Audiology is a branch of science that includes the preservation of hearing and balance functions, performing appropriate diagnostic tests for the determination of hearing and balance related diseases, and planning a problem-specific rehabilitation program and following the process. Members of the profession are given the title of "audiologist". Audiologists deal with individuals of all ages whose hearing and balance skills are affected, and they are members of a multidisciplinary study in which many health professionals, especially Ear Nose and Throat, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Psychiatry, Developmental Pediatrics, Geriatrics, come together.
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