Audiologist

1. About Career

Are you always concerned about another person's health, especially ears? Do you want to help people by diagnosing their hearing impairments using instruments? If yes, you should consider to pursue your career as an audiologist.

Audiologists are technicians who can diagnose your hearing-related problems. The important thing to understand here is that they are very different from the ear doctors like ENT. An audiologist can only diagnose hearing problems using advance instruments but can't perform medical ear surgeries. An audiologist's main responsibility is to diagnose the patient's root cause of the decline in the hearing ability or complete loss of it.

Example: A person suffering from hearing loss and balance disorders should visit an audiologist. But a person having swelling and internal injury to his ear should visit an ear physician.

2. Roles and Responsibilities of a Audiologist

• • Administer hearing tests and examine patients to collect information on type and degree of impairment, using specialized instruments and electronic equipment.

  • Fit, dispense, and repair assistive devices, such as hearing aids.

  • Maintain patient records at all stages, including initial and subsequent evaluation and treatment activities.

  • Evaluate hearing and balance disorders to determine diagnoses and courses of treatment.

  • Program and monitor cochlear implants to fit the needs of patients.

  • Counsel and instruct patients and their families in techniques to improve hearing and communication related to hearing loss.

  • Refer patients to additional medical or educational services if needed.

  • Monitor patients progress and provide ongoing observation of hearing or balance status.

  • Educate and supervise audiology students and health care personnel.

  • Instruct patients, parents, teachers, or employers in communication strategies to maximize effective receptive communication.

  • Recommend assistive devices according to patients' needs or nature of impairments.

  • Participate in conferences or training to update or share knowledge of new hearing or balance disorder treatment methods or technologies.

  • Plan and conduct treatment programs for patients' hearing or balance problems, consulting with educators, physicians, nurses, psychologists, speech-language pathologists, and other health care personnel as necessary.

  • Work with multidisciplinary teams to assess and rehabilitate recipients of implanted hearing devices through auditory training and counseling.

  • Advise educators or other medical staff on hearing or balance topics.

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3. Key Skills Required for Audiologist

• • Patient counselling

  • Critical thinking skills

  • Communication skills

  • Problem solving skills

  • Diagnosis skills

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4. Salary and Demand for Audiologist

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  Demand is High for Audiology.

  
  


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  Salary levels are High for Audiology. For fresher average salary is more than 5 Lacs.

  
  


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  Fees levels of the course is Medium. To pursue this course student need to spend 3 to 4 Lakhs.

  
  


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  Level of preparation for Audiology is Medium. Students spend 1 Year. to prepare for entrance test of Audiology.

  
  
  
   

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