Automation index
How much of a Hearing aid technician’s job can AI already do?
An earmould and a gain curve come earlier. Getting the patient to hear and live with it do not.
This percentage does not predict how many people will lose their jobs.
Task comparison
IS WORK OVER?
Hearing aid technician
24%
AI can already do 24% of this job.
#289 / 663
View rankingHearing aid technician
Where the time goes
Task weights are our estimates based on O*NET frequency data, not time shares published by O*NET.
The time saving for each task is estimated separately.
| Task | Share | AI | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
Audiometry, thresholds and the fitting.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 40% | +6.4 |
Take the mould, trial and the one who hates the whistle.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 18% | 18% | +3.2 |
Program, verify and retune the aid.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 32% | +5.1 |
Repair, batteries and aftercare.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 28% | +4.5 |
Explain, family and the stigma of the device.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 18% | 14% | +2.5 |
That they actually hear, and not taking the aid back.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 12% | +1.9 |
| Total | 100% | 24% |
Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low
Skills and activities
- fit hearing aids
- take earmoulds
- audiometry
- program aids
- verify gain
- repair aids
- hearing thresholds
- aftercare
Sources for this job· O*NET 29-2092.00· ESCO/ISCO 3214
IS WORK OVER?
Nuclear medicine technologist
19%
#568 / 663
View rankingNuclear medicine technologist
Where the time goes
Task weights are our estimates based on O*NET frequency data, not time shares published by O*NET.
The time saving for each task is estimated separately.
| Task | Share | AI | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
Dose, calibrate and the patient.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 32% | +5.1 |
Inject, the vein and the one who moves.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 22% | 8% | +1.8 |
Acquisition, the SPECT and the artefact.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 22% | +3.5 |
Protection, the area and not contaminating.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 28% | +4.5 |
The nuclear physician, the image and not repeating extra.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 18% | +2.9 |
Inject, and not contaminating the rest.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 14% | 12% | +1.7 |
| Total | 100% | 19% |
Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low
Skills and activities
- isotopes
- calibrate doses
- SPECT
- radiopharmaceutical injection
- radiation protection
- contamination
- acquisition
- artefacts
Sources for this job· O*NET 29-2033.00· ESCO/ISCO 3211