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Healthcare Science Careers
AUDIOLOGY
Jonathan Chan (Audiologist)
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Identify and assess hearing and balance function and their associated disorders, recommending and providing appropriate therapeutic rehabilitation and management.
What is Audiology?
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Action on Hearing loss Statistics
• 10 million people in the UK with some form of hearing loss
• By 2031, it is estimated that there will be 14.5 million people with hearing loss in the UK
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Audiology Specialism
• Paediatrics• Adult assessment and rehabilitation• Special needs groups• Research and development• Teaching
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Assessing Hearing
• Pure tone Audiometry (PTA)• Play Audiometry • Visual Reinforcement Audiometry (VRA)• Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR)
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Assessing balance function
• Videonystagmography (VNG)
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Rehabilitation and Management
• Hearing aid amplification • Counselling• Assistive listening devices
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Audiology Training Programmes
• Associate/Assistant • Practitioner Training Programme (PTP)• Scientist Training programme (STP)• Higher Specialist Scientific Training (HSST)
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Associate/Assistant Audiologist
• NVQ /foundation degree • 15months• Entry requirements: Experience/ working in
audiology field • Apprenticeships • Entry level grade 4 on the NHS careers
framework
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Practitioner Training Programme (PTP)
• BSc health care science degree in audiology• 3 year course • Entry Requirements: 2-3 A-levels / GCSE A-C
Grades• Integrated academic learning and workplace-
based training• Entry level grade 5
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Scientist Training Programme (STP)
• MSc degree in audiology• 3 year course /paid salary • Integrated academic learning and workplace-
based training• Entry Requirements: least a 2:1 degree • Entry level grade 7 on the NHS careers
framework
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Higher Specialist Scientific Training (HSST)
• Consultant Clinical Scientist• Five-year doctoral-level training • Entry Requirements: Clinical Scientist level
experience • Access up to entry level grade 9 on the NHS
careers framework
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Registration Council
• Heath and Care professional Council (HCPC)• Registration Council for Clinical Physiologists
(RCCP)
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Professional Bodies
• The British Academy of Audiology (BAA)
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Skills Required
• Interest in science and technology • Good communication • Comfortable using complex equipment • Good interpersonal skills• Be able to work as part of a team
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Useful websites
• https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/• www.baaudiology.org/• http://www.actiononhearingloss.org.uk/• http://www.hcpc-uk.co.uk/• https://www.rccp.co.uk/• http://www.nshcs.org.uk/
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