Rehabilitation and Correction Services Workers

How to become an Audiometrist

Official Chinese title (2022 occupational classification): 助听器验配师

Uses knowledge of assistive technology to give people with disabilities, older people, the injured and others with impairments referral, assessment, planning and training in using assistive devices.

Main tasks

Assessing the hearing of people with hearing loss who have been diagnosed by a doctor and for whom medical treatment has not worked, and keeping records
Reading hearing test results and analysing each person's hearing and needs
Explaining hearing aid types, performance, suitable settings and prices to people with hearing loss and their families
Planning hearing amplification to suit each person's hearing and needs
Maintaining and repairing assistive products and giving general rehabilitation advice and follow up
Fine tuning hearing aids and assessing the results
Guiding hearing rehabilitation
Following up clients and assessing progress

Ways in

Vocational majors: Higher vocational college (高职专科) major: Rehabilitation Aids Technology (520602). Vocational major 520602 Rehabilitation Aids Technology (康复辅助器具技术), 3 years. The Ministry of Education's 2022 major profiles list this occupation among those the major prepares students for (职业面向). Example certificates: Dementia Care for Older People; Elderly Fitness and Wellness Guidance.; Higher vocational college (高职专科) major: Speech and Hearing Rehabilitation Technology (520603). Vocational major 520603 Speech and Hearing Rehabilitation Technology (言语听觉康复技术), 3 years. The Ministry of Education's 2022 major profiles list this occupation among those the major prepares students for (职业面向). Example certificates: Health Professional and Technical Qualification; Dementia Care for Older People; Elderly Fitness and Wellness Guidance; Medical and Elderly Care Case Management.; Secondary vocational school (中职) major: Rehabilitation Aids Technology and Applications (720602). Vocational major 720602 Rehabilitation Aids Technology and Applications (康复辅助器具技术及应用), 3 years. The Ministry of Education's 2022 major profiles list this occupation among those the major prepares students for (职业面向).; Vocational bachelor (职业本科) major: Rehabilitation Aids Technology (320602). Vocational major 320602 Rehabilitation Aids Technology (康复辅助器具技术), 4 years. The Ministry of Education's 2022 major profiles list this occupation among those the major prepares students for (职业面向).; Vocational bachelor (职业本科) major: Speech and Hearing Therapy Technology (320603). Vocational major 320603 Speech and Hearing Therapy Technology (言语听觉治疗技术), 4 years. The Ministry of Education's 2022 major profiles list this occupation among those the major prepares students for (职业面向).

Pay · AI and this job

Median pay in China: CN¥50,000 a year (2025).
Middle half: CN¥37,700 to CN¥67,700. One in ten earn less than CN¥30,000 and one in ten more than CN¥99,100.
This is the figure for the mid group Health, Sports and Leisure Services Workers, not for this job alone.
National figure: wage prices of enterprise employees from the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MOHRSS) enterprise pay survey. The public sector and the self-employed are not covered.
Guangzhou only: median CN¥70,413 a year (2025), middle half CN¥46,668 to CN¥94,765.
This is the figure for the mid group Health, Sports and Leisure Services Workers, not for this job alone.
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Who does this work

The census group Health, Sports and Leisure Services Workers holds 0.07% of everyone employed in China; 66.5% of its workers are women (2020 Census).
45.1% are under 35, 46.5% are 35 to 54 and 8.5% are 55 or older. The middle age band is 35 to 39.
Census figures for the whole mid group (2020 long-form sample), not for this job alone.

Questions people ask

How do I become an Audiometrist?

Ways in include: Higher vocational college (高职专科) major: Rehabilitation Aids Technology (520602); Higher vocational college (高职专科) major: Speech and Hearing Rehabilitation Technology (520603).

How much does an Audiometrist earn in China?

Across China, the median pay of enterprise employees is CN¥50,000 a year (Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MOHRSS), 2025). The public sector and the self-employed are not covered. It is the figure for the mid group Health, Sports and Leisure Services Workers. In Guangzhou alone it is CN¥70,413 a year (2025).

Will AI change the work of an Audiometrist?

Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MOHRSS): 2025 enterprise pay survey information: wage prices of enterprise employees by occupation mid group, and digital occupations (P10 to P90 annual CNY) (2025 (published 2026-07-08)), retrieved 5 October 2026
Guangzhou Human Resources and Social Security Bureau: Guangzhou 2025 labour market wage prices (P10 to P90 annual CNY by occupation) (2025 (enterprise pay survey)), retrieved 4 October 2026
National Bureau of Statistics of China: China Population Census Yearbook 2020, long-form tables 4-6 and 4-7 (employed by occupation mid group, sex, age) (2020 Census long form (10% sample)), retrieved 4 October 2026
International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Sources: Occupational Classification of the People's Republic of China (2022 edition, public consultation draft), Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, State Administration for Market Regulation and National Bureau of Statistics; Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, 2025 enterprise pay survey information; Guangzhou Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, 2025 labour market wage prices; National Bureau of Statistics of China (www.stats.gov.cn), 2020 Population Census yearbook; Ministry of Education, vocational education major profiles (2022 revision) and undergraduate major catalogue (2025); Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, national vocational qualifications catalogue (2021); O*NET interest scores (CC BY 4.0); ILO global generative AI exposure index (CC BY 4.0). Figures processed by Peernovo. English text, translations and the matching of occupations to ISCO-08, majors, degree fields and qualifications by Peernovo.

Descriptions and tasks are Peernovo's own words, written from the facts in the Occupational Classification of the People's Republic of China (2022 edition). Job titles and work types are the classification's own.

Updated 5 October 2026