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Ear, Nose & Throat Associates still has 1 available externship for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Ear, Nose and Throat Associates, P.C./The Hearing Center has been the region's premier provider of comprehensive ear, nose and throat care for over 6 decades and continues to thrive and grow. Our independent practice has 2 ENT offices, 13 satellite locations and 2 retail hearing device centers in the Fort Wayne, IN area. Our team consists of 19 physicians/nurse practitioners and 12 audiologists. Visit www.enthearingcenter.com and www.entfw.com to learn more about our practice.
The Hearing Center is well-suited for a 4th Year Externship as we offer a wide variety of services for all age groups. Our Audiology services include basic comprehensive audiometry, ABR, OAE, APD, comprehensive vestibular assessments, cochlear implant and bone anchored device management and hearing device dispensing with all populations.
This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic, motivated, self-driven, highly organized extern eager to work in a team environment which encourages professional growth in a fast-paced practice resulting in an Audiologist who is thoroughly prepared for the field.
Applicants are required to have successfully completed all academic and clinic experience requirements of their first, second and third year programs.
Externship Information:
Primary Practice Setting:
ENT group practice
Number of Audiologists at the site:
3 FTE Masters Degree 9 FTE Au.D. 0 FTE Ph.D. 0 FTE Other Doctorate (ScD) 4 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants) 7 FTE Clerical Support Staff
Number of Audiology Students each year:
0 1st year AuD Clinical Rotations 0 2nd year 1 3rd year 2 4th year Externships
Financial arrangements:
Stipend
Will interview travel be compensated?
No
Vacation Days:
10
Continuing education opportunities?
Yes Regular CEU training from hearing device manufacturers.
Start Date:
Negotiable
Expected hours/days a week:
40
Travel to satellite centers required?
No
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 audiogram including impedance testing and masking of air/bone. OAE administration and interpretation. Hearing aid dispensing skills. Hearing aid selection. Earmold selection. Basic knowledge of hearing aid fine tuning.
Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship:
Student will master air/bone masking skills. Hearing aid Selection and Dispensing Hearing aid follow up skills. Interpretation of OAE test results.
Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern:
Regularly
Hearing Screenings
Regularly
Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler
Regularly
Pediatric evaluations: school-age
Everyday
Adult hearing evaluations
Everyday
Tympanometry
Everyday
Acoustic Reflexes
Rarely
Auditory processing evaluations
Regularly
Hearing Screenings
Regularly
Evoked potential assessments
Never
Intra-operative monitoring cases
Regularly
Otoacoustic emissions
Never
Industrial/hearing conservation
Regularly
Vestibular assessments
Rarely
Vestibular rehabilitation
Regularly
Hearing aids dispensed
Regularly
Hearing aid selection/fitting
Rarely
Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized)
Regularly
Cochlear implant evaluations
Regularly
Cochlear implant rehabilitation
Rarely
Tinnitus assessments
Rarely
Tinnitus rehabilitation
Regularly
Cerumen management
Research opportunities?
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:
As needed.
Application Deadline:
December 1, 2023
Application Requirements:
Letters of Recommendation Resume Transcript Phone interview Letter of request/intent
Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process:
Student may submit a cover letter, resume, transcript and 2 letters of recommendation. The university may make first contact if preferred.
Contact Person: (preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator)
About Ear, Nose & Throat Associates/The Hearing Center
Ear, Nose and Throat Associates, P.C./The Hearing Center has been the region’s premier provider of comprehensive ear, nose and throat care for over 6 decades and continues to thrive and grow. Our independent practice has 2 ENT offices, 12 satellite locations and 2 retail hearing device centers in the Fort Wayne, IN area.
