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Semin Hear 2007; 28(1): 024-035
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-958909
Copyright © 2007 by Thieme Publishers, Inc., 333 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001, USA.

State Licensure, National Certification, and Continuing Education

Martha Wilder Wilson1 , Donald A. Vogel2 , Bruce M. Edwards3
  • 1Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Communication Disorders, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama
  • 2Clinical Director, Center for Communication Disorders, Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, New York
  • 3Assistant Director of Audiology & Electrophysiology, Department of Otolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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13 February 2007 (online)

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ABSTRACT

Without close inspection, the value, effectiveness, and differences between licensure and certification, two important credentialing qualifiers for audiologists, can be difficult to appreciate fully by both practitioners and consumers. Efforts to credential various health care providers have led to educational and political alliances with various groups that assist professional organizations and their members in developing guidelines and standards from conception to implementation. This article seeks to help the reader understand the history, nature, and goals of licensure and certification, and the role of continuing education in the process of maintaining one's private certification and licensure to practice in the profession of audiology.

KEYWORDS

Licensure - certification - continuing education - audiology

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Martha Wilder WilsonAu.D. 

Department of Communication Disorders, Auburn University

1199 Haley Center, Auburn, AL 36849-5232

Email: paxtomw@auburn.edu