Audiologist

The doctor the audiologist is engaged in diagnosis and treatment of various diseases connected with a hearing disorder.

That the audiologist and how treats

Unfortunately, not in each medical institution it is possible to get on reception of the audiologist. There is quite natural question: what does the audiologist treat? In fact the audiologist – the otolaryngologist with narrower profile specialization owning profound knowledge of physiology of acoustic organs and acoustical perception of a brain.

In the conditions of modern reality every tenth inhabitant of the planet needs the help of the audiologist in connection with pathology of hearing of varying severity, and in the last decades it are observed not only at senior citizens, but also at representatives of the younger generation.

Unlike the ENT SPECIALIST who is engaged in acute states (otitis and other), a field of activity of the audiologist are steady hearing disorder, diseases of a middle ear, traumatic and inborn pathologies. In most cases the doctor needs to establish to the audiologist and whenever possible to liquidate a cause of illness.

In an arsenal of the audiologist there are such diagnostic techniques as the audiometriya allowing to estimate objectively the general condition of hearing and existence of disturbances and the tympanometry by which define mobility of acoustical stones and tympanic membranes.

If necessary by the audiologist consultation of other specialist (the surgeon, the neurologist and other) or additional methods of a research can be appointed (magnetic resonance or computer tomographies, various laboratory researches and others). After adequate and correct diagnosis the audiologist appoints therapy. It can be medicamentous or consist in holding certain procedures (for example, removal of cerumen impactions).

In case of lack of positive changes the audiologist selects the hearing aid and adapts it individually for each specific patient. If use of the hearing aid is inefficient, the doctor the audiologist directs the patient to training in a sign language and perception of the speech in an articulation.

The qualified audiologist owns the newest modern techniques of diagnosis and treatment of pathologies of acoustic organs. Rapid development of medical science and technologies of 21 centuries allows modern audiologists to fit a prosthesis acoustical stones and to implant acoustical prostheses. Patients should remember that at the first symptoms of a hearing disorder it is necessary to register in reception of the audiologist. At the choice of the audiologist responses of friends, acquaintances and colleagues will help you to decide on the candidate of the specialist.

The audiologist is children's: in what difference

Let's understand that the audiologist at babies and kids treats is more senior. The children's audiologist is engaged in diagnosis and correction of a hearing disorder at children, since birth. Work of the children's audiologist has the certain and quite specific specifics.

There are rates of development of the hearing aid of the child of the first year of life established by science according to which relative deafness diagnosis by the audiologist during this period is a little complicated and is not always correct though some little patients unusual behavior can pay on themselves special attention of the specialist.

From one to four years the audiologist quite precisely can diagnose relative deafness for children and with a high probability to assume relative deafness easy. Developing at later age it practically does not exert impact on the speech, that is externally healthy children need obligatory visit of the children's audiologist, in time not found pathology can lead to deafness. If your child often asks to make a TV sound hears louder or best of all the speech when speaking addresses it the person – surely register in reception of the audiologist. Choosing the specialist for the kid, be guided by comments on audiologists of parents of other children – they will help you to find the aware and sensitive doctor.