| California Clinicians Win School Salary Gains |
| Three California districts—Sandiego, Carlsbad, and Natomas unified school districts—used a variety of strategies to win salary increases for more than 450 speech-language pathologists. |
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| Legislative Preview 2007 |
| ASHA will continue to press the U.S. Congress on issues of importance, including opposing the Medicare therapy caps, securing supplier status for speech-language pathologists under Medicare, and urging direct access to audiology services. |
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| New Performance Appraisal Tool Available for School Clinicians |
| Two ASHA Special Interest Divisions teamed up to provide a performance appraisal instrument that reflects the unique roles and responsibilities of the school-based speech-language pathologist. |
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| Genetics and Auditory Neuropathy/Dys-synchrony |
| This excerpt from one of the audiology keynote addresses at the 2006 ASHA Convention provides an overview of the genetic and environmental causes of auditory neuropathy/dys-synchrony. |
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| The Impact of Ototoxicity on the Vestibular System |
| Inner ear damage can be a side effect of some medications.
*Audiology* |
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| First Person on the Last Page: Being a Speech-Language Pathologist is Still in My Heart |
| Jenell Gordon's goal is to persevere within the field of speech-language pathology. But for now, she just wants to revolutionize health care. |
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| The Power of Passionate Mentoring: The Cycle of Caring |
| Mentoring has its roots in Greek mythology, and today, a good mentor has a lifelong impact as someone who passes pass along their wisdom, guidance, insight to a protégé. |
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| Assessment and Intervention for Bilingual Children with Phonological Disorders |
| Providing assessment and intervention to children with phonological disorders is complicated given the lack of understanding of the theories of bilingual phonological representation and the lack of knowledge of current best practices. |
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| Babies with Hearing Loss: Steps for Effective Intervention |
| When children have congenital hearing loss, it's critical to establish a medical home and when fitting hearing aids and to consider the selection, verification, orientation, validation and follow-up in providing amplification for babies. |
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