Lafayette, IN -Individual audiology practitioners and the hearing industry supported the Audiology Foundation of America (AFA) with $97,000 in financial support in 2005. Results were recently tabulated after a final end-of-year campaign drive.
Donors also backed the AFA through its annual Art Auction, via handmade and donated items, as well as in the annual AFA Golf Tournament. Together, these events raised over $35,000.
This continued support of the Au.D. movement allowed the AFA to provide students with scholarships worth $27,000, finance nine white coat ceremonies, give 12 presentations at state and national conventions and advertise the Au.D. over 25 times in professional audiology and consumer publications. The AFA also provides an online Au.D. directory for consumers via the AFA website, and contributes articles and other news items to various print and online audiology publications in support of the Au.D. transition.
The AFA is a non-profit foundation founded in 1989 to lead audiology's transition to a doctoring profession with the Au.D. as its unique designator. Its vision includes the goal of changing state licensure to incorporate the Au.D. as the basic criteria for practice.
