When viewers tuned in to the international premiere of “Doctor Who” last week, the hit science fiction show introduced several new characters, including one with dyspraxia. In the episode, the…
Jillian Kornak

Jillian Kornak
Jillian Kornak is Writer/Editor for The ASHA Leader. jkornak@asha.org
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New Brewery Founded By Craft Brewers Who are Deaf
by Jillian Kornak August 24, 2018Thanks to three Gallaudet University graduates, Hyattsville, Maryland, is now the first East Coast location of a brewery fully owned and operated by people who are deaf. Streetcar 82 Brewing Co.,…
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Hearing Care Organizations Submit Guidance to FDA on OTC Hearing Aids
by Jillian Kornak August 17, 2018ASHA and three other professional hearing care organizations are advocating to include appropriate labeling and adequate consumer-protection provisions in regulations for a new over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aid category. These and…
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Practical and Applicable Solutions: How SLPs Benefited from ASHA Health Care Connect
by Jillian Kornak July 24, 2018SLPs came to ASHA’s Health Care Connect conference ready to learn about dysphagia, head and neck cancer, Parkinson’s disease, concussion, delirium—and much more. Across three days of sessions, SLPs heard…
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Leader Live recently spoke with audiologist Michael Santucci, founder and president of Sensaphonics, Inc., about his career treating musicians with hearing loss. On June 20-22, at Columbia College in Chicago,…