LISHA has three categories of membership: Regular, Associate and Student.

Regular Members shall be persons educated in speech science, speech-language and hearing rehabilitation and/or audiology, who meet one of the following professional standards:

(1)  Clinical Certification by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, or
(2)  New York State Department of Education Certification as a Teacher of the Speech and Hearing Handicapped (TSHH) or Teacher of Students with Speech-Language Disabilities (TSSLD) and must hold a degree in Speech- Language Pathology and/or Audiology, or
(3)  New York State License as a Speech-Language Pathologist or Audiologist.

Associate Members shall be educators and other professional persons interested in the field of speech-language and hearing.
(All membership privileges except that of voting and holding office)

Student Members must be undergraduates who have completed a minimum of nine (9) semester hours in speech-language pathology, audiology, or speech-language and hearing sciences, or matriculated towards a graduate degree in speech-language pathology, audiology, or speech-language and hearing sciences. Individuals who are qualified to become a member in any other member classification may not henceforth qualify as a Student Member.
(All membership privileges except that of voting and holding office)