As an accredited audiologist, you could be allowing a child to hear their parents’ voices for the first time, fitting an elderly person with a hearing aid, or helping a heavy metal musician to prevent hearing loss. Audiologists improve the quality of life for people with hearing and balance issues across the lifespan by evaluating, diagnosing, treating, or managing conditions such as tinnitus or hearing loss.
A career in audiology is rewarding, flexible and stable, with demand for working audiologists across Australia and overseas. Anyone with an interest in postgraduate health from any undergraduate degree background can pursue studies in audiology. This industry is for people who like measurable and tangible outcomes, but also those driven by a desire to help others, and those ready for an enriching and worthwhile career.
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The Master of Audiology is fully accredited by Audiology Australia. Graduates of the Master of Audiology will meet the standards set out by Audiology Australia for practice by entry-level audiologists.
Academic Lead: Dr Sarosh Kapadia
Sarosh has a background in hearing research and worked in Perth, Western Australia and in the UK for many years prior to undertaking the Master of Audiology at Flinders.
Within the Master of Audiology, Sarosh currently looks after delivery (and is a keen proponent) of problem-based learning, and also teaches aspects of the foundation sciences of audiology. He also coordinates the research methods and research project topics.
Course Coordinator and Student Experience Coordinator: Karen Sparrow
Karen qualified as an audiologist over 30 years ago and has worked in clinical settings both in South Australia and in Germany specialising in hearing aid rehabilitation. She completed a Master of Science by research in 1996 in Western Australia at Curtin University of Technology and is currently completing her PhD.
She has significant clinical and research experience in paediatric Aboriginal ear health and organises and accompanies audiology students on clinical field trips to remote Central Australia communities to assess ear disease and hearing in children.
Placement Education Coordinator: Fleur Golder
Fleur is a graduate of the Flinders University Master of Audiology. Since graduating in 2008 she has worked in several diverse settings as a clinical Audiologist including a private adult rehabilitation and hearing aid fitting clinic, hospital and community health settings working with adults and paediatrics, and an adult cochlear implant clinic.
Fleur manages a school-based hearing screening program for Aboriginal children funded by the Department for Education and is also involved in the Aboriginal hearing screening field trips to the APY Lands along with her colleague Karen Sparrow. Fleur also works as a clinician and clinical educator in the Flinders University Health2GO clinic.
The Master of Audiology is fully accredited by Audiology Australia. Master of Audiology graduates will meet the standards set out by Audiology Australia for practice by entry-level audiologists.
Yes. 2019 employment projections for the five years to May 2024 show the Audiologist and Speech Pathologist/Therapist profession is projected to grow 24.5% Australian Labour Market Information Portal.
Applicants normally must hold a degree from an approved tertiary institution and typically have achieved a minimum of credit average. No specific undergraduate degree is required for admission.
No, there are no pre-requisite topics for the Master of Audiology.
The Master of Audiology is comprised of 72-units over 2 years.
This course is usually conducted on-campus, however due to COVID-19, some components are currently being delivered online.
The Master of Audiology requires full-time study and is not offered part-time.
The current pandemic situation (COVID-19) will affect many aspects of your study, from topic availability on campus to how your classes are delivered. For detailed information about the impact of COVID-19 on your study please refer to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) information page.
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