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title: "Differential Diagnosis for the Dispensing Doctor"
description: "ADA offers programming and support to audiologists and students who are or who desire to be autonomous practitioners in the field of Audiology."
url: "https://www.audiologist.org/resources/educate/audacity-archive/item/differential-diagnosis-for-the-dispensing-doctor"
date: "2026-06-26T21:38:33+00:00"
language: "en-GB"
---

#  Differential Diagnosis for the Dispensing Doctor

**Presentation Date:** 27 October 2021

**Duration:** 1:28:39

**Return to:** [AuDacity Archive](https://www.audiologist.org/audacity-archive)

With disruptions to hearing aid dispensing, the need to integrate audiology into the medical model and provide more value with evidence-based care is critical. Audiology has a wide scope. While audiologists have vast expert knowledge, many dispensing audiologists focus on the ever-changing technology and business landscape and may feel disconnected from ongoing research limiting their ability to provide differential diagnosis. Many yearn to be more thorough, yet it is overwhelming. Tools, tricks, and tests exist allowing an audiologist to provide more holistic care to their patients without needing to specialize. This presentation will implore dispensing doctors to focus on additional tools and diagnostic procedures to not only evaluate the entire person, but to use best practices and determine differential diagnoses. Each specialty within audiology will be discussed and particular tools will be identified so the audiologist can implement the procedure immediately and monitor outcomes.

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**Speakers:** Alexandra Tarvin, Au.D., Alicia D. D. Spoor, Au.D.

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