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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 “Hearing Aide Technician”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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