Sydney Bassard, MSP, CCC-SLP, is a speech-language pathologist who specializes in working with individuals who are Deaf and hard of hearing and literacy. She owns The Listening SLP, which is her private practice and social media brand. Sydney was noted as a Distinguished Early Career Professional in 2020 and an Innovator in 2023 by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association for her work centered on the equity of health information. In 2026, Sydney is serving as one of the topic co-chairs for the Literacy Assessment and Intervention topic for ASHA. Sydney is trained in both Orton-Gillingham and LETRS. She has served as a National LETRS trainer for Early Childhood and Vol 1. for the past five years. Through her social media page, she engages with professionals and parents on the topics of hearing loss and literacy.  Sydney has been involved with research related to both clinical areas of interest. Sydney was a co-primary investigator on a research study investigating writing