Primary Practice Setting: | Community speech and hearing center Educational audiology/school setting |
Number of Audiologists at the site:
| 0 FTE Masters Degree 2 FTE Au.D. 0 FTE Ph.D. 0 FTE Other Doctorate (ScD) 2 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 0 3rd year 2 4th year Externships |
Financial arrangements: | None |
Will interview travel be compensated? | No |
Vacation Days: | 0 |
Continuing education opportunities? | No Yes. As a significant part of this commitment, Clarke supports leaders in the field and offers a variety of learning opportunities for professionals who provide education for children who are deaf or hard of hearing and their families. |
Start Date: | 6/2/2025 |
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: | Current Au.D student at an accredited college or university |
Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: | Administers Diagnostic Tests: Provides amplification services including, hearing aid assessment testing and real ear measurements Coordinates and interprets test results. Consults with and makes recommendation on hearing disorders to physicians. Coordinates care with physicians and other providers. Completes chart notes for each patient seen and sends written report to referring physician. Manages Hearing Rehabilitation: Counsels patients regarding test results. Makes recommendations regarding hearing care options. Reviews products available to improve hearing impairment. Sells appropriate hearing care products and warranties as deemed necessary to meet the needs of the patient. Dispenses hearing aids, including selection, fitting, ear-mold acoustics, ongoing management with follow-up, and education. Demonstrates and sells Assistive Listening Devices (ALD's), batteries, and other special products. Performs hearing aid repairs. Performs hearing aid checks and cleanings. |
Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern:
| Never | Hearing Screenings | Regularly | Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler | Regularly | Pediatric evaluations: school-age | Everyday | Adult hearing evaluations | Regularly | Tympanometry | Regularly | Acoustic Reflexes | Never | Auditory processing evaluations | Never | Hearing Screenings | Never | Evoked potential assessments | Never | Intra-operative monitoring cases | Regularly | Otoacoustic emissions | Never | Industrial/hearing conservation | Never | Vestibular assessments | Never | Vestibular rehabilitation | Regularly | Hearing aids dispensed | Regularly | Hearing aid selection/fitting | Regularly | Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) | Never | Cochlear implant evaluations | Never | Cochlear implant rehabilitation | Never | Tinnitus assessments | Never | Tinnitus rehabilitation | Never | Cerumen management | |
Research opportunities? | No No. |
Consortium or collaborative arrangements with other sites? | No |
How frequently will the externship site communicate with the university during the externship? | Bi-Weekly
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Communication or other support do expected or required from the university during the externship: | Bi-weekly communication/progress report |
Application Deadline: | May 19, 2025 |
Application Requirements: | Letters of Recommendation Resume Transcript Letter of request/intent Applicants should submit their letter of intent, resume, graduate transcripts (official or unofficial) and two letters of recommendation. We recommend that at least one of the recommendations be from an audiologist who supervised a pediatric placement and can speak to your strengths in this area. |
Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: | Student can apply online at clarkeschools.org/careers. |
Contact Person: (preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) | Katie Donoghue - kdonoghue@clarkeschools.org |
Are all externs supervised? | Yes |