By Richard E. Gans
This article is a part of the November/December 2024, Volume 36, Number 6, Audiology Today issue.
Introduction
The profession of audiology has changed in so many ways over the past two decades due to both internal and external forces. These include improved digital hearing aids, wide application of cochlear implants, decrease in middle-ear disease, greater acceptance of amplification, changes in reimbursement, increased competition in delivery models, decreased number of manufacturers, transition to a doctoring profession with exponential increase in student debt, and growing population of older adults as the baby boomer wave continues to hit. These forces had both positive and negative effects on how and where we practice and the economic and professional opportunities available to us.
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