Healthcare Science (Audiology), BSc (Hons)

Our three year BSc Healthcare Science (Audiology) course with integrated placements throughout, will provide you with the skills, knowledge and hands on experience required to start an exciting and rewarding career as an audiologist. Once qualified, you’ll have the opportunity to work to positively impact people’s lives, from education to the workplace, helping them make the most of their family and social lives. Healthcare scientists in audiology work in hospitals and health clinics, assessing people’s hearing and balance, and managing conditions such as hearing loss, tinnitus and balance disorders. They deal with people from all walks of life and all ages, from new-born babies to elderly people and work in multidisciplinary teams liaising with medical, education, and research professionals to provide the best care for patients. Enjoying interaction with people and having excellent communication skills are essential.You will study healthcare science, audiology, clinical practice and research methods. In addition, you’ll get to put your knowledge and skills into practice by completing work-based learning in a variety of integrated clinical placements. You will develop crucial skills completing clinical role play sessions, you’ll learn and practice these newly acquired skills in our state-of-the-art clinical skills laboratory, which is equipped with the latest clinical equipment. In addition you will gain hands-on experience by encountering real patients throughout the course during your integrated clinical placements and at our on-campus audiology clinics.We place a strong focus on preparing you for your future career, which is why we provide you with lots of opportunities such as our annual inspirational careers event where you will get to mix with audiology students from all over the UK and network with professionals from a wide variety of audiology backgrounds. As part of the NHS Practitioner Training Programme in Neurosensory Sciences, our audiology course will provide you with the skills and qualifications required to work in the NHS as a healthcare scientist or audiologist, or as a hearing aid dispenser in the commercial sector. Our graduates enter a variety of careers in hospitals, community-based practice, audiological and neurosciences research, or other roles dedicated to improving hearing problems, and some undertake postgraduate courses. Key course benefits:

• Study under our experienced audiology teaching and support team who come from a variety of NHS and independent sector and research backgrounds. We are ranked top 10 in the UK for student to staff ratio (Health Professions, Guardian University Guide, 2021).

• Our BSc Healthcare Science (Audiology) is recognised by industry and designed to formally meet the requirements of the audiology profession. It is accredited by the Registration Council for Clinical Physiologists and the National School of Healthcare Science.

• Benefit from specialist facilities, all of which are on campus, including a clinical skills laboratory equipped with the latest audiology equipment.

• Boost your employability by gaining experience working with a wide range of real-life patients in clinical settings.

• Aston is ranked 2nd in the UK for Health Professions (Guardian University Guide, 2022).