Explore every episode of the podcast ASHA Voices
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| A Pioneering SLP Addresses Burn Care | 04 sept. 2025 | 00:29:24 | |
Patients receiving burn care have dynamic and complex needs, and SLPs can provide key communication and swallowing support during the recovery process. Speech-language pathologist Tiffany Mohr of Orlando Regional Medical Center joins the podcast to discuss SLPs' growing role in burn care and improved patient outcomes. Mohr is one of the first two SLPs to join the American Burn Association’s Rehabilitation Committee. She shares what she’s learned over nearly a decade of treating patients with burns. Learn More: | |||
| Researchers Discuss Speech in Noisy Environments, Spatial Awareness, and Bilateral Cochlear Implants | 28 août 2025 | 00:33:25 | |
What information do we receive from the sound around us? Hear thoughts from Matt Goupell (University of Maryland) and Brian Monson (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), who join the podcast to discuss their research, along with findings on speech in noisy environments and spatial awareness. Goupell and Monson are presenting at the 2025 ASHA Research Symposium on Hearing at the ASHA Convention. As part of ASHA Voices’ annual coverage of that symposium, they join the podcast to discuss their presentations and research. First, Monson shares what we can learn from extended high frequencies—those frequencies higher than 8,000 Hz. He shares thoughts on why these quieter frequencies may be the first to go. Then, Goupell tells us what bilateral cochlear implants are doing well, and how he hopes to see them improve in the future. Learn More: | |||
| Supporting Families of Children With Disorders of Consciousness | 21 août 2025 | 00:27:47 | |
Guests on this podcast episode characterize work with pediatric disorders of consciousness as a "marathon, not a sprint." Through long stretches of rehabilitation, speech-language pathologists work closely with these young patients’ families, who may be in a process of grieving. Two SLPs from a children’s hospital in Texas discuss counseling families in this second of two episodes exploring disorders of consciousness. They tell us about collaborating with families during assessment and treatment, and how they work with these families in emotionally difficult moments. Learn More: | |||
| Looking for Subtleties While Treating Disorders of Consciousness | 14 août 2025 | 00:26:53 | |
Disorders of consciousness, often associated with brain injuries, vary in severity and can include patients who are unresponsive or experiencing confusion. What comes next for these patients and their families and care partners can be a long, emotionally difficult journey through uncertainty.
SLP Emily Silverberg of Spaulding Rehabilitation shares her insights from treating patients all along the disorders of consciousness spectrum. She explains how SLPs look for subtle signs of responsiveness. And she shares one unusual story that demonstrates the role families and care partners can play in this treatment. Learn More: | |||
| Stories of the People and Moments That Can Shape a Career | 31 juil. 2025 | 00:29:18 | |
Two SLPs share how they arrived where they are today and what they learned along the way. First, Kelly Peña (Rutgers University/former president of ASHA’s Hispanic Caucus) shares a story of the people who brought her into the profession and what she’s passing on to the next generation of multilingual practitioners. Later in the episode, hear from Anusha Sundarrajan (San Francisco State University/president of the South Asian Caucus of ASHA). When her colleague suggested Anusha open a gender-affirming voice clinic, it sparked a change that’s been a part of Anusha’s career for more than half a decade. Learn More: | |||
| How An SLP’s Son Changed Her Perspective on Disability | 17 juil. 2025 | 00:14:38 | |
In our second episode recognizing Disability Pride Month and the 35th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Eileen Nordmeyer shares a personal story about the influence of disability on her career. Nordmeyer has worked in many different settings and practiced as a speech-language pathologist for more than 30 years. When her son was born with a genetic disorder, it changed the way she viewed service delivery. She shares her insights. Learn More: | |||
| Recognizing ADA at 35 With Personal Stories of Disability Advocacy | 03 juil. 2025 | 00:22:27 | |
In recognition of Disability Pride Month and the 35th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, two CSD professionals share personal stories of disability advocacy. Angela Evenich—who has previously written about the influence of cerebral palsy on her career as a speech-language pathologist—discusses the people and ideas that have changed her perspective on disability. Then, audiologist Jasmine Simmons tells us about her book series on Usher syndrome. Simmons herself has Usher syndrome. And like Simmons, the protagonist of her first book, “Extraordinary Jordyn and Her Bionic Ears,” has a cochlear implant. Learn More:
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| The Role of Two SLPs Following a Unique Face-Transplant Surgery | 19 juin 2025 | 00:31:31 | |
SLPs Meg Lico and Kaitlin Hanley from NYU Langone Health share their story of working with Aaron James, the recipient of what’s being called as the first ever full-eye and partial-face transplant. They describe how they worked with James to reach his goals, such as eating solid foods with his family. Central to the story is their collaboration and the interdepartmental communication that made success possible. The SLPs provide details about approaching this unique case, as well as their victories, memorable moments, and the emotions they had along the way. At the end of the conversation, hear from James and his wife Meagan. (This conversation was originally published in February 2024.) Learn More:
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| Audiologists Address Ototoxicity in Cancer Care | 05 juin 2025 | 00:28:38 | |
When people with cancer are treated with ototoxic drugs and interventions, they may experience hearing loss and tinnitus. The audiologist's role in addressing the needs of cancer patients can be critical to fostering awareness and preventing hearing loss.
