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Also called board certified hearing instrument specialist, hearing care specialist, hearing instrument specialist and HIS.
$65,160
Median pay a year
11,270
People do this work
6
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Testing patient hearing
Instructing patients in use
Diagnosing medical conditions
Maintaining medical knowledge
Fabricating medical devices
Adjusting prostheses or devices
Operating medical instruments
Repairing medical equipment
Assisting healthcare practitioners
Treating chronic diseases
Advising on health effects
Counseling clients' family members
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Hearing Aid Specialist
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Hearing Aid Specialist selecting and fitting hearing aids for customers, administering and interpreting hearing tests, and counseling patients on communication strategies and the effects of hearing loss
Experience
Hearing Aid Specialist
Where you worked
Month Year to Month Year
Trained clients to use hearing aids and augmentative communication devices
Counseled patients and families on communication strategies and effects of hearing loss
Selected and administered tests to evaluate hearing and related disabilities
Administered basic hearing tests including air conduction and speech audiometry tests
Maintained and repaired hearing aids and other communication devices
Performed basic screening procedures, including pure tone and otoacoustic screenings
Created and modified impressions for earmolds and hearing aid shells
Skills
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Testing patient hearing, Diagnosing medical conditions, Maintaining medical knowledge
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Fabricating medical devices, Adjusting prostheses or devices, Operating medical instruments
Instructing patients in use, Repairing medical equipment
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Trained clients to use hearing aidsCounseled patients on communication strategiesAdministered basic hearing tests and evaluationsMaintained and repaired hearing aids and devicesPerformed basic screening procedures for hearingCreated impressions for earmolds and shells
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Trained clients on the proper use of hearing aids, enhancing their communication abilities.
Administered basic hearing tests and evaluations to assess patient needs and device effectiveness.
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Trained several clients each week on the proper use of hearing aids, enhancing their communication abilities
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Administered basic hearing tests and evaluations to assess patient needs and device effectiveness.
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Patients found better hearing solutionsClients reported improved communicationPatients felt more confident with devices
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What a Hearing Aid Specialist does
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Select and fit hearing aids for customers. Administer and interpret tests of hearing. Assess hearing instrument efficacy. Take ear impressions and prepare, design, and modify ear molds.
What it pays
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Annual pay across the United States. The middle figure is the median: half earn less than that, and half earn more.
25th percentile
$48,390
Median
$65,160
75th percentile
$80,010
About 11,270 people do this work in the United States.
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Hearing Aid Specialist
Testing patient hearing
Instructing patients in use
Diagnosing medical conditions
Maintaining medical knowledge
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This page is about the occupation Hearing Aid Specialists. What this job involves and what it is made of come from O*NET 30.3, the US Department of Labor's occupation database, refreshed July 2026; Rung writes those records into the plain sentences you see. Pay comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS release for 2025. How Rung handles accuracy is on the accuracy page, and the full data credits are on the credits page.