Yao Du is a Clinical Assistant Professor in Speech-Language Pathology at the Caruso Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California. She is a bilingual Mandarin-English speaking speech-language pathologist who has worked with pediatric and geriatric clients in schools, private practices, hospitals (inpatient and outpatient), skilled nursing facilities, and home health. She conducts research in areas of assistive technology, telepractice, and bilingualism, and also provides consulting for digital health and assistive tech startups. Deanna Hughes, PhD, CCC-SLP is a clinician and researcher who tries to improve accessibility to technology for individuals with communication disorders.Currently, she is a speech-language pathologist (SLP) with the Vista Unified School District in Vista, CA with a focus on early intervention and AAC. Claire O'Connor, B.S., is a second year speech-language pathology graduate student at Monmouth University, NJ. Her research interests include the implementation of assistive technology in communication and cognitive intervention and its efficacy on how it can be used as an effective therapeutic tool to facilitate independence among those with complex cognitive and communication needs. The virtual voice assistive technology (VAT) training is currently enrolling adults with cognitive and communication disorders (18 years old above) and caregivers to join 12-week audio and video recorded Zoom sessions, in which you will receive a FREE Amazon Echo Show device (per participant-caregiver dyad) and training on a variety of voice commands on topics such as setting reminders, selfcare/medical needs, meal preparation, news and facts, and entertainment in their daily activities. At the end of the training, our team will engage in a 1.5 hour long debrief interview where team members and caregivers will share their thoughts on the training and the device All participants are encouraged to have their family members/ caregivers present during the training. Contact us (yaodu@usc.edu) for your availability, and we look forward to enrolling you and/or your loved one. You can listen to this episode wherever you listen to podcasts or at: www.3cdigitalmedianetwork.com/telepractice-today-podcast