How likely is AI to replace Audiologists?

Published research puts Audiologists at 27 out of 100 for AI displacement risk, in the lower risk band. The number is a weighted consensus of 5 research sources and describes the typical version of the role, not any individual.

Do researchers agree on the risk for Audiologists?

Only partly. Individual estimates for Audiologists run from 6 to 46 out of 100 across the 5 sources behind this score, so the single number smooths over real disagreement. More recent and higher confidence studies carry more weight in it.

Which healthcare roles face similar AI exposure?

The closest published healthcare roles to Audiologists by score are Acute Care Nurses (27/100), Clinical Nurse Specialists (27/100), and Medical Assistants (27/100). Each has its own page with the research behind its number.

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Will AI replace Audiologists?

Lower risk

Baseline AI displacement risk for Audiologists, aggregated from 5 research sources.

What this score means

Audiologists leans toward the safer end for Healthcare. Parts of the role touch tasks AI is getting good at, but the core still depends on hands on work or judgment that resists automation. At 27 out of 100 it scores 5 points above the Healthcare average of 22. Across the 5 sources behind this baseline, individual estimates run from 6 to 46, so the score is a weighted consensus rather than any single figure.

The number is a consensus estimate for the typical version of the role, built from published academic and industry research scored occupation by occupation. It is not a prediction about any individual. How scoring works

What this job actually involves

Exposure follows the work itself rather than the job title, so it is worth seeing what the role is made of. These are the tasks O*NET records for Audiologists, most central first, showing 12 of 22.

01Maintain patient records at all stages, including initial and subsequent evaluation and treatment activities.
02Evaluate hearing and balance disorders to determine diagnoses and courses of treatment.
03Fit, dispense, and repair assistive devices, such as hearing aids.
04Administer hearing tests and examine patients to collect information on type and degree of impairment, using specialized instruments and electronic equipment.
05Monitor patients' progress and provide ongoing observation of hearing or balance status.
06Instruct patients, parents, teachers, or employers in communication strategies to maximize effective receptive communication.
07Counsel and instruct patients and their families in techniques to improve hearing and communication related to hearing loss.
08Refer patients to additional medical or educational services, if needed.
09Participate in conferences or training to update or share knowledge of new hearing or balance disorder treatment methods or technologies.
10Examine and clean patients' ear canals.
11Recommend assistive devices according to patients' needs or nature of impairments.
12Advise educators or other medical staff on hearing or balance topics.

Task statements from O*NET by the National Center for O*NET Development, used under CC BY 4.0. The tasks are descriptive; the exposure score above is ours.

The research behind this score

This baseline aggregates 5 research sources that scored Audiologists for AI and automation exposure. More recent, higher confidence studies carry more weight in the final number.

01Anthropic Economic Index 2026 - AI Task Exposure · 2026Anthropic
02Global Automation Atlas: Task Substitution Exposure by Occupation · 2026Garg, Crosta, Baier (2026), arXiv:2605.17086
03Working with AI: Measuring the Applicability of Generative AI to Occupations · 2025Tomlinson, Jaffe et al., Microsoft Research (2025)
04GPTs are GPTs: Labor Market Impact Potential of LLMs · 2024Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin, Rock (Science, 2024)
05AI Occupational Exposure to Language Modeling · 2023Felten, Raj, Seamans (2023)

Common questions

How likely is AI to replace Audiologists?: Published research puts Audiologists at 27 out of 100 for AI displacement risk, in the lower risk band. The number is a weighted consensus of 5 research sources and describes the typical version of the role, not any individual.
Do researchers agree on the risk for Audiologists?: Only partly. Individual estimates for Audiologists run from 6 to 46 out of 100 across the 5 sources behind this score, so the single number smooths over real disagreement. More recent and higher confidence studies carry more weight in it.
Which healthcare roles face similar AI exposure?: The closest published healthcare roles to Audiologists by score are Acute Care Nurses (27/100), Clinical Nurse Specialists (27/100), and Medical Assistants (27/100). Each has its own page with the research behind its number.

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Audiologist · Audiology Doctor (AUD) · Audiology Extern · Certificate of Clinical Competence in Audiology Licensed Audiologist (CCC-A Licensed Audiologist) · Clinical Audiologist · Dispensing Audiologist · Educational Audiologist · Forensic Audiologist and related titles

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