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Hearing Consultants of Colorado Springgs
Application
Details
Posted: 18-Aug-24
Location: Colorado Springs
Type: Full Time
Categories:
Allied Health
Au.D. Externship
Financial Arrangements:
Stipend
Primary Practice Setting:
Private practice
Hearing Consultants of Colorado Springs is a well rounded private practice in beautiful Colorado Springs, Colorado. We are seeking one highly motivated and enthusiastic individual for our 4th year Au.D. Externship for 2025/2026. In our fast-paced setting provides services to a wide range of patients in all areas of audiology. Our staff 4 audiologists and 2 audiology assistants as well as several other support staff will help prepare students for a real-world experience of evidence-based practice with an emphasis on the patient experience.
•Friday, September 13, 2024 - Application Deadline •Monday, September 16, 2024 - Interviews Begin •Friday, October 11, 2024 - Interview Complete •Monday, October 14, 2024 (11:00 am EST) - Offers extended •Tuesday, October 15, 2024 (7:00 pm EST) - Response deadline •Tuesday, October 15, 2024 (7:00 pm EST) - Subsequent offers begin
Externship Information:
Primary Practice Setting:
Private practice
Number of Audiologists at the site:
0 FTE Masters Degree 4 FTE Au.D. 0 FTE Ph.D. 0 FTE Other Doctorate (ScD) 2 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 1 4th year Externships
Financial arrangements:
Stipend
Will interview travel be compensated?
No
Vacation Days:
12
Continuing education opportunities?
Yes
Start Date:
May/June 2025
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 audiometric skills and knowledge obtained through a student's 3rd year.
Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship:
The following is a list of the common diagnostic and rehabilitative care that the extern should expect to provide: 1. Comprehensive adult audiologic evaluation – Simple and Complex 2. Comprehensive pediatric audiologic evaluation – Simple and Complex 3. Comprehensive vestibular evaluations including VNG, cVEMP and oVEMP and Rotary Chair 4. Electrophysiologic measures including ABR, cVEMP, oVEMP, and EchoG 5. Otoacoustic emissions 6. Immittance measures 7. Cochlear implant evaluations, fitting, verification, validation, follow-up and troubleshooting 8. Bone anchored hearing implant evaluations, fitting, verification, validation, follow-up and troubleshooting 9. Hearing aid evaluations, fitting, verification, validation, follow-up and troubleshooting (including Lyric, OTC, CROS and BICROS fittings) 10. Tinnitus evaluation and treatment 11. Treatment for decreased sound tolerance issues such as misophonia and/or hyperacusis 12. Ear impressions for the purpose of earmolds for; hearing aids, swimming, hearing protection, musicians, etc.
Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern:
Rarely
Hearing Screenings
Rarely
Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler
Rarely
Pediatric evaluations: school-age
Everyday
Adult hearing evaluations
Everyday
Tympanometry
Everyday
Acoustic Reflexes
Never
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
Regularly
Vestibular rehabilitation
Everyday
Hearing aids dispensed
Everyday
Hearing aid selection/fitting
Everyday
Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized)
Regularly
Cochlear implant evaluations
Regularly
Cochlear implant rehabilitation
Everyday
Tinnitus assessments
Regularly
Tinnitus rehabilitation
Regularly
Cerumen management
Research opportunities?
No
Consortium or collaborative arrangements with other sites?
Yes We are connected with Colorado Springs Ear Associates in town due to shared ownership. Students have the opportunity for additional learning opportunities at this clinic as well as observation of surgery with the otologist and appointments with the physical therapist.
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:
Email
Application Deadline:
September 13, 2024
Application Requirements:
Letters of Recommendation Resume Transcript Personal Review Letter of request/intent
Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process:
Timeline: •Friday, September 13, 2024 - Application Deadline •Monday, September 16, 2024 - Interviews Begin •Friday, October 11, 2024 - Interview Complete •Monday, October 14, 2024 (11:00 am EST) - Offers extended •Tuesday, October 15, 2024 (7:00 pm EST) - Response deadline •Tuesday, October 15, 2024 (7:00 pm EST) - Subsequent offers begin
Contact Person: (preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator)
Thriving and Well Rounded Private Practice Audiology Clinic.
Since 1981, Hearing Consultants of Colorado Springs has offered patients comprehensive audiology care. Our experienced team provides hearing tests, hearing aid assessments and fittings, cochlear implant evaluation and mapping, tinnitus evaluation and treatment, hearing protection, and other hearing services.
