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Causes: Business & Industry
Mission: The organization was formed primarily to provide education and training to the hearing instrument specialist and practitioner community. The annual training and education is designed to update participants on industry trends, technology, products, regulation and services to better enable them to serve the hearing impaired. In addition, the training fulfills the education requirements of participants licensure. The seminar is held one day per year in may and is organized and administered by the officers and directors.
Programs: The majority of the organizations revenues and expenses are directly related to the annual training seminar. The revenue sources for the event include vendor table fees, member/specialist attendance fees, and product auction sales. Approximately 40 to 45 members attend. The expenses of the event include seminar speaker and venue fees, meals and travel. The organization also incurs expenses in connection with its membership in the national hearing healthcare provider association for accreditation, advocacy expense, and executive convention attendance. Beginning in 2016, the organization paid lobbying expense in connection with legislation impacting hearing healthcare delivery. There are no ongoing membership fees and vendors provide all products auctioned at no cost. Officers and directors of the organization are not compensated.