{"id":1064,"date":"2018-05-22T09:04:27","date_gmt":"2018-05-22T13:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/pre-health\/audiology-monmouth-university\/"},"modified":"2019-11-18T08:45:49","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T13:45:49","slug":"audiology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/pre-health\/preparation\/audiology\/","title":{"rendered":"Preparing for a Career in Audiology"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"\"><div class=\"aside-body\"><\/p>\n<h2>Quick Links<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/pre-health\/preparation\/\">General Information on Health Profession Careers<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"background: #eeeddb none repeat scroll 0% 0%; padding: 10px; border: 1px solid;\">Career information on this page is to help students begin to prepare for continuing education after completion of their undergraduate degree at Monmouth. Every student should seek out further information on these potential careers through professional organizations and websites for each graduate program he or she intends to apply.<\/div>\n<p><\/div><\/aside>\n<p>Audiologists diagnose and manage patients who have problems with hearing or balance, including fitting and evaluating hearing aids. Audiologists work closely with physicians, referring clients to appropriate practitioners for medical or surgical care when needed. They are found working in hospitals and clinics, private hospitals, schools, and nursing homes, and work with patients of all ages (newborns to the elderly).<\/p>\n<p>There are also opportunities working in hearing aid manufacturing industries. The field of audiology will require a clinical doctorate (Doctor of Audiology, AuD), which requires four years of full time study beyond a bachelor&#8217;s degree. Visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.audiology.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">American Academy of Audiology<\/a> for more information. Use the following link for a list of schools that offer the AuD degree: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.audiology.org\/education-research\/education\/doctoral-programs-audiology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.audiology.org\/education-research\/education\/doctoral-programs-audiology<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Typical Prerequisites for audiology programs include these courses \u00a0(must be completed with a \u201cC\u201d grade or higher):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 year of English<\/li>\n<li>1 year of college math or calculus (preferred)<\/li>\n<li>1 course in statistics<\/li>\n<li>1 year each of biology, chemistry, and physics<\/li>\n<li>2 courses in social science<\/li>\n<li>Courses in speech, communication, and American Sign Language are recommended<\/li>\n<li>Satisfactory completion of a graduate entrance exam: MCAT, GRE, OAT, or DAT<\/li>\n<li>A letter of recommendation from a practicing audiologist<\/li>\n<li>Requirements vary from program to program \u2013 check the requirements for each individual school<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Audiology<br \/>\n \u00a0<br \/>\n Prerequisite Requirements for Professional Schools<\/p>\n<p> Audiologists diagnose and manage patients who have problems with hearing or balance, including fitting and evaluating hearing aids. Audiologists work closely with physicians, referring clients to appropriate practitioners for medical or surgical care when needed. They are found working in hospitals and clinics, private hospitals, schools, and nursing homes, and work with patients of all ages (newborns to the elderly).\u00a0<br \/>\n There are also opportunities working in hearing aid manufacturing industries. The field of audiology will require a clinical doctorate (Doctor of Audiology, AuD), which requires four years of full time study beyond a bachelor&#8217;s degree.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Visit the American Academy of Audiology\u00a0 (www.audiology.org) for more information.<br \/>\n Prerequisites (must be completed with a \u201cC\u201d grade or higher):<\/p>\n<p> 1 year of English<br \/>\n 1 year of college math or\u00a0calculus (preferred)<br \/>\n 1 course in statistics<br \/>\n 1 year each of biology, chemistry, and physics<br \/>\n 2 courses in social science<br \/>\n Courses in speech, communication, and American Sign Language are recommended<br \/>\n Satisfactory completion of a graduate entrance exam: MCAT, GRE, OAT, or DAT<br \/>\n A letter of recommendation from a practicing audiologist<br \/>\n Some schools, but not all, currently participate in a centralized application service (CSDCAS) http:\/\/www.capcsd.org\/csdcas\/students.php<br \/>\n Requirements may vary slightly from program to program \u2013 check the requirements for each individual school\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"parent":96,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_mu_eop_enabled":false,"_mu_eop_name":"","_mu_eop_name_override":false,"_mu_eop_description":"","_mu_eop_description_override":false,"_mu_eop_url":"","_mu_eop_url_override":false,"_mu_eop_program_type":"","_mu_eop_educational_credential":"","_mu_eop_time_to_complete":"","_mu_eop_number_of_credits":"","_mu_eop_occupational_category":"","_mu_eop_occupational_category_code":"","_mu_eop_program_prerequisites":"","_mu_eop_application_deadline":"","_mu_eop_application_start_date":"","_mu_eop_start_date":"","_mu_eop_end_date":"","_mu_eop_day_of_week":"","_mu_eop_time_of_day":"","_mu_eop_educational_program_mode":"","_mu_eop_financial_aid_eligible":"","_mu_eop_maximum_enrollment":"","_mu_eop_offers_price":"","_mu_eop_offers_currency":"USD","_mu_eop_offers_price_per":"","_mu_eop_offers_preset":"","_mu_eop_salary_upon_completion":"","_mu_eop_training_salary":"","_mu_eop_recognized_by_name":"","_mu_eop_recognized_by_url":"","_mu_eop_concentrations":"","_mu_eop_identifier_cip":"","_mu_eop_provider_name":"","_mu_eop_provider_name_override":false,"_mu_eop_provider_url":"","_mu_eop_provider_address":"","_mu_eop_provider_city":"","_mu_eop_provider_state":"","_mu_eop_provider_zip":"","_mu_eop_provider_country":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1064","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/pre-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/pre-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/pre-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/pre-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/pre-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1064"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/pre-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1064\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1488,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/pre-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1064\/revisions\/1488"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/pre-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/pre-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}