Also called: Hearing Aid Specialist, HIS
Tests hearing and fits, programs, and repairs hearing aids.
Runs a hearing test in a sound booth, takes ear molds, programs hearing aids on a laptop, and fine-tunes them while the client tells you how voices sound. Hearing aids are now sold over the counter too, but fittings still need experts.
Estimate based on BLS hearing aid specialists.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Certificate, about 1 year after high school. High school diploma plus training or an associate degree and a state license.
Ways in: Certification, 2-year college, On-the-job training. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Hearing Instrument Sciences.
Growing much faster than average (about 11% over 10 years). Much faster than average.
Medium risk for 10 years. Over-the-counter and self-fitting hearing aids take routine buyers; tough fittings, repairs and counseling stay human.
Classes: Biology, Physics (sound), Business class.
Official data: O*NET occupation 29-2092.
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