Audiologist

Job Description

An Audiologist is a highly trained professional that holds a masters or clinical doctorate degree from an accredited university. They are concerned with the prevention, identification, diagnosis and rehabilitation of children and adults with hearing impairments and communication disorders. They use a wide variety of specialized instrumentation and procedures to assess hearing, speech and language.

Requirements

• A Masters Degree in Speech-Language Pathology and/or Audiology
• Provincial Licensure and Certification through the Canadian Association of Speech Language Pathologists and Audiologists are obtained by completing competency examinations.
• The Canadian Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists (CASLPA)
• Certification is not mandatory, but is required at some clinical sites in Canada