Experts In Speech, Language and Hearing to Meet in San Diego

Experts In Speech, Language and Hearing to Meet in San Diego

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Plan to cover the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Annual Convention, November 18-20, 2005, San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, CA. More than 1,500 individual educational sessions by leading experts in communication sciences and disorders will be held.

CONVENTION HIGHLIGHTS:

* Mavis Leno, keynote speaker, Friday, November 18, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. An activist on behalf of women's and children's rights, she is currently Chair of the Feminist Majority's Foundation's Campaign to Help Afghan Women and Girls. She has testified on gender apartheid before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee and was instrumental in defeating the energy company UNOCAL's efforts to construct an oil pipeline across Afghanistan.

* Mick Fleetwood, award-winning musician, and founder and drummer for Fleetwood Mac. Fleetwood, who has partial hearing loss due to years of not protecting his hearing from loud music, has advocated for the importance of hearing protection at concerts. He will receive the Annie Glenn Award during ASHA's annual awards ceremony on Saturday, November 19. Annie Glenn, wife of Senator John Glenn, is known nationwide as a tireless advocate for those with communication disorders. The "Annie" is awarded to a person who best exemplifies Mrs. Glenn's invincible spirit.

Press room: Room 13, Mezzanine Level, San Diego Convention Center.

For more information or to register for the convention, contact: Mona Thomas of American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, +1-301-897-0156 or mthomas@asha.org.

PRNewswire -- Sept. 28

Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

Web site: http://www.asha.org/

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