The Awareness of Audiologists and Speech Language Pathologists among Doctors

Abstract

Aim: The purpose of this study is to survey the awareness of Audiologists and Speech Language Pathologists
among Medical Professionals (Doctors, Postgraduate students and Undergraduate students) and to report the
preliminary survey results.
Method: A survey was carried out by administering questionnaire consisting 20 questions. The questions
are designed to explore and investigate the field of Audiology and Speech Language Pathology (ASLP). The
participants were divided into two groups A and B, where group B is below 35 years and group A is 35 years
and above.
Result: The result of the study revealed that the overall awareness of ASLPs among Medical Professionals
varied between fairly adequate knowledge to inadequate knowledge. Age does not have any influence on
significant awareness on ASLPs.
Conclusion: Hence the knowledge and awareness for audiologists and speech-language pathologists need to
escalate among medical professionals. Future surveys should be conducted to reduce the lack of awareness of