Audiology

• Diagnose and treat hearing loss and hearing disorders
• Provide hearing aids and cochlear implants to those who need them
• Conduct research in communication science and disorders
• Improve access to education

• Evaluate hearing and balance disorders
• Determine the root causes of communication disorders
• Create and carry out individualized treatment plans
• Fit hearing devices and teach patients how to use them
• Diagnose and treat tinnitus
• Test newborn children for hearing loss
• Advocate and education for hearing retention
• Counsel patients with newly diagnosed hearing loss

• Interpreting acoustic signals
• Conducting hearing exams and diagnostic measurements
• Clinical protocols and standard of care
• Communicating with patients
• Experiment design, data collection and analysis skills

• Clinical Audiologist
• Veterans Affairs Audiologist
• Hearing Aid Specialist
• Pediatric Audiologist
• Research Audiologist
• Educational Audiologist (in schools)
• Humanitarian work
• Hearing device engineering/design
• Consultant
• Policymaking and Advocacy

• Healthcare (hospital, senior rehabilitation, NICU)
• Education/School Settings
• Private Practice
• University and Research Institutions
• Home Health Organizations

• Select a major in Communication Science and Disorders
• Complete all the requirements to pursue graduate study in audiology
• Select courses in physics, anatomy of hearing, linguistics, education

After college

• Take PRAXIS and ASHA certification exams
• Seek a Master’s or Doctorate in Audiology
  • A Doctorate is required for clinical practice

Before college

• Shadow an audiologist
• Learn about sound and hearing