Hearing Aid Specialists

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Code: 29-2092.00

Description : Select and fit hearing aids for customers. Administer and interpret tests of hearing. Assess hearing instrument efficacy. Take ear impressions and prepare, design, and modify ear molds.

JobTitles : Audioprosthologist; Board Certified Hearing Instrument Dispenser; Board Certified Hearing Instrument Specialist; Certified Hearing Instrument Dispenser; Hearing Aid Consultant; Hearing Aid Specialist; Hearing Care Practitioner; Hearing Instrument Specialist; Hearing Specialist; Senior Hearing Specialist, Audio Prosthologist

Tasks:
  • Perform basic screening procedures such as pure tone screening, otoacoustic screening, immittance screening, and screening of ear canal status using otoscope.
  • Administer basic hearing tests including air conduction, bone conduction, or speech audiometry tests.
  • Select and administer tests to evaluate hearing or related disabilities.
  • Maintain or repair hearing aids or other communication devices.
  • Train clients to use hearing aids or other augmentative communication devices.
  • Create or modify impressions for earmolds and hearing aid shells.
  • Read current literature, talk with colleagues, and participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in audiology.
  • Demonstrate assistive listening devices (ALDs) to clients.
  • Diagnose and treat hearing or related disabilities under the direction of an audiologist.
  • Assist audiologists in performing aural procedures such as real ear measurements, speech audiometry, auditory brainstem responses, electronystagmography, and cochlear implant mapping.