Welcome to the ASHA Podcast series. Every three or four weeks, we'll be featuring a new interview with a person that is making news in the professions of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology. You can listen to an individual episode below or subscribe to the feed and receive new files automatically through an aggregator program, like iTunes.
Amy Wetherby discusses the importance of early autism detection [MP3]
ASHA fellow and speech-language pathologist, Amy Wetherby, discusses how early diagnosis and intervention can make a dramatic difference in treating children with autism. Dr. Wetherby is the Laurel Schendel Professor in the Department of Communication Disorders at Florida State University and Executive Director for the Center for Autism and Related Disabilities.
David Baldacci discusses literacy [MP3]
Award-winning author David Baldacci and founder of the Wish You Well Foundation discusses one of our most fundamental life skills, literacy. Read The ASHA Leader article.
Lynn Johnston on the challenges of aphasia [MP3]
Lynn Johnston, creator of the comic strip For Better or For Worse and winner of the 2007 Media Award from ASHA, discusses the challenges faced by individuals with aphasia. Read the press release.
Roscoe Anthony, President of Califone International Inc. [MP3]
Roscoe Anthony, President of Califone International Inc., discusses his company's support of ASHA's "America: Tuned In Today...but Tuned Out Tomorrow" public education campaign and the benefits of sponsoring such an important issue.
Lee Woodruff talks about how important the help of speech-language pathologists and audiologists has been to her family [MP3]
Lee Woodruff's life was turned upside down when her husband Bob, formerly co-anchor of ABC's World News Tonight, suffered a severe head injury covering the Iraq War. Since then, the Woodruffs have gone on to become advocates for service people with traumatic brain injuries.
Dr. Li-Rong Lilly Cheng on Human Communication as a Human Right [MP3]
Dr. Li-Rong Lilly Cheng, ASHA fellow and professor in the school of Speech, Language & Hearing Science at San Diego State University, discusses the recognition of human communication as a human right. Read the transcript.
Gary Shapiro, President and CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association [MP3]
Gary Shapiro, president and CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), discusses CEA's support of ASHA's "America: Tuned In Today but Tuned out Tomorrow" Public Education Campaign and the leading trends in consumer electronics. Read the transcript | Read the press release
Rear Admiral Kenneth Moritsugu on Health Literacy in America [MP3]
Rear Admiral Kenneth P. Moritsugu, M.D., M.P.H., Acting Surgeon General of the United States, discusses health literacy in America. Read the transcript | Read The ASHA Leader article
Kathy Manning on Traumatic Brain Injury [MP3]
ASHA member and speech-language pathologist Kathy Manning, discusses Traumatic Brain Injury. Ms. Manning was Director of Speech Pathology for Montana's Livingston Health and Rehabilitation Center, and later, Rehabilitation Services Manager. There she oversaw a large rehabilitation department that provided PT, OT and ST services to an adult population of both inpatients and outpatients. In 2003, Ms. Manning joined a colleague in private practice specializing in outpatient treatment of individuals with mild TBI. Read the transcript | Read about the TBI press event
Steven Griffin on Literacy Intervention [MP3]
ASHA member and speech-language pathologist Steven Griffin, discusses how he came to take a new tack toward literacy intervention. Steven is the SLP and Literacy Intervention Coordinator at Slate Ridge Elementary School in Reynoldsburg, Ohio. He has been a school-based SLP in the Columbus, Ohio area for nine years and has served as an adjunct professor in the Department of Speech and Hearing Science at The Ohio State University. Read the transcript | Read The ASHA Leader article
Please also tune into our ASHA Professional Development Podcast for more news and information about our Continuing Education offerings.