On this podcast, a panel of three audiologists discuss the services they deliver, the interprofessional collaboration at the heart of their care, and what counseling can offer at a time of uncertainty for a patient.
Plus, one of our guests shares a personal story of cancer survival and hearing loss.
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| Twyla Perryman-Brownlow on Building Skills for Post High School Life | 22 mai 2025 | 00:28:06 | |
As we approach graduation season, we’re turning our attention to speech-language pathologists’ role in helping students move from high school to the next phase of their lives. Twyla Perryman-Brownlow (University of West Georgia) shares ways SLPs can equip students with the skills and knowledge they need to navigate a meaningful transition to whatever comes next—such as employment, trade school, or college. Learn More: | |||
| Stuttering and Stigma With SLP Derek Daniels | 08 mai 2025 | 00:24:43 | |
SLP Derek Daniels says stigmatizing actions, like imitating stuttering, can lead people who stutter to remove themselves from opportunities and create a diminished quality of life. Daniels unpacks an example from his own life to give a glimpse into three different ways people can experience stigma. He shares how SLPs can address stigma in their work, and later in the episode, discusses his research into the intersectional ways people experience stigma. (This conversation was originally published in May 2024.) Learn More: | |||
| AI Voices Helping AAC Users—On Stage and In Life | 24 avr. 2025 | 00:34:47 | |
As a podcast host, husband, and occasional stand-up comedian, Jules Rodriquez uses his voice in many ways. But as a person with ALS, Rodriquez knew intonation was going to be a challenge until he tapped into the use of artificial intelligence. On this episode of the podcast, a panel of guests—including Rodriquez—discusses how AI and voice-cloning technology are changing the way AAC users communicate. Hear how the technology replicates his voice and accounts for control over prosody and inflection, allowing him to demonstrate his individuality and personality. Guests share how this technology affects Rodriquez’s life and relationships. Plus, he shares what he wants speech-language pathologists to know about voice cloning. Learn More: • ASHA Voices: What Message-Banking Offers People With ALS • ASHA Voices: Why Some Autistic People Choose AAC and Oral Speech Support for this episode of ASHA Voices comes from Zanda. | |||
| After the LA Fires, Learning About AAC and Disaster Preparedness | 10 avr. 2025 | 00:26:28 | |
AAC users and their families stand to benefit from preparing for natural disasters—like a hurricane, or the recent fires that spread through parts of Los Angeles. On the podcast, two SLPs discuss disaster preparedness, specifically what this means for people who use AAC devices and their care partners. They discuss how SLPs can help AAC users be ready to navigate the unexpected. And hear a personal story from the mother of an AAC user. She has a message to share about her experience preparing for a potential evacuation during the LA fires. Learn More: | |||
| Dysphagia, Communication, and the Challenges of Life in the ICU | 27 mars 2025 | 00:39:04 | |
Life in the intensive care unit can be overwhelming. Patients may be intubated, disoriented, and scared. Families may be looking for answers from any provider who enters the room. For SLPs, the environment is noisy and ever-changing, and the stakes couldn’t be higher. On the podcast, SLPs take us behind the scenes to share stories from the ICU. In a wide-ranging discussion, they tackle the significant role SLPs play in managing dysphagia and communication there. From the recent history that led SLPs to begin working in the ICU, to the SLP’s biggest ally in that environment, to what can happen to patients when they’re discharged, guests Marty Brodsky (Cleveland Clinic; Johns Hopkins) and Marta Kazandjian (Stony Brook Southampton Hospital; Stony Brook School of Health Professions) share their insights and expertise. Learn More:
Support for this episode of ASHA Voices comes from Medbridge. | |||
| The Difference Patient Counseling Makes | 13 mars 2025 | 00:28:13 | |
Patients receiving intensive care may experience emotions that affect their care and services. After a traumatic brain injury or tracheostomy, for example, patients may face many unknowns. SLP Jasmine Keaney realizes this, which helps her navigate where to start and how to reach a patient. Counseling can be as important as direct intervention, she says. Keaney is an assistant professor at the University of Cincinnati. She began her career working in long-term acute care, where she developed skills around counseling, and learned the value of building strong rapport with the people she treats. On the podcast, she shares stories from her career, and practical ways SLPs can help patients through counseling. Learn More: • When Aphasia Affects the Communication-Intensive Job of Parenting • A Communication Lifeline for Hospitalized Children • New AHA Statement Supports Palliative Care Throughout Post-Stroke Recovery | |||
