noun

• The branch of science and medicine concerned with the sense of hearing.

  ‘Services on offer include podiatry, speech and language facilities, audiology and hearing therapy, and family planning.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘Other disciplines moving in the same direction are physical therapy, occupational therapy, optometry, and audiology.’
  • ‘Allied health consists of various fields such as physical therapy, speech/language pathology and audiology, and respiratory care.’
  • ‘Support services may include special education, speech therapy, occupational or physical therapy, counseling, audiology, medical services, nursing, vision or hearing therapy, and many others.’
  • ‘The state associations for speech-language pathology and audiology also maintain listings of licensed and certified therapists.’
  • ‘These will include representatives from obstetrics, audiology, infection control and physiotherapy.’
  • ‘She received a master's degree in speech pathology and audiology in 1972 from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.’
  • ‘Facilities for ear, nose and throat, audiology and dermatology patients and a new renal dialysis unit are also included.’
  • ‘This is usually the procedure in every audiology clinic before considering a hearing aid fitting.’
  • ‘The course is being offered by the department of audiology and speech-language pathology in the College of Science.’
  • ‘However, there are concerns about waiting times in audiology and secondary mental health services, demonstrating that additional investment is very much needed.’
  • ‘Early use of hearing aids plus support from audiology services can improve language development in infants with sensorineural hearing loss.’
  • ‘After having your hearing tested at the audiology department of a hospital, a technician will take a mould of your ear so that the hearing aid can be fitted perfectly.’
  • ‘The head of audiology agrees that in many cases digital hearing aids are better.’
  • ‘Of late, audiology has incorporated digital technology.’
  • ‘His degree, a doctorate in audiology from a Florida university, followed two years of part time study.’
  • ‘A person who experiences hearing loss can have a range of tests, usually at an audiology clinic of the local hospital or health centre.’
  • ‘His company manufactures and exports hearing and audiology equipment.’
  • ‘He denied the existence of any hearing problem and appeared at the audiology clinic only at the repeated urging of his wife.’
  • ‘The ambulance was kind enough to book me in, although I was already late for my appointment with the audiology department.’