Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where an audiologist can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an audiologist already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Audiologists assess, diagnose and treat patients ( children or adults) with audiological and vestibular disorders caused by infectious, genetic, traumatic or degenerative conditions, such as hearing loss, tinnitus, dizziness, imbalance, hyperacusis and auditory processing difficulties. They can prescribe a hearing aid and have a role in assessing and managing patients who may benefit from cochlear implants.

Also known as audiology specialist, audiological scientist, technical audiologist, expert in audiology, hearing aid audiologist, specialist in audiology, audiology scientist, paediatric audiologist, senior audiologist, audiology expert.

Professionals 71 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: healthcare assistant, 66%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
healthcare assistant 66% covered dental hygienist 59% covered physiotherapy assistant 59% covered homeopath 56% covered pharmacy assistant 54% covered audiologist You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from audiologist, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role an audiologist already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

An audiologist needs 60 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • adjust cochlear implants assisting and caring
  • balance disorders health and welfare
  • clean patients' ear canals assisting and caring
  • counsel patients on improving hearing communication, collaboration and creativity
  • diagnose hearing impairement information skills
  • evaluate the psychological impact of hearing problems information skills
  • instruct on the use of hearing aids communication, collaboration and creativity
  • physiology of balance health and welfare
  • adapt hearing tests assisting and caring
  • adjust hearing aids working with machinery and specialised equipment
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an audiologist does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Audiologist is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an audiologist’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.