Scientific knowledge is built on fundamental pillars that are in the research and work method.
For the results to be validated and reliable, they need to be reproducible. Based on data obtained from the investigation.
Audiology is the science that studies hearing and the disorders that occur in it, as well as in the rehabilitation of people with hearing impairment, especially those that have no solution through medical or surgical means.
The audiology must evolve in each individual that exercises it, in each place where it is practiced and requires the cooperation of all, by sharing knowledge through the available means of communication. All this to make available to those who require audiological services, the best practices and the best results, based on scientific evidence.
There are particularly sensitive areas, due to the impact of professional actions on the lives of people who receive the service, for example:
The techniques of asepsis and infection control
The programming of otoprosthesis and cochlear implants
The pediatric prosthetic adaptation
Pediatric auditory evaluation
These examples and all the techniques of audiology should be under constant review, in order to offer the best of science, with the least risk and providing the maximum benefit for the hearing health of the people.
The best practice is the continuous effort of the professional, of the students, of the teaching staff and all those who practice or teach the audiological profession, in search of excellence, of offering the best available and that has proven to be the most beneficial for each patient in particular, in a fair, altruistic and humanistic manner.
It is necessary to open a way of consensus, of dialogue, in Costa Rica, the author believes that it should be in the headquarters of the Therapists Association, in the Universities, from professional independence, professionals and students, to generate knowledge and to question all the truths accepted as absolute until today.
