Senior Audiologist

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Position Summary:

Responsible to work in Audiology Clinic in close relation with ENT, Paediatric, Neonatology departments by doing the hearing evaluation for infants and children, hearing and balance evaluation of adults and geriatric population and if required hearing aid trial/ fitting, cochlear implant mapping/ counselling.

• Actively participates in upholding and promoting the vision and culture of University Hospital – Sharjah (UHS)
• Performs diagnostic evaluations of the patient's hearing abilities and vestibular function, confers with appropriate professionals regarding patient care and management, initiates appropriate rehabilitative services.
• Conducts Universal Neonatal hearing screening program at UHS including OAE's and AA .
• Performing NRT while doing CI surgery.
• Perform Cochlear Implant Mapping and Monitor the CI outcome in children and adults
• Perform hearing aids trial and fitting for children, adults and geriatric patients with hearing loss by doing aided audiogram, REM, and programming of hearing aids
• Perform diagnostic vestibular evaluation for children, adults and geriatric population when required and initiate the vestibular rehabilitation process.
• Counsels patients with hearing loss regarding their type and degree of hearing loss and possible rehabilitation methods, benefits and limitations of hearing aids, hearing aid technology, patients candidacy for hearing aids, cochlear implants etc.
• Responsible and in charge for the Audiology Unit
• Measures hearing acuity and vestibular assessment of patients of all ages, using Pure Tone Audiometry, Immittance Audiometry, Behavioral Observation Audiometry, Electrocochleography (EcohG), Auditory Brainstem response Audiometry (A ), Late Latency Response (LLR), Auditory Steady State Response (ASSR), Speech Evoked A , Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potential (VEMP), Video Head Impusle test(vHIT), Video Nystagmography, Rotary chair tests etc.

• Mandatory:
  Master’s Degree in Audiology/Speech & Hearing

• Desirable:
  Doctor of Audiology (AuD)/PhD

• Must have a valid UAE MOH Evaluation

• Senior Audiologist. Minimum 7 years’ experience as Senior Audiologist at Hospital settings
• Maintains the audiology clinic equipment with high technical effort, daily calibration, assists in routine internal calibration by maintaining up-to-date quality control and/or quality assurance records.
• Operational skills for all audiology equipment

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