American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
(ASHA)
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association is the professional, scientific, and credentialing association for 135,000 members and affiliates who are speech-language pathologists, audiologists, and speech, language, and hearing scientists in the United States and internationally.
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
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) is the most respected voice for communication sciences and disorders (CSD) professionals in the world. ASHA's Certificates of Clinical Competence, the CCCs, are the nation's most widely recognized symbols of competency for audiology and speech-language pathology professionals.
Being "certified" means holding the Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC), a nationally recognized professional credential that represents a level of excellence in the field of Audiology (CCC-A) or Speech-Language Pathology (CCC-SLP).
The website for the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) has more information about the organization and is available at: www.asha.org.
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
ASHA National Office
2200 Research Boulevard
Rockville, MD 20850-3289
301-296-5700
