What is the difference between an Audiologist and a hearing aid dealer?
An Audiologist is a health specialist with at least a college degree and a Masters Degree in Audiology who tests the full hearing system and then recommends devices to return hearing and comprehension as close to normal as possible. Audiologists are licensed by the state and are certified by the American Speech and Language Association. Did you know that some people selling hearing aids are not professional audiologists? Patients have often told us of buying hearing aids from dealers without having an audiology evaluation and then being disappointed in the result. These patients did not know they could have an evaluation by a highly educated audiologist before purchasing any devices. To help save these patients the grief and expense of inadequate hearing devices, the Robinson Eye Institute has cooperated with the University of Oklahoma Section of Audiology to construct an advanced hearing evaluation suite. The OU Section of Audiology uses this suite containing the latest in computerize
