| Boston Rocks - Convention Draws More Than 13,000 |
| Boston is famous for its educational institutions and for a week in mid-November, the ASHA Convention became an ad hoc university—with more than 1,400 seminars, short courses, lectures, special events, and a colorful exhibit hall. |
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| Indiana Clinicians Achieve Key Legislative Repeal |
| An Indiana coalition celebrates success in repealing legislation that permitted the creation of a restricted test list that would severely restrict the scope of practice in conducting school-based speech-language assessments. |
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| International Research Collaborations |
| As researchers collaborate across international boundaries, two key questions emerge: Which agency has oversight responsibilities for international research? How do investigators carry out their study when the research culture differs in various countries? These articles illustrate the preparation and intercultural cooperation needed for international research collaboration. |
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| Ethical and Regulatory Considerations |
| Collaborative research can be undertaken globally with confidence that appropriate protections are in place if the investigators are mindful of the principles that drive the regulations. |
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| International Cooperative Projects |
| Carrying out research within an international framework poses many predictable—as well as unforeseeable—challenges. |
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| Professional Work for Audiology Services |
| ASHA advocates for changes in Medicare valuation for professional recognition of services delivered by audiologists. *Audiology* |
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| New Billing Codes for Team Meetings |
| Speech-language pathologists and audiologists will have new codes for medical team conferences and cognitive testing. |
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| ABR Tools for Retrocochlear and Cochlear Assessment |
| Relatively new auditory brainstem response tools in retrocochlear and cochlear assessment can now be used to detect small tumors and diagnose Meniere's disease. |
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| Social Fitness for Students with Asperger's Syndrome |
| An award-winning classroom-based program was developed to save costs and provide classroom-based services to students with Asperger's syndrome in California's secondary schools. |
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| Digital Hearing Aids: Wheelbarrows to Ear Inserts |
| Hearing aids are no longer devices for simply amplifying sound. Digital technology in hearing aids has brought about substantial changes in design and function. |
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