Male to Female Voice Therapy: Talking Transgender
The general public has a growing awareness of the transgender community since more famous people coming out and sharing their transition experience. Yet something that often goes unmentioned is that while there are hormones and surgeries available to transgender patients so that they can change their physical appearance, many transgender people, especially those transitioning from male to female, are left with an unchanged voice. As a...
Speech Telepractice: Bridging the Gap
According to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), speech telepractice is “the application of telecommunications technology to the delivery of speech-language pathology and audiology professional services at a distance.” Also known as speech teletherapy, telepractice is an emerging trend that is growing in the field of speech therapy. Utilizing online services, speech-language pathologists can connect...
Speech Class: Back to School for SLPs
With a new year of speech class just around the corner and having started for some already, it’s time again for many physical, occupational, and speech-language therapists to make their rounds. It may be that you’re considering a career in SLP in a public school setting – here, we’ll lead you through what you’re likely to encounter this 2016-2017 school year. Remarkably, 2 of every 5 Speech Language Pathology jobs are found in...
A Good Reason to get Back on the Horse
Pet therapy has grown very popular in the past few years. Even college campuses have taken to bringing puppies to destress riddled students during final exams week! Therapy dogs are sweeping the nation and our social feeds with adorable pictures of the amazing emotional (and even physical) healing brought to patients by man’s best friend. The newer form of pet therapy that is starting to gain some real recognition has a much larger...
Autism and iPads: The Digital Dash for Language Building
Raising a Child with Autism in the Digital Age In the United States today, 1 in 68 children are diagnosed somewhere on the autism spectrum. As many as 1.5 million Americans are living with autism, and this population is only expected to increase in the coming decade. To match the rising percentage of the population affected by autism, tech-companies and software developers have been working to provide families with apps able to assist...
Sign Language vs. Hearing Aids: The Debate
What began as a Washington Post profile of Dancing With The Stars competitor Nyle DiMarco, quickly sparked a debate over the use of American Sign Language versus the use of hearing aids at an early age. DiMarco, who is deaf and is an advocate for ASL, was met with criticism from Meredith Sugar, president of the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. Sugar claims that ASL is becoming obsolete with the rapid...