform Legislation Falls Short (June 13)
• Early Hearing Detection Bill Introduced (June 13)
• State Legislative Scorecard (June 13)
• Higher Education Act Stalls in Congress (April 11)
• Congress May Cut 2007 IDEA Funding (April 11)
• Education Funding Cuts Will Affect Staff, Students (March 21)
• ED Proposes New Rules for Students With Disabilities (March 21)
• Legislative Preview 2006 (Feb. 7)

  Internet

  (all by Judith Maginnis Kuster)
• Rhyme Time (Nov. 28)
• Going on a Quest (Oct. 17)
• "Gimme an R": Cheers for Treatment Resources (Sept. 26)
• Free Online Educational Video Resources (Aug. 15)
• Hidden Treasures From Mailing Lists (May 2)
• Good Things Come in Little Packages (Jan. 17)

  Multicultural & International Issues

• Missouri Guides Minority Students on Leadership Path (by Carlotta Kimble and Jennifer Henkhaus) (Dec. 26)
• *The Professions Around the World (Kenneth M. Bleile, Lauren Ireland, and Tricia Kiel) (Dec. 26)
• *Voice Research—An International Focus, Part 2—Voice Research and Treatment: A UK Perspective (Paul Carding); Research and Treatment Related to Voice in France (Lise Crevier-Buchman); Egypt: Four Decades of Voice Research (M. Nasser Kotby and the team of the Ain Shams University, Faculty of Medicine, Unit of Phoniatrics) (May 23)
• *A Labor of Love in Bosnia (Judi Jewett); Needed Now—A Director and Sponsoring University for Bosnia Outreach (May 23)
• International Focus on Voice—Introduction (Susan Thibeault) (May 2)
• *Voice Research—An International Focus, Part 1—Voice Disorders Research and Treatment in Brazil (Mara Behlau and Gisele Gasparini); Voice Care and Research in Canada (Linda Rammage); Voice Research and Treatment in the Czech Republic (Jan G. Svec and Frantisek Sram) (May 2)
• Community Colleges—Vital Partners on the Road to Diversity (Shelly S. Chabon and Ruth E. Cain) (April 11)
• Grant Program for Projects on Multicultural Activities (March 21)
• Apply for Minority Student Travel Awards by June 1 (Feb. 28)
• *Speech and Language Treatment in East Africa (Angela Jochmann) (Feb. 7)
• Signs From the Desert—New Language Sheds Light on Linguistic Evolution (Jan. 17)

  People

• First Person on the Last Page—A Personal Choice (Ellen-Marie Silverman) (Nov. 28)
• Newsmakers—Rep. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon (Oct. 17)
• First Person on the Last Page—A Tribute to the Speech-Language Pathologist (Rhiannon Screeder) (Oct. 17)
• The Power of Passionate Mentoring: An SLP Reaches Out to Mentors, Gives Back to Students (Barbara Conrad) (Sept. 26)
• First Person on the Last page—From the Ridiculous to the Sublime (Barbara Samuels) (Sept. 26)
• Charlie Diggs: A Friend Remembered (Sept. 5)
• In Memoriam—Charlie Diggs (Sept. 5)
• Buffalo State College Students Raise Funds for Xavier University in New Orleans (Aug. 15)
• Golden Apple—Jennifer Vinson (Hope C. Reed) (Aug. 15)
• In Memoriam—Robert L. Ringel (July 11)
• First Person on the Last Page—Propagating My Wave (Shari Berkowitz) (July 11)
• UNC First Allied Health Professorship Named for Former ASHA President (June 13)
• First Person on the Last Page—Out of Aphasia a Poet Emerges (Leonard Zion) (June 13)
• An Appreciation—Remembering Ken Johnson (Dave Bender) (May 23)
• In Memoriam—Kenneth O. Johnson (May 23)
• ASHFoundation Profile: Anna V. Sosa (April 11)
• Tacking North: Ripich Named President of the University of New England (April 11)
• First Person on the Last Page (Gerald M. Siegel) (April 11)
• Newsmakers—Rep. Jim Ryun (March 21)
• First Person on the Last Page—"I Eat Applesauce!" (Allyson Goodwyn-Craine)
• LPGA Pro Shares Her Communication Story (March 21)
• Profiles in Learning—Introducing Erin Anderson (Learn & Earn) (March 21)
• Holiday Donation Drive Reflects Collaborative Learning in Pennsylvania (Feb. 28)
• Storm Stories—Rebuilding Lives, Returning to a Different World (Feb. 28)
  • Global Conference Comes to Xavier
  • Judy Hearne: "Every Day Is a Special Occasion"
  • Two Clinicians, Two Paths
  • Helping Members Affected by Katrina
• First Person on the Last Page (Anne Gilbertson) (Jan. 17)
• Thousands of Miles From Home—Speech-Language Pathology Students in Jerusalem (Lanee Friedel) (Jan. 17)
• Where We Work (Lynne Marshall) (Jan. 17)

