The Speech Science Podcast

On this week’s episode, the crew discuss a segregated school for students with disabilities, using drones to track children and adults with cognitive deficits, and actors with disabilities.  Dr. Maria Muñoz joins the show to discuss bilingual aphasia and treatment, evidence based practice, and coordinating ASHA SIG 14.

This week on Speech Science, the crew discuss voice rest after Adele and Mayim Bialik are shut down due to vocal stress and the crew discuss therapy in Latino families.  Also this week, Speech Science had the opportunity to sit down and speak with Heidi LoStracco founder of Speak for Yourself.

The Speech Science Podcast has made it to episode number 10.  On this week’s episode, the guys talk about the appropriation of special education funds and the push for men in the field.  Also the crew is joined by Janice Wright, Ohio University Supervisor.  Janice discusses Ohio University’s SLP graduate student trip to Botswana, her time in the field, and how to prevent lifers in the speech therapy realm.

On this week’s episode of Speech Science, the crew discuss the Nest Classroom Trend and ways to help children with Autism Succeed in the classroom.  The crew become heated when talking about the lack of scientific proof behind Facilitated Communication and RPM.  Then ASHA Vice President for Planning, Perry Flynn, sat down to speak with Speech Science.  Perry talks about the future for ASHA and the road thus far.

This week on Speech Science Podcast Episode 8, the Speech Science Crew had the opportunity to speak with Daniel Kottke.  Kottke was an early employee at Apple.  Kottke speaks briefly about his time at Apple, his relationship with Steve Jobs, and the future of technology.  The Speech Science crew discuss dementia detection, speech therapy for screen addiction, and social anxiety in students with Autism.

This week on Speech Science the topic of paying interns/externs while they are in grad school.  Part 2 of the Ayesha Butt interview, a leader in the SLP field in Pakistan.  Lastly a way to fight burn out in the field.

This week, Matt and Lucas discuss the gender language of fathers, an SLP in Winnipeg working with accent modification, and the importance of advocacy in the field. The interview this week is with Ayesha Butt, a pioneer in the field in Pakistan. She speaks about creating the masters program, the need for more help, and the troubles of setting up a program in her country.

This week, the Speech Science crew discuss fidget spinners in the classroom, working collaboratively with other services, and the ASHA initiative for the Steve Gleason Act. This week's interview is with The Sleeper Hit podcast host, writer, producer, and roller derby athlete Meryl Williams. Williams discusses her hearing loss and the effects it had on her career.

This week the Speech Science crew spoke with 2 of the three candidates for Vice President of Speech-Language Pathology Practice, Craig Coleman and Gregory Lof (Marie Ireland was unable to be scheduled at this time). The Speech Science crew also discussed the current issue of over the counter hearing aides, what babies hear in the womb, and if you should you use cotton swabs in your ears (you shouldn't).

This week, the Ivan, Lucas (live from an art show), Chandru, and Matt discuss screen time for children and tantrums in children with autism.  Lucas had an opportunity to sit down and speak with Aziz Khalaf Almayahe, a language researcher in Iraq.