(Rockville, MD - December 17, 2008) The American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation (ASHFoundation) recently awarded $574,000 through 65 research grants, scholarships, clinical achievement awards in support of groundbreaking research investigations, doctoral and master's education, clinical developments, research travel stipends.
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation gave the funding to exceptionally innovative and talented researchers, students and clinicians at the annual ASHFoundation Founders Breakfast during the 2008 ASHA Convention. This is the largest one-time dispersement of charitable funding in the history of the ASHFoundation. More than 250 donors, corporate sponsors, and past awardees gathered to honor the new awardees, who received support and/or recognition for scholarships, research grants, and clinical achievement awards.
"We are very pleased that these awards were distributed with the goal of providing charitable resources and funding to advance and advocate for the future of audiology, speech-language pathology, and speech, language, and hearing science," ASHFoundation President Dennis Hampton says. "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."
To learn more about these award recipients, visit the ASHFoundation Web site.
Since 1946, the ASHFoundation has awarded nearly $4 million to over 1,530 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 130,000 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.
