Infection Control in Audiological Practice
The scope of practice in audiology has changed significantly over the last 20 years, and infection control has become an important issue. In the delivery of any health related service, it is the health professional’s responsibility to ensure the safety of all patients served.
Considerations for the Use of Support Personnel for Newborn Hearing Screening
This document has been retired. The Academy’s Task Force on the Early Identification of Hearing Loss agrees that the use of support personnel in newborn hearing screening programs is an appropriate and often necessary strategy to achieve universal detection of congenital hearing loss. The roles and responsibilities of support personnel should be clearly defined. Support personnel should be supervised, preferably by a licensed/certified audiologist.
Practice Parameter: Screening and Diagnosis of Autism
This document has been retired. This practice parameter by the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the Child Neurology Society (endorsed by the American Academy of Audiology) reviews the available empirical evidence and gives specific recommendations for the identification of children with autism.
Pre-Purchase Assessment Guideline for Amplification Devices
This document has been retired. It is the position of the American Academy of Audiology that every person seeking treatment of hearing disorders through the use of amplification devices receive a comprehensive audiological evaluation prior to purchase.
Educational Audiology Association Position Statement: Auditory Integration Therapy
This document has been retired. This position statement provides the Educational Audiology Association position on auditory integration therapy and supports the position put forth by both the American Academy of Audiology and the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
Position Statement and Guidelines of the Consensus Panel on Support Personnel in Audiology
This document has been retired and replaced by the 2021 “American Academy of Audiology Position Statement: Audiology Assistants.”
Conflicts of Professional Interest
This document has been retired. This Issues in Ethics statement provides guidance to the Academy members relative to conflicts of professional interest in the practice of audiology to heighten sensitivity, increase awareness, and enhance judgments in circumstances where conflicts of interest may influence, or may appear to influence, professional conduct.
Use of Doctoral Degree Designators
Letter to the membership. See updated January 2022 Position Statement on the Use of the Term “Doctor” in Advertising.
AuD Transition Options
This document has been retired. As a founding principle, the American Academy of Audiology endorsed the concept of audiology as a doctoral profession with Doctor of Audiology (AuD) as the entry-level practice degree. The Academy also analyzed and reported the various opportunities for audiologists. This fact sheet summarizes these opportunities and recommends appropriate options for practicing audiologists.
Position Statement: Auditory Integration Training
This document has been retired and replaced by the 2010 “American Academy of Audiology Position Statement on Auditory Integration Training.”
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