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Originally Posted by Cybersprings
Look. We get it. Someone has a medical degree and is a retired doctor. Does that make them an expert on every thing and every profession that deals with the human body? You know what percentage of audiologists deal with balance issues? Please share that percentage? and that percentage is true for every community across the U.S.? Please share the source of this data.
Or maybe someone could post something like, from my career as a medical doctor, I recommend that you see an ENT over an audiologist for your vertigo issues. They are medical doctors, and as such have more medical training than an audiologist does and would probably be better able to help you.
This would express your credentials, and provide information without having to degrade a profession. It would not INCORRECTLY state that audiologists do not diagnose or that a good chiropractor is an oxymoron.
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Can anyone spell hyperbole???? That being said I get the impression that some posts are trying to equate medical care with some ancillary services. IT IS NOT THE SAME THING. To suggest that I would advise a patient that “I would recommend you see an ENT rather than an audiologist for your vertigo “ is absolutely bizarre. The concept of referring a vertiginous patient to an audiologist would never, ever enter the mind of even an average physician, only someone with limited knowledge and no experience would even suggest it. It’s no different than the suggestion that seeing a chiropractor for hip pain is the equivalent of seeing an orthopedist. And my concern is that posts that suggest such things could be harmful to some readers out there