Purpose This introduction provides background information about this forum of the American Journal Speech-Language Pathology and a preview articles published in first installment forum.

1Graduate student, Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, Bauru School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo, Bauru, SP, Brazil. 2PhD, Full Professor, Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, Bauru School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo, Bauru, SP, Brazil. 3PhD, Assistant Professor, Graduate Program at Hospital for Rehabilitation of Craniofacial Anomalies and...

Objectives: Speech and language development is one of the main aspects of evolution in humans and is one of the most complex brain functions such that it is referred to as one of the highest cortical functions such as thinking, reading and writing. Speech and language disorders are considered as a major public health problem because they cause many secondary complications in the childhood and a...

CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS: Robin Alvares, PhD, CCCSLP; Marnee Brick, MSc, S-LP; Kelly J. Brown, MA; Michael F. Campbell, MS, MBA, CCC-SLP; Charles H. Carlin, PhD, CCC-SLP; Emily L. Carlin, MA, CCC-SLP; Gabriella Constantinescu, PhD, BSpPath (Hons); Sena Crutchley, MS, CCC-SLP; Dimity Dornan, AM, Associate Professor UQ, HonDUniv USQ, BSpThy, FSPAA, CpSp, LSLS Cert AVT; Anne M. Fleming, MA; Rodney Gab...

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 studen...

PURPOSE To verify the corrected gestational age when oral feeding (breast half full) and exclusive breastfeeding were initiated in preterm newborns submitted to the transition technique from enteral feeding directly to breastfeeding, and time spent (in days) under speech-language pathology intervention until discharge. METHODS Study participants were 35 preterm infants (PTI) divided into two ...

PURPOSE Within the profession of speech-language pathology, there is limited information related to both conceptual and empirical perspectives of reflective practice. This review considers the key concepts and approaches to reflection and reflective practice that have been published in the speech-language pathology literature in order to identify potential research gaps. METHOD A scoping revi...

Automatic speech recognition is a mature field with several commercial applications. More recently, speech analysis has been used for healthcare tasks such as pathology detection. Several pathologies have been considered so far, including physiological pathologies such as hoarseness, nodule, polyp, cyst, cancer, polypoid hyperplasia, keratosis, papilloma, and neurodegenerative brain disorders (...

BackgroundCounseling is important in service delivery the field of Speech-Language Pathology. The skills required for counseling can be utilised during assessment and management all communication disorders. To develop, validate administer a questionnaire assessing current perspectives experiences working speech-language pathologists practising India towards counseling.MethodsThe consisted 36 qu...

A telepractice survey was administered to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Special Interest Group 18 Telepractice affiliates and attendees of the Waldo County General Hospital Speech-Language Pathology Telepractice Training program in Maine, USA over the summer of 2016. Sixty-seven respondents completed the survey. The survey explored demographics of clients and clinicians, cost...