The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)

The U.S. Department of Education has proposed a definition of a "professional degree" program that excludes audiology and speech-language pathology. ASHA has been advocating for our professions to be included as professional degrees to ensure access to higher loan limits since July. Join us in advocacy and tell your members of Congress how valuable your profession is! Learn more: https://at.asha.org/QK

Come tour Planet Word with us! This interactive and self-guided museum is dedicated to renewing and inspiring a love of words and language. As an #ASHA25 attendee, you can visit for free with your badge! It’s just a few blocks from the Convention Center. If you go, don’t miss the exhibits on stuttering and aphasia! ASHA collaborated with Planet Word to bring these two exhibits to life.

ASHA’s 2025 Convention kicked off with an Opening General Session featuring inspirational words from ASHA Board President 2025 Bernadette Mayfield-Clarke, your Convention co-chairs, and legendary Olympic gymnast Dominique Dawes. Dominique shared about her involvement with the Arthur M. Blank Center for Stuttering Education and Research and her own experience overcoming a communication challenge. She told members, “You all are changing lives. You’re empowering families. You’re empowering communities.” Watch the replay and stream live events from Convention: https://lnkd.in/ehpUWuy5

Please join us in thanking our hundreds of Hill Day advocates for everything they did yesterday! They spoke up and made their voices heard in meetings with their legislators, discussing the wide variety of issues Congress can help audiologists, SLPs, assistants, and the folks you serve with. After convention, we will share more information about the day. In the meantime, please support your colleagues' efforts by visiting https://at.asha.org/QH to send your legislators letters on the same topics. Thank you, ASHA advocates!

After years of living with hearing loss, Sabin Duncan is now living his life to the fullest and advocating for more research. Learn more about his journey. https://lnkd.in/eBHfYQG9

Have you been "getting by” with your hearing abilities? You might be missing more than you realize. Take a quick hearing screening test and learn the next steps to hearing health: https://at.asha.org/QE #HearWell

ASHA is thrilled to announce its newest collaboration with the Planet Word Museum in Washington, DC: A new exhibit focused on stuttering. In addition to providing information about what stuttering is, what causes it, and how SLPs can help, the exhibit features a wide variety of people who stutter of all different ages — sharing their viewpoints and experiences. The exhibit also provides simple, supportive steps that everyone can take when interacting with people who stutter. If you’re in town for the ASHA Convention (or coming to Washington, DC, at another time), be sure to check it out! The exhibit is located in the Words Matter Gallery of the museum. A 2025 Tripadvisor Travelers’ Choice Award winner, Planet Word is the only museum in the country dedicated to renewing and inspiring a love of words and language.

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Today is the deadline to apply to next year's Audiology Early Career Professionals (ECP) Program. Have you been practicing audiology for five years or less? Are you looking to grow your professional network, earn professional development hours (PDHs), and attend the 2026 ASHA Convention? If so, apply to join the Audiology ECP Program today! 🕑 Applications are due by Tuesday, 11/18: https://at.asha.org/QC

It’s another #ResearchTuesday 📚 ! Voice quality assessments in the clinic typically require external microphones, but as smartphone technology advances, are these microphones up to the task? Find out! ➡️ https://at.asha.org/Qy