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Velopharyngeal Surrender
August 24, 2009
What is velopharyngeal surrender and why is it so important for the SLP to understand this concept? Read More
Articulation, Phonology, and Speech Sound Disorders
Over-Scheduled Children and Fluency
August 24, 2009
Do you think there is a relationship between over-scheduling children and fluency? Read More
Stuttering
High-Arched Palate in an Infant
August 24, 2009
I have recently noticed my 9 and half month old son has a very high arched palate - so high that he actually gets food stuck there and he can't get it out. He has said "mum" a few times but other than... Read More
Early Intervention
Talk Trachs and Necrosis
August 17, 2009
Does a talk trach cause necrosis? Read More
Dysphagia (Adult)
Prognosis of Epiglottic Inversion Dysfunction
August 17, 2009
What is the prognosis of epiglottic inversion dysfunction due to intubation? The patient in question has a complex medical history of tracheotomy with PMV, multiple reconstructive labial and facial su... Read More
Dysphagia (Adult)
ICD-9 Code for Paradoxical Vocal Fold Movement
August 10, 2009
What code should be used for paradoxical vocal fold movement? Read More
Voice and Resonance Disorders
Free Water Protocol in Nursing Homes
August 10, 2009
I am trying to begin a free water protocol at a nursing home I just started working at and am receiving support from the nursing staff and resistance from the lead speech pathologist. She feels that t... Read More
Dysphagia (Adult)
Determining When a Patient is Considered "Homebound"
August 10, 2009
What qualifies someone for homebound status? Read More
Dysphagia (Adult) Aphasia
Use of the CTOPP to Validate Phonological Processing Ability
August 3, 2009
A 13year - 7 month old student with Full scale IQ of 127 (Verbal IQ =132; Performance IQ=108) has CTOPP(Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing) composite standard scores for Phonological Mem... Read More
Literacy and Phonological Awareness Language Disorder(s)
Categorization Program Success
August 3, 2009
What is the Categorization Program (CP) and why do you feel the CP is so successful with patients? In other words, what are the Active Ingredients of the CP? Read More
Importance of the OASIS in Adult Assessment
July 27, 2009
What does the acronym OASIS stand for? What is the importance of this assessment? Read More
Dysphagia (Adult) Aphasia
Using the Marshalla Oral Sensorimotor Test with a Two Year Old Child
July 20, 2009
I have a 2 yr 3 month old girl that I have been treating since October. She was initially not making any sounds; could not imitate any sounds, words, or oral movements. She has recently begun to us... Read More
Articulation, Phonology, and Speech Sound Disorders
Working on Prosody and Semantics
July 13, 2009
I am an SLP at a school. I also have a first grader who is speaking robotic and I think that it is largely due to autism. He has classic textbook symptoms of a child with autism. However, the parents... Read More
Language Disorder(s) Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)
Pharyngoplasty and VPI
June 29, 2009
I'm treating a little boy who has had a pharyngoplasty to repair a submucous cleft (surgery was 7/08). He does not appear to have VP closure; his nasoendoscopy is not until February, 2009. In conju... Read More
Voice and Resonance Disorders Apraxia
Tongue Protrusion in an Infant
June 22, 2009
My daughter is now 9 months old, and since birth she came out sucking her tongue with a little of it sticking out. At first I wasn't concerned and thought it was cute. But now at 9 months old she stil... Read More
CPT Codes for Extended Developmental Testing
June 22, 2009
I have recently opened a private practice and am learning about coding for insurance. At my previous employer's clinic, we routinely used the CPT code of 96111 for extended developmental/in-depth test... Read More
Early Intervention
Second Language Acquisition
June 15, 2009
I have a female child age 2 years 6 months who was referred to my clinic by her parents and day care provider. She was born in Honduras and lived there until the age of two, when she was adopted by an... Read More
Cultural and Linguistic Diversity Language Disorder(s)
Reading Disfluency versus Stuttering
June 8, 2009
I recently had a request for an evaluation of a 6th grade student for stuttering. I have not observed any disfluencies or acceptable disfluencies that are observed in everyone's speech during conversa... Read More
Stuttering
Target Sounds for Late Talking Toddlers
June 1, 2009
I am working with an 18 month old girl who has no single words. She babbles little but seems to understand much receptively. She likes shape sorters, can identify some animals and daily objects and ca... Read More
Literacy and Phonological Awareness Early Intervention Articulation, Phonology, and Speech Sound Disorders
Can a Granuloma Be Caused by a Motor Vehicle Accident?
May 18, 2009
Can an auto accident directly or indirectly cause the growth of a granuloma in your vocal fold area? Please give some detail. Read More
Voice and Resonance Disorders