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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 Healthcare Practitioner”

Diagnose and treat hearing or related disabilities under the direction of an audiologist.
Train clients to use hearing aids or other augmentative communication devices.
Administer basic hearing tests including air conduction, bone conduction, or speech audiometry tests.
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.
Select and administer tests to evaluate hearing or related disabilities.
Read current literature, talk with colleagues, and participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in audiology.
Demonstrate assistive listening devices (ALDs) to clients.
Create or modify impressions for earmolds and hearing aid shells.
Maintain or repair hearing aids or other communication devices.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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