| Externship site expects the extern to have mastered these skills before they begin their clinical externship: | Basic clinical procedures, no CI experience required |
| Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: | Evaluate individuals for cochlear implant candidacy
Pre-operative counseling of expectations for performance with a cochlear implant, for pre-lingual and post-lingual individuals
Comprehensive knowledge of cochlear implant system equipment
Comprehensive knowledge of programming cochlear implants
Planning and execution of aural rehabilitation throughout the cochlear implant process for individuals with and without open-set understanding
Clinical and research testing of individuals speech understanding using a variety of evaluation measures in both quiet and noise including: Soundfield thresholds, HINT sentences, AzBio sentences, BKB-SIN, R-Space, Localization
Hearing aid evaluations and programming using real-ear measures |
| Primary Practice Setting: | University medical center
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Number of Audiology Students each year:
| 0 1st year AuD Clinical Rotations
0 2nd year
2 3rd year
1 4th year Externships |
| Does the externship site provide orientation to relevant clinical policies and procedures? | Yes |
| Does the externship site provide instructions about patient's rights and providing patient education? | Yes |
| Does the externship site provide orientation to quality assessment, quality assurance and quality improvement? | Yes
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Number of Audiologists at the site:
| 0 FTE Masters Degree
6 FTE Au.D.
2 FTE Ph.D.
0 FTE Other Doctorate (ScD)
0 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants)
1 FTE Clerical Support Staff
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Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern:
| | Rarely | Hearing Screenings | | Never | Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler | | Never | Pediatric evaluations: school-age | | Regularly | Adult hearing evaluations | | Rarely | Tympanometry | | Rarely | Acoustic Reflexes | | Rarely | Auditory processing evaluations | | Rarely | Hearing Screenings | | Rarely | Evoked potential assessments | | Rarely | Intra-operative monitoring cases | | Rarely | Otoacoustic emissions | | Never | Industrial/hearing conservation | | Never | Vestibular assessments | | Never | Vestibular rehabilitation | | Regularly | Hearing aids dispensed | | Regularly | Hearing aid selection/fitting | | Everyday | Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) | | Everyday | Cochlear implant evaluations | | Everyday | Cochlear implant rehabilitation | | Never | Tinnitus assessments | | Never | Tinnitus rehabilitation | | Rarely | Cerumen management | |
| Financial arrangements: | None
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| Research opportunities? | Yes
Many ongoing research projects, can work with participants as desired |
| Continuing education opportunities? | Yes
Monthly audiology meetings on site, professional training |
| Travel to satellite centers required? | No
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| Consortium or collaborative arrangements with other sites? | No
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| How frequently will the externship site communicate with the university during the externship? | As Needed
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| Communication or other support do expected or required from the university during the externship: | Procedures for evaluation of student |
| Application Deadline: | 10/1/2018 |
| Application Requirements: | Letters of Recommendation
Resume
Transcript
Phone interview
Letter of request/intent
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| Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: | University contract |
Contact Person:
(preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) | Lisa Potts - pottsl@wustl.edu |
