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audiology

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audiology /au·di·ol·o·gy/ (aw″de-ol´ah-je) the study of impaired hearing that cannot be improved by medication or surgical therapy.
au·di·ol·o·gy (ôd-l-j)
n.
The study of hearing disorders and the rehabilitation of people with hearing impairments.
audi·olo·gist n.
audiology
[-ol′əjē]
Etymology: L, audire + Gk, logos, science
a field of research and clinical practice devoted to the study of hearing disorders, assessment of hearing, hearing conservation, and aural rehabilitation. audiologic, audiological, adj.
audiology [aw″de-ol´o-je]
the science concerned with the sense of hearing, especially in the evaluation and measurement of hearing loss and the rehabilitation of those with impaired hearing. See also audiologist.
audiology (ô´dēol´jē),
n the study of the entire field of hearing, including the anatomy and function of the ear; impairment of hearing; and evaluation, education or reeducation, and treatment of persons with hearing loss.
audiology
The study of hearing
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Middlesbrough Deaf Centre members claim translation services at James Cook University Hospital are poor, employees in the audiology department do not have enough deaf awareness and that complaints are not responded to.
PLEASE LISTEN TO US; Call over hearing care quality by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)
The hearing loss kids experience now will accelerate the hearing loss normally associated with aging when these kids are in their 60s and 70s," Alison Grimes, president of the American Academy of Audiology and head of the Audiology Clinic at UCLA Medical Center, said in a statement about the effort.
Easy listening by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
I think it's pretty well understood that the population is getting older, thus older people need facilities like physiology, audiology, dentistry, ophthalmology and rheumatology, yet these very services are becoming less available in the NHS.
Letter: Welfare of elderly by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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