How to Become an Audiologist

Posted by anita diwania on January 4th, 2018

How to Become an Audiologist

An audiologist is ear specialist. The degree in audiology (AuD) is a 4-year graduate program that you can enter while having a bachelor's degree in any field. Audiologists treat patients who have a problem with their hearing or balance, specializing in identifying.

The work they do is absolutely essential in improving the quality of hearing of patients of all age group. Audiologists may specialize in a particular part of human body, such as implants, or auditory rehabilitation. So whether they fitting hearing aids, listening devices, or simply providing advice for someone suffering from hearing loss it is all they work in a whole day as a good Audiologist.

Important Skills

• Time Management: Audiologists are always here to help their patients. If audiologist has good time management, they have a high volume of patients.

• Good Problem- solving abilities: Audiologists are involving in hearing issues, they need to understand patients diagnostic test. become a good audiologist can take care of hearing problems and solve the problems.

• People treatment: An Audiologist have given the best treatment to their patient. patients become satisfied with their treatment. 
• Good communication: An Audiologist have good communication skills when they treat patients, the patient can easily understand the medical problem and hearing problems.

• knowledge is needed to be an Audiologist

• Therapy and Counseling

• Customer and Personal Service

• Medicine and Dentistry

• Psychology

• Biology

Duties for an Audiologist may include:

• Examining patients condition

• Administering tests to know their level of hearing

• Examining ears for any physical abnormalities

• Diagnosing problems

• fitting hearing aids before the test result

• Prescribing speech or physical therapy

Course

Audiologists are employed in hospitals, clinics, a government hospital, universities, schools and non-profit or organizations.

• B.Sc.  (Speech and Hearing)

• M.Sc. (Audiology)

• M.Sc. (Speech-Language Pathology)

• Bachelors of Special Education (Hearing Impairment)

• Diploma in Hearing Aid and Earmold Technology

• B.Ed (Special Education-Distance Mode)

• Ph.D. (Audiology)

• Ph.D. (Speech-Language Pathology)

• Bachelor of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (BASLP)

• Master of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (MASLP)

• Ali Yavar Jung National Institute for the Hearing Handicapped

• Sri Ramachandra Medical College & Research Institute (Deemed University)

Careers

You should be specialist in balance rehabilitation, cochlear, implant, and learning disabilities of patients. With the experience, you should learn lots of things. You could also take on a research or teaching post at a university.

Now a day, the much hearing-related disorder is connected with aging, there are all age group people who have hearing problems. Employment opportunities for an audiologist are a hug in now and coming years.

Related careers in audiologists

• Clinical scientist

• Medical physicist

• Speech and language therapist

• Hospital doctor

Job & Salary

The good audiologist has Great communication and good manner, high thinking and problem-solving skills, and compassion for patients.

According to the survey, the audiology field was expected to grow 29% from 2014-2024, which was significantly faster than average.

Salary according to latest survey

Hospitals; state, local, and private    RS 79,720

Offices of other health practitioners   RS 75,800

Offices of physicians    RS 74,900

Health and personal care stores     RS72,100

Educational services; state, local, and private   RS70,650