| 5 Years After COVID-19 Hit, Patients With Long COVID Feel ‘Left in the Dust’ | 06 mars 2025 | 00:31:39 | |
Five years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, SLP Rebecca Boersma of George Washington University Hospital’s Long COVID Rehabilitation Clinic says patients with long COVID are often feeling “left in the dust” as they navigate cognitive concerns, including brain fog and fatigue. Boersma shares what she’s learned about the condition, and what she’s hoping to see next for the clinic and the people she serves there. Plus, Julie Dana, one of the first patients to visit Boersma in the clinic, tells her long-COVID story. Learn More: | |||
| Preparing the “Vocal Athlete” for Performance | 27 févr. 2025 | 00:31:41 | |
Singers and other vocal performers can require complex care. As our guests explain, these “vocal athletes” may need a team of interdisciplinary providers on the sidelines. Speech-language pathologist and researcher Aaron Johnson (NYU Langone Health) and singing coach Tyley Ross (New York University Tisch School of the Arts) join the podcast to have a conversation on voice care. They discuss habilitation and rehabilitation of the voice. As Johnson puts it, “We oftentimes are not just bringing [clients] back to where they were … because what they were doing, sometimes, is what led them to being in our clinic in the first place.” They describe where their work overlaps and diverges, specific techniques they use, how patients respond to their work, and the insights this work has provided into their own voices. Learn More: | |||
| ‘This Too Is a Mask’: A Neurodivergent SLP Confronts Autism and Identity | 13 févr. 2025 | 00:21:53 | |
Speech-language pathologist Jennifer Cripps-Ludlum says her entire life is a mask. As an adult, she discovered she is neurodivergent. The revelation arrived at the 2023 ASHA Convention, during a presentation on recognizing the signs of autism in young girls. After a subsequent panic attack, Cripps-Ludlum asked the presenter this question: “What do you do if you spend so much time masking that you don’t know who you are anymore?” On this episode of the podcast, Cripps-Ludlum shares a personal history of masking. She shares the forms masking takes in her life, and the associated emotional and physical toll. Plus, she explains why she’s found herself someplace she never expected to return to … high school. Learn More: | |||
| What a CSD Professor Learned About Autistic Masking While Creating Neuro-Affirming Spaces | 06 févr. 2025 | 00:21:46 | |
“Autistic masking” refers to concealing or changing aspects of oneself to fit in or generally avoid stigmatization. In her research and work with autistic students, SLP Siva priya Santhanam has seen the damaging effects stigma and masking can have on autistic students' mental health and well-being. An assistant professor at Bowling Green State University, Santhanam is a creator of neuro-affirming spaces for autistic students at universities. In this new conversation, she shares what she’s learned about masking while creating these spaces. And she says supporting autistic ways of socializing and communication contributes to a campus community that is more affirming and inclusive of all students. Learn More: | |||
| From Surf Rocker to Research Audiologist, Jim Henry Knows Tinnitus | 30 janv. 2025 | 00:14:25 | |
In the years before Jim Henry became an audiologist, he developed hyperacusis, hearing loss, and tinnitus while performing in surf rock bands and working in carpentry. Following more than 35 years as a research audiologist with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Henry is now the author of The Tinnitus Book and several others about managing the condition. In anticipation of Tinnitus Awareness Week, Henry provides a personal account of his experience with tinnitus and discusses approaches to treatment. He reflects on how his career in audiology affected the way he thinks about tinnitus, and he explains some of the condition’s varied forms and effects. Learn More: | |||
| Embracing Your Students’ Strengths—and Your Own | 16 janv. 2025 | 00:28:23 | |
SLP Kim Murza visits the podcast with a message of strength. Murza often speaks on strengths-based service delivery. On the podcast, she shares the form that takes in the schools, and what it means for students and SLPs alike. Reflecting on her career, she shares the things she knows today that she wishes she knew early in her work in the schools. Later in the podcast, hear parent, consultant, and advocate Tena Green share what can be gained in the lives of students and society through implementation of a strengths-based perspective. Learn More · School-based SLPs: Here’s a Virtual “Backpack” of School Resources · Flip the Script: Maximizing the Positives in Children’s Lives · ASHA Voices: Conversations on Milestones and Speech-Language Delays | |||
| Preparing Pediatric Audiologists through LEND Programs | 09 janv. 2025 | 00:22:24 | |
When dealing with a parent’s concern about their child's communication, a pediatric audiologist may face multidisciplinary issues and need to make referrals.
