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|leader_title = Chief Executive Officer
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The '''American Speech–Language–Hearing Association''' ('''ASHA''') is a [[professional body|professional association]]  for [[Speech–language pathology|speech–language pathologists]], [[audiology|audiologists]], and [[Speech communication|speech]], [[language]], and [[hearing (sense)|hearing]] scientists in the [[United States]] and internationally. The association reported over 234,000 members and affiliates in its 2023 report.<ref name="ref1">{{Cite web |title=2023 Member and Affiliate Profile |url=https://www.asha.org/siteassets/surveys/2023-member-affiliate-profile.pdf}}</ref>
The association's national office is located at 2200 Research Boulevard, [[Rockville, Maryland]].  The organization also has an office on Capitol Hill.
As of January 2022, Vicki R. Deal-Williams serves as the association's chief executive officer.
==History==
ASHA was founded in 1925 as the American Academy of Speech Correction in the home of Lee Edward Travis in [[Iowa City, Iowa]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Heath |first=Mona |date=October 3, 2019 |title=New ASHA Virtual Exhibit Features Early Pioneers |url=https://leader.pubs.asha.org/do/10.1044/new-asha-virtual-exhibit-features-early-pioneers/full/ |doi=10.1044/new-asha-virtual-exhibit-features-early-pioneers |access-date=4 Jan 2024 |website=ASHA Wire}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=August 2022 |title=Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders Graduate Student Handbook 2022-23 |url=https://csd.uiowa.edu/sites/csd.uiowa.edu/files/2022-08/2022-23grad%20Student%20Handbook_1.pdf |access-date=4 Jan 2024 |website=University of Iowa}}</ref>
The charter members were Margaret Gray Blanton, Smiley Blanton, Richard Carmen Borden, Frederick Warner Brown, Mary A Brownell, Alvin Clayton Busse, Pauline Beatrice Camp, Jane Dorsey (Zimmerman), Eudora Porter Estabrook, [[Mabel Farrington Gifford]], [[Max A. Goldstein|Max Aaron Goldstein]], Ruth Green, Laura Heilman, Elmer Lawton Kenyon, Mabel V Lacey, Elizabeth Dickinson McDowell, Thyrza Nichols, Samuel Dowse Robbins, [[Sara Mae Stinchfield Hawk|Sara Mae Stinchfield (Hawk)]], Jane Bliss Taylor, Charles Kenneth Thomas, [[Lee Edward Travis]], Lavilla Amelia Ward, Sina Fladeland Waterhouse, and Robert William West.<ref>Duchan, Judith Felson; Hewitt, Lynne E. (2023). ASHA charter members' responses to their times (Duchan & Hewitt, 2023). ASHA journals. Online resource. https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.22213738.v1</ref>
In 1927, they changed their name to American Society for the Study of Disorders of Speech, in 1934 to the American Speech Correction Association, in 1947 to the American Speech and Hearing Association.
The current name was adopted in 1978.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Introduction to Founding · 1925 - The Founding of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association · ASHA Archives |url=https://ashaarchives.omeka.net/exhibits/show/founding/intro |website=ashaarchives.omeka.net}}</ref>
== Council for Academic Accreditation ==
The Council for Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech–Language Pathology (CAA) is the accreditation unit of the ASHA. Founded over 100 years ago by American universities and secondary schools, CAA established standards for graduate program accreditation that meet entry-level preparation in the speech and hearing field.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Eaton |first=Judith |url=http://www.chea.org/pdf/2009.06_overview_of_us_Accreditation.pdf |title=An Overview of U.S. Accreditation |publisher=Council for Higher Education Accreditation |year=2009 |pages=8–9 |access-date=December 5, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103065340/http://www.chea.org/pdf/2009.06_overview_of_us_Accreditation.pdf |archive-date=November 3, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Accreditation is available for graduate programs with a master's degree in Speech–Language Pathology or clinical doctoral program in [[audiology]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Council on Academic Accreditation |url=http://www.asha.org/academic/accreditation/caa_app/ |website=American Speech-Language-Hearing Association}}</ref>
==Membership==
Professionals of Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) can become members of ASHA.  These professionals include audiologists, speech-language pathologists, and speech-language-hearing scientists.  As of December 31, 2023, the organization reports more than 234,000 members and affiliates.<ref name="ref1" /> ASHA also sponsors various special interest groups for its members.{{cn|date=May 2024}}
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