Healthcare scientists are at the forefront of the medical profession, and our BSc Healthcare Science (Audiology) equips you with the skills and knowledge to confidently enter the field of audiology.

You’ll learn everything from auditory rehabilitation and tinnitus to cochlear implants, bone anchored hearing devices, and balance assessment and rehabilitation. You’ll also build the essential clinical decision-making skills and confidence to identify, assess, treat and rehabilitate a range of conditions.

This course is accredited by the National School of Healthcare Science.

We’ve developed our course to meet the requirements of the National School of Healthcare Science. The NHS has recognised a skills shortage in the field of audiology, and our healthcare science course is designed to equip you with a specialist skill set that meets the demands of the healthcare sector. Past graduates have gone on to be employed by the NHS and in private organisations, including Boots, Guys Hospital, Imperial Trust, NW London NHS and Royal London NHS, among many others.

Over the three years, you could spend up to 50 weeks in NHS clinical physiology departments at hospitals in London or the South East. You’ll get to grips with the latest scientific equipment as you put your skills into practice in our state-of-the-art clinics.

The NHS is one of the largest employers in the world and this degree provides you with the skills, knowledge and experience to work at the heart of the NHS as a healthcare scientist in audiology. The NHS has recognised a skills shortage in this area and our course is designed to meet the requirements of the sector.

As a Healthcare Scientist you will work directly with inpatients and outpatients of all ages (babies, children and adults) in order to:

• use ways to measure and compensate for hearing loss, including offering the initial therapeutic support and advice, and diagnose audio-vestibular neurological diseases
• prescribe appropriate hearing aid equipment or arrange onward referral for further investigation
• play both a clinical role and a managerial development role