Hearing Aid Specialists
Health ScienceO*NET 29-2092.00United States
Select and fit hearing aids for customers. Administer and interpret tests of hearing.
- Median annual earnings
- $65,673
- Projected change
- +17%
- Typical education
- Doctoral degree or more
- Employment
- 12.75K jobs
50th percentile, United States
2025 to 2035
44% of the workforce
Growing to 14.92K by 2035
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The work
What hearing aid specialists do
Tasks reported for this occupation, ordered by how often they come up in the role.
- Train clients to use hearing aids or other augmentative communication devices.
- Counsel patients and families on communication strategies and the effects of hearing loss.
- Select and administer tests to evaluate hearing or related disabilities.
- Administer basic hearing tests including air conduction, bone conduction, or speech audiometry tests.
- Maintain or repair hearing aids or other communication devices.
- Perform basic screening procedures, such as pure tone screening, otoacoustic screening, immittance screening, and screening of ear canal status using otoscope.
- Create or modify impressions for earmolds and hearing aid shells.
- Read current literature, talk with colleagues, and participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in audiology.
- Demonstrate assistive listening devices (ALDs) to clients.
Pay and outlook
What the job pays and where it is heading
Annual earnings range
Reported earnings by percentile, United States
- 10th percentile
- $37,769
- 25th percentile
- $48,249
- 50th percentile
- $65,673
- 75th percentile
- $82,318
- 90th percentile
- $102,693
The gold marker shows the median. Half earn more than $65,673 and half earn less.
Employment outlook
2025 to 2035 projection
+17%much faster than average
202512,753 jobs
2035 projected14,915 jobs
2,162 more positions over the decade, before replacement hiring.
Preparation
Education levels
What people currently working in the career hold. These are not entry requirements.
- Doctoral degree or more
- 44%
- High school diploma or less
- 22.1%
- Bachelor's degree
- 12.4%
- Certificate
- 12%
- Associate degree
- 9.2%
- Master's or Professional degree
- 0.4%
Skills
Skills employers ask for
Technical skills appearing most often in job postings for this occupation.
How the work gets done
Core competencies
Broad capabilities associated with strong performance in this occupation.
- Active Listening
- Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Service Orientation
- Actively looking for ways to help people.
- Instructing
- Teaching others how to do something.
- Speaking
- Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Reading Comprehension
- Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
- Social Perceptiveness
- Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
- Critical Thinking
- Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
- Persuasion
- Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
- Active Learning
- Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Complex Problem Solving
- Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
- Monitoring
- Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Writing
- Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Learning Strategies
- Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
- Coordination
- Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- Time Management
- Managing one's own time and the time of others.
- Systems Evaluation
- Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
- Systems Analysis
- Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
- Quality Control Analysis
- Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
- Negotiation
- Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
In the market
Job titles and employers
Recent job postings in United StatesCommon job titles
- 01Newborn Hearing Screeners753 postings
- 02Licensed Hearing Aid Dispensers582 postings
- 03Hearing Instrument Specialists230 postings
- 04Hearing Aid Specialists205 postings
- 05Care Providers134 postings
- 06Audiology Assistants130 postings
- 07Audiology Technicians90 postings
- 08Hearing Screeners82 postings
- 09Engineering Ambassadors60 postings
- 10Non-Licensed Hearing Aid Attendants48 postings
- 11Hearing Care Professionals46 postings
- 12Conservationists32 postings
- 13Hearing Health Technicians31 postings
- 14Hearing Aid Dispensers30 postings
- 15Audiology Externs29 postings
- 16Teachers of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing29 postings
- 17Lead Paramedics17 postings
- 18Audiologists/Licensed Hearing Instrument Specialists15 postings
- 19Externship Coordinators15 postings
- 20Health Clerks15 postings
Top employers
- 01Costco672 postings
- 02Pediatrix209 postings
- 03Pediatrix Medical Group187 postings
- 04WS Audiology Denmark155 postings
- 05Demant107 postings
- 06Mednax105 postings
- 07Miracle Ear71 postings
- 08NationsBenefits60 postings
- 09Amplifon59 postings
- 10Vanderbilt Univ Medical Center53 postings
- 11Infant Hearing Screening Specialists52 postings
- 12United States Department of Veterans Affairs37 postings
- 13Soliant Health34 postings
- 14DOCS Health32 postings
- 15Beltone31 postings
- 16Pediatric Associates29 postings
- 17Care Access28 postings
- 18VocoVision28 postings
- 19Ears And Hearing Pa27 postings
- 20Archdiocese Of St. Louis25 postings
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