Founded in 1936, the Minnesota Speech-Language-Hearing Association (MSHA) is a nonprofit professional organization of speech-language pathologists and audiologists that promotes the welfare of individuals with communication disorders and represents the professionals who serve them.

MSHA recognizes that speech-language pathology and audiology are distinct professions that are closely aligned and have a mutual concern and interest in individuals with communication disorders.

Our mission is to consistently demonstrate excellent standards of practice through continuing education, our MSHA Code of Ethics, and a commitment to scholarship in communication sciences and disorders.

Our goals are concerned with the prevention, assessment and treatment of communication disorders and the study of normal and disordered human communication.

Mission Statement: To provide leadership that permits growth and development of these distinct professions in accordance with their unique needs and opportunities by:

1. Serving the membership of the Association and furthering the interests and needs of providers of speech, language, and hearing services, researchers concerned with communication, swallowing, and/or balance, and programs engaged in the education of speech-language pathologists and audiologists.
2. Promoting standards of excellence in prevention, identification, assessment, and treatment of communication, swallowing, and/or balance disorders.
3. Stimulating the exchange and dissemination of information among members, and fostering cooperative interchange with other professionals and organizations having mutual concerns for persons with communication, swallowing, and/or balance disorders.
4. Promoting awareness of, and advocacy for, the rights of persons with communication, swallowing, and/or balance disorders.
5. Promoting awareness of, and advocacy for, the professions of speech-language pathology, audiology, and speech and hearing science consistent with the Code of Ethics.
6. Promoting a life-long commitment to scholarship and scientific investigation of normal and disordered human communication, swallowing, and/or balance; expanding the knowledge base; and promoting exemplary professional education and improved services to persons with communication, swallowing, and/or balance disorders.

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