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Speech and audiology board highlights business modernization; audiology assistant license draws support
Summary
The Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board said a new online licensure system cut processing times by about 71% and noted continuing-education audits; audiologists and associations urged creation of a licensed audiology assistant category to expand access.
Gilda Dominguez, chair of the Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensers Board, told the joint committee the board manages licensing for three distinct professions—speech-language pathology, audiology and hearing-aid dispensing—and has modernized initial licensure to an online system that reduced processing times by roughly 71%.
Dominguez and vice chair Amy White said the board added…
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