Find out how you can donate to the Pediatric Transplant Center.
Ways to Give We are dedicated to improving outcomes for transplant patients, but transplant surgery is just the beginning to a lifelong medical journey. Transplant recipients require medication and follow-up care for years after surgery, which can create …
Contact Us U.S. residents If you'd like to request an appointment , you can do so through the relevant transplant program . The Pediatric Transplant Center's administrative offices are located on the third floor of the Hunnewell building. Pediatric …
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The Jay S. Fishman ALS Augmentative Communication Program provides comprehensive augmentative communication and assistive technology assessments, trials, and training to people with ALS from the time of diagnosis throughout their...
Meet the Jay S. Fishman ALS Augmentative Communication Program team
Meet Our Team Image John Costello , MA, CCC-SLP Director, Autism Language Program; Director, Augmentative Communication Program; Director, Jay S. Fishman ALS Augmentative Communication Program Adjunct faculty Boston University, MGH Institute of Health …
Protocol of Assessment Considerations Our affiliation with several proactive neurologists and ALS team members from referring centers has given us the opportunity and honor to learn from people with ALS who choose to meet with us early in their life with …
Speech Strategies Making the most of your speech For some people with ALS, changes to speech production and swallowing are the very first symptoms they experience. This is often referred to as "Bulbar onset" of symptoms. For others, changes in speech are …
Letter & Topic Cueing What is letter cueing? Your partners may interpret your speech intelligibility as clearer if you identify the first letter of the word you are speaking. This strategy, known as letter cueing, may provide additional context to your …
Voice Amplification Why use a voice amplifier? Speaking can be fatiguing. Even if your speech is considered articulate and clear, you use a great deal of energy to speak as you are using the muscles of respiration, phonation, resonation and articulation …