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Hearing Health Audiologist

Audiologists work with children and adults to prevent, assess, diagnose and provide treatment and counselling for hearing and balance disorders.

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  • Related School Subjects Community Health; Enterprise and Innovation; Language Arts; Mathematics; and Science (Biology; and Physics)
  • Field of Study Health Care and Medical Sciences; and Sciences
  • Duties
  • Working Conditions
  • Personal
  • Education
  • Advancement
  • Salary

    According to the 2009 Alberta Wage and Salary Survey, Albertans in the Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists group earned from $32.59 to $53.28 an hour. The average wage was $41.35 an hour.

    For more detailed information, see WAGEinfo.

    For information about current collective agreements in the public and not-for-profit sectors, see the Health Sciences Association of Alberta (HSAA) website.

  • Other Sources

    Post-secondary institution calendars and websites (see Educational Requirements above)

    EDinfo website: www.alis.alberta.ca/edinfo

    Canadian Academy of Audiology website: www.canadianaudiology.ca

    Canadian Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists (CASLPA) website: www.caslpa.ca

    Alberta College of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists (ACSLPA) website: www.acslpa.ab.ca

    Health Sciences Association of Alberta (HSAA) website: www.hsaa.ca

    National Centre for Audiology website: www.uwo.ca/nca

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