  From the President

  (Alex E. Johnson)
• Pay It Forward—CSD Style (Dec. 26)
• Promoting the Value of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology in Health Care (Oct. 17)
• What's Your Story? (Sept. 5)
• Don't Waste a Minute (June 13)
• The "Face" of Higher Education (Feb. 7)
• *Alex Johnson, 2006 ASHA President (Jan. 17)

  Professional Issues

• Closing the Gap in Treatment of Severe Disabilities and Autism (Georgia Hambrecht and David Shapiro) (Dec. 26)
• Progress Made on Valuation of "Professional" Work (Dec. 26)
• Revised "Issues in Ethics" Statement on Reimbursement Now Available (Dec. 26)
• Health Literacy—Research Directions for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology (Dec. 26)
• School Community Rebuilds After Katrina (Nov. 28)
• Trends in Telepractice—Telepractice Brings Treatment to Rural North Dakota (Nov. 28)
• Shortages in Health Care Add Challenges (Oct. 17)
• Trends in Telepractice—Telepractice in the City: The Story of the Visiting Nurse Service of New York Home Care (Daniel J. Carpenedo)
• Rewards of Supervising Students in Health Care (Ann Marie Arena and Eileen Yankello) (Oct. 17)
• Strategies for Student Supervisors in Medical Settings (Dede Matrangola) (Oct. 17)
• Mentoring Experience: Newborn Hearing Screening Program (Oct. 17)
• Mentoring: More Than Teaching (Oct. 17)
• Mentoring: Person-to-Person Professional Development (Ray D. Kent) (Sept. 5)
• *Using Cadavers for Teaching Anatomy of the Speech and Hearing Mechanisms (Jamie L. Perry and David P. Kuehn) (Sept. 5)
• Maintaining Your CCCs: It's Simple and Offers a Broad Array of Options (Craig Coleman and Carol Williams) (Aug. 15)
• New Online EdFind Offers Customized Searches, Reports on Academic Programs (Aug. 15)
• Focus on Journals—What is an Impact Factor?
• *Empathy: A Clinician's Perspective (Lisa A. Moore) (Aug. 15)
• Trends in Computer Use From 1982-2003—Making Sense of ASHA's Survey Data (July 11)
• Earn a Transition Services Certificate Through Distance Education to Serve Youth With Disabilities (July 11)
• Promoting Student Advocacy in Tennessee (Marion Hammett) (June 13)
• Capitol Hill Visits Support Professional Issues (May 23)
• Primer on Research—An Introduction (Patrick Feeney); Developing a Research Question (Peggy Nelson and Lisa Goffman) (May 2)
• Online Access Expands for Journals (April 11)
• The ASHA Leader: A Tool for Teaching Professional Issues (Karen Prescott Copeland)
• Re-engineering Teaching and Learning Practices (Jennifer Kent-Walsh and Jamie Schwartz) (April 11)
• *Making the Decision and Applying (Donna Fitzgerald-DeJean) (April 11)
• *From Program Completion to Dissertation Defense (Luis F. Riquelme) (April 11)
• *On Being a Professor (Ray D. Kent) (April 11)
• *Integrating Clinical and Research Viewpoints Into Graduate Education (Kenn Apel) (April 11)
• Back to the Basics: Reading Research Literature (Lee Ann C. Golper, Robert T. Wertz, and Karen E. Brown) (April 11)
• *New Models for Professional Education (Robert E. Novak) Part 2 (Feb. 7)
• Consultants in State Educations (Perry Flynn) (Feb. 7)
• Delegates at White House Conference Focus on Baby Boomers (Jan. 17)
• *New Technology and Changing Demographics (Challenges to Our Professions Over the Next 10 Years) (Robert E. Novak) (Jan. 17)
• Researchers Discuss Integrity in Publication Practices (Jan. 17)

