AI Speech Therapy: What Ethical Considerations Should I Think About?
Presented by Sarah Baar and Nina Benway

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Dr. Nina Benway, PhD, CCC-SLP, an expert in artificial intelligence (AI) and speech therapy, joins host Sarah Baar, MA, CCC-SLP, to explore AI’s role in treating speech sound disorders. AI is rapidly transforming healthcare, but what does that mean for speech-language pathologists? Together, Sarah and Nina discuss the latest research, ethical considerations, and practical strategies for evaluating AI tools in clinical practice.
Learning Objectives
- Interpret the evidence around AI-based speech therapy
- Apply evidence-based, practical strategies to actionably address the ethical use of AI-based speech therapy
- Solve patient case scenarios involving the ethical use of AI-based speech therapy
Meet your instructors

Sarah Baar
Sarah is a speech-language pathologist in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She has had the opportunity to work in many settings across the continuum, including acute care, acute rehab, home and community, and outpatient therapy, and has been involved in various leadership projects. In 2016, she started the Honeycomb Speech Therapy…

Nina Benway
Nina Benway is a postdoctoral fellow in electrical and computer engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park, working with Dr. Carol Espy-Wilson in the Speech Communication Lab. Dr. Benway completed her doctoral training in speech-language pathology (concentration: neuroscience) with Dr. Jonathan Preston at…
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