| Primary Practice Setting: | Private practice |
Number of Audiologists at the site:
| 0 FTE Masters Degree 3 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 1 2nd year 1 3rd year 1 4th year Externships |
| Financial arrangements: | Salary |
| Will interview travel be compensated? | No |
| Vacation Days: | 7 |
| Continuing education opportunities? | Yes You will be included in hearing aid manufacturer trainings and educational opportunities throughout the year |
| Start Date: | TBD |
| Expected hours/days a week: | 35 |
| Travel to satellite centers required? | No |
| 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: | Willingness to learn and train under exceptional preceptors, knowledge of hearing tests, types of hearing loss, knowledge of hearing aids, fitting and programming using best practice. |
| Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: | Training to grow and become independent in the following: Diagnostic audiological testing for patients from pediatrics through geriatrics Hearing aid modifications and repairs Lyric Hearing aid evaluations, fittings, verification, follow up and troubleshooting with all of the major hearing aid manufacturers Tinnitus testing, treatment, and management Real Ear Measurements and Test Box Verification Earmold and musician's plug fitting and dispensing |
Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern:
| | Regularly | Hearing Screenings | | Rarely | Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler | | Rarely | Pediatric evaluations: school-age | | Everyday | Adult hearing evaluations | | Everyday | Tympanometry | | Regularly | Acoustic Reflexes | | Never | Auditory processing evaluations | | Regularly | Hearing Screenings | | Never | Evoked potential assessments | | Never | Intra-operative monitoring cases | | Rarely | Otoacoustic emissions | | Rarely | Industrial/hearing conservation | | Never | Vestibular assessments | | Never | Vestibular rehabilitation | | Everyday | Hearing aids dispensed | | Everyday | Hearing aid selection/fitting | | Everyday | Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) | | Never | Cochlear implant evaluations | | Never | Cochlear implant rehabilitation | | Regularly | Tinnitus assessments | | Regularly | Tinnitus rehabilitation | | Everyday | Cerumen management | |
| Research opportunities? | No Not applicable at this location |
| Consortium or collaborative arrangements with other sites? | No |
| 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: | Liability insurance |
| Application Deadline: | ASAP |
| Application Requirements: | Letters of Recommendation Resume Transcript Phone interview Letter of request/intent To apply, please provide: 1) Letter of intent 2) Resume 3) 2 Letters of Reference 4) Transcript |
| Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: | Request the students apply to the following: Dr. Kira Savin, Audiologist and Managing Partner kira@hearing-care.org
Dr. Jennifer Ratner, Audiologist and Managing Partner, jennifer@hearing-care.org
Ms. Jennifer Tarlton, Practice Administrator jtarlton@hearing-care.org |
Contact Person: (preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) | Kira Savin - kira@hearing-care.org |
| Are all externs supervised? | Yes |