This episode's guests say pediatric audiologists may be the first step in a larger health care journey. They highlight the importance of delivering appropriate services to families at a critical time.
Hear from two pediatric audiologists who work as instructors at LEND (Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities) programs. We’re dedicating this episode to these multidisciplinary training programs, and their role in preparing pediatric audiologists. Plus, one LEND instructor in North Carolina shares a personal connection to her work. Learn More: | |||
| A Personal and Professional Look at Multilingualism and CSD | 19 déc. 2024 | 00:32:00 | |
In this panel discussion, guests address how SLPs can empower themselves to effectively provide their services cross-linguistically. The guests share stories of their personal and professional connections to multilingualism, demonstrating the link between language, identity, and their work. (This conversation was originally published in March 2024.) Learn More: | |||
| Three Empowering Service-Delivery Strategies for School SLPs | 05 déc. 2024 | 00:23:12 | |
SLP Christina Bradburn once faced the challenge of a caseload exceeding 100 students. Hear what she learned from that experience and how, today, she empowers herself by putting a spotlight on the needs and successes of her students. Bradburn also shares three, specific ways school-based SLPs can advocate for themselves to help meet their students’ needs, including: · Asking for access to the curriculum · Gaining scheduling freedom · Rethinking where service delivery takes place Bradburn also describes being nervous when implementing one of these methods for the first time, and what she learned from the experience. Learn More: SLP Focuses on Student Needs to Achieve Workload Relief Workload-Management Approaches and Resources for School-Based SLPs SLPs See 25% Increase in Average Number of Autistic Students Served Since 2022 | |||
| Creating 'Ramps' to Communication Access in Health Care | 21 nov. 2024 | 00:27:39 | |
SLP Elissa Larkin shares three stories showing how communication strategies--like using communication boards and acknowledging patient competence--help patients access health care. A research speech-language pathologist and a bioethicist at the Shirley Ryan Ability Lab, Larkin is the mind behind the Communication Champions interprofessional training program, where she leads courses aimed at improving communication access. On the podcast, she shares how you can be a communication access leader for your colleagues where you work. Learn More: ASHA's Communication Access Initiative Why Value-Based Care Can Open Lines of Communication Access | |||
| Bonus: More Communication Strategies to Improve Health Care Access | 14 nov. 2024 | 00:20:40 | |
In this second part of our conversation with SLP and health services researcher Jen Oshita, she expands on strategies people with communication disabilities can use to express themselves and more fully participate in their own health care. Hear why Oshita feels SLPs play a pivotal role in improving health care equity for these patients, and what organizations can do to increase communication access. Plus, hear from patients and care partners, including personal accounts from Hari Kannan, Vidya Thirumalai, and Lyn Piper. (This conversation was originally published in January 2024.) | |||
| How SLPs Can Use Communication Strategies to Improve Health Care Access | 07 nov. 2024 | 00:30:20 | |
SLP Jen Oshita provides strategies SLPs can share with people with communication disabilities to facilitate effective communication in health care. She discusses how communication access in health care interactions can contribute to health disparities, and she addresses barriers to care related to communication, such as rushed appointments with providers or the use of confusing medical jargon. Throughout this conversation, we’ll hear from patients and care partners as they share their experiences with the health care system, including advocate Matthew LeFluer and health communications strategist Karen Hilyard, who shares strategies as well. (This conversation was originally published in January 2024.) | |||
| Medicaid Advocacy at the State Level | 24 oct. 2024 | 00:33:47 | |
Hear the personal stories behind Medicaid advocacy, as SLPs share why and how they use their voices to increase reimbursement rates for their peers and secure resources for their clients and patients. From the telephone to the state house, they tell where they go to get their messages heard and how you can do the same. Also, ASHA’s Caroline Bergner drops by the podcast to discuss a new ASHA resource designed to answer your questions about Medicaid and Medicare. Learn More: Medicare vs Medicaid: A Guide for Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists ASHA Voices: Student Advocacy and a Win for People Who Stutter | |||
