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Audiologist

Healthcare

Assess and treat persons with hearing and related disorders. May fit hearing aids and provide auditory training. May perform research related to hearing problems.

Allied Health

Picture the job

Where you'd usually workA clinic or consultation room

  • Mostly indoors
  • Sitting for most of the day
  • Dealing with customers or the public
  • Regular working hours

An illustration of a typical workplace, not a photo. The work-style notes come from US O*NET data, so read them as a guide.

In Malaysia

Audiologist is one of the allied health professions regulated under Act 774, and registration began in July 2022 with a transition period. In government service, audiologists are hired under the broader Pegawai Pemulihan Perubatan scheme alongside speech therapists and physiotherapists. They work in KKM hospital ENT departments, newborn hearing screening, and private hearing-aid centres.

How people get into it here
SPM (science stream) → Asasi, Matrikulasi or STPM → Bachelor of Audiology (Honours) (e.g. UKM, USM, IIUM) → register with the Malaysian Allied Health Professions Council (MAHPC) → work in KKM hospitals as Pegawai Pemulihan Perubatan (U9) or in private hearing centres.
Government post
Pegawai Pemulihan Perubatan U9 (formerly U41), Ministry of Health · starts at RM2,580 a month

Sources:spa.gov.myhq.moh.gov.mybernama.com

Pay in Malaysia

Government starting pay

RM2,580

per month

Official basic pay for the government grade, before allowances. Private-sector pay can differ.

SPA: Pegawai Pemulihan Perubatan Gred U9 · 2025

How far is this from you?

Roughly how much preparation this job usually takes. In Malaysia your UPU route and the programme's syarat still decide entry, so treat this as a guide, not a gate.

  1. 1

    Entry straight after SPM

  2. 2

    SPM + sijil / short TVET course

  3. 3

    Diploma / TVET (sijil–diploma)

  4. 4

    Degree (ijazah sarjana muda)

  5. Typical entry

    Postgrad (sarjana / PhD) or professional route

Typical educationDoctoral degree

Quick answers

How do you become an Audiologist in Malaysia?

SPM (science stream) → Asasi, Matrikulasi or STPM → Bachelor of Audiology (Honours) (e.g. UKM, USM, IIUM) → register with the Malaysian Allied Health Professions Council (MAHPC) → work in KKM hospitals as Pegawai Pemulihan Perubatan (U9) or in private hearing centres. Registration with Malaysian Allied Health Professions Council (MAHPC / MPKBM), under the Allied Health Professions Act 2016 (Act 774) is required to practise.

What should I study to become an Audiologist?

Related fields of study: Allied Health. SPM subjects that help most: Biology, Sports Science, Chemistry and English.

How much does an Audiologist earn in Malaysia?

The official pay scale put starting pay at RM2,580 a month (source: SPA: Pegawai Pemulihan Perubatan Gred U9, 2025).

What you'd do all day

The tasks that matter most in this job, most important first.

  1. 1Maintain patient records at all stages, including initial and subsequent evaluation and treatment activities.
  2. 2Evaluate hearing and balance disorders to determine diagnoses and courses of treatment.
  3. 3Fit, dispense, and repair assistive devices, such as hearing aids.
  4. 4Administer hearing tests and examine patients to collect information on type and degree of impairment, using specialized instruments and electronic equipment.
  5. 5Monitor patients' progress and provide ongoing observation of hearing or balance status.
  6. 6Instruct patients, parents, teachers, or employers in communication strategies to maximize effective receptive communication.
  7. 7Counsel and instruct patients and their families in techniques to improve hearing and communication related to hearing loss.
  8. 8Participate in conferences or training to update or share knowledge of new hearing or balance disorder treatment methods or technologies.
  9. 9Refer patients to additional medical or educational services, if needed.
  10. 10Examine and clean patients' ear canals.
  11. 11Recommend assistive devices according to patients' needs or nature of impairments.
  12. 12Advise educators or other medical staff on hearing or balance topics.
  13. 13Program and monitor cochlear implants to fit the needs of patients.
  14. 14Plan and conduct treatment programs for patients' hearing or balance problems, consulting with educators, physicians, nurses, psychologists, speech-language pathologists, and other health care personnel, as necessary.
  15. 15Educate and supervise audiology students and health care personnel.
  16. 16Work with multidisciplinary teams to assess and rehabilitate recipients of implanted hearing devices through auditory training and counseling.
  17. 17Conduct or direct research on hearing or balance topics and report findings to help in the development of procedures, technology, or treatments.
  18. 18Perform administrative tasks, such as managing office functions and finances.
  19. 19Provide information to the public on hearing or balance topics.
  20. 20Engage in marketing activities, such as developing marketing plans, to promote business for private practices.
  21. 21Measure noise levels in workplaces and conduct hearing conservation programs in industry, military, schools, and communities.
  22. 22Develop and supervise hearing screening programs.

