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Inspiring Testimonials from ASHA 2015

In celebration of 30 years of successful therapy we asked you to share your success stories with us and the response was amazing! Here are our three favorite videos. We hope you enjoy and you will cast your vote to help us determine the grand prize winner. CLICK HERE TO VOTE Vote closes January 10, […]

May 14, 2018 administrator Success Stories Comments (0) Details
Tags: AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATION, ASHA, ASHA 2015, ASHA CONFERENCE, ASHA CONVENTION, CONTINUING EDUCATIONELIZABETH RIEDEMANN, EMILY CHANDLER, FEEDING TOOLS, OPT, Oral Placement Therapy, ORAL-MOTOR, SARA ROSENFELD-JOHNSONSPEECH THERAPISTS, SPEECH TOOLS, SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS, SUCCESS STORIES, TALKTOOLS, TalkTools News, THERESE MCCOY

Functional Assessment of Feeding Challenges in Children with Ankyloglossia

This poster was presented at the 2017 annual American Speech-Language & Hearing Association, Saturday, November 11, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. “Functional Assessment of Feeding Challenges in Children with Ankyloglossia” Authors: Robyn Merkel-Walsh, MA, CCC-SLP & Lori Overland, MS, CCC-SLP, C/NDT, CLC Click here to view the full poster Introduction: Presentation explores 1) current classification systems for ankyloglossia; 2) functional assessment of ankyloglossia; 3) […]

November 17, 2017 administrator From the Experts Comments (0) Details
Tags: #ASHA17, AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATION, ANKYLOGLOSSIA, ASHA CONVENTION, ASHA POSTER, LORI OVERLANDORAL PLACEMENT THERAPY, ROBYN MERKEL-WALSH, TETHERED ORAL TISSUE, TETHERING OF ORAL TISSUES, TONGUE TIE, TOT, TOTS

Tongue Ties & Speech Sound Disorders: What Are We Overlooking?

“The conversation for tongue tie in the speech pathology community is growing louder among some groups of speech-language pathologists (SLPs) (ASHA Leader, 2015). An ASHA literature search has suggested a correlation between tongue ties and difficulty producing lingual alveolar phonemes (Merkel-Walsh & Jahn, 2014). Furthermore, Eschler, Klein, and Overby (2010) indicated that SLPs’ diagnostic criteria, […]

December 14, 2016 administrator From the Experts Comments (0) Details
Tags: AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATION, ANKYLOGLOSSIA, ASHA, ASHA CONVENTION, ASHA POSTER, ASHLEY MEAUXCOURTNEY GONSOULIN, FEEDING DISORDER, FEEDING ISSUE, FEEDING THERAPY, FRENULUM, HEALTHCARE, LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITYMEGHAN SAVAGE, ROBYN MERKEL-WALSH, SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY, SPEECH DISORDER, SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGYSPEECH RESEARCH, SPEECH SOUND DISORDER, SPEECH THERAPY, SPEECH THERAPY RESEARCH, TONGUE, TONGUE TIE

Preventing Vocal Burnout in Future Teachers: An Education & Prevention Program

Did you know that 51.2% of Teachers sought medical care for voice disorders? That $2.5 billion was spent annually on sick leave and treatment of voice disorders of teachers? Hume & Wegman elaborate on this subject on their poster “Preventing Vocal Burnout in Future Teachers: An Education & Prevention Program,” that was presented at the 2016 Annual […]

December 1, 2016 administrator From the Experts Comments (0) Details
Tags: ALLISON WEGMAN, AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATION, ASHA, ASHA CONVENTION, ASHA POSTER, FROM THE EXPERTSGASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX, GERD, HEALTHCARE, HUME & WEGMAN, LARYNGITIS, MEDICAL CARE, OVERUSE OF VOICE, SICK DAYSSICK LEAVE, SMOKING, SPEECH DISORDER, SPEECH RESEARCH, SPEECH THERAPY, SPEECH THERAPY RESEARCH, STUDENT TEACHERSSUE HUME, TEACHERS HEALTHCARE, TEACHERS RIGHTS, UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, VOCAL BURNOUT, VOCAL DISORDER, VOCAL PROBLEMSVOICE CONDITION, VOICE DISORDER, VOICE PROBLEMS, VOICE RESEARCH, VOICE SCREENING, VOICE SYMPTOM

VAN RIPER IS ALIVE AND WELL AT ASHA CONNECT! (REPOST)

This is a repost from Ages and Stages Blog, owned by Diane Bahr, MS, CCC-SLP, CIMI. As reported by Robyn Merkel-Walsh MA, CCC-SLP in New Jersey, USA August 2016 The ASHA Connect conference was held in Minneapolis, MN July 8th-10th, 2016. This conference was a new concept bringing together school, private practice, and healthcare speech-language pathologists (SLPs). SLPs […]

August 12, 2016 administrator TalkTools News Comments (0) Details
Tags: #ASHACONNECT, AGES AND STAGES, ASHA CONNECT, ASHA CONVENTION, ASHA POSTERDIANE BAHR, MODERN SPEECH THERAPY, MODERN SPEECH THERAPY TOOLSPHONETIC PLACEMENT, PHONETIC PLACEMENT APPROACH, PHONETIC PLACEMENT CUEPHONETIC PLACEMENT THERAPY, PHONOLOGICAL THERAPY, POSTER PRESENTATION, PPAROBYN MERKEL-WALSH, SENSORY APPROACH, SPEECH THERAPY CONVENTIONSPEECH THERAPY INNOVATION, SPEECH THERAPY POSTER, SPEECH THERAPY PRESENTATIONSPEECH THERAPY RESEARCH, SPEECH THERAPY SCIENCE, SPEECH THERAPY TECHNIQUESSPEECH THERAPY THEORY, TACTILE THERAPY, TalkTools News, TALKTOOLS THERAPYVAN RIPER

Success Story: Beth & Heather

In celebration of 30 years of successful therapy, we asked you to share your success stories with us at the last ASHA Convention and the response was amazing! Here are Beth Marafiote and Heather Peterson’s inspiring testimonials. “My name is Beth Marafiote and I live in Parker, Colorado. I discovered TalkTools and Sara Rosenfeld-Johnson many […]

March 17, 2016 administrator Success Stories Comments (0) Details
Tags: AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATION, ASHA, ASHA 2015, ASHA CONFERENCE, ASHA CONVENTION, BETH MARAFIOTECONTINUING EDUCATION, DANDY-WALKER SYNDROME, DOWN SYNDROME, DOWN SYNDROME CONNECTION OF THE BAY AREADOWN SYNDROME THERAPY, DROOLING, FEEDING TOOLS, HEATHER PETERSON, OPT, Oral Placement Therapy, ORAL-MOTORSARA ROSENFELD-JOHNSON, SPEECH THERAPISTS, SPEECH TOOLS, SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS, SUCCESS STORIES, TALKTOOLS