More than 150 Years in the Making: The Evolution of Telepractice for Hearing, Speech, and Language Services

• Published in: The Volta review Vol. 112; no. 3; pp. 195 - 205
• Main Authors: Houston, K. Todd, Stredler-Brown, Arlene, Alverson, Dale C
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing 2012; Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf, Incorporated
• Subjects: Accessibility (for Disabled); Bell, Alexander Graham (1847-1922); Best Practices; Communication (Thought Transfer); Computer Mediated Communication; Delivery Systems; Disabilities; Evaluation Needs; Hearing; Hearing Impairments; Intellectual History; Intervention; Inventors; Language history; Language Impairments; Licenses; Medicaid; Medical Services; Oral Language; Patients; Performance Factors; Pregnancy; Semantics; Speech; Speech Impairments; Speech Language Pathology; Speech-language pathologists; Teaching Methods; Telecommunications; Teleworking; Video conferencing; Videoconferencing; New Mexico; United States > US; Baltimore Maryland

For well over a century, individuals have sought new and efficient ways to communicate health-related information and provide medical services over distances. Often, this desire has sparked considerable innovation in technology and ushered in improved models of service delivery. Today, modern videoc...