Also known as

What this job is called on JobStreet, LinkedIn and in job ads. Search these too.

  • AUD
  • Audiologist
  • Audiologists
  • Audiology Extern
  • Hearing Therapist
  • Staff Audiologist
  • Clinical Audiologist
  • Forensic Audiologist
  • Licensed Audiologist
  • Pediatric Audiologist

Subjects that matter here

The SPM subjects worth your effort for this career, with the reason for each.

BiologyDraws directly on Therapy and Counseling — a top knowledge area for this role (O*NET).
Sports ScienceDraws directly on Therapy and Counseling — a top knowledge area for this role (O*NET).
ChemistryDraws directly on Medicine and Dentistry — a top knowledge area for this role (O*NET).
EnglishDraws directly on English Language — a top knowledge area for this role (O*NET).
Computer Science / ICTDraws directly on Computers and Electronics — a top knowledge area for this role (O*NET).

What you'd need to know

The subject areas this job leans on most, and the SPM subjects that build them.

  • Customer and Personal Service96%
  • Therapy and Counseling92%

    BiologySports Science

  • Psychology86%
  • Medicine and Dentistry85%

    BiologyChemistry

  • English Language84%

    English

  • Computers and Electronics82%

    Computer Science / ICTElectrical & Electronic Eng. Studies

Tools you'd use

Software and equipment that show up in this job, worth learning early.

Where to learn these, free

Scholarships & funding

What the work feels like

Day-to-day working conditions, so you can tell whether the job suits how you like to work.

  • Face-to-face discussionsEvery day
  • Contact with other peopleConstant contact
  • Dealing with customers or the publicVery high
  • Leading or coordinating othersHigh
  • Indoors, air-conditionedEvery day
  • Outdoors, in all weatherAlmost never
  • Noisy environmentAlmost never
  • Time spent sittingMost of the time

AI and demand for this job

A few real, dated data points, not a single score. AI making some tasks faster usually means a job changes, not that it disappears.

23%

Share of everyday tasks today's AI can already help with (2023)

This estimate is from 2023, already out of date, since AI moves fast. Treat it as a rough, aging starting point, not the current picture.

Growing role in the US

US Bureau of Labor Statistics data, not Malaysian. Shown because it's the only forward-looking demand estimate we have for this job.

What beginner adverts asked for

We read 20 internship and fresh-graduate adverts in related fields (August 2026). A small sample from one job site, not every vacancy.

9 of 20 were internships

Allowance or pay, when stated

RM800 – RM2,000

16 of 20 adverts printed an amount: usually between RM800 and RM2,000 a month. Many print none.

Languages named

Bahasa Malaysia, Mandarin

An empty line means the adverts did not say, not that employers have no requirement. Check each employer's own advert before you plan around it.

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About this information

This describes what the job involves. Pay, demand and entry routes differ in Malaysia, so check the Pathways and Programmes pages for local requirements.

O*NET occupation: Audiologists

Source: SPA: Pegawai Pemulihan Perubatan Gred U9 · as of Jan 2025

Check the salary figures yourself:SPA: Pegawai Pemulihan Perubatan Gred U9

Job responsibilities, knowledge areas and work context from O*NET 30.3, US Department of Labor, used under CC BY 4.0. onetcenter.org