Counseling in Audiology: Students' Perspectives

A udiology profession evolved from different areas which are related to hearing science with a unique perspective such as engineering, medicine, physiology, psychology, speech pathology and teaching (Burkard, 2002). From this perspective, audiology curriculums have a broad diversity internationally, even within countries (Goulios & Patuzzi, 2008). According to WHO report (1998), the number of audiologists per capita in developing countries were ranged from one audiologist per 0.5 million people to 6.25 million people. The same report indicated that number of audiologists in developed countries is nearly one per 20,000 people (WHO, 1998). Burkard (2002) summarized that the ratio of audiologists in developing to developed countries was 300 to 1 and these numbers indicated the importance of cost-effective model for audiology education. All around the world, audiology education and curriculum varied from country to country or within the country in different regions. For example, it is a two year technical college Ampirik Araflt›rma / Original Empirical Research