National Board for Certification in Hearing Instrument Sciences

Board Certificants, we are seeking leaders who are interested in being a part of a working board that is dedicated to maintaining and developing the gold standard credential for hearing healthcare professionals, and advancing the mission of NBC-HIS, "to protect and promote the integrity of the board certification credential for hearing healthcare professionals."

We have three available positions on the prestigious NBC-HIS Council for the term of January 1, 2025, to December 31, 2027. Service on the NBC-HIS Council enables hearing healthcare professionals to share their knowledge and give back to the profession.

Deadline for nominations is Sunday, July 21! You can learn more about the opportunity and submit your nomination at https://form.jotform.com/241757213521148

Why did you become board certified? Was it for the assurance given to your patients/clients that they are working with the best? Was it to achieve the next level in your career?

Share your story about why you decided to earn board certification in hearing instrument sciences. Encourage your colleagues to seek this next level expertise for their practice. https://www.nbc-his.com/

Join us in congratulating these new Board Certificants, who displayed their excellence and earned the esteemed designation of BC-HIS during the month of June:

▪️ Christopher S. Fisher, BC-HIS
▪️ Matthew Talal Kassem, B.S., BC-HIS
▪️ Elizabeth James, BC-HIS
▪️ Morgan Rose Campbell, BC-HIS
▪️ Raquel Rae Green, BC-HIS
▪️ Darcy Janine Darling, BC-HIS
▪️ Camille Chonette Smith, BC-HIS
▪️ Noah Diego Garcia, BC-HIS
▪️ Helena Ann Newman, BC-HIS
▪️ Rachael Firl, BC-HIS
▪️ Amanda Dawn Dixon, BC-HIS
▪️ Michael Perez, BC-HIS
▪️ Richard Kirk Farmer, BC-HIS

The deadline to revalidate or recertify your board certification is in 3 days! Log into the Certificant Center by June 30 to maintain your board certification.

Login and visit "My Profile" today to:
▪️ Ensure your contact information is up-to-date.
▪️ Check if it's your year to recertify.
▪️ Verify the number of continuing education credits you have on record.
▪️ Manage your payments, view your payment history, and download receipts.

Sign in at https://portal.nbc-his.com/

Board Certificants, have you completed the revalidation or recertification of your board certification? The deadline is coming up in 10 days!

Manage your board certification quickly and easily by logging into the NBC-HIS Certificant Center at https://portal.nbc-his.com/

Board Certificants can display and share their commitment to excellence across all digital platforms, including your LinkedIn profile. Learn more about how the digital badge works and how to use it by downloading the Certificant Branding Guide (jump to page 6)!

Get started by signing into your account on the Certificant Center at https://portal.nbc-his.com/

Join us in congratulating these new Board Certificants, who displayed their excellence and earned the esteemed designation of BC-HIS during the month of May:

▪️ Adam B. Dell, BC-HIS
▪️ Terra A. Brimhall, BC-HIS
▪️ Melissa Ann Bennett, BC-HIS
▪️ Mark S. Karr, BC-HIS
▪️ Nancy Elizabeth Lamm, BC-HIS
▪️ Hannah Renee Dyck, BC-HIS
▪️ Allie Chipman, BC-HIS
▪️ Katelyn Marie Rogers, BC-HIS
▪️ Anthony James Wilson, BC-HIS
▪️ Tabitha Dawn Morris, BC-HIS
▪️ Christopher Michael Meadows, M.S., BC-HIS
▪️ Cathy Annette Engel, BC-HIS
▪️ Jalissa Marie Rivera, BC-HIS
▪️ Robin McGee, BC-HIS

Are you preparing to become board certified? Get started with the Self-Study Guide to help you identify study topics to enhance your preparation! This resource is available as an online, interactive version as well as a downloadable, printable format.

Explore this resource and more by visiting https://www.nbc-his.com/resource-landing/

The BC-HIS designation is a symbol of excellence! Many strive to achieve board certification as the next level in their practice, while others look to become board certified to better serve their clients/patients. What is your reason?

Board Certificants, is it your year to revalidate or recertify your board certification? Friendly reminder that you need to either revalidate or recertify by June 30. The Certificant Center makes it easy to manage your board certification.

Login and visit "My Profile" today to:
▪️ Ensure your contact information is up-to-date.
▪️ Check if it's your year to recertify.
▪️ Verify the number of continuing education credits you have on record.
▪️ Manage your payments, view your payment history, and download receipts.

