A Professional Report

Career Guide to
Becoming an Audiologist
By: Alicia Alvarez,
Devan Johnson, Abby
McCallister
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What is an Audiologist? Educational Background Specialties
Find out what exactly an How much school is What exactly can I
audiologist does required? specialize in?

04 05 06
Where Can I Work? Salary Job Availability
What kind of office How much money does Is there job security in
settings would I be in? an audiologist make? this field?
 Who Are We? Clients
Where are we Located?

We specialize in Based out of Some of our notable

creating career Knoxville, Tennessee, clients have been
guides for colleges all we have been in Harvard University,
over the United business for the last Stanford University
23 years.
States of America. and Alabama
University.
 What is Audiology

HEARING SPEECH
Audiologists help people To help them
with hearing, balance, communicate and
tinnitus, and other connect with the people
auditory disorders and the world around
them!
 What Is An Audiologist?

Identify Assess
Identify, test, and The candidacy of people
diagnose disorders of with hearing loss for
human hearing, hearing aids and
balance, and tinnitus cochlear implants

Manage Prevention
Determine the best Educate the public on
tools to manage one’s the prevention of
hearing loss hearing loss

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 Levels of Education

Bachelor’s Degree Complete an Audiology Undergraduate Program

Doctor of Audiology Complete and learn core material that will be acquired
Program through the rigorous program

Experience extensive clinical Spend time in hospitals, clinics, and community service
placements agencies

Become certified as an Complete extensive clinical placements and take the Praxis exam
Audiologist by earning the in Audiology
CCC-A from ASHA

Clinical Audiologist
Examines patients to
diagnose their hearing,
balance or ear-related
problems
Audiology Jobs
Pediatric Educational
Audiologist Audiologist
Specialize in treating Provides auditory healthcare
patients under the age of services to children, focusing
21 from infants to on how their educational
teenagers environment supports their
needs

Humanitarian Audiologist Forensic Corporate

Audiologist Audiologist
Serves individuals who don’t Specializes in using their Often works for
have access to health services expertise for legal organizations that create
that support their auditory purposes and sell hearing devices or
needs technologies
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Audiology Assistant
Works alongside an
audiologist, helping them
provide healthcare
services to patients.
Professor
Audiologists can also work
within the education field by
becoming professors or
assistant professors of audiology
Audiology Jobs
Occupation Health or Hearing
Conservation
Audiologist plan and
Hearing Aid implement hearing
Specialist conservation programs
Provides hearing aid
solutions to patients with
hearing loss, test patients Hearing Screener
hearing abilities and take
impressions of their ears
Tests patients’ hearing abilities
to fit devices for them
using various tests and
equipment
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 Job Settings for Audiologists

Schools &
Colleges/Universities Audiology Clinics

Physicians’
Hospitals
Offices

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Income of Audiologist

● Varies from state to state

● Level of experience
● Practice setting
● Median annual wage →
$78,950

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 Future Career Outlook

14,600
As of 2021, there were 14,600
Audiologists

10%
In the next ten years there is a
10% job growth projection!

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 CONCLUSION
Our Professional Report Career Guides’ goal
is to help clients to better understand the
following:

● What an Audiologist is and does

● The educational background needed
● What the areas of specialty are
● The job settings available
● How much money an individual will
ideally make
● Job availability and security
Thank You
 REFERENCES

● asha.org

● https://blog.emoyo.tech/content/8-audiology-jobs

● https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/finding-a-job/audiology-careers

● https://www.speechpathologygraduateprograms.org/2021/09/become-an-audiologist/

● https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/audiologists.htm#tab-6