  Reimbursement and Advocacy

• Medicare Meltdown Averted (Dec. 26)
• Election Shakeup Could Delay Action on Medicare Caps, Fee Schedule (Nov. 28)
• Georgia Medicaid Changes Cut Coverage for Low-Income Children (Oct. 17)
• CMS Proposes 2007 Decrease in Medicare Reimbursement (Oct. 17)
• Advocacy Pays Off, New Salary Bills Pass in Oklahoma and Rhode Island; Tips From Winning States (Sept. 5)
• *Clinical Documentation in Speech-Language Pathology (Becky Sutherland Cornett) (Sept. 5)
• An Ohio Advocacy Success Story—Educating Families to Fight Insurance Denials of Pediatric Coverage (Katrina Zeit and Bernard P. Henri) (Sept. 5)
• Crisis in Health Care Reimbursement (Sept. 5)
• Join ASHA's Focused Initiative, Give Input on Reimbursement Issues (Sept. 5)
• Pay for Performance: A Growing Challenge for Health Care Providers (Sept. 5)
• In Congress: Pay for Performance & Medicare Reimbursement (Sept. 5)
• Speaking in Code: What's New With the Health Care Economics Committee (Nancy R. Swigert) (Sept. 5)
• Advocating for Full Valuation of Our Work (Tom Rees, Steve White, and Nancy Swigert) (Sept. 5)
• Billing Policies: What's Legal, What's Not (Sept. 5)
• Medicare Covers Cognitive Therapy (May 23)
• Clinicians Win Salary Boost in WV Schools; Advocacy Success Tips from West Virginia (May 2)
• Miami School Clinicians Win Salary Supplement and Recognition (May 2)
• Medicare Therapy Cap Exceptions Process: It's In Your Hands (May 2)
• Bottom Line—Medical Necessity and Medicaid (May 2)
• Medicare Patients May Exceed Therapy Caps (March 21)
• Documentation Plays Critical Role in Cap Exceptions (March 21)
• Bottom Line—Coding Auditory and Aural Rehabilitation Procedures (March 21)
• A Closer Look at Health Savings Accounts (Feb. 28)
• How Health Savings Accounts Work (Feb. 28)
• Exemptions Process Outlined for Implementation of Medicare Caps (Feb. 28)
• Bottom Line—New and Revised CPT Codes for 2006 (Feb. 7)
• Medicare Caps Are Back (Jan. 17)

  Research & Science

• *Managing Memory and Metamemory Impairments in Individuals With Traumatic Brain Injury (Mary Kennedy) (Oct. 17)
• *Neurotoxicants—Environmental Contributors to Disability in Children (Anastasia Antoniadis, Steven G. Gilbert, and Michele (Gagnon) Wagner (Sept. 26)
• *Primer on Research: Part 3; The Importance of Effect Sizes in the Interpretation of Research (C. Melanie Schule and Laura M. Justice) (Aug. 15)
• Testimony Shapes Rehabilitation Research Agenda (July 11)
• Evidence-Based Practice Tool Available (June 13)
• *Primer on Research: Part 2—Bias and Blinding (Patrick Finn) (June 13)

  Schools & Literacy

• IDEA Supplement (Oct. 17)
• Schools Conference Draws 1,000 to Phoenix (Sept. 26)
• ASHA's School Finance Committee Offers Resources on Funding (Sept. 26)
• School-Age Stuttering Treatment: What Works (Nina Reardon-Reeves) (Sept. 26)
• ED Gathers Comments on IEPs and Paperwork Waivers (June 13)
• Chicago Public Schools Evaluate Teaching Methods; Literacy Skill Levels for American Adults (May 2)
• States Compete for Growth Model Program Under NCLB (May 2)
• Commission Begins Examination of NCLB (May 2)
• 2006 Schools Conference Will Spotlight Innovation and Native American Traditions (April 11)
• Clinicians Use Workload in Texas Schools (Judy Rudebusch) (Feb. 7)
• Libraries to Honor Children and Diversity on April 30 (Jan. 17)
• Maine Clinicians Showcase Results of Reading Program (Jan. 17)
• Reading Rockets Helps Clinicians Blast Off With Reading Resources (Jan. 17)

