Work time management is an important aspect in organizing medical care. Current regulations do not establish recommended time limits for audiologists. STUDY OBJECTIVE: To determine the time spent on audiologist's appointments and performing various diagnostic and rehabilitation procedures.
No actionable change for most clinicians outside Russia — findings highlight a workforce/regulatory gap in Russian audiology staffing norms and do not alter clinical care protocols.
Establishing evidence-based time norms for audiological consultations is essential for fair workforce planning and ensuring patients receive adequate care time, a gap relevant to audiology systems globally.
- 01Russian study measured actual time audiologists spend delivering care to adult patients.
- 02Current Russian regulations contain no recommended time standards for audiology consultations.
- 03The mismatch between actual care time and regulatory norms has workforce planning implications.
- 04Findings may support advocacy for formal time norms in audiology staffing policy.
- 05Published in Russian-language otolaryngology journal (DOI: 10.17116/otorino2026910318).
Current Russian regulations lack recommended time norms for audiological consultations with adult patients.
studysupported- PMID
- 42397362
- DOI
- 10.17116/otorino2026910318.
- Journal
- Vestnik otorinolaringologii (Bulletin of Otorhinolaryngology)
- Publication type
- research_article
- Evidence level
- 4
- Population
- Audiologists providing care to adult patients in a Russian healthcare setting
- Intervention
- Time-motion measurement of audiologist consultation durations
Primary outcomes
Time spent per audiological consultation; Comparison of measured times to existing regulatory norms
