ASHA lounges and booths in the Exhibit Hall provide an opportunity for you to discover resources, chat with ASHA staff and volunteer leaders about programs and initiatives or meet colleagues who share your interests.
ASHA Academic-Research-International Programs
ASHA Advocacy and PAC
Stop by and learn about ASHA's advocacy priorities and how to make an impact! Get answers to questions about reimbursement, licensure, and other policy matters. Learn about the PAC and its critical support for our advocacy efforts.
ASHA Audiology Practices
Stop by the Audiology Square to meet up with colleagues. The ASHA Audiology staff team will be available to chat and answer your questions or you can recharge with a snack and recharge your devices, too. The Audiology Square will be near audiology session locations.
ASHA Certification
The ASHA Certification Lounge is the place to learn more about the certification process, the current certification standards, certification maintenance, as well as any upcoming changes. In the Certification Lounge, you will also be able to learn more about Clinical Specialty Certification and the Assistants Certification Program from staff and members of the Council for Clinical Certification.
ASHA Continuing Education
We’re ASHA Continuing Education, ASHA CE for short, and we’re here to help with your continuing education needs! Whether you want to find courses using the new and improved CEFind, earn ASHA Continuing Education Units (ASHA CEUs), organize and secure your course records, or seamlessly maintain your ASHA certification and state licensure, we’ve got you covered. CE team members will be there to help you with your questions.
ASHA Journals
Whether you’re an author, editor, reviewer, or reader, visit the ASHA Journals Lounge to learn more about resources available to you on ASHAWire and the ASHA Journals Academy. Learn about our new Special Collections, each of our journals, and how we can help you find the research you need to stay in the know.
ASHA Marketing Solutions
Do you own a private practice? Do you have products or services that you are interested in marketing to ASHA professionals/NSSHLA Students? Are you interested in discounted group rates for CE opportunities? Visit the ASHA Marketing Solutions booth to discover tips to market your practice/company to help boost your business and learn more about discounted offerings on the ASHA Learning Pass.
ASHA Member Services Center and the Special Interest Groups (SIGs)
Need help with certification maintenance? Questions about the ASHA Learning Pass? Looking for the famed Ribbon Wall? Stop by the ASHA Member Service Center! While you’re there, explore ASHA member benefits, uncover discounts and programs available to you, submit feedback to ASHA leadership, and much more. You’ll also be able to learn more about the benefits of joining a SIG, and share your story at the ASHA Stream Story Booth.
ASHA N-CEP
The National Center for Evidence-Based Practice in Communication Disorders (N-CEP) at ASHA is here to help you stay up to date with the latest research. Visit our booth and check out our time-saving tools and resources to help you make informed clinical decisions, demonstrate the value of your services, and improve the quality of your care.
ASHA Office of Multicultural Affairs
ASHA’s Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA) addresses the influence of cultural and linguistic diversity as it relates to professional preparation and service delivery in audiology and speech-language pathology. The Multicultural Affairs Square provides the opportunity to explore ASHA resources related to culturally responsive practice and learn more about how to get involved in furthering DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) efforts in our professions and across the discipline.
ASHA Public Relations
We welcome you to visit the ASHA Public Relations Lounge, where you can learn about ASHA’s public education campaigns; the new developmental milestones for communication and feeding and swallowing; the renaming of Better Hearing and Speech Month; and much more. Get a free digital photo of yourself; take a fun selfie (or a few, with colleagues and friends); and/or lend your expertise and insights to ASHA PR staff on-camera, which may be used in future association videos. We look forward to seeing you!
ASHA SLP Practices
ASHFoundation
Join us at the ASHFoundation booth! Catch up with the ASHFoundation over a cup of tea and while you’re there, meet our newest cohort of award recipients and learn more about our annual research grants, scholarships, and clinical awards. You could be a future ASHFoundation awardee! You can also learn more about the many ways you can get involved as an ASHFoundation supporter. Become a University Giving Ambassador, Legacy Leader, Program Reviewer, Donor, and more.
Career Portal
Whether you’re an active job seeker or simply interested in discovering ways to ignite your career, visit us at the Career Portal Lounge. Attend mini workshops focused on career development and transitions, learn how your innovative peers "Got the Job," discover ASHA Career Portal resources, network with your colleagues, and participate in a digital scavenger hunt to win exciting prizes! You can also grab a snack, refill your water bottle, and recharge your phone. Be ready to answer when opportunity knocks!
NSSLHA
Stop by the NSSLHA Lounge to say hello, meet your National NSSLHA leaders, and make new friends! While there, nab one of our free giveaways and student-related ribbons and snap a pic in our selfie station. And, of course, NSSLHA staff will be on hand to answer any questions about National NSSLHA and related activities.
Practice Portal
The Practice Portal provides peer-reviewed resources to busy audiologists, speech-language pathologists, and assistants with clinical decision making. Visit the Practice Portal to take a break, recharge, and learn about our new and recently updated topics to ignite your clinical practice.
Special Interest Groups in the ASHA Member Services Center
ASHA's Special Interest Groups (SIGs) provide communities centered around areas of professional practice within the discipline of communication sciences and disorders. Stop by the SIG booth and learn how the SIGs create a dedicated space for ASHA and NSSLHA members to explore their specific interests, share focused resources, and network and collaborate with colleagues.
The SIGs are sponsoring educational sessions and holding social events during the ASHA Convention that can help you find a new professional interest, dive deeper into your chosen focus areas, and build your professional network.
Specialty Certification Boards
Interested in obtaining an ASHA-recognized specialty certification? Clinical Specialty Certification enables an audiologist or a speech-language pathologist with advanced knowledge, skills, and experience beyond the Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) to be formally identified as a Board Certified Specialist (BCS) in a specific area of clinical practice. Stop by the Specialty Certification Lounge to learn more about becoming a Board Certified Specialist in Intraoperative Monitoring (BCS-IOM), Child Language (BCS-CL), Fluency and Fluency Disorders (BCS-F), or Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders (BCS-S).