Audiologist resume example

A resume for a Audiologist needs to show the work itself: assess and treat persons with hearing and related disorders. Day to day that means work like this: maintain patient records at all stages, including initial and subsequent evaluation and treatment activities; evaluate hearing and balance disorders to determine diagnoses and courses of treatment. Recruiters and applicant tracking systems both read for the tasks and tools this role actually involves, so the strongest resume names them in your own experience rather than describing the job in the abstract. Below are the tasks O*NET records for this occupation, the software and tools it uses, the titles it is advertised under, and the skills worth naming if they are genuinely yours.

Also advertised as

The same job is posted under many titles. Searching only your own job title hides most of the openings you could apply to.

  • Audiology Doctor
  • AUD
  • Clinical Audiologist
  • Educational Audiologist
  • CCC-A Licensed Audiologist
  • Dispensing Audiologist
  • Forensic Audiologist
  • Industrial Audiologist
  • Pediatric Audiologist
  • Staff Audiologist
  • Audiology Extern
  • Hearing Therapist
  • Licensed Audiologist

What people in this job call themselves

Titles reported by people actually doing this work, which is often not the title on the job posting.

  • Audiologist
  • Audiology Doctor (AUD)
  • Certificate of Clinical Competence in Audiology Licensed Audiologist (CCC-A Licensed Audiologist)

What this work actually involves

Tasks recorded for this occupation, in O*NET's words. If your experience covers one of these, it belongs on your resume in your own words.

  • Maintain patient records at all stages, including initial and subsequent evaluation and treatment activities.
  • Evaluate hearing and balance disorders to determine diagnoses and courses of treatment.
  • 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.
  • Monitor patients' progress and provide ongoing observation of hearing or balance status.
  • Instruct patients, parents, teachers, or employers in communication strategies to maximize effective receptive communication.
  • Counsel and instruct patients and their families in techniques to improve hearing and communication related to hearing loss.
  • Refer patients to additional medical or educational services, if needed.
  • Participate in conferences or training to update or share knowledge of new hearing or balance disorder treatment methods or technologies.
  • Examine and clean patients' ear canals.
  • Recommend assistive devices according to patients' needs or nature of impairments.
  • Advise educators or other medical staff on hearing or balance topics.

22 tasks are recorded in total; these are the most central.

Example bullets for this role

Built from this occupation's own tasks. The brackets stay empty on purpose: we will not invent a number for you, and a fabricated metric is the fastest way to lose an interview you had already won.

  • Maintain patient records at all stages, including initial and subsequent evaluation and treatment activities, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
  • Evaluate hearing and balance disorders to determine diagnoses and courses of treatment, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
  • Fit, dispense, and repair assistive devices, such as hearing aids, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
  • Administer hearing tests and examine patients to collect information on type and degree of impairment, using specialized instruments and electronic equipment, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].

Software used in this role

Recorded for this occupation by O*NET. An applicant tracking system matches the exact product name, so write the tool the way the posting writes it.

  • Abacus Data Solutions HearWare
  • Bio-logic Systems HINT Pro
  • Chart Links
  • Computers Unlimited TIMS for Audiology
  • Customer relationship management CRM software
  • Ear measurement software
  • Ear Works
  • eClinicalWorks EHR software
  • Epic Systems
  • Etymotic Research QuickSIN
  • GN Otometrics CHARTR EP
  • Healthcare common procedure coding system HCPCS
  • HearForm Software HearForm
  • Hearing aid fitting software

29 software entries are recorded in total.

Tools and equipment

The physical equipment this occupation is recorded as using. Worth naming when a posting asks for it by name.

  • Audiometers
  • Audiometric test booths
  • Auditory brainstem response ABR screening systems
  • Automatic impedance audiometers
  • Biofeedback equipment
  • Caloric irrigators
  • Computerized rotary chairs
  • Desktop computers
  • Diagnostic tuning forks
  • Digital light bars
  • Ear probes
  • Electroacoustic impedance bridges

What this job rates as most important

O*NET rates every skill for importance to this occupation. These are the highest rated, in order.

  1. 01Active Listening
  2. 02Reading Comprehension
  3. 03Active Learning
  4. 04Critical Thinking
  5. 05Social Perceptiveness
  6. 06Speaking
  7. 07Writing
  8. 08Judgment and Decision Making
  9. 09Monitoring
  10. 10Complex Problem Solving

Knowledge areas

The subject knowledge this occupation draws on, rated by importance.

  • Customer and Personal Service
  • Therapy and Counseling
  • Psychology
  • Medicine and Dentistry
  • English Language
  • Computers and Electronics
  • Sales and Marketing
  • Biology

What qualifications people in this job have

From O*NET's survey of people doing this work. This is what postholders reported, not a requirement any single employer sets.

  • 95%Doctoral Degree
  • 5%Post-Doctoral Training

What level this role is pitched at

O*NET places this occupation in “Extensive Preparation Needed”. Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).

Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job.

Common questions

What does a Audiologist do?
Assess and treat persons with hearing and related disorders. Day to day that includes work like maintain patient records at all stages, including initial and subsequent evaluation and treatment activities and Evaluate hearing and balance disorders to determine diagnoses and courses of treatment.
What skills should a Audiologist put on a resume?
O*NET rates Active Listening, Reading Comprehension, Active Learning, Critical Thinking, and Social Perceptiveness among the most important skills for this occupation. Name the ones that are genuinely yours and show where you used them. A resume that lists skills you do not have is weaker than one that lists fewer.
What software should a Audiologist list?
Software recorded for this occupation includes Abacus Data Solutions HearWare, Bio-logic Systems HINT Pro, Chart Links, Computers Unlimited TIMS for Audiology, and Customer relationship management CRM software. Applicant tracking systems match on the exact product name, so write the tool as the posting writes it rather than describing it in general terms.
What other job titles cover Audiologist work?
O*NET records 13 titles for this occupation, including Audiology Doctor, AUD, Clinical Audiologist, and Educational Audiologist. Searching only your own job title hides most of the openings you could apply to.
What qualifications does a Audiologist need?
In O*NET's survey of people doing this job, 95% reported their level of education as "Doctoral Degree". That is what current postholders reported, not a requirement any single employer sets.
Will this resume pass an ATS for a Audiologist role?
No tool outside an employer can tell you how that employer's system is configured, including ours. What you can control is that the resume parses cleanly, names the work in the words the posting uses, and does not claim anything you cannot back up.

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What this page cannot tell you

  • No tool outside an employer can tell you how that employer’s ATS is configured, including ours.
  • This page makes no claim about pay, demand or how many people hold this job. O*NET does not publish that here and we will not estimate it.
  • Keyword overlap is one input to a resume’s score, not a verdict on you. A resume that names skills you do not have is worse than one that names fewer.

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