The USHA 2025 Conference will be all live, all in-person, all in one day. The conference will be held at the Salt Lake Community College Miller Campus Conference Center on February 28, 2025.
Address: 9750 S 300 W, Sandy, UT 84070
There will not be an option to attend sessions virtually. Sessions will not be recorded. Registration is required to attend the conference.
REGISTER HERE
Registration Level |
Standard Rate |
Non-Member |
$235 |
USHA Member |
$175 |
Student (no CEUs) |
$75 |
If you would like to become a USHA member or update your membership, visit the membership page here.
Friday, February 28, 2025
| SLP Adult | SLP Pediatric | Audiology Adult | Audiology Pediatric |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 - 8:30 | Registration and Posters | |||
| 8:30 - 10:00 | Annalise Fletcher, Ph.D. Utah State University The Hidden Effort of Communication: Objective Measurement and Broader Impacts of Speech Disorders | Haydee Franco, M.S., CCC-SLP Franco Speech Solutions "We Are Family": Implementing Family-Centered Interventions | Neil S. Patel, M.D. University of Utah Breaking the Sound Barrier: The Latest in Hearing Implant Technologies |
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| 10:00 - 10:20 | Break and Posters | |||
| 10:20 - 11:50 | Jaime Lee, Ph.D., CCC-SLP University of Utah Texting with Aphasia: Current Research, Evaluation, and Practical Strategies | Emily Soderborg, M.M. & Brenda Beyal, M.A. BYU Arts Partnership Native American Curriculum Initiative Using Culturally Sustaining Strategies to Amplify Native American Voices in your Practice | Aryn Kamerer, Au.D., Ph.D., CCC-A Utah State University How Can We Help People with a 'Hidden' Hearing Disability? | Jordan Schramm, M.D. Peak ENT Medical Evaluation of Pediatric Hearing Loss - Pathways of Care |
| 11:50 - 1:00 | Lunch and Business Meeting | |||
| 1:00 - 2:00 | Brett Myers, Ph.D., CCC-SLP University of Utah Elevating Transgender and Gender-Diverse Clients with Person-Centered Voice Goals | Kimberly Hirte, M.A., CCC-SLP Primary Children's Hospital Responsive Feeding: Understanding and Applying it in Feeding Therapy | Kate Johnson, Au.D., CCC-A University of Utah Non-Traditional Cochlear Implant Candidacy and Outcomes | Stephanie Morgan, M.S. Utah School for the Deaf and Blind From Blocks to Words: How Play and Cognition Skills Shape Language |
| 2:00 - 2:20 | Break and Posters | |||
| 2:20 - 3:20 | Hannah Allen, M.S., CCC-SLP Heritage Park Healthcare Patient Centered Dysphagia Care: Risk Analysis vs Fear-Based Decision Making | Kirsten Russell, Ph.D., CCC-SLP Brigham Young University Rethinking Language Goals in Intervention for Language Disorders | Sarah Ferguson, Ph.D., CCC-A University of Utah What Makes Clear Speech Angry? Acoustic Correlates of Angry-Sounding Clear Speech | Candi Bown, Au.D., CCC-A Brittany Bown, Au.D., PASC Peak ENT Bridging the Gap: Effective Collaboration Between Clinical and Educational Audiologists |
| 3:20 - 3:40 | Break and Posters | |||
| 3:40 - 4:40 | Karen Straw, M.A., CCC-SLP DementiAgility Beyond Words: Navigating Communication and Brain Changes in Dementia | Brooke Buchanan, M.Ed., CCC-SLP Weber School District Heather Ferguson, M.S.. CCC-SLP Something To Talk About, LLC Childhood Apraxia of Speech and Principles of Motor Learning | Bailee Goddard-Hymas, Au.D., CCC-A Primary Children's Hospital Steven Lewis, Au.D., CCC-A Southern Utah ENT Grand Rounds: Pediatric and Adult Audiology Cases |
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| 4:40 - 5:00 | Closing Remarks | |||
The Utah Speech, Language and Hearing Association presents the annual USHA Conference. Researchers, audiologist, speech-language pathologists, medical doctors, practicing clinicians, and others are invited to present topics of interest to medical based SLPs, school based SLPs and audiologists in a wide variety of work settings. This course provides professional development for speech-language pathologists and audiologists and an opportunity to collaborate and learn from and with each other. Topics included: ethical considerations, case study grand rounds, and updated developments of assessment, intervention, diagnosis, implementation and treatment for both audiology and speech-language pathology.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Identify and describe aspects of ethics and personal leadership
- List and describe metacognitive approaches to goal attainment scaling
- List and describe psychosocial and treatment approaches to aphasia
- List and describe diagnosis and treatment approaches for motor speech disorders
- Explain the elements of diagnosis and treatment in early language intervention
- Explain the role right hemisphere strokes and long covid have in assessment and treatment
- Identify and describe advanced diagnostic techniques and strategies for audiometric testing
- Explain LSL treatment strategies with pediatric cochlear implantation
- Identify and explain consideration for implementing tele-ABR technology
- Identify the characteristic audiological test data for a vestibular case
