American Speech-Language Hearing Association

American Speech-Language Hearing Association

About the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)

ASHA is the national professional, scientific, and credentialing association for more than 166,000 members and affiliates who are audiologists, speech-language pathologists, speech, language, and hearing scientists, audiology and speech-language pathology support personnel, and students. Audiologists specialize in preventing and assessing hearing and balance disorders as well as providing audiologic treatment, including hearing aids. whois . dns server Speech-language pathologists identify, assess, and treat speech and language problems, including swallowing disorders.

Vision
Making effective communication, a human right, accessible and achievable for all.

Mission
Empowering and supporting speech-language pathologists, audiologists, and speech, language, and hearing scientists by:

Advocating on behalf of persons with communication and related disorders
Advancing communication science
Promoting effective human communication

Visit their website at: http://www.asha.org/

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