Professional or Occupational Group
audiologist
[ aw-dee-ol-uh-jist ]
Definitions related to audiologist:
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A health professional who assesses hearing and fits hearing aids.Harvard Dictionary of Health TermsHarvard Medical Publishing, 2011
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A trained non-medical health professional who specializes in the identification, testing, habilitation and rehabilitation of hearing loss and other auditory and balance disorders. Particularly, an audiologist may be involved in diagnostic and screening procedures to determine hearing deficits, as well as in assessment of amplification devices and instruction in their care, training in speechreading, and may serve as consultant to government and industry on issues concerning environmental, noise-induced hearing loss. Certification requirements for clinical audiology professional are currently defined at a single level - Certificate of Clinical Competency.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Professionals skilled at diagnostic testing of hearing, HEARING IMPAIRMENT, and CORRECTION OF HEARING IMPAIRMENT by non-medical or non-surgical means.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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