| How a Student's Cancer Diagnosis Spurred Her Work on Cochlear Implant Patient Education | 10 oct. 2024 | 00:27:46 | |
When Jennifer La Scala was diagnosed with breast cancer, she came face to face with just how overwhelming, dense, and inaccessible patient education materials can be. A graduate student at the University of Central Florida, La Scala explains how her personal medical journey inspired her to study health literacy. Her work, and parallel work by University of Central Florida faculty, ultimately led to a collaboration with cochlear implant manufacturer Advanced Bionics. La Scala joins SLP Richard Zraick, of the University of Central Florida and audiologist Sarah Downing of Advanced Bionics to discuss health literacy and access to care, and how providers can improve communication with patients. Learn More: ASHA Practice Portal: Communication Access ASHA Voices: How SLPs Can Use Communication Strategies to Improve Health Care Access | |||
| SLPs on Benefits of Incorporating Mindfulness Into Service Delivery | 26 sept. 2024 | 00:38:20 | |
SLPs share how mindfulness tools help people focus on the present moment and ease their communication with others. Michael Boyle (Montclair State University) is an SLP who uses these tools personally and professionally. He discusses what these tools offer people who stutter and addresses misconceptions about mindfulness. Plus, in an interactive element, Boyle guides listeners through a mindfulness exercise. Later in the episode, SLP Jean Neils-Strunjas (University of South Carolina) joins me for a conversation on mindfulness and aging. And, she speaks on the benefits she’s seen for people with aphasia and the research she’s doing related to mindful walking. Learn More:
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| Audiology, Aerospace, and an Early-Career Innovator | 12 sept. 2024 | 00:22:22 | |
Audiologist Sarah Kingsbury, is asking big questions about what happens to our vestibular system in extreme environments, like when piloting an aircraft or even traveling through space. Kingsbury works as a senior research technologist and assistant professor of audiology at the Aerospace Medicine and Vestibular Research Laboratory at Mayo Clinic in Arizona. She's also pursuing a PhD in aerospace at the University of North Dakota. On the podcast, Kingsbury discusses opportunities for innovation and shares personal stories of inspiration. And she highlights the role of mentorship in her career and vestibular research. Kingsbury is one of 12 early-career professionals featured in the September/October ASHA Leader. Look for more profiles of early-career professionals online soon. Learn More: ASHA Voices: Career Origin Stories – Multilingual Service Providers Diagnosis and Management of Balance Vestibular Disorder | |||
| A Promising Outlook for Gene Therapy and Hearing Loss | 29 août 2024 | 00:26:07 | |
We catch up with researchers Jeff Holt and Karen Avraham about the state of gene therapy for addressing hearing loss and deafness. Both are part of the Research Symposium on Hearing at the 2024 ASHA Convention. Our guests explain what recent breakthroughs, including successful clinical trials, mean for the future of gene therapy. They comment on audiologists' potential role in treatment and assessment related to gene therapy. You can learn more about gene therapy and hearing loss at the Research Symposium on Hearing at the 2024 ASHA Convention in Seattle this December. Learn More: ASHA Voices: Revisiting Conversations on Gene Therapy and Hearing Loss | |||
| How A Spinal Muscular Atrophy Breakthrough Created a Greater Need for SLPs | 15 août 2024 | 00:27:45 | |
In its most severe forms, spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) was once thought to be unavoidably terminal. But recent developments are allowing those with the disorder to live longer, healthier lives, and today’s guest says this means a greater need for speech-language pathologists' services. SLP Katlyn McGrattan (University of Minnesota; Masonic Children's Hospital) says advances in treating SMA essentially created a new condition. She explains the role SLPs play in treating feeding and swallowing issues, dysarthria, and other such conditions seen in this emerging patient population. Later in the episode, hear from the mother of a son with SMA. She shares her family’s experience. Learn More: ASHA Voices: Exploring Caregiver-Provider Interactions Dysphagia Phenotypes in Spinal Muscular Atrophy: The Past, Present, and Promise for the Future | |||
| Inclusion and Retention in Higher Education | 08 août 2024 | 00:17:19 | |
How do you foster an environment that is conducive to retaining students with a diversity of experiences and backgrounds? In this second of two parts, a panel of faculty members from CSD programs discuss recruitment and retention of diverse and under-represented CSD professionals. Learn More:
