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Audiologists

Assess and treat persons with hearing and related disorders. May fit hearing aids and provide auditory training. May perform research related to hearing problems.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
AI Exposure
57/100
Moderate

How much of this occupation’s work can be materially affected by current AI systems.

Replacement Risk
55/100
Moderate

How likely exposure is to translate into reduced human demand.

Includes provisional estimates for AI adoption pressure and labour-market resilience. How this is measured

Evidence quality
Confidence81/100
Task coverage86%

Confidence reflects task coverage, mapping and capability-evidence quality, and how much of the score rests on provisional inputs.

Task-level evidence

What is driving the score?

Occupation scores are built from the task mix—not a single prediction about a job title.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
TaskImportanceAI impactExposure
Maintain patient records at all stages, including initial and subsequent evaluation and treatment activities.High
65
Evaluate hearing and balance disorders to determine diagnoses and courses of treatment.High
67
Administer hearing tests and examine patients to collect information on type and degree of impairment, using specialized instruments and electronic equipment.High
55
Instruct patients, parents, teachers, or employers in communication strategies to maximize effective receptive communication.High
60
Counsel and instruct patients and their families in techniques to improve hearing and communication related to hearing loss.High
59
Recommend assistive devices according to patients' needs or nature of impairments.High
65
Perform administrative tasks, such as managing office functions and finances.Medium
72
Refer patients to additional medical or educational services, if needed.High
58
Monitor patients' progress and provide ongoing observation of hearing or balance status.High
40
Educate and supervise audiology students and health care personnel.High
63
Advise educators or other medical staff on hearing or balance topics.High
58
Plan and conduct treatment programs for patients' hearing or balance problems, consulting with educators, physicians, nurses, psychologists, speech-language pathologists, and other health care personnel, as necessary.High
66
Work with multidisciplinary teams to assess and rehabilitate recipients of implanted hearing devices through auditory training and counseling.High
64
Program and monitor cochlear implants to fit the needs of patients.High
57
Conduct or direct research on hearing or balance topics and report findings to help in the development of procedures, technology, or treatments.High
70
Fit, dispense, and repair assistive devices, such as hearing aids.High
16
Most exposed

Where AI can do more

Routine, digitized, and highly repeatable tasks face the greatest pressure.

  1. Perform administrative tasks, such as managing office functions and finances.72
  2. Conduct or direct research on hearing or balance topics and report findings to help in the development of procedures, technology, or treatments.70
  3. Evaluate hearing and balance disorders to determine diagnoses and courses of treatment.67
  4. Plan and conduct treatment programs for patients' hearing or balance problems, consulting with educators, physicians, nurses, psychologists, speech-language pathologists, and other health care personnel, as necessary.66
Hardest to automate

Where people still matter

These tasks score lowest on automation feasibility—physical presence, judgement, accountability and real-world variability all resist end-to-end automation.

  1. Fit, dispense, and repair assistive devices, such as hearing aids.01
  2. Evaluate hearing and balance disorders to determine diagnoses and courses of treatment.02
  3. Perform administrative tasks, such as managing office functions and finances.03
  4. Monitor patients' progress and provide ongoing observation of hearing or balance status.04
  5. Educate and supervise audiology students and health care personnel.05
Where else this work leads

Related occupations

Occupations O*NET links to this one. Relatedness reflects shared work, not a claim that these roles are safer.

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Beyond AI capability

Adoption and labour-market outlook

Structural factors are kept separate from raw capability so you can see what actually resists automation. Adoption pressure and labour-market resilience are still provisional models—25% of this occupation’s replacement-risk weight rests on them.

Human dependency57
Physical dependency39
Adoption pressure64
Labour-market resilience64
Methodology & sources

O*NET 30.3 occupational data interpreted through the JobsVsAI capability, automation and structural-constraint models.

Confidence81/100
CalculatedAug 21, 2026
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