An aging population and better diagnosis of hearing problems is expected to lead to an increase in the need for audiologists, who use a range of devices to test a patient's hearing and develop treatment plans depending on the extent and type of hearing loss. ...

Even as the economy struggles to work its way out of a recession, jobs in the allied health industry continue to grow. Among the fastest-growing professions are audiologist, nuclear medicine technologist, pharmacy technician, surgical technologist and speech-language pathologist. ...

[caption id="attachment_1270" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Audiology Careers and Education Requirements"][/caption] Audiologists treat hearing issues at both ends of the age spectrum. Hearing loss is common as people age, so patients in and around their retirement years tend to be an audiologist’s most frequent clientele. On the other hand, detecting and treating hearing problems in infants is a ...