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Speech‑Language and Audiology Board Cites Modernization Gains, Backs New Audiology‑Assistant Category to Increase Access
Summary
The board said online licensing reduced processing times by 71% and launched continuing‑education audits; board members and professional groups urged creating a licensed audiology assistant category to expand capacity amid a shortage of audiologists.
Gilda Dominguez, chair of the Speech‑Language Pathology, Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensers Board, summarized the board’s modernization of initial licensure applications, which moved the application process online and produced a stated 71% reduction in application processing times and increased staff workload capacity.
Dominguez and other board officials said the board now licenses more than 44,500 individuals and entities and is focusing on…
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