AAO-HNSF Certificate Program for Otolaryngology Personnel

Audiology and Otology Audiologists assist in the medical diagnosis by performing tests that attempt to quantify: • What is wrong with the auditory system • Where the problem is occurring within the system • How much hearing loss

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Audiology and Otology

Audiologists manage hearing loss once medical options have been exhausted by: • Determining the degree of hearing loss • Assessing the effect the hearing loss has on the patient socially educationally Vocationally • Helping the patient and family cope with the hearing loss

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Audiology and Otology

• Audiology emerged as a profession in 1946 after World War II • The return to civilian life of many veterans suffering from hearing loss was a significant impetus • The development of the clinical audiometer provided the tool that allowed audiology to become a separate entity

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