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Audiologists evaluate and treat individuals with a hearing impairment or hearing disorder by planning and implementing prevention and rehabilitation treatments.
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Audiologists work in hospitals, rehabilitation centers, physicians’ offices, speech language and hearing centers, home health care agencies, schools, colleges, and universities. A few work in private practice or contract out their services. They often consult with speech pathologists, families, teachers and other professionals. They are trained to conduct tests with hearing devices and other equipment to determine type and degree of hearing impairment and to assess communication problems. Audiologists provide instruction in speech or lip reading, hearing aid fittings, testing noise levels in workplaces and teaching hearing loss prevention programs. Some audiologists conduct research on hearing, or they design and develop techniques for diagnosing and treating hearing problems. Audiologists may work part-time or full-time, although most work 40 hours a week.
High school students should study the sciences, health and related courses. A master’s degree in audiology is required. Course work includes study in speech, language, hearing, and communicative disorders as well as clinical training in the treatment of these disorders. Graduates with a master’s degree in the field must then complete a required number of hours in supervised clinical work, pass a written exam and finish a postgraduate internship to earn a Fellowship-AAA (F-AAA) from the American Academy of Audiology.
Marquette University
University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire
University of Wisconsin - Madison
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh
University of Wisconsin - River Falls
University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point
University of Wisconsin - Whitewater
Average $56,050
American Academy of Audiology
11730 Plaza America Dr., Suite 300
Reston, VA, 20190
703/790-8466 or 800/AAA-2336
www.audiology.org
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
2200 Research Blvd.
Rockville, MD, 20850-3289
800/638-8255 or 800/498-2071 or 301/296-5700
www.asha.org
Wisconsin Speech-Language-Pathology and Audiology Association
702 Eisenhower Dr. Suite A
Kimberly, WI, 54136
800/545-0640
www.wisha.org
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