Audiologist

Determines⠀type and⠀degree of⠀hearing⠀impairment⠀and⠀implements⠀habilitation⠀and⠀rehabilitation⠀services⠀for⠀patient:⠀Administers⠀and⠀interprets⠀variety of⠀tests,⠀such as⠀air and⠀bone⠀conduction,⠀and speech⠀reception⠀and⠀discrimination⠀tests, to⠀determine⠀type and⠀degree of⠀hearing⠀impairment,⠀site of⠀damage,⠀and⠀effects on⠀comprehension⠀and⠀speech.⠀Plans and⠀implements⠀prevention,⠀habilitation,⠀or⠀rehabilitation⠀services,⠀including⠀hearing⠀aid⠀selection,⠀fitting⠀and⠀programming⠀of hearing⠀aid, ear⠀mould⠀impression⠀taking,⠀trouble⠀shooting⠀of hearing⠀aid and⠀orientation,⠀counseling,⠀and⠀auditory⠀training.⠀Refers⠀patient to⠀physician⠀or surgeon⠀if medical⠀treatment⠀is⠀determined⠀necessary.

• Administer⠀hearing⠀tests, or⠀examinations⠀to⠀patients⠀to collect⠀information⠀on type⠀and degree⠀of⠀impairment,⠀using⠀specialized⠀instruments⠀and⠀electronic⠀equipment.
• Pure⠀tone⠀audiometry
• Speech⠀audiometry
• Immitance⠀measurement
• Oto⠀acoustic⠀emission⠀evaluation
• Auditory⠀Brainstem⠀Response⠀(ABR)
• Behavioral⠀Observation⠀Audiometry⠀(BOA)
• Play⠀audiometry
• Newborn hearing screening
  • Counsel and instruct clients in techniques to improve hearing or speech impairment, including sign language or lip-reading.
• Selection⠀and⠀prescription⠀of ear⠀protective⠀devices⠀such ear⠀plugs and⠀ear⠀muffs.
• Evaluate⠀hearing⠀disorders⠀to⠀determine⠀diagnoses⠀and⠀courses of⠀treatment.
• Otoscopic⠀evaluation
• Fit⠀and⠀dispense⠀hearing⠀aids and⠀assistive⠀listening⠀devices⠀(e.g., FM⠀system).
• Maintain⠀client⠀records at⠀all⠀stages,⠀including⠀initial⠀evaluation⠀and⠀discharge.
• Plan⠀and⠀conduct⠀treatment⠀programs⠀for⠀clients'⠀hearing or⠀speech⠀problems,⠀consulting⠀with⠀physicians,⠀nurses,⠀psychologists,⠀and other⠀health⠀care⠀personnel⠀as⠀necessary.
• Recommend⠀assistive⠀devices⠀according⠀to⠀clients'⠀needs or⠀nature of⠀impairments.
• Refer⠀clients to⠀additional⠀medical or⠀educational⠀services⠀if⠀needed.
• Advise⠀educators⠀or other⠀medical⠀staff on⠀speech or⠀hearing⠀topics.
• Conduct⠀or direct⠀research⠀on hearing⠀or speech⠀topics and⠀report⠀findings⠀to help in⠀the⠀development⠀of⠀procedures,⠀technology,⠀or⠀treatments.
• Develop⠀and⠀supervise⠀hearing⠀screening⠀programs.
• Fit⠀and tune⠀cochlear⠀implants,⠀providing⠀rehabilitation⠀for⠀adjustment⠀to⠀listening⠀with⠀implant⠀amplification⠀systems.
• Instruct⠀clients,⠀parents,⠀teachers,⠀or⠀employers⠀in how to⠀avoid⠀behavior⠀patterns⠀that lead⠀to⠀miscommunication.
• Participate⠀in⠀conferences⠀or⠀training⠀to update⠀or share⠀knowledge⠀of new⠀hearing or⠀speech⠀disorder⠀treatment⠀methods or⠀technologies.
• Measure⠀noise⠀levels in⠀workplaces⠀and⠀conduct⠀hearing⠀protection⠀programs⠀in⠀industry,⠀schools,⠀and⠀communities.
• Work⠀with⠀multi-disciplinary⠀teams to⠀assess and⠀rehabilitate⠀recipients⠀of⠀implanted⠀hearing⠀devices.
• Maintains⠀current⠀knowledge⠀of⠀operation⠀procedures⠀and⠀maintenance⠀of new⠀equipment.
• A⠀graduate⠀of Masters⠀in Speech⠀Language &⠀Hearing/Audiology
• At⠀least two⠀(2) years⠀of⠀experience.
• Currently⠀licensed⠀in country⠀of origin⠀and with⠀HAAD⠀license to⠀practice⠀in Abu⠀Dhabi,⠀UAE.
• Fluent⠀in spoken⠀& written⠀English,⠀Arabic⠀language⠀is⠀desirable,⠀but not⠀essential.