1. Healthcare Science Careers AUDIOLOGY Jonathan Chan (Audiologist)

2. Identify and assess hearing and balance function and their associated disorders, recommending and providing appropriate therapeutic rehabilitation and management. What is Audiology?

3. Action on Hearing loss Statistics 10 million people in the UK with some form of hearing loss By 2031, it is estimated that there will be 14.5 million people with hearing loss in the UK

4. Audiology Specialism Paediatrics Adult assessment and rehabilitation Special needs groups Research and development Teaching

5. Assessing Hearing Pure tone Audiometry (PTA) Play Audiometry Visual Reinforcement Audiometry (VRA) Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR)

6. Assessing balance function Videonystagmography (VNG)

7. Rehabilitation and Management Hearing aid amplification Counselling Assistive listening devices

8. Audiology Training Programmes Associate/Assistant Practitioner Training Programme (PTP) Scientist Training programme (STP) Higher Specialist Scientific Training (HSST)

9. Associate/Assistant Audiologist NVQ /foundation degree 15months Entry requirements: Experience/ working in audiology field Apprenticeships Entry level grade 4 on the NHS careers framework

10. Practitioner Training Programme (PTP) BSc health care science degree in audiology 3 year course Entry Requirements: 2-3 A-levels / GCSE A-C Grades Integrated academic learning and workplace- based training Entry level grade 5

11. Scientist Training Programme (STP) MSc degree in audiology 3 year course /paid salary Integrated academic learning and workplace- based training Entry Requirements: least a 2:1 degree Entry level grade 7 on the NHS careers framework

12. Higher Specialist Scientific Training (HSST) Consultant Clinical Scientist Five-year doctoral-level training Entry Requirements: Clinical Scientist level experience Access up to entry level grade 9 on the NHS careers framework

13. Registration Council Heath and Care professional Council (HCPC) Registration Council for Clinical Physiologists (RCCP)

14. Professional Bodies The British Academy of Audiology (BAA)

15. Skills Required Interest in science and technology Good communication Comfortable using complex equipment Good interpersonal skills Be able to work as part of a team

16. Useful websites https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/ www.baaudiology.org/www.baaudiology.org http://www.actiononhearingloss.org.uk/ http://www.hcpc-uk.co.uk/ https://www.rccp.co.uk/ http://www.nshcs.org.uk/

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