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Job 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.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 29-2092.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 53,000.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 25.00
Currently, there are 6,740 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Hearing Aid Specialists”.

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Tasks for “Board Certified Hearing Instrument Specialist/Company President”

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

Related Technology & Tools

Otoacoustic emissions equipment OAE
Laser measurement systems
Speech mapping systems
Color laser printers
Two-channel amplifiers
Warble tone audiometers
Diagnostic tuning forks
Video-otoscopes
Automatic impedance audiometers
Mechanical stethoscopes
Probe microphones
In-the-ear hearing aids
Hearing aid analyzers
Caloric irrigators
Two-channel audiometers
Wide range audiometers
Speech audiometers
Hearing aid programming interfaces
Pure tone audiometers
Personal computers
Electroacoustic impedance bridges
Circumaural headphones
Tympanometers
Tablet computers
Programmable hearing aids
Handheld otoscopes
Behind-the-ear hearing aids
Portable auditory screeners
Ultrasonic cleaning systems
Mini hearing aids
Desktop computers
Sound booths
Hearing aid vacuum systems
In-the-canal hearing aids
Ear probes
Auditory brainstem response screening systems

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