Job Description & Duties: Assess and treat persons with hearing and related disorders. May fit hearing aids and provide auditory training. May perform research related to hearing problems.
Audiologist Responsibilities
- Recommend assistive devices according to patients’ needs or nature of impairments.
- Refer patients to additional medical or educational services if needed.
- Fit, dispense, and repair assistive devices, such as hearing aids.
- Develop and supervise hearing screening programs.
- Educate and supervise audiology students and health care personnel.
- Monitor patients’ progress and provide ongoing observation of hearing or balance status.
What an Audiologist Should Know
These are the skills Audiologists say are the most useful in their careers:
Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
Average Audiologists Salary
Audiologists make between $52,300 and $117,910 a year.
Audiologists who work in North Dakota, District of Columbia, or California, make the highest salaries.
Tools & Technologies Used by Audiologists
Below is a list of the types of tools and technologies that Audiologists may use on a daily basis:
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Outlook
- Customer relationship management CRM software
- Practice management software PMS
- Chart Links
How to Become an Audiologist
Education needed to be an Audiologist:
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