Cognitive impairment is one of the most frequently reported symptoms of long COVID. Learn how to use evidence-based methods to assess cognitive impairment in patients who are living with long…
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We don’t have great data on how common it is for people to have trouble swallowing. But research suggests that between 8% and 22% of adults over 50 have trouble…
Although we can’t predict who will or will not get sick, we do know that there are a number of factors that increase the risk of developing an aspiration pneumonia.…
“I talk fine. I don’t need a speech-language pathologist.” I occasionally hear something like this when I talk to a new patient. Since I didn’t know that SLPs did anything…
I wish I had this ALS guide for speech-language pathologists (SLPs) five years ago! ALS may be a rare disease, but I almost always have at least one person on…
Treating cognition in the real world can be messy, due to many factors including incomplete information and lack of resources. But even so, cognitive-communication therapy can still be effective by…
Michelle Dehgan, MA, CCC-SLP, BCS-S presented “The Utility of the Clock Drawing Test” at the 2018 ASHA Convention. She demonstrated three versions of the clock drawing test (CDT) and recommended…
“I don’t need a speech therapist, I talk fine” I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard this in the past ten years, but it’s a lot! I don’t…