Audiology

Biruni University Department of Audiology started 4 years of undergraduate education with 64 students in the 2014-2015 academic year. Students are accepted to the department with quantitative score and the language of education is Turkish. Graduates who successfully complete their education are entitled to the “Audiologist” denotation. Audiology education in our country has been carried out with master and doctoral programs for nearly 40 years. However, since the number of graduated audiologists is low, undergraduate education has been opened since 2011, a professional definition has been made for the audiologist along with other health professions, and their duties and authorities have been legally secured. The first developments in audiology on the world started in the 1920s. The term Audiology was first used in 1940 in the United States on the world. The Second World War initiated the historical development of audiology. Head injuries and acoustic traumas, which constitute a large part of war-related injuries, are one of the most important sources of hearing and balance disorders. The increase in the number of patients suffering from this problem due to the war has led to the emergence of a new profession. Firstly, undergraduate-level schools that train professionals were established in the USA and European countries followed the same process. Audiologists in Turkey has taken its place as an independent profession in the multidisciplinary studies.