Synergy Between Otolaryngology and Audiology: How These Specialties Can Co-Exist in a Shared Space
The relationship between audiology and otolaryngology is symbiotic, because both professions work in the ecosystem of hearing and balance health care. The audiologist is the expert in amplification, fitting, dispensing, programming, and reprogramming, whereas disorders of the middle or outer ear are clearly the domain of the surgical otologist. Because their practices overlap, they must collaborate to provide patients with the best individualized care possible.