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The article explores how screen use fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic may affect the language and social-communication development of children. Cited are the potential language benefits of screen uptake for older children, the wide-ranging developmental value of the electronic content that children interact, and contents and programs that can provide additional support for early language and literacy development.

An interview with Sumitrajit Dhar, a professor and keynote speaker at the Researcher-Academic Town Meeting at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention, is presented about his vision for artificial intelligence (AI) use in communication sciences and disorders (CSD) education and research. Dhar talks about the reason for so much attention about generative AI, whether instruction about generative AI belongs in the curriculum, and how AI can enhance work efficiency.

The article discusses how artificial intelligence (AI) applications could help people with communication sciences and disorders (CSD). Topics include AI applications to be discussed at the Research Symposium at American Speech-Language-Hearing Association's (ASHA's) 2023 Convention, evidence of the promise of personalized automatic speech recognition (ASR) for helping people with speech challenges, and how AI applications can work properly for communication.

An interview with Robert Augustine, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) 2023 president, is presented. Among the issues he discussed include his experience of growing up in Livingston, Illinois, what drove his decision to expand his scope beyond communication sciences and disorders (CSD) to graduate program administration, and issues among the association's priorities that he wants to emphasize.

The article offers update on technological innovations in hearing aid. It reviews the categories of hearing devices including personal sound amplification products, hearable/wearable, over-the-counter, direct-to-consumer and prescription. It explores potentially transformative hearing aid technologies including artificial intelligence, signal-to-noise reduction and assistive devices driven by Bluetooth streaming such as Apple AirPods Pro, IQbuds and Phonal Virto Marvel Black.

An interview with American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) chief executive officer (CEO) Arlene Pietranton is presented. She talks about the changes and evolution of the communication sciences and disorders (CSD) program in the U.S. She reminisces about the number of staff and members of ASHA in 1994. She explains her motivation to pursue the CEO role at ASHA.

The article explains implicit bias, its brain-based origins and application to core characteristics like race, age and gender. According to Deliya Wesley of the Medstar Health Research Institute and developer of implicit bias training, the need to comprehend the origins of health care disparities is vital to work on fostering equity. She mentions the online Harvard implicit association test which ca be used to measure a person's implicit bias concerning different groups.

The article discusses the efforts of speech-language pathologist Davetrina Seles Gadson to pioneer disparities research on aphasia rehabilitation among African American patients. Gadson took advantage of American Speech-Language-Hearing Association's Clinicians and Researchers Collaborating program to pursue her research. In her work at Georgetown's Cognitive Recovery Lab, she examines the intersection of brain lesion characteristics with aphasia recovery.

The article discusses the assaults on research and teaching autonomy tenure in state public colleges and universities in the U.S. amidst budget constraints due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Also cited are how the board of regents at University of Kansas (KU) bypassed the due process in removing tenured faculty members, and the proposed bills filed by Kansas state lawmakers to end tenure in state higher education.

An interview with A. Lynn Williams, president of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association for 2021. When asked about her experience of growing up in a coal camp, she explains that everything was self-contained and knowing everyone from the neighborhood. She relates how she was able to convince her parents about going to college. She describes her experience in the West Virginia University communication sciences and disorders program.

An interview with researcher Shrikanth Narayanan on artificial intelligence- (AI) aided diagnosis and treatment of communication disorders and autism in October 2020 is presented. When asked on how AI can benefit pathologists and clients, he replies that it can provide evidence in support of clinical care and cost-effective solutions. Narayanan states that behavioral signal processing can analyze speech in an integrated way. He notes that AI can take the form of a device or an application.

The article explores the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the personal and professional lives of audiologists and speech-language pathologists (SLP), based on the finding of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association survey findings. It details the experiences of SLP Nicole Troncale and Fatima Warren who both contracted the disease while at work. It describes the challenges faced by Nicole Smith to assist their clients.

The article features Roy Spence, co-founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Purpose Institute, as well as keynote speaker at the 2018 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention in Boston, Massachusetts. Topics discussed include his family background, reason purpose matter so much in people's work, according to Spence, and information on the marketing effort of Southwest Airlines based on the freedom mantra of Spence.

An interview with Elise Davis-McFarland, president of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), is presented. Davis-McFarland shares her expectations for her career and recalls how she became a speech-language pathology (SLP). She also talks about her contributions to the field of speech-language pathology, including her work in speech and language development in infants and children with HIV/AIDS, and her responsibilities as the association's president.

The article reports that some employers in the U.S. are calling on employees to target problem behavior to help battle incivility and bullying in the workplace. Topics discussed include definition of bullying, what full-time working audiologist of speech-language pathologists can do to address bullying and benefits of fostering relationships with colleagues.

The article offers information on Spectrum Shield, a program that trains young men with autism how to interact with police officers, founded by speech-language pathologist Pamela Wiley. The program teaches autistic young men how to behave during a stop by police officers and to follow steps from them. Wiley has partnered with actress Robinson Peete to promote the program. Wiley works with officers from the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) to bring autism training to law enforcement.

An interview with American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) president Gail Richard is presented. Topics discussed include the progress of her career, the period in which she figured out that she wanted to a speech language pathologist (SLP) and her experience in being a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) faculty athletics representative.

The article presents information on the development of talk-sharing among children with autism. Topics include the role of the home in teaching a child the concept of conversational partnering, a child's need for training on perspective-taking to learn how to consider another person's thoughts and feelings, and the use of visual social stories in interventions involving conversations.