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Receiving the diagnosis of head and neck cancer (HNC) is a life changing experience. An individual who receives this diagnosis faces the possibility of undergoing surgery and/or chemo-radiotherapy (CRT). With either of these potential life-saving options, one’s ability to speak or swallow may be substantially affected. Thus, intervention from a speech-language pathologist (SLP) is needed to improve upon altered communication and dysphagia. A therapy technique that may be beneficial for individuals post HNC is myofascial release. Myofascial release is a therapeutic intervention that involves massage to the muscles and fascia. (Kelly, 2014: Myofascial, n.d; Shah & Bhalara, 2012). Fascia is the connective tissue that surrounds the muscles. There are three layers of fascia, the superficial fascia (directly under the skin), deep fascia (embedded into muscles), and subserous fascia (lines the body cavities and organs) (Kelly, 2014: Myofascial, n.d; Shah & Bhalara, 2012...

Image by Inventorseye (2012) Happy New Year Speechies! With the New Year amongst us, it is the perfect time to make resolutions. One of my resolutions is to become better connected to organizations that will help me develop into a stronger speech-language pathologist. Some of you may have similar goals. Therefore, I present 15 speech-language pathology related organizations/communities that may help you reach your goals in 2016! 1.      American Academy of Private Practice in Speech Pathology and Audiology ~ http://www.aappspa.org 2.      American Speech Language and Hearing Association ~ www.asha.org 3.      Apraxia-KIDS ~ http://www.apraxia-kids.org 4.      Hearing Loss Association of America ~ http://www.hearingloss.org 5.      International Association of Laryngectomees ~ http://www.theial.com/ial/ 6.      International Clini...

Are you looking for the perfect Holiday gift for a Speech-Language Pathologist that you know? Whether you are a mom or dad celebrating your future grads success or if you are looking for a gift for your co-worker here are some ideas that may help! 1.     ASHA Membership The perfect gift for your future speech-language pathologist is definitely the Gift to the Grad from the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association! After graduating with your Masters or Doctoral degree a little help with membership cost to our national association is more then amazing! For more details check out http://www.asha.org/News/2015/Gift-to-the-Grad/ 2.     Continuing Education Every SLP is required to maintain a certain number of continuing education hours per ASHA and state license. If you happen to know a specific course your SLP is interested in helping with the course tuition is always helpful. If you are unsure any of the listed websites allow for on...

(Kia, 2015) There are several different types of research designs available: experimental, correlational, survey, grounded, ethnographic, narrative, mixed methods, and action (Creswell, 2014). It may feel overwhelming deciding on the type of research design one may utilize in an experiment. Within my research I have decided that a correlational design fits best. I determined this by asking myself “what is the goal of my research?” I want to compare diet recommendations and compensatory strategies from the modified barium swallow study (MBS) and the fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallow (FEES). Creswell (2014) reported that there are two types of correlational designs: explanatory and prediction. An explanatory design relates/compares two or more variables within a study while a prediction design focuses on variables that will predict an outcome (Creswell, 2014). I feel that my research is an explanatory design due to only comparing the outcomes of two instrumental ...