Sign in at https://portal.nbc-his.com/

Join us in congratulating these new Board Certificants, who displayed their excellence and earned the esteemed designation of BC-HIS during the month of April:

▪️ Aisha Aaliyah Bahkam, BC-HIS
▪️ Aaron Ray Bolenbaugh, BC-HIS
▪️ Brandon Michael Book, BC-HIS
▪️ Arthur Waine Caton, BC-HIS
▪️ Jennifer Leanne Cook, BC-HIS
▪️ Nathan Kyle Darby, BC-HIS
▪️ Joanie Beth Davis, ABA, Au.D., CCC-A, BC-HIS
▪️ Andrew R. Huffman, BC-HIS
▪️ Sarah-Lynn Kleisinger, BC-HIS
▪️ Tiffany Amber Lammon, BC-HIS
▪️ Chance Clabron Skaggs, BC-HIS
▪️ Kathryn Kelley Stein, BC-HIS
▪️ Linda L. Vorster, BC-HIS

Volunteers are the true assets that empower our organization to meet the needs of our board certificants. As it's National Volunteer Week in the United States, we would like to thank all the volunteers who shape NBC-HIS, including the members of our Executive Council and various committees.

It is through their dedication that NBC-HIS continues to uphold the highest standard of excellence in hearing healthcare for the benefit of the hearing impaired consumer.

According to our 2024 Survey of Board Certificants, 94% say board certification is a point of personal pride. Earning board certification displays your depth of knowledge, highlights the quality of care delivered, and visibly shows your clients and community that you are committed to excellence

Become part of an elite group of hearing healthcare professionals. Sign up to get the FREE Candidate Handbook and Study Guide and learn more about charging up your career with board certification. https://form.jotform.com/231653728416055

Have you signed into your personal profile on the NBC-HIS Certificant Center?

The Certificant Center is full of resources and information available for board certificants. Access your continuing education records, download guides from the branding toolkit, check your board certification status, and so much more.

Login & Get Started at https://portal.nbc-his.com/

During the month of March, we had so many new board certificants, who displayed their excellence and earned the esteemed designation of BC-HIS. Please join us in congratulating:
▪️ Jewel Pandora Laidlow, BC-HIS
▪️ Brenden William McCoy, BC-HIS
▪️ Tracey-Lynn McDonald, BC-HIS
▪️ Judy Ann Leal Panzo, BC-HIS
▪️ Tonya Lisa Patton, BC-HIS
▪️ Jayden Renee Scott, BC-HIS
▪️ Jodi LaRae Sharman, BC-HIS
▪️ Danielle Marie Stevens, BC-HIS
▪️ Manuel Diaz Villegas, BC-HIS
▪️ Gage W. Welfley, BC-HIS

Join us in congratulating these new Board Certificants, who displayed their excellence and earned the esteemed designation of BC-HIS during the month of March:
▪️ James Franklin Carroll, BC-HIS
▪️ Michael Francis Crogan, BC-HIS
▪️ Nathan De Voney, BC-HIS
▪️ Rebecca M. Doig, BC-HIS
▪️ Lindsay Denae Faust, BC-HIS
▪️ Raquel Caroline Ferreira Lopes Fontanelli, PhD, AuD, BC-HIS
▪️ Ron P. Gill, BC-HIS
▪️ April Christine Gonzalez, BC-HIS
▪️ Bryan Graves, BC-HIS
▪️ Daisy Guzman Sotelo, BC-HIS
▪️ Sarah Elizabeth Jacobs, BC-HIS
▪️ Naggi Kim, BC-HIS
▪️ Timothy Scott Kraft, BC-HIS

Stay tuned tomorrow for additional board certificants to celebrate!

Stand out from the crowd with your board certification! We've developed a comprehensive Certificant Branding Guide to help you share your BC-HIS credential with resources and templates - FREE for all board-certified professionals!

Check out the Certificant Branding Guide and more by logging into the NBC-HIS Certificant Center at https://portal.nbc-his.com/

Board Certificants, did you know you can share your digital badge on your LinkedIn Profile?

Learn more about how the digital badge works and how to use it by downloading the Certificant Branding Guide (jump to page 6)!

Get started by signing into your account on the NBC-HIS Certificant Center at https://portal.nbc-his.com/

World Hearing Day was March 3 and to celebrate, NBC-HIS participated in an open house held by the International Hearing Society in their newly-opened world headquarters. NBC-HIS staff had materials onsite to share with hearing healthcare professionals in attendance about earning board certification. Board-certified Hearing Aid Specialist Hillary Wright, BC-HIS, met with local consumers sharing why hearing care is important to overall well-being and answering their questions.

This year's World Hearing Day theme was "Changing Mindsets." We are so proud of the work board certificants like Hillary are doing to break the stigma around hearing care. Hillary shared, "I am trying to break the stigma of hearing aids by educating people on how hearing aids can help keep you engaged and feeling young again! Hearing loss can be such a factor in social isolation. Learning more about the long-term benefits of treating hearing loss can have many positive impacts on people’s lives.”

