Daily tasks/Routine activities

1. Perform basic screening procedures such as pure tone screening, otoacoustic screening, imittance screening, and screening of ear canal status using otoscope.

2. Administer basic hearing tests including air conduction, bone conduction, or speech audiometry tests.

3. Select and administer tests to evaluate hearing or related disabilities.

4. Maintain or repair hearing aids or other communication devices.

5. Train clients to use hearing aids or other augmentative communication devices.

6. Create or modify impressions for earmolds and hearing aid shells.

7. Read current literature, talk with colleagues, and participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in audiology.

8. Demonstrate assistive listening devices (ALDs) to clients.

9. Diagnose and treat hearing or related disabilities under the direction of an audiologist.

10. Assist audiologists in performing aural procedures such as real ear measurements, speech audiometry, auditory brainstem responses, electronystagmography, and cochlear implant mapping.

ogical research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.

Computers and Electronics — Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

English Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

Education and Training — Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.

Skills

The following skills aid a Community psychologist carry out his/her duties with ease ;.

Active Listening — Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

Service Orientation — Actively looking for ways to help people.

Instructing — Teaching others how to do something.

Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.

Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively.

Abilities

Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.

Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.

Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).

Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.

Speech Clarity — The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.