Aural Care Practitioner vs Audiologist?

[Jon R.]

I am going to get my ears manually de-waxed soon.

I have a choice of a place with an audiologist or a place that calls their staff Aural Care Practitioners. Anyone know the difference?

The latter seems a cheaper service, but this could just be because of the clinic rather than the job titles. Both offer manual wax removal.

 

[ajc]

Aural care practitioner is probably someone unqualified. Audiologist is a protected profession title in many countries and only those who have undergone qualifying education can use it.

But aural care practitioner might have more experience removing earwax than an audiologist. I don't think audiologists remove earwax very often? Which did you end up seeing?