ASHA Leader Online


May 25, 2004

FOCUS ON TECHNOLOGY

This issue highlights the innovative ways ASHA members are infusing technology into their academic and practice settings.

Michigan Insurer Rules on Childhood Apraxia of Speech
A ruling that childhood apraxia of speech can be viewed as both developmental and neurological has facilitated in payment for services.

Telecoils Deserve Wider Acceptance as Assistive Listening Devices
Inductive loop systems—combined with a hearing aid telecoil—are an assistive listening technology that deserves a renaissance in this modern age.

Three New Audiology CPT Codes
Audiologists will be able to use three new diagnostic procedures in billing for central auditory function assessment and severe tinnitus.

AAC in the Schools Moving Students Along a Communication Continuum
A continuum of communication for AAC meets the needs of students with varying communication abilities with the least amount of obsolescence.

Playacting With a Purpose
Speech-language pathology is beginning to use performance-based assessments that use standardized patients—trained individuals to portray specific patient cases.

Telepractice Brings New Challenges to Audiologists
Audiology telepractice-the application of telecommunications technology to delivery of audiological services at a distance-is here.

A Bilingual Web Site for Chinese-Speaking Families and Professionals
Learn how one speech-language pathologist used the Internet to bridge the language and cultural divide for parents and professionals.

E-learning and Fluency Disorders
E-learning that incorporates interactive multimedia can provide cost-effective pre-service and inservice training in fluency and augment treatment sessions.

10 Recommended Clinical Computing Competencies for SLPs
Now is the time to learn about the competencies needed to use computers with clients in the clinical setting.

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