Great Reads in Speech-Language Pathology: Kamhi (2004)

Usually, an article that is twenty+ years old doesn’t hold much weight, but Alan G. Kamhi’s 2004 paper “A Meme’s Eye View of Speech-Language Pathology” is an exception. It addresses broader trends in how we think and talk about speech, language, hearing, communication, and learning, and deconstructs many of the faulty thought processes that lead to the persistence of “memes” or trends in our field. As the saying goes, “there’s nothing new under the sun,” and pseudoscientific trends continue to persist in the SLP world. Read this article to equip yourself with the rhetorical tools to resist meme-ification!