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title: "Advocacy to Support a Design Thinking Approach to Care"
description: "ADA offers programming and support to audiologists and students who are or who desire to be autonomous practitioners in the field of Audiology."
url: "https://www.audiologist.org/resources/educate/audacity-archive/item/advocacy-to-support-a-design-thinking-approach-to-care"
date: "2026-06-26T22:00:54+00:00"
language: "en-GB"
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#  Advocacy to Support a Design Thinking Approach to Care

**Presentation Date:** 16 October 2020

**Duration:** 0:40:15

**Return to:** [AuDacity Archive](https://www.audiologist.org/audacity-archive)

Public policy initiatives that improve access to and coverage of audiology services are critical for patient-centered care and better outcomes. This session will provide an overview of the most pressing legislative and regulatory issues affecting audiologists and their patients at the state and federal levels, and a practical blueprint for action.

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**Speakers:** Deb Abel, Au.D.; Tom Scully; Liz Rogers, Au.D.; Senator Rand Paul; Alicia Spoor, Au.D.; Honorable Larry Hogan, Governor of Maryland
**Moderator:** Tom Tedeschi, Au.D.

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