What does audiologist mean?
Word: Audiologist
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Audiologist means a specialist who tests how well people hear and helps those with hearing problems, for example by fitting hearing aids.
How do you spell audiologist?
Syllables: au - di - ol - o - gist
Tricky part: It begins with au, the same two letters as audio and audience; pupils who go by the sound alone start it with o or aw.
Watch out for: odiologist, awdiologist, audeologist
Memory tip: An audiologist checks how well you hear audio, and both words open with the same five letters, a-u-d-i-o.
Audiologist in a sentence
Example 1: Grandpa's audiologist fitted a tiny hearing aid behind his ear.
Example 2: An audiologist at the Chennai clinic checks the hearing of newborn babies.
Example 3: After a bad ear infection, Riya saw an audiologist to make sure her hearing was fine.
Fun Fact
An audiologist often tests hearing with a machine called an audiometer, which plays sounds of different pitch and loudness through headphones, one ear at a time.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) cardiologist
b) dermatologist
c) neurologist
d) audiolojist
Show answer
d) audiolojist. The soft sound before the ending is spelt with a g, never a j.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
otgdsoaiilu
a) audiologist
b) cardiologist
c) radiologist
d) audiology
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a) audiologist. The jumble has a u but no r or c, and it is two letters longer than audiology.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
audiollogist
a) l
b) i
c) g
d) o
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a) l. The word has no double letter anywhere, so one l is enough.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
The audiologest at the clinic asked Kabir to raise his hand each time he heard a beep.
a) beep
b) clinic
c) raise
d) audiologest
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d) audiologest. Like dentist and chemist, this job name ends in ist.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A pupil who cannot hear the teacher clearly from the back row might be sent to an audiologist to ____.
a) practise reading aloud
b) have a hearing test
c) get new glasses
d) have a tooth filled
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b) have a hearing test
2. An audiologist looks after people's hearing in the way that an optician looks after their ____.
a) eyesight
b) joints
c) skin
d) teeth
Show answer
a) eyesight
