Occupational stress amongst audiologists: compassion satisfaction, compassion fatigue, and burnout.

Objective: This study aimed to investigate occupational stress amongst audiologists, along with quantification of their professional quality of life: Burnout, compassion fatigue, and compassion satisfaction.

Design: A cross-sectional postal survey research design using an audiology occupational stress questionnaire (AOSQ), and the professional quality of life (ProQOL) instrument.

Study Sample: The sample consisted of members of the New Zealand Audiological Society.