Becoming an audiologist requires a minimum of eight years of post-high school education. Education Requirements. Audiologists are required to hold a doctoral degree in audiology. To earn this degree, the candidate must have a high school diploma or equivalent, a bachelorâs degree and a doctoral degree in audiology. A candidate who wishes to become an audiologist must have a high school diploma or similar.
Definition of cumulative for English Language Learners. : 1  increasing or becoming better or worse over time through a series of additions. : 2  including or adding together all of the things that came before.
increasing or growing by accumulation or successive additions: the cumulative effect of one rejection after another. 2. formed by or resulting from accumulation or the addition of successive parts or elements. 3. of or relating to interest or dividends that, if not paid when due, become a prior claim for payment in the future: