Occupation Atlasaudiologist
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/c4d6d07a-ae90-40ce-bc5a-c952805a9bf3
audiologist
Audiologists assess, diagnose and treat patients ( children or adults) with audiological and vestibular disorders caused by infectious, genetic, traumatic or degenerative conditions, such as hearing loss, tinnitus, dizziness, imbalance, hyperacusis and auditory processing difficulties. They can prescribe a hearing aid and have a role in assessing and managing patients who may benefit from cochlear implants.
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Job Zone
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Zone 5: Extensive Preparation Needed
Extensive preparation. Usually a graduate degree, with extensive skill, knowledge and experience — many of these occupations expect more than five years of experience.
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Occupational interest profile
ISRInvestigative · Social · Realistic — the three strongest interests, in order
- I Investigative5.93
- S Social5.92
- R Realistic3.98
- C Conventional3.97
- A Artistic2.18
- E Enterprising1.81
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Audiologists (29-1181.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its exact O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (60)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- accept own accountability
- acoustics
- adapt hearing tests
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- adjust cochlear implants
- adjust hearing aids
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent
- apply context specific clinical competences
- apply organisational techniques
- audiology
- audiometry
- balance disorders
- clean patients' ear canals
- communicate in healthcare
- communication related to hearing impairment
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- conduct health related research
- contribute to continuity of health care
- counsel patients on improving hearing
- deal with emergency care situations
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- diagnose hearing impairement
- educate on the prevention of illness
- empathise with the healthcare user
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- evaluate the psychological impact of hearing problems
- follow clinical guidelines
- health care legislation
- health care system
- hearing aids
- hearing loss
- human anatomy
- human ear
- human physiology
- hygiene in a health care setting
- inform policy makers on health-related challenges
- instruct on the use of hearing aids
- interact with healthcare users
- interpret diagnostic tests in otorhinolaryngology
- listen actively
- manage healthcare users' data
- monitor patients' progress related to treatment
- neurophysiology
- pathology
- physiology of balance
- physiology of hearing
- produce impressions for ear moulds
- promote inclusion
- provide health education
- provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health
- psychoacoustics
- refer healthcare users
- respond to changing situations in health care
- undertake clinical audit
- use e-health and mobile health technologies
- use of specialised instruments in otorhinolaryngology
- use special hearing equipment for tests
- work in a multicultural environment in health care
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
O*NET equivalents
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