Audiologists are the primary health-care professionals who evaluate, diagnose, treat, and manage hearing loss and balance disorders in adults and children. They prescribe, fit, and dispense hearing aids and other amplification and hearing assistance technologies.Audiologists assess and treat individuals, especially children, with central auditory processing disorders and also patients with tinnitus (noise in the ear, such as ringing. Audiologists are trained to carry out detailed assessments by performing a number of specialized auditory (hearing) and vestibular (balance) tests. Audiologists dispense and fit hearing aids, administer tests of balance to evaluate dizziness, and provide hearing rehabilitation training. Audiologists refer patients to physicians when the hearing problem needs medical or surgical evaluation.
Generally, to practice as an audiologist, you will need to earn a Doctor
of Audiology degree or AuD. This usually takes four years after first
earning a bachelor's degree. Most programs suggest that a candidate's undergraduate education should consist of a strong arts and sciences focus with course work in linguistics, phonetics,
psychology, speech and hearing, mathematics, biological sciences,
physical sciences and social science. Licensure is also required in the US and cannot be done without graduating from an accredited school.In 2012, audiologists earned an average yearly salary of $69,720 and median hourly wages of $33.52 (US).
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