# Hearing Aid Specialists > Select and fit hearing aids for customers. Administer and interpret tests of hearing. Assess hearing instrument efficacy. Take ear impressions and prepare, design, and modify ear molds. - Code: 29-2092.00 (O*NET-SOC; SOC 2018 29-2092) - Family: [Healthcare Practitioners](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations#family-29), one of its 96 occupations - Tasks: 11 tasks (9 core and 2 supplemental) - Page: https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/29-2092.00 - JSON: https://foundation.org.ai/data/tasks/29-2092.00.json ## What the work is made of 1. Train clients to use hearing aids or other augmentative communication devices. Core task · Task 17441 · Rated by 54 people who do the job, August 2020 2. Counsel patients and families on communication strategies and the effects of hearing loss. Core task · Task 21189 · Rated by 55 people who do the job, August 2020 3. Select and administer tests to evaluate hearing or related disabilities. Core task · Task 17439 · Rated by 55 people who do the job, August 2020 4. Administer basic hearing tests including air conduction, bone conduction, or speech audiometry tests. Core task · Task 17440 · Rated by 55 people who do the job, August 2020 5. Maintain or repair hearing aids or other communication devices. Core task · Task 17443 · Rated by 55 people who do the job, August 2020 6. Perform basic screening procedures, such as pure tone screening, otoacoustic screening, immittance screening, and screening of ear canal status using otoscope. Core task · Task 17446 · Rated by 55 people who do the job, August 2020 7. Create or modify impressions for earmolds and hearing aid shells. Core task · Task 17442 · Rated by 55 people who do the job, August 2020 8. Read current literature, talk with colleagues, and participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in audiology. Core task · Task 17448 · Rated by 55 people who do the job, August 2020 9. Demonstrate assistive listening devices (ALDs) to clients. Core task · Task 17444 · Rated by 55 people who do the job, August 2020 10. Assist audiologists in performing aural procedures, such as real ear measurements, speech audiometry, auditory brainstem responses, electronystagmography, and cochlear implant mapping. Supplemental task · Task 17447 · Rated by 54 people who do the job, August 2020 11. Diagnose and treat hearing or related disabilities under the direction of an audiologist. Supplemental task · Task 17445 · Rated by 55 people who do the job, August 2020 ## More in Healthcare Practitioners - [Acupuncturists](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/29-1291.00): 18 tasks - [Acute Care Nurses](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/29-1141.01): 26 tasks - [Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/29-1141.02): 24 tasks - [Allergists and Immunologists](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/29-1229.01): 16 tasks - [Anesthesiologist Assistants](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/29-1071.01): 16 tasks - [Anesthesiologists](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/29-1211.00): 18 tasks - [Art Therapists](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/29-1129.01): 25 tasks - [Athletic Trainers](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/29-9091.00): 23 tasks - [Audiologists](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/29-1181.00): 22 tasks - [Cardiologists](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/29-1212.00): 26 tasks - [Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/29-2031.00): 21 tasks - 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