(Bloomington, IN - November 12, 2007) Larry E. Humes, PhD, professor of speech and hearing sciences at Indiana University, will receive the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association's (ASHA) Honors of the Association award during the 2007 Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), November 15-17 in Boston, Massachusetts.
The Honors of the Association recognizes distinguished contribution to the field of speech, language, and hearing and is the highest honor the Association can give. Honored individuals have made outstanding contributions to the discipline of communication science and disorders, research, administration, or service to state or national organizations.
Dr. Humes' excellence in research and administration led to appointments as an advisor or consultant to two NIH institutes (Aging, and Deafness and Other Communication Disorders), the Veterans Administration, the National Research Council, and the National Academies/Institute of Medicine. In these capacities, Dr. Humes has helped steer national policy on hearing and hearing loss issues.
Dr. Humes values highly the dissemination of new information to professional peers, demonstrated by his membership on convention organizing committees for ASHA, the Acoustical Society of America, the American Academy of Audiology, and the American Auditory Society. He also developed and oversees an international research conference on aging and speech communication held every two years.
Dr. Humes, an ASHA Fellow, has received many other awards recognizing his contributions to rehabilitative audiology, including the Editors'Awards for the article of highest merit from the American Journal of Audiology and from the Journal of Speech and Hearing Research; Central Michigan University's Outstanding Alumni Researcher in Audiology; and the Distinguished Service Award from the Tennessee Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
The annual ASHA convention is the most comprehensive development conference for speech-language pathologists, audiologists, and speech, language and hearing scientists. It features more than 1,500 educational sessions that highlight the latest developments in research and clinical practices for professionals who provide services in schools, hospitals, health care centers, rehabilitation clinics, and other practice settings.
Nearly 300 exhibitors, including hearing aid manufacturers and other companies in the speech and hearing industries, will showcase innovative products and services in the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center's exhibit hall. Technology presentations on products, such as computer software programs as well as alternative and augmentative communication and assistive listening devices were also featured.
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) is the national professional, scientific, and credentialing association for more than 127,000 audiologists, speech-language pathologists, and speech, language, and hearing scientists. Audiologists specialize in preventing and assessing hearing disorders as well as providing audiologic treatment including hearing aids. Speech-language pathologists identify, assess, and treat speech and language problems including swallowing disorders.
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