Wat do you lot say wen people ask "huh?audiology?whats

[AudioAngel @]

Hello everyone! Im new here Great site!Im in my 1st year at UCL and studying away like mad at christmas lol!(not!)
I was just interested in knowing what do u people say when annoyin cousins or high school friends ask "whats audiology?is it something to do with music?"haha..so funny!
Do you resort to "Oh its like optometry but for ears"
My mum goes round boasting im an ear doctor ..so annoyin!

[naf @]

I've had the same problem.....
I'm in second year and my parents still go around saying 'she's going to be an ear doctor!'
I generally say it's to do with the study of the ears, sometimes I do say it's like studying optometry only in optometry you concentrate on the eye and in audiology it's all about ears!
Hopefully in another 2-3 years audiology will become more widespread and people won't need to ask what on earth we're talking about!

[AudioAngel @]

lol...yep! and this forums a great start! so naf, where do you go? you enjoying yaself?

[naf @]

Yeah I do enjoy audiology, I'm at Aston, which is a nice place...only it's too close to town....
First year was really good, and second year is a lot more work but I still enjoy audiology...

[tymp]

Well i must say what i find very annoying is when i say im studying audiology.....And the very inteligent person im speaking to responds by saying "huh huh didnt hear you say that again WHAT was that LOUDER"
muhahahahahahahaha YOUR SOOOO FUNNY. NOT well i suppose it was funny the first time but not when the joke gets old.

[AudioAngel @]

lol....tymp..omg..that sounds soo lame...haha...next time someone does that, just scream into their ear, so that their eardrum gets perforated (lol..i don't even know if that can happen but never mind) and than calmly say, "oh dear, i think you may require a vist to the audiologist".
hahaha..well dont get the wrong idea about me..im not violent (but i'll make one empathetic audiologist wont I? lol )

[AudioAngel @]

oh by the way did you two have to do some boredom galore subject called PROFFESSIONAL STUDIES in your first year. arrrgh..here at ucl we do..its terrible cos it has absolutely no relevance to audiology what so ever. Its all for speech therapists..things like conversation repair and dialect study.

[mancie]

I think you will find that professional studies is in all four years. It is at manchester. We do study it with the speech language students too but at manchester they have done a reasonable job of making it more generic and audiology relevent.

[I@n]

Yep I always get the old joke, even though i'm now in my 4th year.

"what are you studying?"
"Audiology"
"whats that?"
"Its to do with hearing and balance"
"What?"
"Its to do with hearing and balance"
"what?"..........

I just keep repeating myself until they say "no its a joke" and just say "oh!, your funny, ha ha!!" Seems to work well for me. Unfortunately I always seem to meet people who think they are very funny.

Must admit some people are genuinely interested in what i'm studying. I've found most patients are interested and ask me how I ended up doing this.

I think everyone finds Professional Studies the leasting interesting part of the degree. In our final year we cover CVs, Job applications, career paths etc so quite useful stuff. Especially since I apply for jobs in a month or 2.....

[sv1 @]

I m at ucl. 2nd year.

Did professional studies last year. Absolute joke.[/u]

[Mr. Potato Head @]

I m at ucl. 2nd year.

Did professional studies last year. Absolute joke.[/u]

I second this

[DavidG]

guys, guys, chill. Ive had to do worse things in my life.

[rEliseMe]

Out of habit, I still say, "I'm studying Audiology," but I've been trying to transition to just saying, "I'm studying hearing sciences," the first time, since it's still accurate and a lot easier to understand, plus it alludes to the fact that I'm going for research instead of clinical practice.


On another forum I visit, one person asked what you say when someone asks you, "Why?"
A responder commented, "Well, I wanted to pursue proctology but there weren't any openings."
I laughed, but it got better.
The next reply: "That's hard to believe. Proctology is predicated on openings!"