Identifying and managing pseudoscientific practices S8E18
From Speak Up by Speak Up: A Speech Pathology Australia Podcast
June 3, 2026 · 24 min
About this episode
This episode features Dr Emma Kate Thome discussing the identification and management of pseudoscientific practices in speech pathology.
In this week’s episode, we speak with Dr Emma Kate Thome from Boys Town National Research Hospital in the USA about identifying and managing pseudoscientific practices in speech pathology. Dr Thome shares what pseudoscience is, why it can be appealing to both practitioners and service users, and the real-world risks it poses to evidence-based care. For access to the STOP scale, contact Dr Thome at: emmakate.thome@boystown.org Resources: Thome, E.K., Finn, P. (2026). Developing and validating the Susceptibility to Pseudoscience Scale. AJSLP 35(1), 317-339. https://doi.org/10.1044/2025_AJSLP-25-00166 Thome, E.K., Finn, P., Hogan, M., Dwyer, C.P. (2025). Cultivating the critical thinking dispositions of undergraduate speech-language pathology students. AJSLP 34(3), 1289-1370. https://doi.org/10.1044/2025_AJSLP-24-00165 SPA resources: Evidence-based practice in speech pathology in Australia: https://www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/resource?resource=407 Speak Up podcast. S6E1: Supervision - Supporting critical-thinking: https://soundcloud.com/speechpathologyaustralia/supervision-supporting-critical-thinking-and-problem-solving-skills-s06e01 Speech Pathology Australia acknowledges…
People in this episode
Guest: Dr Emma Kate Thome
Topics covered
- pseudoscience
- speech pathology
- evidence-based care
- critical thinking
- risk management
Keywords
- pseudoscience
- speech pathology
- evidence-based practice
- critical thinking
- risk
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Boys Town National Research Hospital, Speech Pathology Australia
Books & works: Developing and validating the Susceptibility to Pseudoscience Scale, Cultivating the critical thinking dispositions of undergraduate speech-language pathology students
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