AI exposure Healthcare practitioners and technical
Will AI replace hearing aid specialists?
Hearing Aid Specialists. US occupation 29-2092.
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0.0%
of the time hearing aid specialists spend on their work goes on tasks where AI is already being used to do that work.of hearing aid specialists' working hours go on tasks AI has already started taking off their plate.
Ranked 346 of 756 US occupations. No AI use seen in the work yet, along with 410 other occupations.No handover started yet, along with 410 other occupations.
Per cent of working time Square-law scale
Average US job 7.7%
Among the least exposed jobs there are.Still waiting for liberation.
What AI already does for hearing aid specialistsWhat hearing aid specialists no longer do alone
O*NET lists 11 tasks for hearing aid specialists. AI use at work shows up in 1 of them, though too little of the job's time goes on them to register in the exposure figure. Each score runs from 0.5, where every observed use helps a person with the task, to 1, where every use does the task outright.
- Read current literature, talk with colleagues, and participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in audiology.Core task automated and assisted 0.72
What it does not touch, yetWhat still needs a human
10 of the 11 tasks show no AI use at work in the data.
- Administer basic hearing tests including air conduction, bone conduction, or speech audiometry tests.Core task
- Counsel patients and families on communication strategies and the effects of hearing loss.Core task
- Create or modify impressions for earmolds and hearing aid shells.Core task
- Demonstrate assistive listening devices (ALDs) to clients.Core task
- Maintain or repair hearing aids or other communication devices.Core task
- Perform basic screening procedures, such as pure tone screening, otoacoustic screening, immittance screening, and screening of ear canal status using otoscope.Core task
Show the other 4
- Select and administer tests to evaluate hearing or related disabilities.Core task
- Train clients to use hearing aids or other augmentative communication devices.Core task
- Assist audiologists in performing aural procedures, such as real ear measurements, speech audiometry, auditory brainstem responses, electronystagmography, and cochlear implant mapping.
- Diagnose and treat hearing or related disabilities under the direction of an audiologist.
How that compares
Among the 65 healthcare practitioners and technical occupations, hearing aid specialists rank 38. The group averages 4.1%, and its most exposed job is Medical Records Specialists at 66.7%. The average US occupation sits at 7.7%.
What this does and does not mean
Exposure is observed use, not a forecast. Anthropic maps work conversations with Claude onto the tasks O*NET lists for each job and asks, of the tasks AI could speed up, which are actually being used for at work. A use that does the task outright counts in full and a use that assists a person counts half. The task scores are averaged into the occupation figure by the share of time spent on each task.
A high figure means AI is already part of how this work gets done. It does not mean anyone has been replaced. Anthropic's own reading of the labour market finds no systematic rise in unemployment among exposed workers so far, and about 14% fewer 22 to 25 year olds starting exposed jobs.No measurable rise in unemployment among exposed workers so far, and about 14% fewer 22 to 25 year olds starting these jobs. Gap years for everyone. Labor market impacts, 5 March 2026.
Task list and titles from O*NET 31.0 by the US Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, used under the CC BY 4.0 licence. Scores from the Anthropic Economic Index (CC BY). Checked 1 November 2026. How the ranking works.