Bad Zwischenahn 17./ AUDIOLOGY in Switzerland trilingual country: German, French, Italian different standards in German, French, Italian exact in PTA - equivalent in speech audiometry: monosyllables, multisyllables, sentences academic audiologist: ENT university clinics Speech pathologist general medical audiologist: MD spec ENT –Audiogram: office nurse / technician –Equipement: calibrated audiometer, chamber

AUDILOGY IN SWITZERLAND Mattheus W. Vischer, MD President of the Swiss Committee on Audiology and Expertise

Bad Zwischenahn 17./ AUDIOLOGY training Academic audiologist: –PhD program, postgraduate applied training Speech pathologist: MD school, ENT training –2 years special training in phoniatrics General medical audiologist: –MD spec ENT: Training: residency 4 years, continous education –Audiogram: technician: on the job –Equipement: calibrated audiometer, chamber Acoustician –Professional training 3 years

Bad Zwischenahn 17./ Hearing tests: PTA & speech audiometry Counseling of hearing impaired patients hearing aids  health administration committee on audiology  QC no specific structured academic training future trends, projects: –MD: postgraduate academic training program –technician: structured training in 3 levels General audiometry Electrophysiological testing Pediatric audiometry The general ENT AUDIOLOGIST