Audio Vestibular Specialist

· Conduct comprehensive hearing assessments to evaluate patients' hearing abilities, including pure-tone audiometry, speech audiometry, and tympanometry, acoustic reflexes, Eustachian tube function test, play audiometry, auditory brain stem response, visual reinforcement audiometry.

· Use specialized equipment to assess hearing in different age groups, from infants to the elderly.

· Diagnose hearing-related disorders and conditions, including sensorineural hearing loss, conductive hearing loss, mixed hearing loss, and central auditory processing disorders.

· Evaluate and differentiate between congenital and acquired hearing problems.

· Conduct vestibular assessments to evaluate and diagnose balance and spatial orientation disorders, such as vertigo, dizziness, imbalance, and vestibular disorders.

· Perform vestibular function tests, including video-nystagmography (VNG), Postureography, Electrocochleography, and video head impulse test and caloric testing.

· Recommend and fit hearing aids or assistive listening devices for individuals with hearing loss.

· Conduct hearing aid evaluations, selection, fitting, and follow-up care.

· Provide auditory rehabilitation programs via counseling patients and their families regarding the impact of hearing disorders and how to deal with it.

· Offer strategies and techniques to improve communication and daily functioning for patients with hearing loss or balance issues.

· Evaluate and manage tinnitus (sounds heard in the ear) by offering counseling, sound therapy, and tinnitus masking devices.

· Design and implement customized vestibular rehabilitation programs to address balance and dizziness problems and performing vestibular rehabilitation therapy, helping dizzy people to regain their normal daily activity.

· Specialize in the evaluation and management of hearing and balance issues in children, including newborn hearing screening, pediatric hearing assessments, and balance evaluations for children.

· Educate patients about their hearing and balance disorders, treatment options, and assistive devices.

· Engage in research activities to advance the field of audiology and vestibular sciences, contributing to new diagnostic and treatment modalities.

· Maintain detailed and accurate patient records, including treatment plans, procedures performed, and patient progress.

· Adhere to medical ethics and legal standards, ensuring patient confidentiality and providing care within the bounds of medical regulations and laws.

· Additional responsibilities as directed by the department head.

Job Type: Full-time

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Qatar: Reliably commute or willing to relocate with an employer-provided relocation package (Required)

Application Question(s):

• Are you available in Qatar with transferable visa?

Experience:

• Audio Vestibular Medicine: 5 years (Required)

License/Certification:

• QCHP medical license (Required)

Work Location: In person