otologist
nounUK /əʊˈtɒlədʒɪst/
Etymology From oto- + -logist, after otology.
1
A doctor specializing in otology.
- “We need to identify children early and provide them with hearing tools and training by the time they are 6 months,” said Dr. John Greinwald, a pediatric otologist at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.2007 September 4, Jamie Talan, “Early Action Proving Crucial to Hearing Success”, in New York Times:
- Today's teenagers are siphoning dangerous levels of membrane-damaging noise directly into their eardrums, with long-term effects that otologists prophesy will be disastrous for their hearing and lead to an epidemic of middle-aged deafness in the next thirty years.2012 Sep, Rupert Christiansen, “Quiet, Please”, in Literary Review:
- Synonyms
- aurist