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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 “Certified Hearing Instrument Dispenser”

Maintain or repair hearing aids or other communication devices.
Train clients to use hearing aids or other augmentative communication devices.
Select and administer tests to evaluate hearing or related disabilities.
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.
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.
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.
Administer basic hearing tests including air conduction, bone conduction, or speech audiometry tests.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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