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Hearing Aid Specialists
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 19.4% more of these jobs by 2035, faster than the 3.5% average.
Clinical work often uses specialised medical AI tools that consumer Copilot data does not see, so this file probably understates how much AI touches it.
- Rank
- Joint #433 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +19.4% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $65,160 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 11,200 in the US, with about 900 openings a year
The work, 12 activities
The job description, marked up.
Every activity in this job, the biggest first. Tap a line for the evidence.
- deleAI does this
- +AIAI helps
- stetStill yours
Still yours: Administer diagnostic tests to assess patient health25%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Train others to use equipment or products13%
AI does this in desk jobs, but in this one it is mostly hands-on.
AI does this: Advise patients or clients on medical issues9%
AI performed this in about 1 in 746 Copilot conversations and completed it 96% of the time.
AI helps with this: Counsel others about personal matters9%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,845 conversations, and it got them there 87% of the time.
Still yours: Adjust medical equipment to ensure adequate performance8%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Maintain medical equipment or instruments8%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Operate medical equipment8%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Fabricate medical devices7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Maintain current knowledge in area of expertise5%
AI performed this in about 1 in 40 Copilot conversations and completed it 91% of the time.
Still yours: Assist healthcare practitioners during medical procedures2%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Diagnose health conditions or disorders2%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Treat injuries, illnesses, or diseases2%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
2025 to 2035
Ten years from now.
For every 100 of these jobs in 2025, the BLS projects 119 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
About 900 openings a year, from growth and from people who retire or move on.
Nearby
Where your skills travel.
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The wire
On the wire.
Nothing filed about this job yet. The latest from the Health front:
How to read this file.
deleAI does this. In US Bing Copilot conversations from January to September 2024, AI itself performed the activity, completed it and made a real difference often enough to count.
+AIAI helps. People brought the activity to AI as their own goal, and it usually got them there.
stetStill yours. It barely shows up in AI use, AI rarely finishes it, or in this job it needs hands.
Shares are weighted by how much each activity matters in the job, using O*NET. Microsoft’s own AI applicability score for this job is 0.10, higher than 32% of jobs.
Doing an activity is not doing a job. The researchers behind this data warn against reading it as job loss, and so do we. It is US data; the shape of the work travels.
Clinical work often uses specialised medical AI tools that consumer Copilot data does not see, so this file probably understates how much AI touches it.
Sources: Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025) · O*NET OnLine, 29-2092 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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