Resource Guide for Audiologists in Health Care

• ASHA Practice Policy Documents for Audiologists in Health Care
• ASHA's Scientific Journals
• Focused Topics
• Coding and Reimbursement Resources
• Evidence-Based Practice
• Management Issues in Health Care
• Special Interest Groups
• Patient/Consumer Education Materials
• Selected ASHA Products
• Professional and Consumer Organizations

ASHA Practice Policy Documents for Audiologists in Health Care

All of the ASHA Practice Policy documents are available to the public and professionals. ASHA's new Practice Portal offers one-stop access to resources to guide evidence-based decision-making.

• Guidelines for Audiologists Providing Informational and Adjustment Counseling to Families of Infants and Young Children With Hearing Loss Birth to 5 Years of Age (2008)
• Loss to Follow-Up in Early Hearing Detection and Intervention – Technical Report (2008)
• Joint Committee on Infant Hearing (JCIH) – Year 2007 Position Statement: Principles and Guidelines for Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Programs, Executive Summary [PDF]
• Preferred Practice Patterns for the Profession of Audiology (2006)
• Roles, Knowledge, and Skills: Audiologists Providing Clinical Services to Infants and Young Children Birth to 5 Years of Age (2006)
• Evidence-Based Practice in Communication Disorders – Position Statement (2005)
• Guidelines for Manual Pure-Tone Threshold Audiometry (2005)
• Cochlear Implants – Technical Report (2004)
• Evidence-Based Practice in Communication Disorders: An Introduction – Technical Report (2004)
• Knowledge and Skills Needed by Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists to Provide Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (2004)
• Preferred Practice Patterns for the Profession of Speech-Language Pathology (2004)
• Guidelines for Competencies in Auditory Evoked Potential Measurement and Clinical Applications – Knowledge and Skills (2003)
• Knowledge and Skills Required for the Practice of Audiologic/Aural Rehabilitation (2001)
• Joint Audiology Committee Clinical Practice Statements and Algorithms - Guidelines (1999)
• Guidelines for Audiology Service Delivery in Nursing Homes (1997)
• Audiologic Management of Individuals Receiving Cochleotoxic Drug Therapy – Guidelines (1994)
• Electrical Stimulation for Cochlear Implant Selection and Rehabilitation – Guidelines, Knowledge and Skills, Position Statement (1992)
• External Auditory Canal Examination and Cerumen Management – Guidelines, Knowledge and Skills, Position Statement (1992)
• Neurophysiologic Intraoperative Monitoring – Position Statement (1992)
• Sound Field Measurement Tutorial – Relevant Paper (1991)
• Audiometric Symbols – Guidelines (1990)
• Tympanometry – Relevant Paper (Tutorial) (1988)
• Determining Threshold Level for Speech – Guidelines (1988)
• Prevention of Communication Disorders – Position Statement (1988)
• Calibration of Speech Signals Delivered Via Earphones – Relevant Paper (Tutorial) (1987)
• Short Latency Auditory Evoked Potentials – Relevant Paper (Tutorial) (1987)
• Clinical Management of Communicatively Handicapped Minority Language Populations – Position Statement (1985)
• On the Definition of Hearing Handicap – Relevant Paper (1981)

ASHA's Scientific Journals

All four ASHA scientific journals are available online, with an archive going back to 1970. The American Journal of Audiology (AJA) offers several types of opportunities for earning ASHA continuing education units (CEUs).

Focused Topics

• Focused Topics in Audiology—Locate detailed information about coding and reimbursement, hearing detection and conservation, hearing loss and related disorders, multicultural topics, practice management, rehabilitation, and technology.
• ASHA Access Audiology e-newsletter—Read the current issue and learn how to subscribe.

Coding and Reimbursement Resources

• Coding for Reimbursement—Information on the accurate use of audiology and speech-language pathology related billing codes.
• Coding and Reimbursement Articles
• For-sale products to help with reimbursement

Evidence-Based Practice

Compendium of Evidenced-Based Guidelines and Systematic Reviews
In the summer of 2005, staff of ASHA's National Center for Evidence-Based Practice in Communication Disorders (N-CEP) embarked upon a project to identify and obtain clinical practice guidelines from all over the world related to audiology and/or speech-language pathology. As noted elsewhere on this site, clinical practice guidelines, when tied directly to a systematic review of scientific evidence, can be an invaluable tool in helping clinicians to make the best decisions with and for their clients.

Management Issues in Health Care

• Reward Yourself With a Career in Health Care PowerPoint Presentation [PDF]
• The Policy and Procedure Manual: Managing "By the Book"
• Quality Improvement for Audiologists—Quality improvement is an ongoing activity that objectively evaluates current work practices and client care provided by educators and health care practice.

Special Interest Groups

Four Special Interest Groups (SIGs) (6, 7, 8, and 9) focus on audiology issues. SIGs offer continuing education opportunities at no additional cost for affiliates (members in the SIGs).

• SIG 6, Hearing and Hearing Disorders: Research and Diagnostics
• SIG 7, Aural Rehabilitation and Its Instrumentation
• SIG 8, Audiology and Public Health
• SIG 9, Hearing and Hearing Disorders in Childhood

Patient/Consumer Education Materials

The Patient Information Handouts webpage contains links to PDFs on hearing loss in adults and in children.

Selected ASHA Products for Sale

Below are links to some selected products for sale through ASHA. To find additional materials, visit the ASHA Online Store or contact ASHA Product Sales at 888-498-6699.

Multicultural Issues

• Spanish Auditory Tests CD

Cochlear Implants and Auditory Processing

Hearing, Hearing Loss, and Balance

Assessment, Amplification, and Audiologic Rehabilitation

Service Delivery and Practice Management

• A Practice and Curriculum Analysis for the Profession of Audiology
• Prevention Curriculum Guide for Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists, Readings on Prevention

Other Publishers' Products

• Basic Auditory Tests Compact Disc-2nd Edition (Auditec)
• Learning to Hear Again
• Learning to Hear Again With a Cochlear Implant

Professional and Consumer Organizations

Connect to related professional and consumer organizations.