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Welcome to the ASHA News Room
Communication disorders affect approximately 46 million Americans. Of these, 28 million have a hearing loss, 14 million have a speech or language disorder, and 4 million have a balance, smell, or taste disorder.
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Contact: Mona Thomas 301-897-0156; or Mike Rick 301-897-7351
ASHA is the national professional, scientific, and credentialing association for more than 99,000 audiologists, speech-language pathologists, and speech, language, and hearing scientists. Audiologists specialize in preventing and assessing hearing disorders as well as providing audiologic treatment including hearing aids. Speech-language pathologists identify, assess, and treat speech and language problems including swallowing disorders. |
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