Select and fit hearing aids for customers. Administer and interpret tests of hearing. Assess hearing instrument efficacy. Take ear impressions and prepare, design, and modify ear molds.
U.S. Workers
10,580
Median Salary
$61,560
10-Year Growth
+18.4%
Annual Openings
1,000
Typical entry: High school diploma or equivalent
10 of 10 tasks have some AI capability
Exposure Trend
This score reflects estimated AI technical capability for tasks in this occupation. It does not predict employment changes, and it does not account for company-specific constraints, regulation, or adoption barriers.
Train clients to use hearing aids or other augmentative communication devices.
AI: Fully automatable - AI can fully deliver personalized training, interactive tutorials, and behavioral coaching for hearing-aid and augmentative-device use, including monitoring progress and adapting instruction.
Perform basic screening procedures, such as pure tone screening, otoacoustic screening, immittance screening, and screening of ear canal status using otoscope.
AI: Partial - AI can interpret screening data and guide operators or patients, but the physical administration of otoacoustic, immittance, otoscopy, and probe placement still requires human or device operators.
Administer basic hearing tests including air conduction, bone conduction, or speech audiometry tests.
AI: Partial - AI can control equipment software, automate test protocols, and interpret results, yet the physical setup and precise probe/oscillator placement for air/bone/speech tests require human action in 2025.
Select and administer tests to evaluate hearing or related disabilities.
AI: Partial - AI can recommend which tests to run based on history and initial results, but selecting and especially administering tests in-person remains a human-led task.
Maintain or repair hearing aids or other communication devices.
AI: Partial - AI can diagnose issues, provide step-by-step repair instructions, and enable remote troubleshooting, but hands-on maintenance and delicate repairs of devices typically still require human technicians.
Create or modify impressions for earmolds and hearing aid shells.
AI: Partial - AI can design and modify digital earmold models and guide impression-taking, but physically creating and modifying ear impressions remains a manual clinical procedure.
Diagnose and treat hearing or related disabilities under the direction of an audiologist.
AI: Partial - AI can assist with diagnostic interpretation, triage, and treatment planning under supervision, but cannot assume full clinical responsibility or independently carry out regulated therapeutic procedures.
Read current literature, talk with colleagues, and participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in audiology.
AI: Partial - AI can continuously read, synthesize, and summarize literature and facilitate virtual participation, but cannot fully replicate human networking, in-person professional engagement, and nuanced collegial interactions.
Assist audiologists in performing aural procedures, such as real ear measurements, speech audiometry, auditory brainstem responses, electronystagmography, and cochlear implant mapping.
AI: Partial - AI can automate measurements, signal analysis, and procedural guidance for aural tests and mapping, but cannot replace the hands‑on assistance, equipment setup, and oversight that clinicians provide.
Demonstrate assistive listening devices (ALDs) to clients.
AI: Partial - AI can provide high-quality virtual demonstrations, step‑by‑step guidance, and simulations for ALDs but cannot physically handle devices or perform in‑person hands‑on demonstrations autonomously.