An audiologist/hearing aid fitter is the professional who specializes in evaluating and treating people with hearing loss, conducts a wide variety of tests to determine the exact nature of an individual?s hearing problem, presents a variety of treatment options to patients, dispenses and fits hearing aids, administers tests of balance to evaluate dizziness and provides hearing rehabilitation training. This classification should be used where individuals are licensed as "audiologist-hearing aid fitters" as opposed to states that license individuals as "audiologists".
| Specialty | Taxonomy Code | |
|---|---|---|
| * | Audiologist-Hearing Aid Fitter | 237600000X |
| Audiologist | 231H00000X |
* Indicates primary specialty
| NPI Number | 1225246259 |
| Credentials | AU.D., C.C.C.-A. |
| Entity | Individual |
| Enumeration date | 05/21/2007 |
| Last updated | 07/05/2009 - About 17 years ago |
| Sole proprietor1 | No |
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| Hospital affiliation | n/a |
1 A sole proprietor/sole proprietorship is an individual, and as such, is eligible for a single NPI number. The sole proprietor must apply for the NPI number using his or her own Social Security Number (SSN), not an Employer Identification Number (EIN) even if he/she has an EIN.
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