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Audiologists
Assess and treat persons with hearing and related disorders. May fit hearing aids and provide auditory training. May perform research related to hearing problems.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Maintain patient records at all stages, including initial and subsequent evaluation and treatment activities.AI could speed this up a lot
- 02Evaluate hearing and balance disorders to determine diagnoses and courses of treatment.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 03Fit, dispense, and repair assistive devices, such as hearing aids.Mostly human for now
- 04Administer hearing tests and examine patients to collect information on type and degree of impairment, using specialized instruments and electronic equipment.Mostly human for now
- 05Monitor patients' progress and provide ongoing observation of hearing or balance status.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 06Instruct patients, parents, teachers, or employers in communication strategies to maximize effective receptive communication.Mostly human for now
- 07Counsel and instruct patients and their families in techniques to improve hearing and communication related to hearing loss.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 08Refer patients to additional medical or educational services, if needed.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 09Participate in conferences or training to update or share knowledge of new hearing or balance disorder treatment methods or technologies.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 10Examine and clean patients' ear canals.Mostly human for now
Tasks from O*NET® 31.0 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0, changed by us), most important first. “Already use” comes from Anthropic’s data on real work chats with Claude; “could speed up” from task ratings made with GPT-4 in 2023.
Four studies, side by side
None is a forecast of job lossToo little dataNot enough work use was seen to measure. This does not mean the job is safe from AI.Anthropic, 2026
46%of this job’s tasks an AI model could do in half the time, counting tasks that need extra tools as half (rated in 2023).Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, 2023
Above 50% of jobsin how often and how well AI helped with this job’s work in Microsoft Copilot chats (2024 data).Microsoft Research (Tomlinson et al.), 2025
Your human edge
The main tasks with no real AI use seen and no big speed-up expected. This is where your skill counts most today.
- Fit, dispense, and repair assistive devices, such as hearing aids.
- Administer hearing tests and examine patients to collect information on type and degree of impairment, using specialized instruments and electronic equipment.
- Instruct patients, parents, teachers, or employers in communication strategies to maximize effective receptive communication.