Administer hearing tests and examine patients to collect information on type and degree of impairment, using specialized instruments and electronic equipment.

“Administer hearing tests and examine patients to collect information on type and degree of impairment, using specialized instruments and electronic equipment.” is a core task performed by Audiologists. Among the occupation's 22 rated tasks, workers place it 19th by importance (#4 most important). About 100% 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.

• Administer diagnostic tests to assess patient health. in Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials
• Examine people or animals to assess health conditions or physical characteristics. in Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials
• Operate medical equipment. in Controlling Machines and Processes

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E0. No direct exposure — current language models give little or no time savings on this task.

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 0.00. Automation potential label: T1.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Maintain patient records at all stages, including initial and subsequent evaluation and treatment activities. · importance 5.0
• Evaluate hearing and balance disorders to determine diagnoses and courses of treatment. · importance 4.9
• Fit, dispense, and repair assistive devices, such as hearing aids. · importance 4.8
• Monitor patients' progress and provide ongoing observation of hearing or balance status. · importance 4.6
• Instruct patients, parents, teachers, or employers in communication strategies to maximize effective receptive communication. · importance 4.6
• Counsel and instruct patients and their families in techniques to improve hearing and communication related to hearing loss. · importance 4.5
• Participate in conferences or training to update or share knowledge of new hearing or balance disorder treatment methods or technologies. · importance 4.3
• Refer patients to additional medical or educational services, if needed. · importance 4.3
• Examine and clean patients' ear canals. · importance 4.2
• Recommend assistive devices according to patients' needs or nature of impairments. · importance 4.2
• Advise educators or other medical staff on hearing or balance topics. · importance 4.2
• Program and monitor cochlear implants to fit the needs of patients. · importance 4.2
• Plan and conduct treatment programs for patients' hearing or balance problems, consulting with educators, physicians, nurses, psychologists, speech-language pathologists, and other health care personnel, as necessary. · importance 4.1
• Educate and supervise audiology students and health care personnel. · importance 4.1

See all tasks on the Audiologists 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  = {Administer hearing tests and examine patients to collect information on type and degree of impairment, using specialized instruments and electronic equipment.},
  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-18678}
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