Audiologist

Duties and responsibilities: Is a branch of science that studies hearing, balance, and related disorders. It’s a practitioner, who treats those with hearing loss and proactively prevents related damage are audiologist. In addition to testing hearing, audiologists can also work with a wide range of clientele in rehabilitation (people with tinnitus, auditory processing disorders, users of cochlear implants and/or hearing aids), from pediatric populations to veterans and may perform assessment of tinnitus and the vestibule system.  Audiologists are trained to diagnose, manage and/or treat hearing, tinnitus, or balance problems. They dispense, manage, and rehabilitate hearing and assess candidacy for and map cochlear implants. They counsel families through a new diagnosis of hearing loss in infants, and help teach coping and compensation skills to late-deafened adults. 

Salary: $63,640 - $88,426

Education: master’s degree, audiologists must earn a doctoral degree (PhD or AuD) in order to be eligible for national certification, bachelor’s degree, and require courses in physics, math, anatomy and physiology.

Reflection: I wouldn’t like to be a audiologist. I wouldn’t like to be one because you probably get stressed out on what you are going to do so people/children could hear or whatever they need. You’re probably going to be up all day and night trying to figure out a solution to what your patient needs. If there is little kids then you’ll probably feel bad of you are sensitive and you’ll want to find a solution right away.