The following is a brief outline of the many projects and activities completed during the two busiest of my 10 years working for our profession.

The "Vermont Issue" surfaced which was the state of Vermont's investigation of hearing aid dispensing practices and the precursor of the most recent FDA investigation into the hearing aid industry. The ADA took a very active role responding to "Vermont" and the FDA regarding the provision of hearing care by audiologists.

ADA offered the first of a series of cerumen management seminars advocating for CM as an appropriate component of and audiologists scope of practice. Now, CM is a viable component of many audiologists' practice.

The first of several collaborative marketing conferences was held in Chicago bringing together hearing aid manufacturers, organizations representing the three components of the dispensing community and hearing care advocacy groups. This rather tentative beginning led to the now well known Collaborative Marketing Campaign.

In response to many requests by members, the ADA applied for and received a registered trademark recognizing us and our members as having the exclusive right to use our name in interstate and foreign commerce, and have the right to prohibit others from using identical or confusingly similar marks.

Following the development of the Au.D. concept during David Citrons tenure as president, the ADA continued to aggressively support the Au.D. concept, and the AFA on the march to create the Au.D. as the terminal degree for all audiologists. Today, there are two Au.D. Academic programs and more slated for implementation.

There were two publications the ADA provided to its' membership. The ADA Marketing Handbook, "Directions in Marketing Audiology" edited by Ms. Carol Killingsworth and "Assistive Devices: Doorways to Independence" a book/video package written by Ms. Cindy Compton.

Most importantly the ADA continued to follow its mission of advocating for practitioner concerns in its professional/political activities.