| Primary Practice Setting: | Hospital
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Number of Audiologists at the site:
| 0 FTE Masters Degree
7 FTE Au.D.
0 FTE Ph.D.
0 FTE Other Doctorate (ScD)
0 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants)
2 FTE Clerical Support Staff
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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 |
| Financial arrangements: | Stipend
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| Will interview travel be compensated? | No
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| Vacation Days: | 10 days
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| Continuing education opportunities? | Yes
Yes. There are many opportunities to participate in on-site and off-site training and conferences. In addition, the NYU Cochlear Implant Center hosts a programming conference every December that the extern will be able to participate in. |
| Start Date: | June 2025
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| Expected hours/days a week: | Monday-Friday
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| Travel to satellite centers required? | No
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| 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: | No skills are required to be mastered before the start of the externship |
| Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: | •Conduct appropriate comprehensive behavioral and objective audiological evaluations for pediatric, adult and geriatric populations
•Perform hearing device evaluations, programming, fitting, repair and follow-up for patient's with hearing aids, FM systems, bone conduction devices and/or CROS systems
•Conduct vestibular assessments
•Counsel and educate patients and their families on hearing loss, communication strategies and the use of hearing devices
•Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals to ensure comprehensive patient care |
Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern:
| | Rarely | Hearing Screenings | | Everyday | Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler | | Everyday | Pediatric evaluations: school-age | | Everyday | Adult hearing evaluations | | Everyday | Tympanometry | | Everyday | Acoustic Reflexes | | Rarely | Auditory processing evaluations | | Rarely | Hearing Screenings | | Regularly | Evoked potential assessments | | Never | Intra-operative monitoring cases | | Everyday | Otoacoustic emissions | | Rarely | Industrial/hearing conservation | | Regularly | Vestibular assessments | | Never | Vestibular rehabilitation | | Everyday | Hearing aids dispensed | | Everyday | Hearing aid selection/fitting | | Never | Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) | | Regularly | Cochlear implant evaluations | | Regularly | Cochlear implant rehabilitation | | Rarely | Tinnitus assessments | | Rarely | Tinnitus rehabilitation | | Rarely | Cerumen management | |
| Research opportunities? | No
The NYU Hearing and Balance Center conducts evaluations for many research studies. Extern will have the opportunity to provide testing and complete research audiograms, although they will not be involved with the compilation of data and publishing of results. If interested, we can provide observation with the research audiology team at NYU Langone Health. |
| 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: | A positive working relationship between the university program and NYU Hearing and Balance Center relies on acceptance of each party's philosophies, procedures, and expectations. The university or academic institution's clinical education philosophy must be compatible with that of our center. We have strong collaborative relationships among staff and other clinical departments and expect a similar, collaborative approach between fellows, supervisors, and university clinical coordinators. For this reason, we welcome university staff to attend introductory meetings with the NYU Hearing and Balance Center staff. After an introductory meeting, a tour of the facilities and a brief observation session can be arranged. |
| Application Deadline: | September 18, 2024 |
| Application Requirements: | Letters of Recommendation
Resume
Transcript
Letter of request/intent
Other
Contact information for clinical education coordinator at university program |
| Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: | All prospective applicants should address application documents, outlined below, to:
Erin Byrd, Au.D.
NYU Hearing and Balance Center
240 East 38th Street, 14th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Application must include:
•Cover letter
•Curriculum vitae
•Unofficial academic transcript
•Two letters of recommendation
•Contact information for clinical education coordinator at university program
With the exception of letters of recommendations, all documents may be submitted electronically in a single PDF document to erin.byrd@nyulangone.org. Letters of recommendations can be provided along with other application materials, or sent directly to Dr. Byrd. Candidates will be contacted to arrange in-person (preferred) interviews. Upon selection of audiology fellow for the academic year, NYU Langone Health Human Resources will provide formal offer letter and instructions for onboarding. All offers are contingent on a signed agreement between NYU and the extern's graduate program and on approval from NYU Human Resources. The onboarding process will be completed within 3 months of official start date.
Applicants cannot apply to both the NYU Hearing and Balance Center and the NYU Cochlear Implant Center externship opportunities. You may only apply to and will only be considered for one.
NYU Hearing and Balance Center follows the Audiology Clinical Education Network's (ACEN) externship timeline. |
Contact Person:
(preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) | Erin Byrd, Au.D. - erin.byrd@nyulangone.org |
| Are all externs supervised? | Yes
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