March 1, 2005

Blues' Plans Deny Coverage for Cognitive Rehabilitation Services
ASHA uses data to challenge denials and will assist members and patients who have been denied coverage for cognitive rehabilitation services.

IDEA ’04 Brings Changes in Early Intervention, Prevention
The new law spells out significant changes in birth-to-six programs, early intervention services, specific learning disabilities, and assistive technology.

Advocate for Fair Reimbursement Through the STAR Network
Make a difference by joining ASHA’s State Advocates for Reimbursement Network.

Charting the Course Ahead: ASHA's Strategic Plan Outlines Future Direction of the Association
Learn about key issues for the future in ASHA’s strategic plan.

MedPAC Stalls on Direct Access to Physical Therapy Services
In a temporary setback for speech-language pathologists, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission recently weighed in on the side of physician referral.

A Tail of Hearing Service: Service Dogs Can Fill Gaps for People With Hearing Loss
Service dogs can greatly improve quality of life and increase safety for people with hearing loss. *Audiology*

AUDIENT Alliance Formed to Meet Hearing Needs of Low-Income Clients
The new AUDIENT hearing health care alliance will build collaborative efforts among hearing instrument and earmold manufacturers and licensed hearing health care providers. *Audiology*

Learning & Earning in Boston
A group of school-based speech-language pathologists found that their journal study experience through ASHA's Learn & Earn program coordinated so well with their schedules that they are now planning their third journal group.

Where We Work: The River School
The River School grew from a dream of a small group of people to a place where children with hearing loss experience success in an inclusion environment. *Audiology*

Watching Children Learn to Listen and Speak
For speech-language pathologists, working in an inclusion model offers a holistic view of children with hearing loss by working with a few children for most of the day.

Model Becomes Reality
The River School grew from a dream of a small group of people to a place where children with hearing loss experience success in an inclusion environment.

Grace: Reaping the Advantage of Early Hearing Detection and Intervention
With the advantage of early hearing detection and intervention, one can only predice that Grace's progress will exceed all of our expectations.

Aphasia Theories and Treatment
It is not enough to base a treatment on a theory, because not all theories are equal.

New Autism Collaboration Develops Practices in Communication Assessment for SLPs
The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders and the National Alliance for Autism Research have teamed up to bring together scholars and clinical researchers in autism.

Audiology in Brief

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