**Paid Externship Opportunity**
Where: Houston, Texas
Company Name: Texas ENT Specialists www.texasent.com
Services offered:
1. Comprehensive testing including diagnostic audio (adult and pediatric)
2. Vestibular testing and interpretation
3. Tinnitus assessments and treatment
4. Electrophysiology (ABR, VEMP, ECochG)
5. Hearing aids utilizing best practices/BAHA- primarily adult with occasional pediatrics
6. Cochlear Implants- Evaluations, Activation/Mapping, Follow-up Care
Patient population: Adults (primarily) and Pediatric
Compensation: Hourly compensation ($22/hour, approximately $45700/yr) plus benefits including paid time off (after initial 90 days), medical, dental, ability to contribute to 401k with employer contribution, and relocation assistance
Texas ENT Specialists is hiring well qualified students for 4th year externship placements to begin in May 2026. We are a large, fast paced ENT practice with 15 office locations spread throughout the greater Houston area.
If you are interested in joining a strong audiology team where your input is valued by a great group of audiologists and ENTS, please submit the following together in one packet to Julie Wheeler, Au.D. at jwheeler@texasent.com:
1. Cover letter
2. Resume
3. 2 Letters of Recommendation (at least one must be from an offsite clinical supervisor)
Interviews will begin August 11, 2025. Positions open until filled with no application deadline-- please note our clinic does not follow ACEN timeline and when positions are offered you will have one week to accept/decline position. All of our supervisors have their CCCs. We look forward to hearing from you!
| Primary Practice Setting: | ENT group practice
| Number of Audiologists at the site:
| 1 FTE Masters Degree
19 FTE Au.D.
0 FTE Ph.D.
0 FTE Other Doctorate (ScD)
2 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants)
10 FTE Clerical Support Staff
| Number of Audiology Students each year:
| 0 1st year AuD Clinical Rotations
0 2nd year
0 3rd year
4 4th year Externships | | Financial arrangements: | Salary
Benefits
Other – Please Describe
Hourly compensation- $22/hour | | Will interview travel be compensated? | No
| | Vacation Days: | 15
| | Continuing education opportunities? | Yes
Manufacturer training | | Start Date: | May 27, 2026
| | Expected hours/days a week: | 40 hrs/5 days
| | Travel to satellite centers required? | Yes
We have 15 office locations. Our externs have a primary location to which they will go each day. Primary locations could go as far North as Conroe and as far South as Clearlake so it is important to live centrally. Very occasional travel to other clinics to assist with coverage may be required. | | 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: | Although we understand that this is an ongoing learning process and we do not expect mastery of skills prior to externship starting, it is expected that students are working toward competency on the following skills:
obtaining thorough case history, behavioral audiometry with adults, tympanometry, acoustic reflexes, basic hearing aid skills including troubleshooting, fine tuning, selection and fitting of hearing devices | | Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: | In addition to the skills listed above that will be mastered by the end of your externship year, you will also be proficient at pediatric behavioral testing, hearing aid consults/fittings/programming, BAHA fittings/programming, cochlear implants, VNG interpretation, Electrophysiologic testing (ABR, VEMPS, ECochGs) | Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern:
| | Everyday | Hearing Screenings | | Everyday | Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler | | Everyday | Pediatric evaluations: school-age | | Everyday | Adult hearing evaluations | | Everyday | Tympanometry | | Everyday | Acoustic Reflexes | | Never | Auditory processing evaluations | | Everyday | Hearing Screenings | | Regularly | Evoked potential assessments | | Never | Intra-operative monitoring cases | | Regularly | Otoacoustic emissions | | Never | Industrial/hearing conservation | | Regularly | Vestibular assessments | | Never | Vestibular rehabilitation | | Regularly | Hearing aids dispensed | | Regularly | Hearing aid selection/fitting | | Regularly | Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) | | Regularly | Cochlear implant evaluations | | Never | Cochlear implant rehabilitation | | Regularly | Tinnitus assessments | | Regularly | Tinnitus rehabilitation | | Never | Cerumen management | | | Research opportunities? | No
| | Consortium or collaborative arrangements with other sites? | No
| | 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: | We do not have specific requirements. | | Application Deadline: | None | | Application Requirements: | Letters of Recommendation
Resume
Phone interview
Letter of request/intent
| | Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: | If you are interested in joining a strong audiology team where your input is valued by a great group of audiologists and ENTS, please submit the following to Julie Wheeler, Au.D. at jwheeler@texasent.com:
1. Cover letter
2. Resume
3. 2 Letters of Recommendation | Contact Person:
(preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) | Julie Wheeler, Au.D. - jwheeler@texasent.com | | Are all externs supervised? | Yes
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