| Primary Practice Setting: | Other
not for profit which includes a hearing impaired preschool |
Number of Audiologists at the site:
| 1 FTE Masters Degree
7 FTE Au.D.
0 FTE Ph.D.
1 FTE Other Doctorate (ScD)
3 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants)
6 FTE Clerical Support Staff
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Number of Audiology Students each year:
| 0 1st year AuD Clinical Rotations
0 2nd year
0 3rd year
3 4th year Externships |
| Financial arrangements: | None
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| Will interview travel be compensated? | No
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| Vacation Days: | 5
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| Continuing education opportunities? | Yes
yes. any opportunities available to staff is also available to externs |
| Start Date: | flexible
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| Expected hours/days a week: | 40
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| Travel to satellite centers required? | Yes
20 miles |
| Local students preferred: | No
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| 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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| Externship site expects the extern to have mastered these skills before they begin their clinical externship: | * basic audiological evaluation on adults
* tympanometry/immittance measurements
* otoacoustic emission testing |
| Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: | * tinnitus evaluations
*evoked potentials (ABR, cVemp, ECoG)
*Balance assessment and treatment
*educational assessements
*hearing aid selections/orientations/verification on adults and pediatrics, which includes real ear measurements
*Implantable (Cochlear implants/baha) selection/orientation on adults and pediatrics
*counseling and patient education on hearing and balance treatment options and test results
*work within a multi disciplinary team
*Earmold/custom hearing aid modification
*Lyric |
Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern:
| | Rarely | Hearing Screenings | | Regularly | Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler | | Everyday | Pediatric evaluations: school-age | | Everyday | Adult hearing evaluations | | Everyday | Tympanometry | | Regularly | Acoustic Reflexes | | Regularly | Auditory processing evaluations | | Rarely | Hearing Screenings | | Regularly | Evoked potential assessments | | Never | Intra-operative monitoring cases | | Regularly | Otoacoustic emissions | | Rarely | Industrial/hearing conservation | | Everyday | Vestibular assessments | | Everyday | Vestibular rehabilitation | | Everyday | Hearing aids dispensed | | Everyday | Hearing aid selection/fitting | | Rarely | Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) | | Regularly | Cochlear implant evaluations | | Regularly | Cochlear implant rehabilitation | | Regularly | Tinnitus assessments | | Regularly | Tinnitus rehabilitation | | Regularly | Cerumen management | |
| Research opportunities? | Yes
research opportunities can be explored if interested |
| 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: | as needed |
| Application Deadline: | January 12th, 2022 |
| Application Requirements: | Letters of Recommendation
Resume
Letter of request/intent
Phone or in person interview (dependent on COVID restrictions at the time of interviewing) |
| Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: | email requirements to abeach@thehearinginstitute.org |
Contact Person:
(preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) | Angie Beach - abeach@thehearinginstitute.org |
| Are all externs supervised? | Yes
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