Hearing Aid Specialists

• Administer basic hearing tests including air conduction, bone conduction, or speech audiometry tests.
• Select and administer tests to evaluate hearing or related disabilities.
• Maintain or repair hearing aids or other communication devices.
• Train clients to use hearing aids or other augmentative communication devices.
• Create or modify impressions for earmolds and hearing aid shells.
• Read current literature, talk with colleagues, and participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in audiology.
• Demonstrate assistive listening devices (ALDs) to clients.

Source: O*NET OnLine information for Hearing Aid Specialists.

• Service Orientation - Actively looking for ways to help people.
• Instructing - Teaching others how to do something.
• Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Active Learning - Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
• Social Perceptiveness - Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
• Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
• Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.

Source: O*NET OnLine information for Hearing Aid Specialists.