Petitioning Groups and Specialty Boards: A Historical Record
This list represents a historical record of petitioning groups that sought to establish a specialty area of practice.
| Proposed Specialty Area |
Petitioning Group |
Status |
| Auditory-Verbal Communication |
Certification Council of Auditory-Verbal International |
Stage I Approved (5/97) 1 |
| Child Language |
Special Interest Division #1: Language Learning & Education |
Stage II Approved (10/99) 2 |
| Fluency Disorders |
Special Interest Division #4: Fluency & Fluency Disorders |
Stage II Approved (2/97) 2 |
| Neurologic Communication Disorders |
The Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders & Sciences |
Stage I Approved (10/97) 3 |
| Occupational Audiology |
National Hearing Conservation Association; Special Interest Division #8: Hearing Conservation & Occupational Audiology; Military Audiology Association; Air Force Audiology Association |
Stage I Approved (10/96) 4 |
| Swallowing & Swallowing Disorders |
Special Interest Division #13: Dysphagia |
Stage II Approved (12/01) 2 |
| Neurophysiological Intraoperative Monitoring |
The Audiology Neuromonitoring Specialists |
Stage II Approved
(2/11) 2 |
1 Auditory Verbal Communication, Inc. informed the Clinical Specialty Board in January 1999 of their decision to withdraw their application for Specialty Recognition.
2 Approval of a Stage II Application gives the Petitioning Group the approval to establish a Specialty Board in the specialty area. The Specialty Boards are: Child Language, Fluency Disorders, and Swallowing Disorders.
3 The Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders and Sciences informed the Clinical Specialty Board in June 1998 of their decision to withdraw their application for Specialty Recognition.
4 National Hearing Conservation Association; Special Interest Division #8; Hearing Conservation & Occupational Audiology; Military Audiology Association; Air Force Audiology Association informed the Council for Clinical Specialty Recognition in September 2001 of their decision to withdraw their application for Specialty Recognition.