| Primary Practice Setting: | Private practice
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Number of Audiologists at the site:
| 0 FTE Masters Degree
4 FTE Au.D.
0 FTE Ph.D.
0 FTE Other Doctorate (ScD)
0 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants)
5 FTE Clerical Support Staff
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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
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| Will interview travel be compensated? | No
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| Vacation Days: | 5
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| Continuing education opportunities? | Yes
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| Start Date: | June 2025
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| Expected hours/days a week: | 40 hours/week
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| Travel to satellite centers required? | Yes
Two offices: Chevy Chase, Silver Spring (both in Maryland) |
| 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: | - Basic audiologic evaluation, including comprehensive audiometry, acoustic immittance, and otoacoustic emissions, including interpretation.
- Good understanding of masking.
- Knowledge of various brands of hearing aids.
- Hearing aid programming inclusive of real ear measures.
- Capable of producing well-written, thorough, but concise reports.
- Cultural competence |
| Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: | Independently obtain, interpret, and report data for the following assessments:
- Audiologic evaluations
- Cochleo- and vestibulo-toxicity evaluations
- Vestibular evaluations
- Tinnitus/hyperacusis evaluations
- Central auditory processing evaluations
- Hearing aid evaluations
- Cochlear implant candidacy evaluations
Independently complete hearing aid fittings and cochlear implant mapping in the allotted time including a well written report with appropriate coding.
Provide treatment for BPPV, tinnitus, CAPD, and other audiologic conditions.
Complete one clinically relevant project. |
Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern:
| | Rarely | Hearing Screenings | | Regularly | 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 | | Everyday | Evoked potential assessments | | Never | Intra-operative monitoring cases | | Everyday | Otoacoustic emissions | | Never | Industrial/hearing conservation | | Everyday | Vestibular assessments | | Regularly | Vestibular rehabilitation | | Everyday | Hearing aids dispensed | | Everyday | Hearing aid selection/fitting | | Regularly | Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) | | Rarely | Cochlear implant evaluations | | Rarely | Cochlear implant rehabilitation | | Everyday | Tinnitus assessments | | Everyday | Tinnitus rehabilitation | | Everyday | Cerumen management | |
| Research opportunities? | No
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| 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: | Contract with university. |
| Application Deadline: | 09/18/2024 |
| Application Requirements: | Letters of Recommendation
Resume
Transcript
Letter of request/intent
Other
Virtual interview |
| Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: | Interested applicants should send the following materials to Dr. Jacquelyn Lovitt (jlovitt@capitalhearingbalance.com):
- Letter of intent
- Current resume/CV
- 3 letters of recommendation (submitted directly by the faculty member/clinical supervisor; at least 2 of the letters must be from previous clinical supervisors) |
Contact Person:
(preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) | Jacquelyn C. J. Lovitt, Au.D. - jlovitt@capitalhearingbalance.com |
| Are all externs supervised? | Yes
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