Results of a National Survey of Preservice Telepractice Training in Graduate SLP and Audiology Programs
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ABSTRACT: Purpose: Telepractice and other technological advances are being widely adopted to increase access to, improve the efficiency of, and potentially decrease the cost of speech-language and audiology services. Although use of the telepractice service delivery model is proliferating, little descriptive information is known about the training that is available to preservice graduate students in speechlanguage pathology and audiology. This study examined the current state of speech-language pathology and audiology telepractice training at the university level. Method: An 18-item survey was e-mailed to 256 directors of graduate programs in speech-language pathology, speech and hearing sciences, and/or audiology listed with the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association EdFind database. Ninety-seven respondents from 35 states or U.S. territories returned the survey. A
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