This annual volume is an annual compilation of articles that address evaluation, treatment, efficacy, and credentialing, and a synopsis of programs that provide speech, language, hearing, and swallowing services. Featured articles include: (1) "Verification of Credentials and Privileging Review" (Kathryn W. Enchelmayer); (2) "The Efficacy of Dysphagia Intervention: A Quality Assurance Perspective" (Joy E. Gaziano and Stacie Ruben Smith); (3) "Balint's Syndrome: A Case Study of the Influence of Non-Language Deficits on Aphasia Test Performance" (Nancy Jeanne Haak and Michael A. Crary); (4) "Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy: A Case Report" (Paula A. Sullivan and others); (5) "Perception of Handicap by Hearing-Impaired Elderly and Their Significant Others: Effects of Communication Training" (Alice E. Holmes and others); (6) "Cochlear Implants" (Constance L. Cabeza and others); (7) "Post-Stroke Depression and Its Treatment: A Literature Review" (Sarah E. Williams); (8) "Phonatory Facilitation Using the Method of Lombard" (Joseph J. Langhans); (9) "Interdisciplinary Evaluation of Pediatric Feeding and Swallowing Disorders: Perspectives of Speech-Language Pathology in Healthcare" (Pamela Y. Clarke); (10) "The Role of Speech-Language Pathologist in the Comprehensive Epilepsy Center (CEC)" (Lillian Rosenberg); and (11) "Speech-Language Services for Children and Adolescents in Psychiatric Hospitals" (Janet S. Harrison and Susan S. Anderson). (Articles contain references.) (CR)