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The University of Georgia (UGA) Speech and Hearing Clinic in partnership with Georgia Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Program (Ga LEND) training program at Georgia State University (GSU) offers a dynamic, 10-12 month full-time externship experience to Doctor of Audiology (Au.D.) candidates in the final year of their training programs.
This externship experience will provide a blend of clinical training at a university clinic in Athens, GA as well as participation in the Ga LEND program in Atlanta, GA which aims to prepare future leaders who will enhance the lives of children and families through culturally competent and family-centered services, coordinated systems of care, and responsive social policies. The UGA Speech and Hearing Clinic is housed within the Department of Communication Sciences and Special Education in the Mary Frances Early College of Education in Athens, Georgia. The clinic provides the extern with a well-rounded clinical experience serving patients of all ages in a wide variety of diagnostic and rehabilitative services including conventional audiometry, visual reinforcement audiometry, conditioned play audiometry, screening and diagnostic ABR evaluations, diagnostic OAE testing, hearing aid consultations and fitting, and cochlear implant candidacy evaluations and mapping. The extern will receive full time supervision at the initiation of the externship experience and will work towards increasing independence. The Ga LEND program is a two semester interdisciplinary training experience to prepare future leaders to provide coordinated, culturally competent, and family-centered care to children and families. The program incorporates didactic and experiential learning in classroom, clinical, and community settings. The trainee will also receive support to attend the EHDI Annual Conference as well as local and state continuing education.
2023-2024 Program Details
Duration: July 1, 2024-June 30, 2025 (flexible)
Total externs: 1 AuD extern/trainee per year
Primary practice setting: University Clinic
Expected hours: Approximately 40 per week; divided between clinic, didactic, and Ga LEND experiences. LEND experiences are estimated at 10 hours per week.
Supervising audiologists: 4 UGA-based Audiologists, all with CCC-A certifications, and Ga LEND Pediatric Audiology faculty
Financial arrangements: $17,500 stipend
Vacation days: 10 days plus 12 University holidays
Continuing education opportunities: Externs will have access to any on-campus continuing education such as manufacturer trainings, Audiology Journal Clubs, and/or on-campus conferences including the UGA Pediatric Audiology Symposium. Externs will receive financial support from LEND and UGA-approved time away to attend the EHDI Annual conference.
Travel: Approximately 25%; Experiences split between UGA Speech and Hearing Clinic in Athens, GA as well as Atlanta-based LEND activities.
Applicants should submit a complete application packet including:
GaLEND Program Application (contact Dr. Moon below)
Names and contact information for two faculty members of supervisors willing to speak to your qualification and readiness for the GaLEND Program
Curriculum Vitae/Resume, including current GPA
2 Letters of Recommendation including information regarding clinical skills and professionalism
Community speech and hearing center University medical center
Number of Audiologists at the site:
0 FTE Masters Degree 3 FTE Au.D. 1 FTE Ph.D. 0 FTE Other Doctorate (ScD) 1 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants) 3 FTE Clerical Support Staff
Number of Audiology Students each year:
0 1st year AuD Clinical Rotations 0 2nd year 0 3rd year 0 4th year Externships
Financial arrangements:
Stipend
Will interview travel be compensated?
No
Vacation Days:
10 plus holidays
Continuing education opportunities?
Yes Externs will have access to any on-campus continuing education such as manufacturer trainings, Audiology Journal Clubs, and/or on-campus conferences including the UGA Pediatric Audiology Symposium. Externs will receive financial support from LEND and UGA-approved time away to attend the EHDI Annual conference.
Start Date:
July 2024 (flexible)
Expected hours/days a week:
40
Travel to satellite centers required?
Yes Approximately 25%; Experiences split between UGA Speech and Hearing Clinic in Athens, GA as well as Atlanta-based LEND activities.
Local students preferred:
No
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
Externship site expects the extern to have mastered these skills before they begin their clinical externship:
Basic comprehensive audiometry, immittance, and speech testing. Basic knowledge of hearing aid technology and fitting processes.
Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship:
At the end of the externship experience, students will be able to demonstrate independent audiometry skills including pure tone testing, speech-in-quiet and speech-in-noise testing, and immitance testing. Students will be able to recommend appropriate assistive devices and independently program hearing aids using best practices (including real ear measurements). Students will be able to complete a cochlear implant evaluation and make recommendations regarding candidacy. Students will demonstrate skills, with support, in pediatric hearing assessment, diagnostic ABR, cochlear implant programming, and tinnitus evaluation.
Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern:
Rarely
Hearing Screenings
Regularly
Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler
Regularly
Pediatric evaluations: school-age
Everyday
Adult hearing evaluations
Everyday
Tympanometry
Regularly
Acoustic Reflexes
Never
Auditory processing evaluations
Rarely
Hearing Screenings
Regularly
Evoked potential assessments
Never
Intra-operative monitoring cases
Regularly
Otoacoustic emissions
Rarely
Industrial/hearing conservation
Never
Vestibular assessments
Never
Vestibular rehabilitation
Everyday
Hearing aids dispensed
Everyday
Hearing aid selection/fitting
Regularly
Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized)
Regularly
Cochlear implant evaluations
Regularly
Cochlear implant rehabilitation
Rarely
Tinnitus assessments
Rarely
Tinnitus rehabilitation
Rarely
Cerumen management
Research opportunities?
Yes Participation in research is not a planned part of this internship, however, flexibility in the externship experience may allow interns to participate in ongoing research at UGA if interested.
Consortium or collaborative arrangements with other sites?
Yes GA LEND. See description
How frequently will the externship site communicate with the university during the externship?
Monthly
Communication or other support do expected or required from the university during the externship:
will communicate with university based on university needs/guidelines
Application Deadline:
9/22/23
Application Requirements:
Letters of Recommendation Resume Phone interview Letter of request/intent
Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process:
Applicants should submit a complete application packet including:
*GaLEND Program Application (see below) *Names and contact information for two faculty members of supervisors willing to speak to your qualification and readiness for the GaLEND Program *Curriculum Vitae/Resume, including current GPA *2 Letters of Recommendation including information regarding clinical skills and professionalism
Complete applications should be submitted to:
SoMang Moon, AuD, CCC-A Clinical Assistant Professor University of Georgia somang.moon@uga.edu
Contact Person: (preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator)
About University of Georgia: Speech and Hearing Clinic
The Department of Communication Sciences and Special Education seeks to improve the world around us through instruction, research, outreach, and service in speech-language pathology, audiology, American Sign Language, general-curriculum and adapted-curriculum special education, early childhood special education, applied behavior analysis, and related areas. The department’s Speech and Hearing Clinic, founded in 1953, is the largest academically-associated clinic at UGA and provides a full range of speech, language, voice, dysphagia, hearing assessment, hearing aids, and aural (re)habilitation services to Athens and surrounding communities. The department and the clinic are committed to increasing the personal and/or professional diversity of our faculty and programs through this hire. Information about the department and about the clinic is available at https://coe.uga.edu/directory/communication-sciences-and-special-education and at https://coe.uga.edu/directory/speech-and-hearing-clinic.
The Mary Frances Early College of Education (https://coe.uga.edu/) at the University of Georgia has over 200 faculty members, enrolls nearly 4,000 students (approximately 60% graduate students) ...each semester, and supports graduate programs perennially ranked among the nation’s best.
The University of Georgia (www.uga.edu) is consistently ranked among the nation’s leading public research universities and seeks to sustain and advance its history of success through the recruitment and retention of an excellent and diverse faculty. The university offers a competitive compensation package with an affordable cost of living, an attractive location in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains near Atlanta, a mild climate, and an excellent quality of life in a vibrant multicultural community (www.visitathensga.com).
The University of Georgia is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ethnicity, age, genetic information, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, or protected veteran status. Persons needing accommodations or assistance with the accessibility of materials related to this search are encouraged to contact Central HR (hrweb@uga.edu). This position is contingent on the continued availability of funding.