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| A Conversation on Holistic Admissions | 01 août 2024 | 00:27:15 | |
A panel of faculty members from CSD programs discuss recruitment and retention of diverse and under-represented CSD professionals. In this first of two parts, guests share personal experiences with and insights on holistic admissions. Learn More:
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| Career Origin Stories - Multilingual Service Providers | 18 juil. 2024 | 00:24:50 | |
Hear career-origin stories from three CSD professionals. From a wooden boat crossing the South China Sea, to a mother’s unexpected suggestion, to a love of language … guests share the parts of their lives that inspired and shaped their careers. All of today’s guests are multilingual, and throughout each story, they discuss what it’s meant for them to incorporate multilingualism into their work. Learn More: ASHA Voices: A Personal and Professional Look at Multilingualism and CSD Practice Portal: Multilingual Service Providers Practice Portal: Multilingual Service Delivery Transcript: Career Origin Stories - Multilingual Service Providers | |||
| Exploring Caregiver-Provider Interactions | 20 juin 2024 | 00:30:59 | |
Hear a conversation with SLP Tovah Feehan, who specializes in pediatric feeding disorders, and the hosts of the Caffeinated Caregivers podcast. Through their podcast and website, Alyssa Nutile and Erica Stearns create community around, advocate for, and highlight the identity of caregivers. Guests discuss provider and caregiver interactions. Hear stories from their lives and work. Learn More: Caffeinated Caregivers: What does it mean to be Disability-Informed? (And why does that matter?) ASHA Voices: The Critical But Unseen Social Determinants of Health | |||
| Student Advocacy and A Win for People Who Stutter | 06 juin 2024 | 00:25:06 | |
What does it mean to have your voice heard as a part of the legislative process? We talk with a representative of the Kentucky Speech-Language-Hearing Association, and with a future SLP who spoke up this legislative session during a day for student advocacy at the Kentucky State Capitol. Guests discuss participation and highlight new legislation expanding insurance coverage for people who stutter—a bill that was championed by former University of Kentucky basketball star and past ASHA Voices guest Michael Kidd-Gilchrist. Learn More: ASHA Voices: Athlete and Advocate Michael Kidd-Gilchrist 2024 Advocacy Wins: Keeping Pace: State Legislative and Regulatory Updates for Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Episode Transcript: ASHA Voices: Student Advocacy and a Win for People Who Stutter | |||
| Conversations on Milestones and Speech-Language Delays | 23 mai 2024 | 00:23:12 | |
An SLP encounters an increase in speech-language delays following the COVID-19 pandemic. What she finds next is a trend that is larger than she realized, and it may be something you’ve noticed as well. Later in the episode, go behind the scenes of ASHA’s newly revised developmental milestones to hear how they were developed and why they were updated. Learn More: “Elusive Words: Confronting the Post-Pandemic Skills Gap” by SLP Liza Stahnke ASHA's Developmental Milestones: Birth to 5 Years Episode transcript: ASHA Voices: Conversations on Milestones and Speech-Language Delays | |||
| Stuttering and Stigma with SLP Derek Daniels | 09 mai 2024 | 00:25:03 | |
SLP Derek Daniels says stigmatizing actions, like imitating stuttering, can lead people who stutter to remove themselves from opportunities and create a diminished quality of life. Daniels unpacks an example from his own life to give a glimpse into three different ways people can experience stigma. He shares how SLPs can address stigma in their work, and later in the episode, discusses his research into the intersectional ways people experience stigma. | |||
| Regional Factors Influencing Home Health Care | 25 avr. 2024 | 00:36:33 | |
Hear stories from home health SLPs working in three different regions across the country. As more patients choose to receive care at home, SLPs working in the city of Baltimore, the suburbs of Atlanta, and in a rural part of the Midwest share how the places they work influence the ways they provide services and care. Central to the conversation are social determinants of health, the sometimes unseen environmental and social factors that can influence our health. You’ll hear these factors in the stories of each of today’s guests. | |||
| A Personal and Professional Look at Multilingualism and CSD | 28 mars 2024 | 00:31:45 | |
In this panel discussion, guests address how SLPs can empower themselves to effectively provide their services cross-linguistically. The guests share stories of their personal and professional connections to multilingualism, demonstrating the link between language, identity, and their work. | |||
