Blog
By Elissa Kilduff and Lydia Kopel
July 31, 2020
Another school year is looming and it’s fair to say that all of us school-based SLPs are facing it with a new normal and many unknowns. There is one thing we know for sure, though. We will be reviewing IEPs—present levels, goals and objectives, service…
By Jaimie L. Gilbert, PhD and Ken Bleile, PhD
July 17, 2020
Speech reception entails sound traveling via air, bone and tissue, fluid, and electricity. Where speech reception ends, speech perception begins, turning electrical impulses into meaningful speech and communication. An end goal of speech sound production…
By Audrey Holland
June 29, 2020
But 2020 marks the 20th anniversary of the appearance in the ASHA Leader of this game-changing article entitled the “Life Participation Approach to Aphasia: A Statement of Values.” As most everyone in the “aphasia world” knows, the LPAA statement was…
By Todd A. Bohnenkamp, PhD and Ken Bleile, PhD
June 19, 2020
Phonetic placement and shaping sometimes is confused with nonspeech oral-motor exercises (NSOMEs). Phonetic placement and shaping rely on phonetic knowledge to convert a nonstimulable sound into a stimulable one. Stated simply: The techniques place and…
By Warren Estabrooks and Helen McCaffrey Morrison
May 29, 2020
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that by 2050 there will be more than 900 million people worldwide with hearing loss greater than 40 dB HL—double the number of 2018. Today, there are 34 million children who are deaf or hard of hearing and…