The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) received a Summit Award from the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) in recognition of the accomplishments of ASHA's Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Campaign that focuses on the hearing health of the very young.
- ASHA Receives Prestigious Award from ASAE (Press Release)
- ASHA One of Six Organizations Nationally To Receive Prestigious ASAE Summit Award (Press Release)
- ASAE Summit Award EHDI Campaign Video (2:32)
- Event Photos
- Local Audiologist Helps ASHA Celebrate Receiving Prestigious ASAE Summit Award (Press Releases)
- Allan Diefendorf, PhD, Director of Otolaryngology at the Indiana University School of Medicine & Purdue University in Indianapolis, Indiana
- Anne Marie Tharpe, PhD, Professor in the Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences (DHSS) at Vanderbilt University and Associate Director of Education for the National Center for Childhood Deafness and Family Communication at the Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center for Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences in Nashville, Tennessee
- Dennis Burrows, PhD, The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association’s Vice President for Quality of Service in Audiology and ASHA Fellow
- Judith Gravel, PhD, Professor of Communication Sciences at Hunter College, CUNY in New York
Related Links & Information
ASAE 8th Annual Summit Awards Dinner
Each year, through the Associations Advance America (AAA) Awards program, ASAE honors outstanding associations and suppliers that take action to improve the quality of American society through their exemplary volunteer activities.
Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Action Center
Currently, 45 states (plus the District of Columbia) have Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) laws or voluntary compliance programs that screen the hearing of 95% or more of newborns (forty states have laws and five states have voluntary programs).