| 2006 In Review: ASHA Brings Professional Issues to Forefront, Enhances Member Services |
| Highlights of ASHA's work on behalf of members throughout 2006 to enhance awareness of science and practice of speech, language, and hearing disorders and to provide exemplary service. |
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| District of Columbia Enacts Licensure Law |
| Licensure for the professions of audiology and speech-language pathology became law March 4 in Washington, DC. Speech-language pathologists and audiologists will have one year from the time licensure regulations are finalized to obtain a license. |
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| AuD Pays Off, Says Salary Survey |
| ASHA's 2006 audiology survey revealed that clinical audiologists who hold the AuD and have 25 to 27 years of experience average $20,000 more annually than their counterparts with master's degrees. |
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| Bringing Smiles to Children: An SLP in Egypt |
| The author shares her experiences as a part of her eighth medical mission with Operation Smile to a developing country, this time to Egypt. |
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| New Medicare Requirements for Hospital Inpatient Supervision of Speech-Language Pathology Students |
| A new policy for Part A inpatient hospital therapy services will provide greater independence for speech-language pathology students. |
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| Guest Editorial: It's Embarrassing |
| Responses to two recent articles in Audiology Today allow ASHA to set the record straight about the credential that audiologists have worked hard to earn, the CCC-A. |
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| Study Researches Bilateral Cochlear Implants |
| Research funded by the National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders suggests that children who are deaf and have bilateral cochlear implants can more accurately locate sounds when they use both implants instead of one. *Audiology* |
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| What Do Children Hear? |
| Auditory development is a prolonged process, despite the precocious development of the inner ear, and continues well into the school years, as children become more selective and more flexible about the way they process sound. |
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| The Audiologist as an Expert Witness |
| The author relates her experience in taking the witness stand in a felony murder trial and the lessons learned about what is required of a speech-language pathologist or audiologist in this capacity. |
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