In the early nineteen hundreds the Vactuphone hearing aid was invented by Earl C. Hanson. He called it the Vactuphone because it used portable vacuum tubes to aid …show more content…
The eighties was also the time when the cochlear implant was developed. A cochlear implant is a device inserted into the cochlear which is part of the inner ear. It uses an electrode to stimulate the auditory nerve which makes hearing possible for some people with certain types of hearing loss. This is a major breakthrough in the field of audiology. Around this time the digital hearing aid was developed. This hearing aid is one that is usually used today and they can be very discrete.
Today Audiologist mainly deal with hearing, balance and ear problems. To become an audiologist requires a doctorate but there are some lower positions such as audiologists assistant. Some registered nurses specialize in audiology and performing hearing tests. Some equipment that audiologists use to test hearing are audiometers and computer programs. Today Audiologists are focused on aiding people with hearing problems and developing new devices to assist