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#BHSM: Care After COVID-19

May 17, 2021

An estimated 26 million people have recovered from COVID-19 in the United States. While the focus for the majority of the pandemic has been on prevention of COVID-19 and care ...

#BHSM: Early Intervention Starts at Home

May 10, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent physical distancing have made it even harder to spot speech and language disorders in a young child. Pediatricians or daycare providers may be able to ...

#BHSM: What the Pandemic Has Taught Us About Hearing at Home

May 3, 2021

The month of May means one thing to us here at the ASHA Journals: Better Hearing & Speech Month (BHSM)! This year, the theme is “Building Connections.” We ask researchers, ...

Perspectives Forum Highlights Communication Choice for Autistic¹ People

April 29, 2021

As we wrap up Autism Acceptance Month, we’d like to focus on school-based speech-language pathologists (SLPs), who are most likely to be working with this population daily. Special Interest Group ...

AJSLP Special Issue Focuses on Communication Disorders After Brain Injury

April 16, 2021

Cognitive communication disorders (CCDs) can affect people of all ages in a number of ways. These individuals may experience difficulty relating to and communicating with friends and family, trouble paying ...

April Is Autism Acceptance Month

April 1, 2021

The prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the United States continues to grow. According to a recent report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as many ...

How to Feature Your Article on ASHA’s Kudos Showcase Page (It’s Easier Than You Think!)

March 10, 2021

You may have heard about the benefits of including a plain-language summary in Kudos when you submit an article to the ASHA Journals. Not only do authors who explain their ...

March 3 Is World Hearing Day

March 1, 2021

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 486 million people—more than 6% of the global population—experience hearing loss. On March 3, the WHO will recognize World Hearing Day to bring ...

Highlights of the 8th Aging and Speech Communication Conference Are Now in JSLHR

February 17, 2021

Scientists and clinicians from universities, medical centers, and businesses gathered at the interdisciplinary Aging and Speech Communication Conference in November 2019. The 4-day conference featured 75 poster and podium presentations; ...

AJSLP Special Issue Highlights the 49th Clinical Aphasiology Conference

February 11, 2021

The 2019 Clinical Aphasiology Conference (CAC) brought together clinicians and researchers to learn about the latest research on neurologic language disorders. Conference attendees were then invited to submit their presentations ...

LSHSS Forum Focuses on Developing Strategies For Speakers of African American English

January 28, 2021

Students who speak African American English (AAE) face a number of challenges in the school environment—from a mismatch between home and school language to negative attitudes about AAE in the ...

LSHSS Forum Explores the Latest on Literacy in Autism

January 25, 2021

As many as 1 in 54 students may be diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and these students face a variety of academic challenges, including literacy difficulties. In the second ...

Perspectives Forum Examines COVID-19’s Global Impact on Speech, Language, and Hearing Services

January 14, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected audiologists and speech-language pathologists throughout the world. To provide a global perspective on the pandemic, ASHA’s Special Interest Group 17, Global Issues in Communication Sciences ...

In Case You Missed It: Our Top Articles of 2020

January 8, 2021

This past year was, if nothing else, eventful. However, here in the ASHA Journals Program, our goal remained the same—to ensure that our readers had access to the latest research ...

The ASHA Journals’ 2020 in Review

January 5, 2021

This year was an unprecedented and, for many, a long year, but while you may hear a lot about the negatives of 2020, the ASHA journals would like to take ...

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