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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 Consultant”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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