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By Nassrine Noureddine, Darla Hagge, and William Ofstad
June 28, 2021
You would expect any team caring for the health of you or your loved ones to be trained together, effective in communication and teamwork. You should expect for each professional to understand the roles of others on the team and share a mutual respect for…
By Ken Bleile, PhD
June 18, 2021
Perception training is part of most approaches to treatment sounds (Williams, McLeod, & McCauley, 2010). Discrimination training (helping a child hear the difference between sounds) is the traditional view of perception training. Established by clinical…
By Brian Taylor
May 29, 2021
Everywhere you look these days, it seems, we are bombarded with talk of artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and automated bots. Audiology and hearing healthcare are no exception.
By Ken Bleile, PhD
May 14, 2021
As speech-language pathologists, we know [s] is an alveolar consonant produced with the folds of the larynx apart, the air flowing over the tongue, and the tongue tip either raised or lowered behind the front teeth. Our challenge is, how do we convey that…
By Ken Bleile, PhD
April 16, 2021
Adult speech has the power to transform the noise in a child’s world into a ladder for learning. Speech that facilitates learning holds a child’s interest, changes in response to a child’s shifts in attention, and adjusts to accommodate a child’s…