Students were asked to read four articles detailing information on the history of the Au.D. degree and audiology's transition to a doctoring profession. They were then required to pass a quiz on the material before being awarded an otoscope. The program was opened to all third-year Au.D. students in four-year Au.D. programs.
Seventy-two student participants received their otoscopes from AFA Chair Deborah Price, Au.D., during a special presentation at the 2007 NAFDA Convention luncheon held during the recent AAA convention in Denver. All other students received their otoscopes individually, either at the AFA booth during the AAA convention or via their respective Au.D. programs.
Funding for the "Clued into Audiology" otoscope program was provided by the Hal-Hen division of Widex, which supplied over $15,000 in otoscopes in support of the AFA and Au.D. education.
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.
AFA Chair Deborah Price, Au.D. (front row, third from right), and AFA Executive Director Susan Paarlberg (front row, in blue) presented otoscopes to 72 third-year Au.D. students at this year's annual NAFDA luncheon in Denver, CO.
