Audiologist – ENT

Job Description

Your Responsibilities:

• Counsel and instruct clients in techniques to improve hearing or speech impairment.

• Evaluate hearing and speech/language disorders to determine diagnoses and courses of treatment.

• Fit and dispense assistive devices, such as hearing aids.

• Maintain client records at all stages, including initial evaluation and discharge.

• Monitor clients’ progress and discharge them from treatment when goals have been attained.

• Plan and conduct treatment programs for clients’ hearing or speech problems, consulting with physicians, nurses, psychologists, and other health care personnel as necessary.

• Recommend assistive devices according to clients’ needs or nature of impairments. • Refer clients to additional medical or educational services if needed.

• Advise educators or other medical staff on speech or hearing topics.

• Conduct or direct research on hearing or speech topics and report findings to help in the development of procedures, technology, or treatments.

• Develop and supervise hearing screening programs.

• Educate and supervise audiology students and health care personnel. • Fit and tune cochlear implants, providing rehabilitation for adjustment to listening with implant amplification systems.

• Instruct clients, parents, teachers, or employers in how to avoid behavior patterns that lead to miscommunication.

• Participate in conferences or training to update or share knowledge of new hearing or speech disorder treatment methods or technologies.

• Measure noise levels in workplaces and conduct hearing protection programs in industry, schools, and communities.

• Work with multi-disciplinary teams to assess and rehabilitate recipients of implanted hearing devices.