| Therapy Caps, Fee Cuts Return: Congress To Reconsider Medicare Bill in July |
| Medicare providers should anticipate that therapy caps and Medicare fee schedule rate cuts will be in effect beginning July 1 for several weeks while Congress works on a longer-term legislative compromise. |
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| Showdown Over a Shutdown: Advocacy Gains Delay of CSD Program Closure at University of Tennessee |
| Advocacy gains delay of communication sciences and disorders program at University of Tennessee. |
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| Autism and Vaccines: ASHA Asks Presidential Candidates to Look at Evidence-Based Approach, Role of SLPs |
| ASHA asks presidential candidates to look at weak evidence on link between autism and vaccines and highlights the role of speech-language pathologists in the diagnosis. |
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| ASHA Convention 2008: "Celebrating the Winds of Change" |
| This year's convention brings many changes: a separate topic area for autism spectrum disorders; the elimination of the "general interest" category in favor of more descriptive topics; and a convention local that open just a few months ago. |
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| Telepractice in Schools Helps Address Personnel Shortages |
| Remote and underserved school districts across the country increasingly are turning to telepractice to meet the communication needs of their students—and finding success. |
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| Overpayment Notices: Repaying and Avoiding Insurers' Claims |
| To avoid receiving an overpayment notice, providers must prevent or detect overpayments, know their rights and obligations, and be practical in obtaining resolutions. |
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| Intervention for a Child with Auditory Neuropathy/Dys-synchrony |
| Our experience has indicated that some children with AN/AD may develop age-appropriate speech and language with hearing aids, while others receive limited benefit from hearing aids but perform relatively well with a cochlear implant. *Audiology* |
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| Traumatic Brain Injury and Cognitive Rehabilitation: Current Approaches |
| Current approaches to research, reimbursement, and clinical treatment using a case illustration. |
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| Vestibular Prostheses: Engineering and Biomedical Issues |
| Vestibular prostheses—although not yet available—could be used for permanent or temporary replacement of vestibular function, as part of vestibular rehabilitation, or for basic research. |
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