Description
Assess and treat persons with hearing and related disorders. May fit hearing aids and provide auditory training. May perform research related to hearing problems.
- • Examine and clean patients' ear canals.
- • Educate and supervise audiology students and health care personnel.
- • Develop and supervise hearing screening programs.
- • Counsel and instruct patients and their families in techniques to improve hearing and communication related to hearing loss.
- • Evaluate hearing and balance disorders to determine diagnoses and courses of treatment.
- • Program and monitor cochlear implants to fit the needs of patients.
- • Participate in conferences or training to update or share knowledge of new hearing or balance disorder treatment methods or technologies.
- • Conduct or direct research on hearing or balance topics and report findings to help in the development of procedures, technology, or treatments.
- • 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.
- • Administer hearing tests and examine patients to collect information on type and degree of impairment, using specialized instruments and electronic equipment.
- • Engage in marketing activities, such as developing marketing plans, to promote business for private practices.
- • Recommend assistive devices according to patients' needs or nature of impairments.
- • Fit, dispense, and repair assistive devices, such as hearing aids.
- • Advise educators or other medical staff on hearing or balance topics.
- • Provide information to the public on hearing or balance topics.
- • Instruct patients, parents, teachers, or employers in communication strategies to maximize effective receptive communication.
- • Work with multidisciplinary teams to assess and rehabilitate recipients of implanted hearing devices through auditory training and counseling.
- • Monitor patients' progress and provide ongoing observation of hearing or balance status.
- • Measure noise levels in workplaces and conduct hearing conservation programs in industry, military, schools, and communities.
- • Refer patients to additional medical or educational services, if needed.
- • Perform administrative tasks, such as managing office functions and finances.
- • Maintain patient records at all stages, including initial and subsequent evaluation and treatment activities.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
