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[LEARN MORE](https://audiologist.org/resources/advocate/audiology-2050) ![](https://audiologist.org/_resources/images/heros/membership/background.webp) Become a Member Become an ADA Member Join a **professional organization** that provides valuable practice management resources you can **use in your business today**. [LEARN MORE](https://audiologist.org/about/membership/benefits-of-membership) ## About ADA **Find an Audiologist** [![](https://audiologist.org/_resources/images/core/icon-map.svg)](https://audiologist.org/find) The Academy of Doctors of Audiology (ADA) is dedicated to the advancement of practitioner excellence, high ethical standards, professional autonomy and sound business practices in the provision of quality audiologic care. ADA was founded by nine practitioners in 1977, as the Academy of Dispensing Audiologists, to foster and support the professional dispensing of hearing aids by qualified audiologists in rehabilitative practices. 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