Academy of Rehabilitative Audiology Seeks New Members

Audiology's best kept secret, The Academy of Rehabilitative Audiology (ARA), is seeking new members who are passionate for Audiologic Rehabilitation (AR). The purpose of ARA is to promote excellence in hearing care through the provision of rehabilitative and habilitative services.

ARA believes the benefits of providing AR to your patients include:

• Better patient outcomes
  
• Reduced return rate for hearing aid sales
  
• Develop better rapport with your patients
  
• More positive patient referrals
  
• Patients better learn communication strategies
  
• Improved patient quality of life
  
• Patient self-empowerment

By joining ARA you will experience many useful benefits to your practice and your profession. Membership will allow you to share the company of others who are passionate about providing AR and will position you to learn the latest in AR best practices with access to The Journal of the Academy of Rehabilitative Audiology (JARA), the academy's newsletter, website and by attending the annual conference each year.

This year ARA's conference will be held September 11-12, 2008 in Portland, OR.

For more information on ARA membership and this year's annual conference, please visit ARA's website: www.audrehab.org.

This news item was created based on materials provided by ARA.