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By Michelle Boisvert, PhD., CCC-SLP, and Nerissa Hall, PhD., CCC-SLP
December 29, 2025
Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) are no strangers to change. Whether it is evolving service models, such as shifting from onsite services to telepractice, heightened cultural and linguistic competencies that reflect our caseloads, or the growing role…
By Raymond D. Kent, Tara McAllister, Jonathan L. Preston, Marisha L. Speights
November 26, 2025
The study of phonetics reaches back at least two millennia, making it one of the oldest areas of behavioral science (Ohala, 1991). Over time, the need for phonetics has expanded to include speech science, speech-language pathology, sociolinguistics,…
By Robert M. Traynor, Ed.D., MBA, FNAP and Krista B. Traynor, MA, RAC
September 29, 2025
In 2025, Audiology has been a doctoral level profession for over 20 years, allowing many more colleagues to participate as experts within our profession. Since 1982, 43 years of audiological research has led the discipline to greater knowledge and…
By Jean Blosser, Ed.D., CCC-SLP/R
August 14, 2025
Parents contribute a great deal to their children’s speech and language development. When parents of children who present communication delays or impairments acquire the knowledge and tools they need; they can gain confidence in their ability to help…
By Cheryl DeConde Johnson
July 31, 2025
When I first started working as an educational audiologist in 1976, it was a golden time in special education in Colorado. With the recent passage of Public Law 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children’s Act, now known as the Individuals with…