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 Voice and Voice Disorders

In continuous publication since 1991, Perspectives on Voice and Voice Disorders (formerly known as the Division 3, Voice and Voice Disorders Newsletter) is published three times annually (March, July, and November) by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). This Special Interest Division and its publication offer an opportunity for ASHA members to pursue a common interest related to voice production and voice disorders through continuing education, networking, demonstrations and study sessions.

Editor (2008-2010)

Susan E. Baker Brehm, PhD, CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, OH

Associate Editor

Tanya L. Eadie
University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Continuing Education Administrator

Shelley L. Von Berg
California State University, Chico, CA

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: Mary Sandage, California State University - East Bay
Associate Coordinator: Edie Hapner, Emory University, Department of Otolaryngology
Linda M. Carroll, Mount Sinai Medical Center
Robert E. Hillman, Harvard University, MGH Institute of Health Professions
Brian E. Petty, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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