Professional Issues 

Standards of Practice

•  Standards of Practice for Audiology (June 2012)

Scope of Practice Statement

• Audiology: Scope of Practice (2004 Update)
• Coming Soon! Possible Revision of Audiology: Scope of Practice--Intraoperative Neurophysiologic Monitoring Statement (Widespread peer review closed on January 13, 2010)

Standards of Practice

• DRAFT REVIEW: The widespread review of the Standards of Practice in Audiology closed on April 5, 2012.

Position Statements

• Audiology Assistants (September 2010)
• Auditory Integration Training (October 2010)
• Auditory Integration Therapy—Educational Audiology Association (Audiology Today, Vol. 9:6, 1997) (PDF)
• Consensus Panel on Support Personnel in Audiology (Audiology Today, Vol. 9:3, 1997)
• The American Academy of Audiology & The Professional Doctorate (AuD) (Audiology Today, Vol. 3:4, 1991)
• Use of “Audioprosthologist” and Similar Titles and Descriptors of Service by Nonaudiologists (Audiology Today, Vol. 19:3, 2007)
• Distance-Learning Options for Audiologists (Audiology Today, Vol. 16:5, 2004)
• Three-  Versus Four-Year AuD Educational Programs (Audiology Today, Vol. 16:5, 2004)

Practice Guidelines

• Considerations for the Use of Support Personnel for Newborn Hearing Screening
• Guidelines for Ethical Practice in Research for Audiologists (December 2011) (PDF)
• Ethical Practice Guideline for Relationships with Industry for Audiologists Providing Clinical Care (July 2011) (PDF) 
• Infection Control in Audiological Practice (Audiology Today, Vol. 15:5, 2003)
• Statement on Use of the Term "Doctor" in Advertising (Audiology Today, Vol. 17:2, 2005)
• Clinical Practice Algorithms & Statements (Audiology Today, Special Issue, 2000) (PDF)

Reports and Recommendations

• Pre-Purchase Assessment Guideline for Amplification Devices (Audiology Today, Vol. 12:3, 2000)
• Practice Parameter: Screening & Diagnosis of Autism (Neurology, Vol. 55, p. 468-478, 2000) (PDF)
• Conflicts of Professional Interest (Audiology Today, Vol. 9:2, 1997)
• Use of Doctoral Degree Designators (letter to the membership January 31, 1997)

Fact Sheets

• AuD Transition Options: Fact Sheet (Audiology Today, Vol. 8:3, 1996)

Consensus Conference Summaries

• The AuD Externship Experience (PDF)

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