Course Catalogue

This program is specifically designed for students who have completed a Diploma of Audiometry. Advance your career in hearing health care with the Bachelor of Audiometry deepen your critical thinking and expand your professional expertise. Building on your existing knowledge, the course provides advanced insights into evidence-based practice and explores the role of audiometry within the broader healthcare system, including applications in rural and remote communities.

You will extend your practice in person-centred approaches through the study of communication and counselling skills and deepening your knowledge of hearing loss co-morbidities.

Students will complete 220 hours of work integrated learning across a 180 hour community based placement with a health organisation and a 40 hour community engagement project. Students will have mandatory pre-placement requirements to ensure they comply with expectations for working in a health organisation. All student placements are supported by CDU placement teams and a health academic.

Graduates of the Bachelor of Audiometry will be well-prepared for leadership roles within the field, utilising the full scope of audiometric practice, and contributing to interdisciplinary healthcare teams. This qualification also serves as a strong foundation for further study in clinical audiology or related health sciences. Students can progress to study audiology at a Masters level upon completion of this degree and meeting entry requirements of the relevant masters program.