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18. JAhrestAgung „MultidisziplinArität in der Audiologie“

Beitrag wird präsentiert am 06.03.2015 um 11.40 Uhr im Rahmen der SS04

Audiology in Austria

K. Stephan

Department for Hearing, Speech & Voice Disorders, Medical University of Innsbruck,

Innsbruck, Austria

Introduction:

As in other German speaking countries Audiology is not an independent profession in Austria.

Due to ist historical development the ﬁeld of Audiology is shared by different professional

groups, in particular by medical doctors, hearing aid dispensers, speech and language thera-

pists and research groups at universities and in industry. The spectrum of audiological testing

varies according to the needs in diagnostics and rehabilitation of hearing disorders in different

patient groups. The greatest variety of applied procedures is found in the university clinics of

the country. Most of the research in Audiology is performed by natural scientists (e.g. physi-

cists, psychologists or biologists) who are involved in the development of new methods for

diagnostics as well as for rehabilitation. Overall, the audiological practice is interdisciplinary.

National characteristics of audiological services:

A. Medical diagnostics:

Audiology is part of the medical routine diagnostics of hearing disorders. Registered ENT-

doctors are performing audiology on a basic level. Audiological testing is particularly impor-

tant for the prescription of hearing aids. More advanced diagnostics is done in specialized

hospitals or institutions.

B. Surgical issues:

Audiology is interacting with surgical issues in two areas of patient support, 1. in the quality

assessment of ear surgery by comparing pre- and postoperative audiological test results and

also 2. for the indication of implantable hearing devices. In some of the implanting centers the

indication is discussed in meetings of an interdisciplinary implant board.

C. Hearing aid provision:

The indication for hearing aids is made by ENT-doctors based on audiological tests and pa-

tient counseling. After the prescription is issued the support of the patient is done by hear-

ing aid dispensers who see the patient in regular ﬁtting sessions and who also do repeated

audiological testing.

D. Education for audiologists:

In Austria the education in Audiology is focused on the different professions involved in daily

audiological practice. This includes the education of ENT doctors at universities, of hearing

aid dispensers for whom special courses are organized in their educational programs and of

speech and language therapists. For the latter group educational training in Audiology is of-

fered according to the ECTS system compliant with other European educational programs.

Teaching of Audiology is performed as a module under the umbrella of applied science institu-

tions (i.e. ‘Fachhochschule’) leading to a bachelor degree in applied sciences.

Details on the various aspects of Audiology implementation will be discussed in the structured

session ‘Audiology 2015 – multidisciplinary practice in Europe’.

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