Health Sciences 2200A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Cochlear Implant, Audiology, Lip Reading
21 Oct 2016
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Audiology is the branch of science and medicine that is related to hearing, balance, and other related disorders. Experts in the anatomical structures of the middle and inner ear. ***in 2015, audiology was rated the 2nd least stressful job. Audiologist skills: technology skills, patient and caring, communication and interpersonal skills, collaborative skills. There are 5 universities in canada for masters program. Employment climate: very low unemployment rate (3. 1%, a very large proportion of audiologists are women (94%) Regulation: audiologist are regulated: college of audiologists and speech- language pathologists of ontario, the ontario association of speech-language pathologist and audiologists (osla), is a voluntary provincial association you can join in ontario. I think audiologist cannot provide a diagnosis and need a doctor to do that.
