Public Policy Resolutions
One of the objectives of the Academy's Strategic Advocacy Plan is to enhance the position/policy development process by addressing timely specific audiology/hearing health issues. This objective recognizes the importance for the Academy to evaluate its existing inventory of policies/position statements to ensure its relevancy and adherence to the state-of-the-art. This objective further underscores the need for the Academy to have a policy/position development process in place that would ensure a timely response as public policy issues arise. The following public policy resolutions are the initial documents developed as a direct result of this process. The Academy is working to develop a centralized searchable policy/position statement database to complement this process.
2013
2012
- Mail Order/Internet Ordering of Hearing Aids
- Internet Hearing Evaluations for the Purposes of Fitting and Dispensing Hearing Aids
- Support Personnel in Audiology
2011
- Fair Reimbursement for Services
- Eliminating the FDA Requirement for Audiologists to Obtain Medical Waiver Prior to Dispensing Hearing Instruments to Adult Patients
2010
- Department of Transportation- Commercial Driver’s License Testing
- Evaluation and Management Codes
- Direct Access to Audiology Services
- Cochlear Implant Resolution
