Stakeholder Consultations
New BSA guidelines are produced via a rigorous process of internal review and external peer review before being offered for stakeholder (public) consultation. The full process is described here. Stakeholder consultations are open for a period of two months and the BSA advertise this as widely as possible through its own and partner channels. Submissions to a consultation should be formatted as requested by the BSA. Given the volume of responses, unformatted or late submissions may not be processed. We welcome responses from all individuals, whether BSA members or not. The responses are anonymised by the Professional Guidance Group (PGG) prior to provision of an aggregated response to the authors. Following a stakeholder consultation, the PGG assess whether the authors of a document have dealt with comments sufficiently.
We strongly advise all respondents to provide evidence that support their statements. Whilst personal opinions may be acceptable, the authors are less likely to consider submissions without rationale or evidence.
Minimum Training Standards for Aural Care – Public Consultation
Opened: 28 July 2025
Closed: 30 September 2025
The National Aural Care Strategy Group and the British Society of Audiology are aware ‘Section 9: Training Course Accreditation’ of the Minimum Training Standards in Aural Care is an essential part of the document and is currently incomplete. We are working on identifying awarding bodies, however prior to advancing to the accreditation of training courses, a public consultation is essential to gather feedback on the Minimum Training Standards. Establishing these standards will serve as the benchmark against which training courses will be evaluated.
Establishing these standards will serve as the benchmark against which training courses will be evaluated. We look forward to receiving your feedback.
Please download the consultation form and send to bsa@thebsa.org.uk by 30 September 2025.
Please note that we will only accept responses which have been submitted using the provided consultation form.
Closed:
Practice Guidance: Guiding Principles of Deaf Awareness in Healthcare Settings – public consultation
Opened: 15 April 2025
Closed: 15 June 2025
Practice Guidance: Guiding Principles of Patient-Centred Care in Adult Hearing Rehabilitation – public consultation
Opened: 14 October 2024
Closed: 09 December 2024
Recommended Procedure: Pure-tone air-conduction and bone conduction threshold audiometry with and without masking
Opened: 08 January 2024
Closed: 11 March 2024
Recommended Procedure: Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR) Testing in Babies
Opened: 13 October 2023
Closed: 11 December 2023
Practice Guidance: Acoustic Considerations for Audiology Clinics
Opened: 20 July 2023
Closed: 24 September 2023
Recommended Procedure: Tympanometry & Acoustic Reflex
Opened: 12 June 2023
Closed: 12 August 2023
Recommended Procedure: Visual Reinforcement Audiometry
Opened: 17 April 2023
Closed: 12 June 2023