| Isolation, Frustration, and What Follows a Brain Injury | 14 mars 2024 | 00:30:00 | |
SLP Jerry Hoepner discusses the ways SLPs can help patients address barriers to care and connection following a traumatic brain injury. A professor at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire, Hoepner studies the experiences of people with TBIs and their interactions with health care providers. As a part of his research, he’s gathered and published observations from people who have experienced brain injuries. He shares what he’s learned from that research, highlighting the chronic phase of care and the powerful role of conversation groups for those with TBIs. | |||
| The Role of Two SLPs Following a Unique Face-Transplant Surgery | 29 févr. 2024 | 00:30:45 | |
SLPs Meg Lico and Kaitlin Hanley from NYU Langone Health share their story of working with Aaron James, the recipient of what’s being billed as the first ever full-eye and partial-face transplant. They describe how they worked with James to reach his goals, such as eating solid foods with his family. Central to the story is their collaboration and the interdepartmental communication that made success possible. The SLPs provide details about approaching this unique case, as well as their victories, memorable moments, and the emotions they had along the way. At the end of the conversation, hear from James and his wife Meagan. | |||
| A Big-Picture Look at Hearing Loss in the U.S. | 15 févr. 2024 | 00:25:37 | |
We’re delving into new research addressing the where and the who of hearing loss in the U.S. Principal investigator David Rein, of NORC at the University of Chicago, and audiologist Nick Reed, of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, discuss the Sound Check project. This research initiative includes new estimates of bilateral hearing loss and an interactive map that presents the data by state, county, and more. Hear the researchers observe trends and share takeaways from this comprehensive look at hearing loss in the U.S. | |||
| What Tinnitus and mTBI Can Mean for Patients | 01 févr. 2024 | 00:25:28 | |
An audiologist and SLP discuss working together to assist patients with mild TBI and tinnitus. At the center of their collaboration is addressing the cognitive load in patients who have both tinnitus and the injury. Find out why and how the duo decided to join together to help these patients, and what they do differently now. | |||
| Bonus: More Communication Strategies to Improve Health Care Access | 25 janv. 2024 | 00:19:32 | |
In this second part of our conversation with SLP and health services researcher Jen Oshita, she expands on strategies people with communication disabilities can use to express themselves and more fully participate in their own health care. Hear why Oshita feels SLPs play a pivotal role in improving health care equity for these patients, and what organizations can do to increase communication access. Plus, hear from patients and care partners, including personal accounts from Hari Kannan, Vidya Thirumalai, and Lyn Piper. | |||
| How SLPs Can Use Communication Strategies to Improve Health Care Access | 18 janv. 2024 | 00:29:46 | |
SLP and health services researcher Jen Oshita provides strategies SLPs can share with people with communication disabilities to facilitate effective communication in health care. She discusses how communication access in health care interactions can contribute to health disparities, and she addresses barriers to care related to communication, such as rushed appointments with providers or the use of confusing medical jargon. Throughout this conversation, we’ll hear from patients and care partners as they share their experiences with the health care system, including advocate Matthew LeFluer and health communications strategist Karen Hilyard, who shares strategies as well. | |||
| Author John Hendrickson on Stuttering, Disclosure, and 'Life on Delay' | 04 janv. 2024 | 00:28:26 | |
John Hendrickson is a writer and senior editor at The Atlantic where, four years ago, he began to write about stuttering, penning an article about now-President Joe Biden's relationship with speech disfluency. Hendrickson’s memoir “Life on Delay” is a personal expansion, exploring the author's own life experiences with stuttering. On the podcast, he discusses his book, publicly disclosing he is a person who stutters, and addresses media representations of speech disfluency.
This is ASHA Voices’ third conversation featuring authors discussing their lives as people who stutter. All conversations feature special guest co-host and SLP Chaya Goldstein-Schuff of the Sisskin Stuttering Center and the StutterTalk podcast. | |||
| Looking Ahead to 2024; Reflecting on 2023 | 21 déc. 2023 | 00:02:31 | |
ASHA Voices is ringing in the new year with a preview of 2024 and some highlights from 2023. | |||