About Perspectives and Its Editors

Perspectives is the member publication for the Special Interest Divisions of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. The Divisions began publishing newsletters for their affiliates in 1991. Those publications have expanded and evolved over the years and are now reviewed according to the criteria set forth by the Continuing Education Board of ASHA.

Further, all of the Divisions are ASHA approved Continuing Education Providers and, as such, publish content on the graduate level for the professions of speech-language pathology and audiology, enabling their affiliates to earn Continuing Education credits for self-study of Perspectives.

Perspectives are focused on narrow topics of interest to professionals practicing in or conducting research related to communications sciences and disorders. Typically, Perspectives are disorder-oriented (e.g., swallowing and swallowing disorders), though some divisions focus on topics across disorders (e.g., gerontology or diversity) or that relate to pedagogy or supervision.

Each Perspectives boasts an editor with special knowledge and expertise in the focus topics of that division. Each division's content is reviewed by a Continuing Education Administrator and a standing Board of Reviewers who ensure that content meets requirements for ASHA continuing education self-studies.

About Perspectives on Neurophysiology and Neurogenic Speech and Language Disorders

In continuous publication since 1991, Perspectives on Neurophysiology and Neurogenic Speech and Language Disorders (formerly known as the Division 2, Neurophysiology and Neurogenic Speech and Language Disorders Newsletter) is published four times annually (April, June, October, and December) by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). This division and its publication focus on promoting, interpreting, and disseminating information that is relevant to neurogenic communication disorders and to serve as a conduit for the exchange of information and ideas among Division affiliates.

Editor (2007-2009)

Katherine Ross, PhD, CCC-SLP, Board Certified-ANCDS
Research Speech Pathologist
Phoenix VA Health Care System
Phoenix, AZ

Continuing Education Administrator (2007-2009)

Lisa F. Modell
Department of Speech and Hearing, Helen Hayes Hospital, W. Haverstraw, NY

Editorial Production Team

Jean White, Associate Director for Communications, Special Interest Divisions
Frank Wisswell, Editorial Assistant, Special Interest Divisions
ASHA National Office, Rockville, MD

Advertising Sales

Pamela J. Leppin
pleppin{at}asha.org

2009 Steering Committee

Division Coordinator: Julie Wambaugh, University of Utah and Veterans Administration Salt Lake City Healthcare
Jane T. Pimentel, Eastern Washington University
Gail Ramsberger, University of Colorado at Boulder–Speech Language & Hearing Science
Carole R. Roth, San Diego State University
Edythe Strand, Mayo Clinic, Department of Neurology

ASHA Board of Directors Monitoring Officers

Julie B. Noel, Monitoring Vice President for Speech-Language Pathology Practices
Gwendolyn D. Wilson, Monitoring Vice President for Professional Practices in Audiology

Ex Officio

Leigh Deussing, Associate Director, Special Interest Divisions

2009 List of Reviewers

Margaret Lehman Blake
Rosalea Cameron
Lisa Modell
Stacie Raymer