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| Measure hearing ability and identify, assess, manage, and prevent disorders of hearing and balance; requires doctoral degree |
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| identify, assess, treat , and prevent communication disorders in all modalities (spoken, written, pictorial, and manual) |
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| How does the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association support SLPs, audiologists, and speech, language, and hearing scientists? (3) |
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| advocate on behalf of people with communication disorders, advance communication science, and promote effective human communication |
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| What do speech, language, and hearing scientists do? |
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speech: explore anatomy, physiology, and physics of speech-sound production
language: investigate ways children learn their native tongue
hearing: investigate nature of sound, noise, and hearing |
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| How have attitudes toward people with disabilities changed through the centuries? |
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| In early human groups less-able individuals were shunned, abandoned, deprived of food, or even killed. Today efforts are made to help those who are unable to care for themselves. |
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| What degrees are required for audiologists and SLPs? |
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audiologists: doctoral
SLPs: master's |
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| impairment in the ability to receive, send, process, or comprehend concepts of verbal, nonverbal, or graphic symbol systems |
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| Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EAHCA) |
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| mandates that free and appropriate public education must be provided to all handicapped children between 5-21. Later extended birth-5. |
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| Individuals with disabilities Education Act (IDEA) |
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| addressed multi-cultural issues in U.S. The needs of those with limited English proficiency and those from racial and ethnic minorities were targeted for special occasion |
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| Central auditory processing disorders (CAPD) |
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| problems along brainstem pathways and auditory cortex of brain resulting in an inability to efficiently utilize and interpret auditory information, although hearing is within normal range |
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