The Colorado Hearing Aid Society And You

Whether you are a dispenser considering membership in the Colorado Hearing Aid Society or a consumer inquiring about the Colorado Hearing Aid Society, the answer can best be found in the Hearing Society's bylaws stating its purpose as follows:

1. To promote the welfare, insofar as hearing is concerned, of individuals with hearing loss.
2. To promote and advance the programs of this Society and coordinate them with the programs of similar organizations.
3. To provide a unified voice for those engaged in the practice of testing human hearing and selecting, fitting, counseling, and dispensing hearing instruments.
4. To seek and maintain communication and cooperation with other professions involved in hearing health care.
5. To improve the methods of marketing, selecting, fitting, counseling, dispensing, and using hearing instruments and to improve the effectiveness of such instruments.
6. To establish standards of education and techniques in aural rehabilitation by means of amplification.
7. To examine and pass upon the qualifications of all persons who wish to have their competency in the field of fitting hearing instruments accredited by the International Hearing Society.
8. To sponsor and enforce among its members a code of ethical practices.
9. To promote and encourage an effective program of public education as to the benefits of the use of amplification.