| Hearing Aid Tax Credit Introduced |
| Senator Norm Coleman announced the introduction of S. 1410, the Hearing Aid Assistance Tax Credit Act, at a meeting of the Congressional Hearing Health Caucus in May. The bill would provide a tax credit of up to $500 toward purchase of hearing aids every five years for seniors and for dependents of taxpayers. |
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| IDEA Part C Proposed Rules Released |
| ASHA's preliminary analysis of IDEA Part C highlights key issues: personnel qualifications, early intervention, multidisciplinary teams, assistive technology, and others. |
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| Podcast Encourages Early Hearing Detection and Intervention |
| The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and ASHA have teamed up to produce a podcast about early hearing detection and invention. |
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| Step by Step, ASHA Begins Governance Change |
| ASHA's new governance model addresses the needs of each profession while preserving the integrity of ASHA's focus on the integrated discipline of communication sciences and disorders. |
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| CSD Learning Abroad—Opportunities for All |
| More must be done to support study-abroad at the graduate level, to promote opportunities and funding for study, and to advance international research and academic collaboration. |
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| Hearing Loss Hinders Relationships |
| A new survey highlights the significant affects of hearing loss on relationships with significant others, family, friends, and co-workers. |
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| Otoacoustic Emissions: Reducing and Preventing Noise-Induced Hearing Loss |
| Otoacoustic emissions may strengthen a hearing conservation program by allowing audiologists to catch hearing loss before it becomes clinically significant, or even prevent hearing loss from occurring. |
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| Ethnographic and Sociolinguistic Aspects of Communication: Research-Praxis Relationships |
| Ethnography and sociolinguistics may enhance our understanding of the multiple factors required for effective communication, such as linguistic, cultural, cognitive, and neurological variables. |
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