Situation of Audiology in Finland

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Situation of Audiology in Finland

• university degree programmes
• medical audiology special competence, training
  possible in all 5 medical faculties (5-year
  specialisation in Otorhinolaryngology or
  Phoniatrics, then 2 years of specialisation in
  Audiology)
• speech and language therapy 1-year special
  competence training in 1975, no formal training
  programmes have been available after that
  although legisation nowadays allows
  specialisation also in the auditory disorders
• polytechnic level
• audiology assistants

• technical audiology, psychology, social work,
  rehabilitation guidance no special
• formal training / specialisation

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Training programme for Audiology Department of
Clinical Sciences / Otorhinolaryngology,
University of Oulu

• trainee needs to be a specialist in
  Otorhinolaryngology or Phoniatrics
• the training takes place in the hearing (or
  hearing and balance) centre of a tertiary
  (university) hospital
• structure and content of the programme
• clinical training minimum of 1½ years of
  full-day work, ½ year supervised work as a
  phoniatrician or otorhinolaryngologist
• in-house theoretical education several kinds of
  regular in-house meetings and consulation
  meetings with specialists
• theoretical courses provided by professional and
  scientific societies minimum of 60 hours
• written examination (texbooks and scientific
  journals listed)