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American Hearing & Audiology announces the availability of a 4th year extern for the 2024/2025 academic year with a focus on private practice and business development. We offer ASHA supervision.
Our Mission at American Hearing & Audiology is to provide every patient with the most compelling experience to achieve a fuller life through better hearing. Our vision is to be the number one hearing care destination for both patients and team members. We have 20 busy private practice locations located in Oklahoma, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Tennessee and Arkansas. We practice in an evidence-based, best practice, patient centered model providing an excellent opportunity to learn.
As a 4th year extern you will be responsible for administering diagnostic audiologic tests, hearing aid dispensing (i.e., testing, fitting, and selection), and hearing rehabilitation service to all populations. The audiologist extern may provide other standard tests as needed. S/he will counsel and educate patients regarding test results and will articulately review the options that best meet their hearing care needs. The audiologist extern will engage in educating patients, developing patients for life, reviewing pricing options, and dispensing hearing aids as a part of the patient education process. Other areas of focus will include tinnitus management, verification, cerumen management, balance, business development, business management, marketing and customer service.
Applicants must be a team player who has a strong desire to learn and grow.
Please send resume and cover letter to DrLamp@americanhearing.us
Zoom interview
Externship Information:
Primary Practice Setting:
Private practice
Number of Audiologists at the site:
1 FTE Masters Degree 4 FTE Au.D. 0 FTE Ph.D. 0 FTE Other Doctorate (ScD) 13 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants) 17 FTE Clerical Support Staff
Number of Audiology Students each year:
1 1st year AuD Clinical Rotations 1 2nd year 1 3rd year 2 4th year Externships
Financial arrangements:
Salary
Will interview travel be compensated?
No
Vacation Days:
varies
Continuing education opportunities?
Yes You will have access to all vendor trainings hosted for AHA.
Start Date:
Flexible
Expected hours/days a week:
40
Travel to satellite centers required?
No Less than 20 miles
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:
Audiometric testing, Real Ear Verification, Vendor software training
Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship:
The audiologist extern will engage in educating patients, developing patients for life, reviewing pricing options, and dispensing hearing aids as a part of the patient education process. Other areas of focus will include tinnitus management, verification, cerumen management, balance, business development, business management, marketing and customer service. Travel between Tulsa and Broken Arrow may be required.
Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern:
Everyday
Hearing Screenings
Never
Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler
Rarely
Pediatric evaluations: school-age
Everyday
Adult hearing evaluations
Everyday
Tympanometry
Everyday
Acoustic Reflexes
Regularly
Auditory processing evaluations
Everyday
Hearing Screenings
Regularly
Evoked potential assessments
Regularly
Intra-operative monitoring cases
Everyday
Otoacoustic emissions
Rarely
Industrial/hearing conservation
Everyday
Vestibular assessments
Everyday
Vestibular rehabilitation
Everyday
Hearing aids dispensed
Everyday
Hearing aid selection/fitting
Regularly
Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized)
Never
Cochlear implant evaluations
Never
Cochlear implant rehabilitation
Everyday
Tinnitus assessments
Everyday
Tinnitus rehabilitation
Everyday
Cerumen management
Research opportunities?
No No
Consortium or collaborative arrangements with other sites?
No
How frequently will the externship site communicate with the university during the externship?
As Needed
Communication or other support do expected or required from the university during the externship:
Other
Application Deadline:
December 1, 2023
Application Requirements:
Letters of Recommendation Resume Transcript Phone interview
Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process:
Please email resume to DrLamp@americanhearing.us
Contact Person: (preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator)
Our Mission at American Hearing & Audiology is to provide every patient with the most compelling experience to achieve a fuller life through better hearing in all 17 of our locations. Our vision is to be the number one hearing care destination for both patients and team members. in Kansas City, Omaha and Lincoln.
