Audiologists diagnose, evaluate and treat individuals with peripheral and central hearing loss, tinnitus and balance problems. Speech-language pathologists diagnose, assess and treat human communication disorders including speech, fluency, language, voice and swallowing disorders. Audiologists and speech-language pathologists who are supervisors are included in this unit group.

Audiologists

• Develop and administer audiometric tests and examinations using specialized instruments and electronic equipment to diagnose and evaluate the degree and type of patients' hearing impairment
  
• Plan and implement habilitation/rehabilitation programs for patients, including selection, fitting and adjustment of amplification devices, such as hearing aids, balance retraining exercises and teaching speech (lip) reading
  
• Educate and counsel patients and families regarding the nature, extent, impact and implications of hearing loss and treatment
  
• Establish personalized care plans working as a member of an interdisciplinary team
  
• Conduct research related to hearing and hearing disorders
  
• May instruct and supervise audiometric technicians, students and other health care personnel.
  

• Administer tests and examinations and observe patients to diagnose and evaluate speech, voice, resonance, language, fluency, cognitive-linguistic and swallowing disorders
  
• Develop, plan and implement remedial programs to correct speech, voice, language, fluency, resonance, cognitive-linguistic and swallowing disorders
  
• Establish group and personalized care plans working as a member of an interdisciplinary team
  
• Educate and counsel patients and families regarding communication and swallowing disorders
  
• Conduct research on speech and other communication disorders and on the development and design of diagnostic procedures and devices
  
• May instruct and supervise communicative disorders assistants, students and other health care personnel.
  

Audiologist
Audiology clinician
Certified Audiologist
Clinical Audiologist
Educational speech-language pathologist
Research Audiologist
Speech Therapist
Speech-language clinician

Audiologists and speech-language pathologists are employed in hospitals, community and public health centres, extended care facilities, day clinics, rehabilitation centres and educational institutions, or may work in private practice.