As an Audiologist, you will need to master following:

• accept own accountability
• adapt hearing tests
• adjust cochlear implants
• adjust hearing aids
• advise on healthcare users' informed consent
• apply context specific clinical competences
• audiology
• audiometry
• balance disorders
• clean patients' ear canals
• comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
• contribute to continuity of health care
• counsel patients on improving hearing
• diagnose hearing impairement
• ensure safety of healthcare users
• evaluate the psychological impact of hearing problems
• hearing loss
• instruct on the use of hearing aids
• monitor patients' progress related to treatment
• physiology of balance
• physiology of hearing
• produce impressions for ear moulds
• promote inclusion
• provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health
• psychoacoustics
• refer healthcare users
• undertake clinical audit
• use e-health and mobile health technologies
• work in multidisciplinary health teams

More generally, an audiologist is also versed in:

• acoustics
• adhere to organisational guidelines
• apply organisational techniques
• communicate in healthcare
• communication related to hearing impairment
• comply with legislation related to health care
• conduct health related research
• deal with emergency care situations
• develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
• educate on the prevention of illness
• empathise with the healthcare user
• follow clinical guidelines
• health care legislation
• health care system
• hearing aids
• human anatomy
• human ear
• human physiology
• hygiene in a health care setting
• inform policy makers on health-related challenges
• interact with healthcare users
• listen actively
• manage healthcare users' data
• neurophysiology
• pathology
• provide health education
• respond to changing situations in health care
• use special hearing equipment for tests
• work in a multicultural environment in health care

It also helps to know the following:

• conduct research on hearing topics
• human psychological development
• supervise audiology team
• counselling methods
• disability types
• ensure proper appointment administration
• geriatrics
• paediatrics
• pedagogy
• speech techniques
• use foreign languages for health-related research
• use foreign languages in patient care