“Double Masking” and Hearing Loss: New Pandemic Realities Pose Additional Challenges for People Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
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ASHA Encourages Steps to Make Communication More Accessible for the 48 Million Americans With Hearing Loss
ASHA strongly supports all public health measures designed to prevent the spread of COVID-19. However, we also want to make the public aware of the tremendous challenges that people who are deaf or hard of hearing are experiencing right now which are only poised to increase with double masks. ROCKVILLE, Md. (PRWEB) February 01, 2021 As government and public health officials increasingly recommend the practice of wearing two masks to help protect against new and more contagious variants of COVID-19, the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) is encouraging the public to be aware of the undue challenges that this measure will pose to people who are deaf
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Most of you are probably looking at spring break in the rearview mirror, so allow us to welcome you to the homestretch of the school year!
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A. Lynn Williams, PhD, CCC-SLP, took office this month as the 2021 president of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
In her term, Williams will work to advance the objectives of ASHA and its more than 211,000 members and affiliates who are audiologists; speech-language pathologists; speech, language and hearing scientists; audiology and speech-language pathology support personnel; and students in communication sciences and disorders.
âI am honored to serve as ASHAâs 2021 President,â Williams said. âIn my new role, I intend to focus on empowering ASHA members to advocate on behalf of the professions of audiology and speech-language pathology. As the country grapples with the health and educational consequences of the global pandemic; strives to address the pressing issues of diversity, equity and inclusion; and readies to inaugurate a new president who has been vocal about his experiences as a person who stutters, the importance of the professions is
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