Join us in congratulating these new Board Certificants, who displayed their excellence and earned the esteemed designation of BC-HIS during the month of February:
▪️ Brenda E. Cervini, BC-HIS
▪️ Alison Marie Cortese, BC-HIS
▪️ Mathew Crogan, BC-HIS
▪️ Deanna L. Davis, BC-HIS
▪️ Louis Edward Goodrow, BC-HIS
▪️ Kelsey Lynn Harvey, BC-HIS
▪️ Alicia Hill, BC-HIS
▪️ Natalia Kouneli, BC-HIS
▪️ Kyle Gregory Kuykendall, BC-HIS
▪️ Cherie M. McCullough, BC-HIS
▪️ Yamelee Sigler, BC-HIS
▪️ Kolette Nicole Singleton, BC-HIS
▪️ Rachel Rose Sours, BC-HIS

Have you met our new Executive Council Chair, Jonathan Wright, ACA, BC-HIS?
As of January, Jonathan now serves as the 2024 - 2025 Chair of the National Board for Certification in Hearing Instrument Sciences Executive Council. Since 2018, he has worked on the Council as a Director, Secretary, Treasurer and then, Chair-Elect. He currently owns his own practice, South Suburban Hearing Health Center, with locations in Florida and the greater Chicago area. In addition to working on the Council, he has also served on the board of the Illinois Hearing Society and on committees for the International Hearing Society.

Please join us in congratulating Jonathan as our new Chair! We look forward to his leadership in this new role on the Council.

NBC-HIS has a wonderful opportunity for highly motivated professionals to share their hearing healthcare knowledge and expertise as Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) working on exam development work.

The Job Task Analysis (JTA) is conducted every five to seven years and NBC-HIS is scheduled to conduct the analysis this year. As part of the process, we are recruiting board certificants to join the Exam Committee. This committee will develop the JTA survey and then use the results to develop an updated exam blueprint. Based on input from certificants through the JTA study, that blueprint is the foundation of the exam denoting what aspects of professional practice will be assessed.

Deadline to apply is March 6, 2024! If you are interested in applying to serve on the exam committee, learn more and complete the application here: https://bit.ly/NBC-Exam-Committee

We are pleased to introduce the Executive Council members, as of January 2024. Please join us in thanking these volunteers for their leadership and time!

▪️ Jonathan Wright, ACA, BC-HIS - Chair
▪️ Carl Case, BC-HIS - Chair-Elect
▪️ Paula Rogers, BC-HIS - Treasurer
▪️ Cheryl Ward, BC-HIS - Secretary
▪️ John Letts, BC-HIS - Immediate Past Chair
▪️ Cheri Middleton - Public Member
▪️ Bonny Jo Havoc, BC-HIS - Director
▪️ Elizabeth Miller, BC-HIS - Director
▪️ Darlene McMann, BC-HIS - Director

Join us in congratulating these new Board Certificants, who displayed their excellence and earned the esteemed designation of BC-HIS during the month of January:
▪️ Seth Austin, BC-HIS
▪️ Betty Jean Harrah, BC-HIS
▪️ Virgie Lee Hugger, BC-HIS
▪️ David Michael Johnson, BC-HIS
▪️ Brandon R. Johnston, BC-HIS
▪️ Ava Laceda, BC-HIS
▪️ Kerry Liu Lam, BC-HIS
▪️ Jerry Dale Poteet, BC-HIS
▪️ AmyLynn Pope Rule, BC-HIS
▪️ Logan Michael Russo, BC-HIS

Thank you to John Letts, BC-HIS, who just completed his two-year term as Chair of the NBC-HIS Executive Council. He now moves into the role of Immediate Past Chair.

NBC-HIS Executive Council Chair Jonathan Wright, ACA, BC-HIS, acknowledged John's visionary leadership, saying, "He did a tremendous job leading the Council and organization during his tenure. Many of the accomplishments and forward progress of the organization in the past two years are due to his vision and leadership. We are all thankful for his service to NBC-HIS and to the profession."

Board Certificants, do you have to revalidate or recertify this year? Sign into your Certificant Center account to see if this is your recertification year.

To check your status, login at https://portal.nbc-his.com/ and visit "My Profile." Your Recertification Date will appear at the top of your profile. You can then verify how many continuing education credits you have acquired in the Continuing Education tab.

Congratulations to all who took the next step in their hearing healthcare journey and became board certified. In 2023, we welcomed 164 new certificants to this elite group of hearing healthcare professionals from 4 countries, 7 Canadian Provinces, and 35 U.S. States.

These professionals demonstrated an outstanding commitment to excellence in service to the hearing impaired!

Join us in congratulating these new Board Certificants, who displayed their excellence and earned the esteemed designation of BC-HIS during the month of December:

▪️ Raelin Cox Atkinson, BC-HIS
▪️ Gregory Todd Heers, BC-HIS
▪️ Andrea Johnson, BC-HIS
▪️ Tiffany Anne Meier, RHAP, BC-HIS
▪️ Andrea L. Peyton, BC-HIS
▪️ Tessa R. Rolheiser, BC-HIS
▪️ Kristin Elizabeth Wadsworth, BS, BC-HIS
▪️ Ryan J. Wilson, BC-HIS

What's on your list of goals for 2024?

Wishing you a prosperous new year! Our office will be closed on Monday, January 1st in observance of the holiday. We will return to normal business operation on Tuesday, January 2nd.