Audiologist

Assesses the clinical status of patients by identifying, assessing, and habilitating patients of all ages with auditory, vestibular, and related disorders to initiate a treatment process.

Job Responsibilities

 • Assesses the clinical status of the peripheral and central auditory and vestibular systems of neonate, pediatric, adult, and geriatric patients to initiate a treatment process

 • Provides surgeon with immediate feedback on cranial nerve function to assist in avoiding permanent neurofunctional deficits by using neurophysiologic intraoperative monitoring 

• Utilizes professional knowledge and communication skills, counsels patient/family regarding results of the assessment and strategies to facilitate patient's recovery from or adjustment to a communication disorder 

• Employs screening procedures, identifies at-risk populations and intervenes to minimize the impact on communication/development/ability 

• Utilizes professional expertise; confers with physicians, other professionals, and/or referral agencies to provide results for assessment and to recommend appropriate treatment/intervention 

• Employs appropriate aural rehabilitation procedures, improves communication abilities of an individual with hearing loss to maximize the patient's interaction skills

 • Utilizes the basis of pharmacology to determine how medications may affect the patient's symptoms and results of test procedures 

• Provides knowledge of business skills and governmental regulations for third party reimbursement as related to audiological services and procedures 

• Employs leadership qualities that support and mentor the department and community 

• Understands the role of imaging techniques in the evaluation of audio vestibular pathologies 

• Completes assigned goals 

• Performs other duties as assigned