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By Thomas W. Sather and Rene L. Utianski
October 28, 2026
Early in our careers, we can each remember looking for a resource that would help us understand not only what a patient’s diagnosis meant, but what it meant to walk into the room where that diagnosis was unfolding. We could find information about…
By Paul T. Fogle, Ph.D.
September 25, 2026
The Greek physician Hippocrates (≈460 BCE) described concussion in his medical and surgical text De Vulneribus Capitis (Wounds of the Head) as a state that occurs after a head injury, characterized by loss of speech and hearing. The term commotio cerebri…
By Linda S. Carozza
August 26, 2026
To write an essay on leadership in speech-language pathology is to write an individual’s work-life story. In my case, it started out after a lengthy career as a pediatric therapist in the New York City hospital system, primarily in developmentally…
By Kari Ragan
July 30, 2026
Straw phonation can be a warm-up. It can also be a Habilitative Vocal Exercise. In another setting, it may serve as a Rehabilitative Vocal Exercise. The vocal task hasn't changed, but its pedagogical purpose and context have. Recognizing that distinction…
By Lesley Sylvan
June 30, 2026
One of the things I most looked forward to while writing the second edition of my book Multi-Tiered Systems of Support: Implementation Tools for Speech-Language Pathologists in Education was the chance to go out into the field and listen to SLPs’ feedback…