This annual volume is a compilation of articles addressing evaluation, management, professional affairs, practice parameters, and clinical application of speech and language services. Featured articles include: (1) "Comparison of Pressure, Flow, and Resistance for Modal and Loft Register Productions" (Joseph L. Langhans and Peter J. Watson); (2) "Self-Report of Benefit from Adaptive Processing Circuitry among Experienced and Inexperienced Hearing Aid Users" (Harvey B. Abrams and others); (3) "Second Language Acquisition in Adolescent Hispanic Students for School Speech-Language Pathologists" (Alejandro Brice); (4) "Gross Examination of the Vestibular System: A Tutorial" (Frederick E. Cobb); (5) "Treatment of Dysphagia Resulting from Cricopharyngeal Dysfunction with Botox: Preliminary Thoughts and Observations" (Steven P. Kostas and others); (6) "CASPER: Computer Assisted Speech Evaluation and Rehabilitation System" (James A. Till); (7) "Practice Parameters: What Are They and How Will They Affect Health Care Practice?" (Paul Watson Lambert); (8) "Voice Therapy for Patients with Parkinson's Disease" (Dee Adams Nikjeh); and (9) "A Survey of Educational Programs in Speech-Language Pathology: Counseling, Dysphagia, and Traumatic Brain Injury" (Pamela A. Gilmore and others). (Articles contain references.) (CR)