136 - Live from Future of Hearing Healthcare '25 Conference - Increasing the Scope of Audiology Roundtable Panel Discussion

On this special episode of the podcast, Dave moderates a panel discussion from the Future of Hearing Healthcare Conference 2025 discussing a variety of bills that are being proposed or have recently passed to increase the scope of Audiology within each panelists' state. The panel members are: - Dr. Alicia Spoor (Maryland) - Dr. Kelley Linton (Arkansas) - Dr....

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