A S H A Leader

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Articles in March 2007 issue of A S H A Leader

• ASHFoundation benefit golf classic returns to Orlando in 2008.(American Speech-Language-Hearing Association)(Brief article)
• ASHA Life Member.(Named)(American Speech-Language-Hearing Association)(Brief article)
• New Medicare requirements for hospital inpatient supervision of speech-language pathology students.(Brief article)
  by Kander, Mark
• Board of ethics decisions.(American Speech-Language Hearing Association Board of Ethics)
• Folic acid may slow hearing loss.(AUDIOLOGY IN BRIEF)(Brief article)
• Corrections.(Correction notice)
• Industrial chemicals and developmental disorders.(industrial chemicals can damage children's brains )(Brief article)
• Fulbright award offered.(Fulbright Scholar Program)(Brief article)
• Headed for extinction?(READERS RESPOND)(Letter to the editor)
  by McGrath, Christine
• Sheila C. Johnson.(NEWSMAKERS)(Interview)
  by Cerquone, Joseph
• Katharine G. Butler Symposium on Child Language.(Brief article)
• Laser cochlear implants.(AUDIOLOGY IN BRIEF)
• CEUs for Leader articles.(READERS RESPOND)(Letter to the editor)
  by O; '; Neil, Erica
• 15 principles of consumer-oriented audiologic/aural rehabilitation.
  by Hull, Raymond H.
• A need for training in severe disabilities.(READERS RESPOND)(Letter to the editor)
  by Garrett, Ellen
• Bringing smiles to children: an SLP in Egypt.(speech-language pathologist)
  by Snyders, Cathy Pearse
• New Web resource targets linguistic diversity: the project responds to the continued need to guide clinicians in the complex practice of serving linguistically diverse children.
  by Glaze, Leslie
• 10-minute screen for language disorders.(British Dyslexia Association developed a test to determine dyslexia in young children)(Brief article)
• Autism and OCD.(READERS RESPOND)(Letter to the editor)
  by Suddath, Carol
• A look at AR in the last decade.(audiologic/aural rehabilitation)
  by Ross, Mark
• ASHA featured on genetics Web site.(ASHA AT WORK)(American Speech-Language-Hearing Association)(National Coalition for Health Professional Education in Genetics)(Website overview)(Brief article)
• Study researches bilateral cochlear implants: NIDCD demonstrates bilateral implants benefit children who are deaf: most [children] develop the ability to locate speech and other sounds more accurately when using two cochlear implants than when using one i
  by Shafer, Dee Naquin
• Solving Ohio's shortages: the Ohio grant of $2.5 million for each of two years will fund the following eight initiatives to address the shortages of school SLPs.
  by Hull, Ray
• Folic acid may prevent cleft problems.(facial cleft for newborns can be avoided by folic acid daily consumption)(Brief article)
• Research on esophagus inflammation.(eosinophilic esophagitis may lead to childhood asthma)(Brief article)
• Dysphagia screening for patients with stroke: challenges in implementing a Joint Commission guideline.
  by Swigert, Nancy B.; Steele, Catriona; Riquelme, Luis F.
• New faculty members invited to apply for AARC Awards to support research, teaching.(ASHA AT WORK)(Advancing Academic Research Careers)(Brief article)
• It's embarrassing: in our profession, I hope we have not come to a point where, because audiologists can belong to more than one organization, members feel it acceptable to openly criticize and denigrate one another.(GUEST EDITORIAL)
  by Gladstone, Vic S.
• 6 success strategies to work, study, or volunteer abroad.(Going Global)
  by Bleile, Kenneth M.; Ireland, Lauren; Kiel, Tricia
• ALS journey comes to an end.(READERS RESPONDS)(Letter to the editor)
  by Venable, Gail Portnuff
• What do children hear? How auditory maturation affects speech perception.
  by Werner, Lynne
• Advocacy continues for CPT code changes: report from the health care economics committee.(current procedural terminology)
  by Swigert, Nancy B.
• Public service campaign on safe listening to MP3s.(ASHA AT WORK)(Brief article)
• Federal budget makes changes in student grant programs, cuts IDEA: the number of infants and toddlers with developmental delays and disabilities served through IDEA Part C increased by 50% in a five-year period, from 1999 to 2004.(Bottom Line: A How-to-Gu
  by Snyder, Neil
• Aphasia featured in daily comic strip: between the lines: Lynn Johnston.
  by Shafer, Dee Naquin
• Operation smile in Vietnam.(READERS RESPONDS)(Letter to the editor)
  by Ducote, Charlotte A.
• The state of the evidence: ASHA develops levels of evidence for communication sciences and disorder.(American Speech-Language-Hearing Association)
  by Mullen, Rob
• The audiologist as an expert witness.(Case overview)
  by Armour, Jill
• 2006 in review: ASHA brings professional issues to forefront, enhances member services.(ASHA AT WORK)(American Speech-Language-Hearing Association)
• My chernobyl heart.(FIRST PERSON ON THE LAST PAGE)(Chernobyl Children's Project International)
  by Konow-Brownell, Cynthia
• Shape of cochlea plays role in hearing.(AUDIOLOGY IN BRIEF)(Brief article)
• ASHA's dues deadline.(READERS RESPONDS)(Letter to the editor)
  by Kirby, Margie; Stanforth, Melanie
• Scammers strike internet relay services.(Brief article)
• Deaths.(ON THE MOVE)(Obituary)
• Robert Davila to lead Gallaudet.(Gallaudet University)
• Resources from Division 13.(Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders)(Brief article)
• ASHA presses for changes in IDEA Part D proposal: the omission of related service personnel from several grants could potentially preclude SLPs and audiologists from being eligible for training funds.(IDEA)(American Speech-Language-Hearing Association)
• AuD pays off, says salary survey: median audiology salary rises to $65,000.(clinical audiologists on demand to increase their salary)(Survey)
  by Mason, Pamela
• Formation of the face in embryonic development: a metaphor for diversity.
  by Rees, Norma
• University of Maine.(Retired)(Brief article)
• "Honor the past--forge the future": ASHA Convention 2007 co-chairs Patricia Prelock, Robert Burkard.(FOCUS ON AUDIOLOGY)(American Speech-Language-Hearing Association)
  by Shafer, Dee Naquin
• Division 15 sponsors live Web event.(Brief article)
• Congress considers key bills: supplier status, hearing aid coverage, and IDEA full funding legislation reintroduced.
  by Mundinger, Elizabeth
• District of Columbia enacts licensure law: advocacy results in elimination of physician referrals in bill.(District of Columbia Speech-Language-Hearing Association)
  by Shafer, Dee Naquin
• National provider identifiers coming in May.
  by Lusis, Ingrida
• Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions.(Named)(Brief article)
• Our role in health promotion.(FROM THE PRESIDENT)
  by Anderson, Noma
• Apply now for New Century Scholars Program: applications and proposals due April 9.
• Ohio grant addresses personnel shortage: innovative strategies meet short- and long-term goals.
  by Boswell, Susan
• Correction.(Correction notice)