Stephanie Cohen, MA, CCC-SLP receives 2024 Award for parent education in media
Stephanie Cohen has 450,000 followers across TikTok and Instagram, where she regularly offers parental advice on child development stages for speech and feeding.
CHICAGO—Popular online early speech expert Stephanie Cohen was selected as a “2024 Media Champion” today by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, the largest professional organization of its kind with 234, 000 members. Cohen’s online channels on Instagram and TikTok have racked up millions of likes as she regularly demonstrates for parents how children learn to say their first words.
ASHA’s press release:
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) announced the recipients of ASHA’s 2024 Media Champion Awards today, which recognize media outlets, ASHA members, and others for outstanding coverage and outreach about communication disorders and the work of audiologists and speech-language pathologists.
“Communication challenges can go untreated and worsen when the public doesn’t know how they can be addressed,” said 2024 ASHA President Tena L. McNamara, AuD, CCC-A/SLP. “We applaud this year’s Media Champion Award honorees for informing individuals and families on how they can identify communication disorders and get treatment for them.” She added: “We also want to salute the continual initiative, proactivity, and impact of this year’s ASHA member honorees. They are tremendous media engagement models for all of us.”
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Stephanie Cohen, MA, CCC-SLP: For providing insight and guidance about childhood communication and feeding development through national and local media interviews with outlets including WGN News in Chicago and Today.com—as well as her online platform with a large following of parents.
Cohen received the 2024 award alongside five other therapists nationally, and five media organizations, including NPR.
About ASHA
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) is the national professional, scientific, and credentialing association for 234,000 members, certificate holders, and affiliates who are audiologists; speech-language pathologists; speech, language, and hearing scientists; audiology and speech-language pathology assistants; and students. Audiologists specialize in preventing and assessing hearing and balance disorders as well as providing audiologic treatment, including hearing aids. Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) identify, assess, and treat speech, language, and swallowing disorders.
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