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This is an ideal career for logical thinkers. Audiologists work with people who have hearing, balance, and related ear problems. As an audiologist you examine and identify the symptoms of hearing loss and other auditory, balance and related neural problems. You also assess the nature and extent of the problems and help the individual manage them.

Salary p/a
45k - 100k

Qualifications
Post Graduate
PhD

Intensity
Sitting

Demand
Growing

Travel
Low

Conditions
Indoor

Weekly Hours
40-50

Pros

Seeing a child’s face light up when they hear for the first time
Giving the ‘all clear’ to a worried patient
Technological advances and continuous learning

Cons

Watching hope disappear
Delivering bad news
Working in a very quiet environment

The Bottom Line

A very satisfying career, with positive patient reinforcement. Audiology offers a wide variety of career path options in both the public and private sectors, while allowing you to make a difference to people's quality of life. The formal qualifications path is a long, tough and demanding road, but very worth it in the end. Whilst the smile of the first hearing patient is unforgettable, so to is breaking the news of permanaet hearing loss.

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