February 28, 2006

ASHA Leader Online

February 28, 2006

Storm Stories: Rebuilding Lives, Returning to a Different World

Nearly six months after Hurricane Katrina, speech-language pathologists, audiologists, researchers, faculty and students rebuild their lives and return to a different world.

A Closer Look at Health Savings Accounts

Clinicians should be interested in following developments in health savings accounts because they allow the consumer to determine how their funds are spent.

Exemptions Process Outlined for Implementation of Medicare Caps

CMS will develop an exemptions process to allow for the delivery of services above the limits of the therapy caps.

Dancing Into a New Profession

Clinicians who’ve made the change from dance to communication sciences and disorders reflect on the connections between the professions.

Hospital Noise Stresses Patients and Staff

Research shows excessive hospital noise stresses workers, raises the risk of errors, and can interfere with healing and recovery. *Audiology*

Communication Partner Interventions for Children Who Use AAC

Clinicians need to implement communication partner interventions to develop emergent literacy skills in children who use AAC through storybook reading.

Ethical Issues in Genetic Related to Hearing Loss

New technologies in genetics may raise unique ethical challenges when working with people with hearing loss and their families.

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