Primary Practice Setting: | Community speech and hearing center |
Number of Audiologists at the site:
| 0 FTE Masters Degree 3 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 |
Number of Audiology Students each year:
| 0 1st year AuD Clinical Rotations 1 2nd year 1 3rd year 1 4th year Externships |
Financial arrangements: | Stipend |
Will interview travel be compensated? | No |
Vacation Days: | 10 |
Continuing education opportunities? | Yes Externs are afforded the ability to attend 1 multi-day conference of their choosing and up to 2 single day seminars. Costs for conferences will not be reimbursed. |
Start Date: | June 2025 |
Expected hours/days a week: | 36-40 |
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: | *Self-motivation * Takes initiative * Attention to detail *Excellent organizational skills *Able to work as part of a high functioning team *Strong interest in adult populations *Previous experience with pediatric population is preferred *Experience in completing diagnostic hearing evaluations , including otoscopy, tympanometry, acoustic reflexes, and otoacoustic emissions in adult and pediatric populations. * Have some experience completing hearing assessments using BOA, VRA, and CPA techniques. * Experience working with developmentally disabled population preferred. * Comfortable working with third party interpreters preferred. * Independently complete listening checks on hearing aids and able to complete hearing aid troubleshooting. * Be comfortable making earmold impressions. |
Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: | The extern will be able to demonstrate the following skills by the end of his/her externship:
*Perform diagnostic hearing evaluations including objective measures using standard and pediatric testing methods. * Conduct community/school hearing screenings. * Independently complete adult hearing aid evaluations and fittings, utilizing subjective and objective measures. * Independently perform listening checks on hearings aids and personal FM systems. * Function as a part of a diverse Audiology Department in a busy community clinic setting. * Develop skills and knowledge in identifying candidates for cochlear implantation and perform candidate evaluations, mapping, and follow-up assessments. * Become competent at describing audiological test results to families, patients, and other professional team members in language that can be easily understood. * Understand and inform patients in an unbiased approach to their communication options. * Be able to communicate needs and audiologic findings with third party organizations in regards to implications in the workplace. |
Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern:
| Rarely | Hearing Screenings | Rarely | Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler | Regularly | Pediatric evaluations: school-age | Everyday | Adult hearing evaluations | Everyday | Tympanometry | Everyday | Acoustic Reflexes | Regularly | Auditory processing evaluations | Rarely | Hearing Screenings | Rarely | Evoked potential assessments | Never | Intra-operative monitoring cases | Regularly | Otoacoustic emissions | Regularly | Industrial/hearing conservation | Never | 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 | Everyday | Cerumen management | |
Research opportunities? | No |
Consortium or collaborative arrangements with other sites? | Yes We have a strategic partnership with St. Joseph's Institute for the Deaf and provide audiology service to their students |
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 designated externship coordinator from the university's program must contact our site at time of agreement, as well as maintain regular contact throughout externship year. |
Application Deadline: | October 1, 2024 |
Application Requirements: | Letters of Recommendation Resume Transcript Phone interview Letter of request/intent |
Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: | Please submit application by October 1st to include: letter of intent, curriculum vitae, unofficial graduate transcripts, and 3 confidential letters of recommendation. You may submit by email to sinksk@chsstl.org, or by mail:Center for Hearing & Speech 9835 Manchester Rd St. Louis, MO 63119.
Video Conference interviews are generally scheduled late September and early October. Offers are typically made by end of October. Contracts and Affiliation Agreements will be reviewed by both parties after student has accepted.
We do not perform onsite interviews prior to making an offer, therefore if the student requires an onsite visit prior to accepting a potential offer, it is recommended a visit be scheduled prior to submitting an application. |
Contact Person: (preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) | Kate Sinks - sinksk@chsstl.org |
Are all externs supervised? | Yes |