Clinical Audiologist

Audiologists are healthcare professionals who specialize in diagnosing, managing, and treating hearing and balance disorders. Their duties include:

- **Conducting Hearing Tests**:

- Administering a variety of hearing tests to assess hearing loss, speech comprehension, and middle ear function. This may include pure-tone audiometry, speech audiometry, tympanometry, and otoacoustic emissions tests.
- **Diagnosing Hearing and Balance Disorders**:

- Identifying hearing loss, tinnitus (ringing in the ears), vertigo, and other balance-related conditions. They may use diagnostic equipment like audiometers and electrocochleography.
- **Recommending Hearing Aids and Assistive Devices**:

- Providing recommendations for hearing aids, cochlear implants, and other assistive listening devices. Audiologists fit and program these devices to meet the individual needs of patients.
- **Counseling and Education**:

- Offering guidance to patients and their families about hearing loss and effective communication strategies. They educate patients about hearing protection, device usage, and how to manage their condition.
- **Providing Rehabilitation**:

- Rehabilitating patients who have experienced hearing loss, using auditory training, speechreading (lip reading), and auditory-verbal therapy.
- **Performing Balance Assessments**:

- Assessing and treating balance disorders caused by inner ear issues or vestibular disorders. They may use tests like videonystagmography (VNG) to evaluate balance function.
- **Developing and Implementing Treatment Plans**:

- Collaborating with patients to create personalized treatment plans that address their hearing and balance needs. This includes monitoring the effectiveness of interventions.
- **Monitoring Changes in Hearing**:

- Regularly evaluating patients with progressive hearing loss or conditions like tinnitus to adjust treatments and devices as needed.
- **Collaborating with Other Healthcare Providers**:

- Working with other medical professionals (ENT specialists, neurologists, and speech therapists) to ensure comprehensive care for patients with hearing or balance disorders.
- **Documenting and Maintaining Patient Records**:

- Keeping accurate, up-to-date records of patient evaluations, treatments, and progress for medical, legal, and insurance purposes.
- **Research and Continuing Education**:

- Keeping abreast of advancements in audiology practices, technology, and research through ongoing education, attending conferences, and engaging in clinical research.

Audiologists play a crucial role in improving patients' quality of life by addressing hearing and balance issues that can affect communication and daily functioning.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: ₹25,000.00 - ₹36,333.43 per month

**Benefits**:

- Cell phone reimbursement

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Morning shift

Supplemental Pay:

- Performance bonus
- Yearly bonus

**Experience**:

- total work: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: In person