Audiologist-Allegheny General Hospital
Core
Conducts evaluations of hearing, balance, and tinnitus; recommends treatment and manages hearing disorders.
Role type
clinical IC audiologist
Builds
patient care plans and hearing rehabilitation outcomes
Domain
healthcare + audiology
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
hearing evaluation, diagnosis, hearing aid fitting, tinnitus management, patient counseling, audiologic rehabilitation
Preferred skills
dispensing hearing assistive devices, healthcare setting experience
Technologies
hearing aids, behavioral and objective hearing measures
Responsibilities
Identify, test, diagnose and manage disorders of human hearing, balance, tinnitus; Counsel patients about hearing health; Assess candidacy for hearing aids and provide fitting and rehabilitation; Perform assessment and nonmedical management of tinnitus; Counsel and educate patients and families on psychosocial adjustments of hearing loss