audiology technician
Audiology technicians create and service hearing aids and hearing protection products. They dispense, fit and provide hearing aids for those who need them.
Also called: hearing aid service technician, hearing instrument specialist, audiology service technician, hearing aid acoustician, audio prosthetist, audiology specialist service technician, hearing aid technician, hearing help technician
- 11
- essential skills
- 20
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
- 3214
- ISCO-08 group
Where you can go from here
8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
- audiologist3 skills in common
- audiology equipment specialised seller3 skills in common
- audiology equipment shop manager2 skills in common
- optical technician2 skills in common
- chemistry technician1 skill in common
- maternity support worker1 skill in common
- orthoptist1 skill in common
- radiographer1 skill in common
Essential skills
11- advise customers on hearing aids
- health, safety and hygiene legislation
- hygiene in a health care setting
- maintain laboratory equipment
- maintain records of clients' prescriptions
- order supplies for audiology services
- perform technical tasks with great care
- produce impressions for ear moulds
- repair hearing aids
- types of audiological equipment
- use of specialised instruments in otorhinolaryngology
Optional skills
20- acoustics
- adapt hearing tests
- adjust hearing aids
- assist audiologists with screening
- communication related to hearing impairment
- comply with legislation related to health care
- contribute to continuity of health care
- empathise with the healthcare user
- geriatrics
- hearing aids
- hearing loss
- human ear
- interpret diagnostic tests in otorhinolaryngology
- listen actively
- physiology of hearing
- prepare audiologist patients for assessments
- recommend hearing aids
- refer healthcare users
- use e-health and mobile health technologies
- use special hearing equipment for tests
Definition and skills from ESCO, published by the European Commission. Source concept
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