About the job:
As an Audio Prosthologist, you work with people who can’t hear properly and you create hearing devices for them. You conduct tests to find out what's missing in their hearing, then you customize a hearing aid for them. You may maintain or repair these devices over time.
As an Audio Prosthologist, you will have to:
- Help your patients overcome the social stigma of wearing a hearing device
- Understand your patients needs with compassion and patience
- Maintain good relationships with other doctors
As an Audio Prosthologist, you will get to:
- Help people lead a better quality life
- 40-50 hours a week
You may need to work occasional hours in the evenings or in the weekends.
Are you the right fit?
- General Sciences
- Life Sciences
- Hearing Sensitivity
- Understanding what you hear
- Expressing yourself verbally
- Problem Sensitivity
- Dexterity (hands and fingers)
- Reasoning & Problem Solving
Will you make money?
Education stuff:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Audiology
- Additional training in the appropriate electronics
Video Description
In this video, Rony's deep knowledge and experience in hearing aids is very obvious. He explains how hearing problems can occur, how he works with patients to help them, and how he creates and adapts hearing aids for the patients. It's a fun video so enjoy it.
Biography
Since Rony was younger, he always liked working with electronics. He would repair bad instruments, machines, computers, and many other things. Rony became an audioprosthologist (hearing aid specialist) after studying electronics in college and later specialising in audiology. Rony doesn't think that audiology is a simple career but he really loves it and feels that he was born to do it. He gets a lot of satisfaction from seeing his patients hear again.