  Speech-Language Pathology

• *Access to Justice (Mary Blake Huer and Keren Yaniv) (Dec. 26)
• *Frail Elders and the Failure to Thrive (Joseph Murray and Paula A. Sullivan) (Oct. 17)
• *CHARGE Syndrome (James W. Thelin and Lori A. Swanson); Clinical Diagnosis (Margaret A. Hefner and Sandra L.H. Davenport); Feeding and Swallowing (Sara Rosenfeld-Johnson); Genetic Diagnosis (Conny van Ravenswaaij); Behavioral Phenotype (Timothy S. Hartshorne); Education (Kathleen Stremel) (Oct. 17)
• *Managing Dysphagia in the Schools (Joan C. Arvedson and Emily M. Homer) (Sept. 26)
• Lessons From the Da Vinci Code: Working With Bilingual/Multicultural Children and Families (Li-Rong L. Cheng) (Sept. 26)
• Dysphagia Care Is "Major Clinical Focus" at Veterans Health Administration (Paula Sullivan and Kyle Dennis) (Sept. 5)
• Federal Telepractice Grants Available (Aug. 15)
• *Language Intervention From a Bilingual Mindset (Elin Thordardottir) (Aug. 15)
• *Parent Programs in Literacy: Differences for Latinos (Hortencia Kayser) (Aug. 15)
• *Foreign Accent Syndrome (Diane Garst and William Katz) (Aug. 15)
• Speech Telepractice Program Expands Options for Rural Oklahoma Schools (Pamela G. Forducey) (Aug. 15)
• MedPAC Cites Need for SLP Provider Numbers, Reviews ASHA Assessment Tool (July 11)
• *Sniffs, Gasps, and Coughs—Irritable Larynx Syndrome Across the Lifespan (Mary Sandage) (July 11)
• *Blast Injuries—A New Kind of Patient for Speech-Language Pathologists (Micaela Cornis-Pop) (July 11)
• *One Soldier's Story (John DaVanzo) (July 11)
• *Blast Injury Basics—A Primer for the Medical Speech-Language Pathologist (Gloriajean L. Wallace) (July 11)
• Fulbright Scholarship Available in Dysphagia and/or Voice (June 13)
• *Spoken Language Processing A Convergent Approach to Conceptualizing (Central) Auditory Processing (Larry Medwetsky) (June 13)
• *Early Intervention in Children With Cleft Palate (Mary Hardin-Jones, Kathy Chapman, and Nancy J. Scherer) (June 13)
• Cross-Training in Dysphagia Still Unacceptable (Nancy Swigert) (May 23)
• *Nutritional and Dysphagia Services for Individuals with Alzheimer's Disease (Jennifer A. Brush, Thomas Slominski, and Faerella Boczko) (May 23)
• *Cardiovascular Disease—Effects Upon Cognition and Communication (Laura Murray) (May 23)
• *An Update on Voice Research in the United States (Ryan Branski and Mahalakshmi Sivasankar) (May 2)
• Special Interest Division 3: Voice and Voice Disorders (Leslie E. Glaze) (May 2)
• *Communication Partner Interventions for Children Who Use AAC (Jennifer Kent-Walsh and Linda Rosa-Lugo) (Feb. 28)
• Dancing Into a New Profession [SLPs] (Susan J. Behrens, with Allison Lake) (Feb. 28)
• *Clinical Measurement and Assessment: A 25-Year Retrospective (Elisabeth H. Wiig and Wayne A. Secord) (Feb. 7)
• Pets Help in Speech-Language Pathology Sessions (Feb. 7)
• *Resonance Disorders and Nasal Emission (Ann W. Kummer) (Feb. 7)
• The Forensic Aspects of Dysphagia—Investigating Medical Malpractice (Dennis C. Tanner) (Feb. 7)
• Dysphagia Restrictions Reversed (Jan. 17)
• *Corporate Speech-Language Pathology—Is It Right For You? (Barbara Christensen) (Jan. 17)