Read current literature, talk with colleagues, and participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in audiology.

“Read current literature, talk with colleagues, and participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in audiology.” is a core task performed by Hearing Aid Specialists. Among the occupation's 11 rated tasks, workers place it 2nd by importance (#10 most important). About 95% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Maintain current knowledge in area of expertise. in Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E2. Exposure with tools — software built on top of a language model (not the model alone) could cut the time by at least half.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.50. Automation potential label: T3.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Train clients to use hearing aids or other augmentative communication devices. · importance 4.8
• Counsel patients and families on communication strategies and the effects of hearing loss. · importance 4.8
• Select and administer tests to evaluate hearing or related disabilities. · importance 4.8
• Administer basic hearing tests including air conduction, bone conduction, or speech audiometry tests. · importance 4.7
• Maintain or repair hearing aids or other communication devices. · importance 4.7
• Perform basic screening procedures, such as pure tone screening, otoacoustic screening, immittance screening, and screening of ear canal status using otoscope. · importance 4.7
• Create or modify impressions for earmolds and hearing aid shells. · importance 4.5
• Assist audiologists in performing aural procedures, such as real ear measurements, speech audiometry, auditory brainstem responses, electronystagmography, and cochlear implant mapping. · importance 4.3
• Diagnose and treat hearing or related disabilities under the direction of an audiologist. · importance 4.3
• Demonstrate assistive listening devices (ALDs) to clients. · importance 3.7

See all tasks on the Hearing Aid Specialists page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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  title  = {Read current literature, talk with colleagues, and participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in audiology.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-17448}
}