Revisions to 2020 Certification Standards in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology
The following are revisions that have been made to ASHA's 2020 Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Certification Standards.
Audiology
Effective January 1, 2026
- Standard V was revised to better define the required professional development content areas.
August 2022
- Standard I was revised to better define qualifying degrees and coursework.
September 2021: Effective January 1, 2022
- Standard II was updated to reflect current terminology.
- Standard III was updated to only require 50% of supervised clinical practicum be completed in person.
- Standard V was updated ro require that at least 2 of the 30 required Professional Development Hours (PDHs)—formerly known as Certification Maintenance Hours or CMHs—be earned each maintenance interval in the areas of cultural competency, cultural humility, culturally responsive practice, and/or diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Speech-Language Pathology
Effective January 1, 2026
- Standards IV-B and IV-G implementation language was updated o better define knowledge areas.
- Standard VIII was updated to better define the required professional development content areas.
August 2022: Effective January 1, 2023
- Standard V was updated to allow up to 125 hours of graduate student supervised clinical practicum to be completed via telepractice.
- Standard VII was updated to allow (a) up to 25% of required Clinical Fellowship (CF) experience direct contact hours to be completed via telepractice and (b) up to 3 hours of direct CF supervision per segment to be completed using telesupervision.
March 2022: Updates to Implementation Language
- Standard IV-A was reworded to provide better guidance to applicants in meeting the required prerequisite courses.
- Standard IV-G now includes cultural competency and diversity, equity, and inclusion.
- Standard V-B clarifies acceptable clinical experience for future clinical instructors, supervisors, and mentors.
September 2021: Effective January 1, 2022
- Standard VIII was updated to require that at least 2 of the 30 required Professional Development Hours (PDHs)—formerly known as Certification Maintenance Hours or CMHs—be earned each maintenance interval in the areas of cultural competency, cultural humility, culturally responsive practice, and/or diversity, equity, and inclusion.
