Primary Practice Setting: | Hospital |
Number of Audiologists at the site:
| 0 FTE Masters Degree 6 FTE Au.D. 0 FTE Ph.D. 0 FTE Other Doctorate (ScD) 4 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants) 4 FTE Clerical Support Staff |
Number of Audiology Students each year:
| 0 1st year AuD Clinical Rotations 0 2nd year 2 3rd year 5 4th year Externships |
Financial arrangements: | Salary |
Will interview travel be compensated? | No |
Vacation Days: | 10 |
Continuing education opportunities? | Yes yes |
Start Date: | June 1, 2026 |
Expected hours/days a week: | 8-5 M-F Usually |
Travel to satellite centers required? | Yes Less than 10 miles |
Local students preferred: | Yes |
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: | Complete testing on adults with minimal supervision Basic working knowledge of managing hearing aids Experience in private practice or other business setting |
Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: | Independance in testing all ages Independance managing hearing aid visits |
Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern:
| Everyday | Hearing Screenings | Regularly | Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler | Regularly | Pediatric evaluations: school-age | Regularly | Adult hearing evaluations | Everyday | Tympanometry | Rarely | Acoustic Reflexes | Never | Auditory processing evaluations | Everyday | Hearing Screenings | Regularly | Evoked potential assessments | Never | Intra-operative monitoring cases | Everyday | Otoacoustic emissions | Never | Industrial/hearing conservation | Rarely | Vestibular assessments | Never | 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 | Rarely | Tinnitus assessments | Rarely | Tinnitus rehabilitation | Rarely | Cerumen management | |
Research opportunities? | Yes We do not have a formal process for research participation |
Consortium or collaborative arrangements with other sites? | Yes We have office locations within Downstate Health Science University. We have recently added CAPD evaluation |
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: | Periodic touch base emails or calls and regular evaluations of students |
Application Deadline: | 10/31/2025 |
Application Requirements: | Letters of Recommendation Resume Transcript Phone interview Letter of request/intent Unofficial transcript is acceptable |
Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: | Email completed application packet to externapplicant@libertyhearingcenters.com |
Contact Person: (preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) | john weigand - john.weigand@downstate.edu |
Are all externs supervised? | Yes |