The CCAnm had support from a broad section of stakeholders for the passage of HB0048.
Among them are:
Organizations:
Association of Late Deafened Adults - National Office
Hearing Loss Association of America - National Office
HLAA Albuquerque Chapter
HLAA Las Cruces Chapter
HLAA Santa Fe chapter
Independent Living Resource Center
New Mexico Commission for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Persons
Telecommunications for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
New Mexico Association of the Deaf
Individuals:
Leland Bowen - Sound technician at Las Placitas
Presbyterian Church in Placitas, NM.
Cynthia Compton-Conley, Ph.D - Audiologist,
educator, consultant, consumer advocate .
Jim Dillow - Sound technician at St. Andrew
Presbyterian Church in Albuquerque
Barbara Fix - consumer
Stephen O. Frazier - hearing loss support specialist
and Director of Loop New Mexico
Patricia Kricos, Ph.D, Professor Emeria of Aundiology
and past president of the American Academy of Audiology
Virginia Macias - Hearing care consumer
Juliette Sterkens, Au. D., Advocate for hearing loops
and founder of the Loop Wisconsin initiative.
Dr. Sam Trychin, Psychologist specializing the impact of
hearing loss on mental health.
Dr. Michael Flores, Audiologist and former UNM Professor
SUPPORTERS OF CCAnm SALES CONTRACT LANGUAGE
Among the supporters of the CCAnm position on revision of the proposed language to be included on all future sales contacts are the individuals listed below. Click on the link following their listing to read their letter of support:
Jerry Bergman, Member, NYS Hearing Aid Dispensing Advisory Board ........
Audrey Chumley, M.S. CCC-A - retired Santa Fe audiologist ..........................
John Clark, PhD - Audiology Program Director, University of Cincinnati ............
Mary Clark, President - Hearing Loss Assn. of America, Albuquerqe Chapter...
Carol Clifford, AuD - Proprietor of Albuqeurque Hearing and Balance ...............
Richard Davila II - President, Livingston Hearing Centers .................................
Barbara Kelley - Executive Director, Hearing Loss Association of America ......
Carol Letzter, Au.D. CCC – A/SLP - Practicing audiologist ..............................
Karen MacLennan, AuD/TSHH - Audiologist and hearing loop installer ............
David Myers, PhD - Founder of hearingloop.org................................................
Kathleen Romero, AuD - Proprietor, Audiology Associates ..............................
Rep. Patricia Roybal Caballero ..........................................................................
Juliette Sterkens, AuD - National HLAA Looping Advocate ................................
In addition to the letters of support posted above, concerned consumers have sent emails directly to the Speech/Hearing board. Below is a sampling of those emails:
Click here to review the proposed rule change that will be considered at the October 25 licensing board meeting and to compare the language proposed by the licensing board with the alternative language proposed by the CCAnm.
Section of ethics rules for audiologists, dispensers and SLPs in New Mexico with proposed revisions appearing in red and additions appearing in green.
Text of proposed regarding sales contract language proposed by the board and the alternative language requestedby the CCnm.