National Occupation Code (NOC): 3141

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 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. Audiologists and speech-language pathologists who are supervisors are included in this unit group.

Job Duties for Audiologists and speech-language pathologists

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.

Speech-language pathologists

• 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.

Working Conditions for Audiologists and speech-language pathologists

Work is often performed in a variety of indoors settings: examples include government agencies, health departments, community centres, hospitals, schools, and private practices.

Alternate Job Titles

• Amplification Audiologist
• Audiologist
• Audiology Clinician
• Audiology Specialist
• Certified Audiologist
• Certified Hearing Aid Audiologist
• Clinical Audiologist
• Community Audiologist
• Community Speech-language Pathologist
• Diagnostic Audiologist
• Dispensing Audiologist
• Educational Audiologist
• Educational Speech-language Pathologist
• Human Communication Disorders Specialist
• Industrial Audiologist
• Logopedist
• Pediatric Audiologist
• Research Audiologist
• Speech And Hearing Therapist
• Speech Pathologist
• Speech Therapist
• Speech-language Clinician
• Speech-language Pathologist
• Speech-language Pathologist Clinician
• Speech-language Pathologist Researcher
• Speech Language Pathologist
• Pathologist, Speech-language
• Speech And Language Pathologist – Temporary
• Community Speech & Language Pathologist
• Speech And Language Pathologist – 0.80 Temporary
• Speech Language Pathologist – Permanent, Part-Time
• Speech Language Pathologist (pediatrics)
• Speech Language Pathologist (whca) # 2022-33
• Speech Language Therapist
• Professional Lead – Speech Language