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Subject : Re: Actual Audiologists Salary and Income posted by ed121 on Mon Oct 15, 2007 11:50 am |
| I can only add from my personal experience. Only one of the 6 or 7 Audiologists I consulted over 35 years, seemed to be making lots of dough.....she drove a Mercedes S500.(maybe her husband was the source of their opulence.) The other audie's seemed to just be making a fair living. The reason aids cost a lot is not the fault of the audiologist/dispensers....from what I can see the culprit is the antiquated system of manufacture and retail distribution. This is the unintended consequence of the pervasive government regulations that restrict the sale of aids by only licensed professionals....thereby eliminating the efficiencies of mass over-the-counter sales and choking off innovation of low cost self adjusting aids. And, under the present system, the efficiencies of mass production and lower per unit R & D cost are not possible. No...it's not the audiologists that are primarily responsible for high prices, it's the overall government mandated system. Audiologists are just one factor in the cost of aids............... just my opinion Ed |
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