2026 Research Symposium at the ASHA Convention
Saturday, November 21, 2026
Indianapolis, Indiana
The Research Symposium is an annual event at ASHA Convention where clinicians and researchers discuss current research in communication sciences and disorders (CSD). Each year's symposium has a specific research theme.
Find out more about the Research Symposium at the ASHA Convention and its associated travel award.
Clinical Trials Conducted with Pediatric Populations
Coordinated by Edwin Maas, PhD (Temple University), the 2026 Research Symposium will showcase clinical trials with a variety of pediatric populations. Speakers will discuss their federally funded clinical trials focusing on children with speech disorders, children with language disorders, and children who use cochlear implants. The presentations cover a range of design types and approaches and will address critical issues and challenges in clinical trials research, such as specifying and implementing active treatment ingredients, selecting outcome measures, and translating findings into actionable treatment recommendations and clinical uptake.
The 2026 Symposium is part of the ASHA Convention. Any in-person Convention registrant may attend. No separate ticket or registration is required.
Not attending ASHA Convention? The Research Symposium sessions will be publicly available through the Live-Broadcast Sessions.
8:00 a.m.
Optimizing Treatment for Childhood Apraxia of Speech: Findings from Three RCTs of ASSIST
Speaker: Edwin Maas, PhD (Temple University)
9:30 a.m.
Exploring Behavioural and Neuroimaging Outcomes in Late Talkers
Speaker: Karla N Washington, PhD, S-LP(C), CCC-SLP, BCS-CL (University of Toronto)
11:00 a.m.
Pediatric Clinical Trial on Image-Guided Cochlear Implant Programming for Speech, Language, and Literacy
Speaker: René Gifford, PhD, CCC-A (Hearts for Hearing) and Stephen Camarata, PhD, CCC-SLP (Vanderbilt University School of Medicine)
1:30 p.m.
Correcting Residual Errors with Spectral, Ultrasound, Traditional Speech Therapy Randomized Controlled Trial (C-RESULTS-RCT)
Speaker: Jonathan Preston, PhD, CCC-SLP (Syracuse University)
3:00 p.m.
Testing The Effects of a Sequentially Targeted Naturalistic Intervention for Language-Delayed Toddlers
Speaker: Ann Kaiser, PhD (Vanderbilt University)
The Research Symposium at ASHA Convention is funded, in part, by a grant from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD).
