Occupation: Hearing Aid Specialists

Hearing Aid Specialists

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.

Reported Job Titles (10)

Audioprosthologist
Hearing Aid Consultant
Hearing Aid Specialist
Hearing Care Practitioner
Hearing Care Specialist
Hearing Instrument Dispenser
Hearing Instrument Specialist (HIS)
Hearing Specialist
Licensed Hearing Instrument Specialist (Licensed HIS)
National Board Certified Hearing Instrument Specialist (National Board Certified HIS)

Core Tasks (9)

Train clients to use hearing aids or other augmentative communication devices.
Counsel patients and families on communication strategies and the effects of hearing loss.
Select and administer tests to evaluate hearing or related disabilities.
Administer basic hearing tests including air conduction, bone conduction, or speech audiometry tests.
Maintain or repair hearing aids or other communication devices.
Perform basic screening procedures, such as pure tone screening, otoacoustic screening, immittance screening, and screening of ear canal status using otoscope.
Create or modify impressions for earmolds and hearing aid shells.
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.

Supplemental Tasks (2)

Assist audiologists in performing aural procedures, such as real ear measurements, speech audiometry, auditory brainstem responses, electronystagmography, and cochlear implant mapping.
Diagnose and treat hearing or related disabilities under the direction of an audiologist.