Carefully targeted, executed, and successful advocacy is critical to the Academy’s goal of furthering audiology as an autonomous profession. The Academy’s Strategic Advocacy Plan (ASAP) highlights a number of initiatives designed to assist the Academy and the profession in reaching their legislative and regulatory goals.

• Strengthen the Academy’s visibility and influence with:

  Members of Congress
  The Executive Branch
  State legislators and regulatory agencies
  Related professional and consumer organizations
  The private sector

• Differentiate the Academy from other audiology organizations.
• Establish the Academy as the leading resource for information in the practice of audiology.
• Improve the communication link between Academy advocacy efforts and public relations activities.

Academy Strategic Advocacey Plan (ASAP) (PDF)