Articles

Hearing Aids Are Not Widgets and Audiologists Are Not Widgeteers!

Enid Smith, AuD

April 10, 2000

Recently I heard a hearing aid industry executive attribute lackluster hearing aid sales to poor marketing by audiologists. I would like to take issue with this. I attribute lackluster sales to manufa...   Read More

Practice Management and Professional Issues

Testimony of Angela Loavenbruck to ASHA Legislative Council

Angela Loavenbruck, EdD

April 2, 2000

My name is Angela Loavenbruck. I am an audiologist in private practice in New City, New York. I have been a member of ASHA since 1965 and I am an ASHA Fellow. I served on ASHA's Standards Council, Eth...   Read More

Practice Management and Professional Issues

Who/What Makes a Qualified Audiologist?

William D. Fitzgibbon

March 31, 2000

What is a ''Qualified Audiologist''? At this time, even U.S. Government regulations don't agree. In 1994, the American Speech Language Hearing Association (ASHA) thought it a tremendous victory in def...   Read More

Practice Management and Professional Issues

Universal Screening of Newborns: The Promise and The Reality

David Luterman, EdD

March 2, 2000

It has been a long dream of our profession to screen the hearing of newborns based on the assumption that early detection and early intervention can and will minimize the negative consequences of chil...   Read More

Hearing Evaluation - Children Pediatrics

Observations on the Au.D.

January 31, 2000

Significant issues confront audiologists as they ponder the future of their profession. Approximately 10% of audiologists have Au.D. degrees or are enrolled in Au.D. programs. As the number of Au.D. g...   Read More

Practice Management and Professional Issues