Audiologists
Job description
These individuals assess and treat people with hearing and vestibular disorders (e.g. vertigo) and prevent these disorders. They develop people’s ability to communicate and their autonomy. This group includes supervisors. They are self-employed or work in:
- Hospitals
- Rehabilitation centres
- Residential and long-term care centres
- Private clinics
- Educational institutions
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
Main tasks
- Assess hearing and vestibular functions through various tests and examinations.
- Identify the type and the consequences of hearing and vestibular disorders.
- Develop and implement an adaptation or rehabilitation program.
- Inform patients about hearing and vestibular disorders and their treatment.
- Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team.
- Conduct research.
- Train and supervise interns and health care staff.
- Promote hearing health and healthy communication habits.
- Prevent hearing problems.
- Mitigate or eliminate the impacts and risks related to vestibular disorders, including falls.
Advancement and mobility
- Experience leads to management positions.
- Provincial licence enables mobility between provinces.
Training and requirements
Formation
Most training programs are offered in French only.
University
Speech therapy and audiology
Bachelor’s degree
Placement rate: 91.8%
5.5% of graduates pursue further studies
Master’s degree
Placement rate: 94.7%
3.3% of graduates pursue further studies
Also required
- Membership in the Ordre des orthophonistes et audiologistes du Québec (OOAQ [Quebec Order of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists]).
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Reading comprehension
- Active listening
- Oral expression
- Critical thought
- Active learning
- Result evaluation
- Written expression
- Social perception
- Judgment and decision-making
- Coordination
- Service oriented
- Solving complex problems
- System analysis
- Time management
- Learning strategies
- Teaching
- Information processing
- Science
Abilities
- Written comprehension
- Oral comprehension
- Verbal skills
- Deductive reasoning
- Inductive reasoning
- Awareness of issues
- Speech clarity
- Near vision
- Written expression
- Speech recognition
- Hearing sensitivity
- Information organization
- Auditory attention
- Digital dexterity
- Classification
- Selective attention
- Idea generation
- Originality
- Perception speed
- Processing flexibility
- Hand-arm stability
Knowledge and attributes
- Knowledge of the French language
- Autonomy
- Sense of responsibility
- Knowledge of customer and personalized services
- Capacity to work in a team
- Vitality
- Sense of observation
- Patience
- Open-mindedness
- Knowledge of medicine or dentistry
Interests
- Carry out research
- Self-employment
- Assist and advise
- Teach or educate
- Assist or care for people
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Investigative
- People with this profile prefer relying on theoretical knowledge before acting. They like observation, analysis and problem solving.
- Social
- People with this profile prefer to be in contact with others, in particular to entertain, help or teach them.
- Enterprising
- People with this profile prefer having responsibilities, influencing others and responding to challenges.
Appellation d’emploi liée (à traduire)
Audiologists and speech-language pathologists (CNP 31112)
Skill type
Health
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Last update: January 29, 2026