Meaning & use
audiology
The branch of medicine and science concerned with hearing, balance, and related disorders.
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She is studying audiology so she can help patients with hearing loss.
Advances in audiology have led to smaller and more effective hearing aids.
A note on using this word
Audiology combines elements of medicine, psychology, and physics to study how the ear and brain process sound.
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