The Newsletter:
Military Audiology
Table of Contents
Vol4, No. 2 - Spring 1998
- President's message
Words from Past-President LtCol John
Allen.
- AuD Proposals
Proposals have been received from several university
audiology training programs to develop distance-learning based
Au.D. degree program for military and civilian government
audiologists.
- Fluency Treatment At WRAMC
The Speech-Language Pathology section of Walter Reeds
Army Audiology and Speech Center (AASC) offers a four-week
intensive fluency training program for active duty stutterers. This
comprehensive therapy program is the only one of its kind in the
Department of Defense.
- The Army Make-buy Analysis
Military downsizing has confronted us with issues we
were trying arduously to avoid. Todays reality is a smaller
military with a changed mission. The Joint Health Service Support
Mission 2010 proposes to promote a healthy and fit force, prevent
casualties, and care for and manage casualties. We must now
implement this vision with fewer resources and greater
flexibility.
- Operation BANG to be Expanded
"This was a hearing loss prevention/noise awareness
program aimed at school aged children. BANG consisted of some
classroom lecture/ demonstration activities, a field trip to the
flight line and the audiology clinic, and guest presentations,
spread over a three-day period."
- News
and announcements about each military branch and the
USPHS