Department of Audiology

What is an Audiologist?

   There are 23 Audiologists working in 15        Nova Scotia Hearing and Speech Centres (NSHSC across Nova Scotia. They all have a master’s degree and are certified by the Canadian Association of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology (CASLPA) Audiologists provide service in identifying and treating hearing loss and balance disorders.

There are a number of speciality areas in Audiology, and they are: diagnostic audiology (what and where is causing the hearing loss), 2) pediatric audiology (hearing loss in infants and children), 3) dispensing audiology (hearing aids, and other devices that help people hear in their everyday life), 4) industrial audiology (noise and how it effects the people who work around it), 5) educational audiology (special training in hearing loss and its remediation in educational settings), 6) vestibular disorders (those audiologists who have training in disorders of balance and dizziness), 7) tinnitus or ringing in the ears (those audiologists who have education in diagnosis and treatment of tinnitus), and 8) implant audiologists (those audiologists that specialize in cochlear, bone anchored and middle ear implants).

Besides providing clinical services to the people of Nova Scotia, our work includes: teaching student audiologists and speech-language pathologists and other healthcare providers; research; helping various community groups build awareness and preventative programs; working with other professionals and outside agencies on minimizing the effects of hearing loss; providing workshops and presentations on hearing loss and treatment; and serving on a wide variety of teams and boards.