31112 – Audiologists and speech-language pathologists

شرح اصلی

Audiologists diagnose, evaluate and treat individuals with peripheral and central hearing loss, tinnitus and balance problems. Audiologists who are supervisors are included in this occupation.

وظایف اصلی

• Develop and administer audiometric tests and examinations using specialized instruments and electronic equipment to diagnose and evaluate the degree and type of patients' hearing impairment
• Plan and implement habilitation/rehabilitation programs for patients, including selection, fitting and adjustment of amplification devices, such as hearing aids, balance retraining exercises and teaching speech (lip) reading
• Educate and counsel patients and families regarding the nature, extent, impact and implications of hearing loss and treatment
• Establish personalized care plans working as a member of an interdisciplinary team
• Conduct research related to hearing and hearing disorders
• May instruct and supervise audiometric technicians, students and other health care personnel.
• Administer tests and examinations and observe patients to diagnose and evaluate speech, voice, resonance, language, fluency, cognitive-linguistic and swallowing disorders
• Develop, plan and implement remedial programs to correct speech, voice, language, fluency, resonance, cognitive-linguistic and swallowing disorders
• Establish group and personalized care plans working as a member of an interdisciplinary team
• Educate and counsel patients and families regarding communication and swallowing disorders
• Conduct research on speech and other communication disorders and on the development and design of diagnostic procedures and devices
• May instruct and supervise communicative disorders assistants, students and other health care personnel.

شرایط استخدام

• Audiologists require a master's degree in audiology.
• Membership in the national association, Canadian Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists, is usually required.
• In some jurisdictions, audiologists may be required to obtain a separate licence to dispense hearing aids.
• Speech-language pathologists require a master's degree in speech-language pathology.
• Registration with a regulatory body is required for audiologists and speech-language pathologists in Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia.

نمونه عنوان‌های شغلی

amplification audiologist · dispensing audiologist · audiology clinician · certified audiologist · audiologist · educational audiologist · industrial audiologist · pediatric audiologist · research audiologist · clinical audiologist · audiology specialist · community audiologist · certified hearing aid audiologist · diagnostic audiologist · speech-language pathologist · speech pathologist · speech therapist · speech and hearing therapist · speech-language pathologist clinician · educational speech-language pathologist · speech-language pathologist researcher · speech-language clinician · community speech-language pathologist · human communication disorders specialist

دستمزد (ساعتی)

منبع: دستمزدهای Job Bank، انتشار 2025 (ESDC). پایین و بالا برابر صدک ۱۰ و ۹۰ است.