| Senate Bill Focuses On Brain Injury |
| The U.S. Senate passed the Reauthorization of the Traumatic Brain Injury Act, a bill that would expand and intensify programs that monitor traumatic brain injury. |
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| Business Leaders Support CSD Services |
| A major business organization agrees with ASHA that services provided by speech-language pathologists and audiologists are cost-effective additions to employer-based health plans. |
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| Health Care/Business Institute 2008 |
| ASHA's joint Health Care/Business Institute 2008 on April 5-6 in St. Louis will address critical issues in both clinical and management aspects of speech-language pathology practice in health care settings. |
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| Achieving Excellence in Member Service: ASHA's Strategic Pathway |
| ASHA has developed a "Strategic Pathway to Excellence" to accomplish its goal of achieving a standard of excellence that will ensure that members value their affiliation with ASHA and its programs, products, and services. |
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| Views on Disability Around the World |
| Understanding critical cultural differences will give health care professionals insight on how to meet the needs of different populations. |
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| New Leadership Program Begins Second Year |
| ASHA created a Leadership Development Program which encourages potential leaders to develop their skills in service to the professions through ASHA. |
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| ASHA Journals Welcome Two New Editors |
| Laura Justice will edit the American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Robert Schlauch will edit the Hearing section of Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. |
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| Considering Conceptual Frameworks in Communication Sciences and Disorders |
| Critical social theory is a conceptual framework to consider that focuses on understanding the total existence of groups of people and on explaining cultural, economic, and political contexts. |
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| Wideband Measures of Middle-Ear Functioning |
| Wideband reflectance and wideband absorbance are names for an emerging type of acoustic ear-canal measurements that provides new dimensions for middle-ear assessment. *Audiology* |
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| The ABCs of Dysphagia Management in Schools |
| Management of dysphagia in students with disabilities is rapidly becoming an important area of focus of speech-language pathologists. This article provides an overview of practical strategies for use in school environments. |
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| Unilateral Hearing Loss in Children |
| The topic of unilateral hearing loss is not new to the profession of audiology, but the advent of newborn hearing screening and recent research have renewed interest in this population of children. |
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| Kate Gottfred: 2008 ASHA President |
| A passionate advocate for the discipline of communication sciences and disorders, Kate Gottfred comes to ASHA's top elected office with 26 years of volunteer experience at the Association. Learn about Gottfred's vision for her presidential year. |
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