The Audiologist specialty is generally very female-friendly with a large majority (82%) of providers reporting as female compared to only 17% reporting as male. People living in California, Texas, New York, Florida, and Pennsylvania enjoy living in one of the 5 most popular states/territories where Audiologist providers practice. In all, there are 20,185 registered Audiologist providers in the United States with over 1,501 of those located in California alone while around 1,438 chose to practice in Texas.
Audiologist providers have been assigned the 231H00000X taxonomy code in the NPI registry, which is a Level II Classification. Click here for more information about medical specialty types.
Overall, Audiologist specialists practice in 55 different states/territories and can be categorized into 2 different Audiologist sub-specialties: Assistive Technology Practitioner, and Assistive Technology Supplier.
(1) A specialist in evaluation, habilitation and rehabilitation of those whose communication disorders center in whole or in part in hearing function. Audiologists are autonomous professionals who identify, assess, and manage disorders of the auditory, balance and other neural systems. Audiologists provide audiological (aural) rehabilitation to children and adults across the entire age span. Audiologists select, fit and dispense amplification systems such as hearing aids and related devices. (2) An audiologist is a person qualified by a master?s degree in audiology, licensed by the state, where applicable, and practicing within the scope of that license. Audiologists evaluate and treat patients with impaired hearing. They plan, direct and conduct rehabilitative programs with audiotry substitutional devises (hearing aids) and other therapy.