ASHFoundation Awards a Total of Nearly $200,000 to 45 Individuals

(Rockville, MD - February 1, 2008) The American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation (ASHFoundation) recently awarded a total of $185,000 to 45 individuals in support of groundbreaking research investigations, research travel stipends, doctoral and master's education, and clinical developments.

These awards were distributed with the goal of providing charitable resources and funding programs to advance and advocate the future of audiology, speech-language pathology, and speech, language, and hearing science. They help ensure excellence in training, support innovative new research, and provide the best possible treatments for the more than 49 million children and adults with a communication disorder.

"We are very pleased that the ASHFoundation is able to provide funding to so many aspiring audiologists, speech-language pathologists, and speech, language, hearing scientists," ASHFoundation President Dennis Hampton says. "These awards show the strong commitment that the ASHFoundation has to build the future of communications sciences."

To learn more about these award recipients, visit the ASHFoundation Web site.

Since 1946, the ASHFoundation has awarded nearly $3.9 million to over 1,500 doctoral and post-doctoral researchers, graduate students, and leaders in the field. A charitable organization, the American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation promotes a better quality of life for children and adults with communication disorders. Its mission is to advance knowledge about the causes and treatment of hearing, speech, and language problems. The ASHFoundation also raises funds from individuals, corporations, and organizations to support research, graduate education, and special projects that foster discovery and innovation in the field of communication sciences.

The ASHFoundation is affiliated with the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, the national professional, scientific, and credentialing association for more than 127,000 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.

Taken from: www.asha.org.