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Use of FM System in the Classroom
September 14, 2009
What does FM stand for and what are some of the advantages of using an FM system in the classroom? Read More
School Intervention and Collaboration in Schools
National Aphasia Association
September 14, 2009
In your work with the National Aphasia Association what is the most common request made by stroke survivors and their families? Read More
Aphasia
Voice Therapy after Radiation
August 31, 2009
I have a patient who completed radiation therapy for laryngeal cancer 3 weeks ago. The ENT report stated that the patient had "severe supraglottic edema of the aryepiglottic folds and soft vocal cords... Read More
Voice and Resonance Disorders
Substituting /h/ for Other Consonants
August 31, 2009
I have a 4 year old patient who substitutes the /h/ phoneme for many consonants. Examples: telehone (telephone), hissors (scissors), hum (drum), etc. Are there any techniques that could help correct t... Read More
Language Disorder(s) Articulation, Phonology, and Speech Sound Disorders
Is There a Difference Between Rapid Naming and Word Finding?
August 31, 2009
I am currently evaluating a 10 year old boy who has a diagnosis of ADHD and dyslexia. On the RAN/RAS he fell below average on all subtests but letter naming, which was SS94. Based on word retrieval qu... Read More
Language Disorder(s)
Velopharyngeal Surrender
August 24, 2009
What is velopharyngeal surrender and why is it so important for the SLP to understand this concept? Read More
Articulation, Phonology, and Speech Sound Disorders
Over-Scheduled Children and Fluency
August 24, 2009
Do you think there is a relationship between over-scheduling children and fluency? Read More
Stuttering
High-Arched Palate in an Infant
August 24, 2009
I have recently noticed my 9 and half month old son has a very high arched palate - so high that he actually gets food stuck there and he can't get it out. He has said "mum" a few times but other than... Read More
Early Intervention
Talk Trachs and Necrosis
August 17, 2009
Does a talk trach cause necrosis? Read More
Dysphagia (Adult)
Prognosis of Epiglottic Inversion Dysfunction
August 17, 2009
What is the prognosis of epiglottic inversion dysfunction due to intubation? The patient in question has a complex medical history of tracheotomy with PMV, multiple reconstructive labial and facial su... Read More
Dysphagia (Adult)
ICD-9 Code for Paradoxical Vocal Fold Movement
August 10, 2009
What code should be used for paradoxical vocal fold movement? Read More
Voice and Resonance Disorders
Free Water Protocol in Nursing Homes
August 10, 2009
I am trying to begin a free water protocol at a nursing home I just started working at and am receiving support from the nursing staff and resistance from the lead speech pathologist. She feels that t... Read More
Dysphagia (Adult)
Determining When a Patient is Considered "Homebound"
August 10, 2009
What qualifies someone for homebound status? Read More
Dysphagia (Adult) Aphasia
Use of the CTOPP to Validate Phonological Processing Ability
August 3, 2009
A 13year - 7 month old student with Full scale IQ of 127 (Verbal IQ =132; Performance IQ=108) has CTOPP(Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing) composite standard scores for Phonological Mem... Read More
Literacy and Phonological Awareness Language Disorder(s)
Exercises for Encouraging Epiglottic Movement
August 3, 2009
I am currently seeing a patient who is tube fed. He has an immobile epiglottis, pacemaker, lung nodules, right vocal cord paralysis and cancer in his right leg. MBS showed severe aspiration and a tota... Read More
Dysphagia (Adult)
Categorization Program Success
August 3, 2009
What is the Categorization Program (CP) and why do you feel the CP is so successful with patients? In other words, what are the Active Ingredients of the CP? Read More
Importance of the OASIS in Adult Assessment
July 27, 2009
What does the acronym OASIS stand for? What is the importance of this assessment? Read More
Dysphagia (Adult) Aphasia
Using the Marshalla Oral Sensorimotor Test with a Two Year Old Child
July 20, 2009
I have a 2 yr 3 month old girl that I have been treating since October. She was initially not making any sounds; could not imitate any sounds, words, or oral movements. She has recently begun to us... Read More
Articulation, Phonology, and Speech Sound Disorders
Working on Prosody and Semantics
July 13, 2009
I am an SLP at a school. I also have a first grader who is speaking robotic and I think that it is largely due to autism. He has classic textbook symptoms of a child with autism. However, the parents... Read More
Language Disorder(s) Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)
Pharyngoplasty and VPI
June 29, 2009
I'm treating a little boy who has had a pharyngoplasty to repair a submucous cleft (surgery was 7/08). He does not appear to have VP closure; his nasoendoscopy is not until February, 2009. In conju... Read More
Voice and Resonance Disorders Apraxia