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Causes: Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues
Mission: The american academy of audiology promotes quality hearing and balance care by advancing the profession of audiology through leadership, advocacy, education, public awareness, and support of research.
Programs: Convention: the academy conducts an annual convention and exposition called audiologynow! Which brings together audiologists from around the world to learn the latest advances in audiology, network with their peers and gather new product information that could improve patient care.
continuing education: the academy provides continuing education opportunities to members and other audiologists to keep them informed of the latest research and trends within the profession and to maintain their state licensures. These programs include pre-convention classes, classes during audiologynow! And online educational courses. The academy also maintains a database of other acceptable continuing education providers and offers cpe credits to audiologists through these providers. In addition, the academy provides the journal of the american academy of audiology to all members to advance members' knowledge of current science and research.
government relations: the government relations and coding team of the academy work together to exact change through legislation and regulation. They monitor legislation that will affect audiologists and work to influence legislation and regulation.