Pediatric audiology

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The Pediatric Audiology (from the Greek pais , child) is both a science of hearing impairment (hearing) and the auditory perception in infancy a branch of audiology (the science of hearing) and a specialist in clinical medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment child hearing disorders.

The situation in Germany

The specialist in phoniatrics and pediatric audiology

In order for a completed medical studies as a specialist of Phoniatrics and Pediatric Audiology to act (temporarily 2004-2018 "specialist in speech, voice and infant hearing disorders"), it requires a five-year training period.

At the time of the sub-area you had to be an ENT specialist with 4 years of further training in order to be trained in the sub-area for 2 more years. After the introduction of the specialist in 1992, these doctors were also allowed to use the independent specialist title on application to their medical association due to a transitional arrangement. The training period was set at 5 years in 1992, uniformly for all specialist areas, comprised 2 years of joint basic training with the ENT doctors and 3 years of specialist training. The background to this division was a decided merging of some subjects with specialist names under one, common roof, here as the field of ear, nose and throat medicine with specialists for ENT and specialists for voice, language and children's hearing disorders. By resolution of the German Medical Association 2018, the introduced German-speaking specialist designation, which never really caught on, was reversed and the common field of ENT was dissolved. Since then, an independent specialist has been anchored in the training regulations.

As part of the EU harmonization of further medical training, a Europe-wide harmonization of further training in the subject of phoniatrics and pediatric audiology within the specialist societies is being designed.

Professional organizations

The German Society for Phoniatrics and Pedaudiology (DGPP) is an association of predominantly scientifically active specialists in phoniatrics and pedaudiology, including many professorships from German universities. Any doctor for phoniatrics and pediatric audiology who can nominate guarantors from among the members can become a member. For doctors in further training there is the junior membership, which can be converted into full membership upon application after passing the specialist examination. Maintaining a high scientific standard in the subject can be seen as the primary task of society.

A member of the German Professional Association of Specialists in Phoniatrics and Pedaudiology also belongs to the board. This is an amalgamation of mainly practicing doctors. Any specialist can become a member; if possible, they should run a practice. The main task of the professional association may be the maintenance of the freelance work of specialists and u. a. the exercise of rights vis-à-vis the statutory health insurance and the associations of statutory health insurance physicians.

Treatment guidelines

The following guidelines in the field of pediatric audiology have so far been created under the leadership of the DGPP :

We collaborated on the following guidelines:

as well as participation in the following, registered guideline:

statistics

The physician statistics of the German Medical Association as of December 31, 2017 list a total of 254 specialists, 109 of whom were registered in private practice and 92 as non-medical practitioners. In September 2017 there were 305 members in the DGPP .

The situation in Austria

There is no separate special subject in phoniatrics and pediatric audiology in Austria; it counts as an additive subject (future term "specialization") of the special subject otolaryngology.

According to the 2015 AEO, the ENT specialist training comprises 72 months with a final examination. This is followed by training in the phoniatrics-pediatric audiology specialization over a further 2 years with an independent examination at the end of the training.

Professional organizations

The Phoniatry Section is a sub-organization of the Austrian Society for Ear, Nose and Throat Medicine, Head and Neck Surgery. It pursues professional political goals, represents the interests of phoniatrics in relation to other medical organizations and authorities, advocates the further development of phoniatrics and pediatric audiology, including the training of doctors in this field, and is available to advise on specialist questions. In addition, she represents the specialized field of phoniatrics scientifically within the Austrian ENT Society. The members of the section must be specialists in ear, nose and throat diseases with the additional subject voice and language diseases (phoniatrics) and at the same time members of the Austrian Society for Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery.

In September 2016 the section had 45 members.

International associations

As an international association there is the Intl. Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics (IALP), at European level the Union of European Phoniatrics (UEP).

literature

  • Jürgen Wendler, Wolfgang Seidner, Ulrich Eysholdt: Textbook of Phoniatry and Pedaudiology . 4th edition. Thieme-Verlag, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-13-102294-9 .
  • Markus Vieten: career planner doctor or what you can do with a medical degree . 5th edition. Thieme, Stuttgart-New York 2005, ISBN 3-13-116105-1 .
  • Christian von Deuster: Pedaudiology. In: Werner E. Gerabek , Bernhard D. Haage, Gundolf Keil , Wolfgang Wegner (eds.): Enzyklopädie Medizingeschichte. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2005, ISBN 3-11-015714-4 , p. 1087.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ [1] Sample advanced training regulations of the BÄK as of 11/2018
  2. ↑ Model further training regulations 1992
  3. ↑ Further education plan of the UEMS and UEP ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.phoniatrics-uep.org
  4. ↑ [2] BÄK overview page on doctors' statistics
  5. ↑ [3]
  6. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from September 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hno.at
  7. ↑ [4] Homepage of the IALP
  8. ↑ [5] Homepage of the UEP