Outline:

Clinical evolution

• • Patient population changes
  • Electrophysiologic measures
  • Imaging advancements
  • Infant hearing screening
  • Digital hearing instrument technology
  • Cochlear implantation
  • Vestibular function
  • Self-care
  • Remote care

Educational

• • Academic discipline to healthcare
  • Communication disorders to hearing
  • Teacher-training model to clinical education

Professionally

• • Certification to licensure
  • Autonomous professional home

Political

• • Political polarization
  • Regulatory impacts
  • Insurer impacts

Learning Objectives:

• Participants will be able to describe how technological advancements have contributed to the expansion of the scope of audiology practice.
• Participants will be able to explain how the change in the US audiology educational model contributed to changes in required credentialing of providers.
• Participants will be able to describe how political and regulatory changes have impacted the field of audiology.