Primary Practice Setting: | Community speech and hearing center |
Number of Audiologists at the site:
| 0 FTE Masters Degree 2 FTE Au.D. 0 FTE Ph.D. 0 FTE Other Doctorate (ScD) 0 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants) 0 FTE Clerical Support Staff |
Number of Audiology Students each year:
| 0 1st year AuD Clinical Rotations 0 2nd year 0 3rd year 1 4th year Externships |
Financial arrangements: | Stipend |
Will interview travel be compensated? | No |
Vacation Days: | 10 |
Continuing education opportunities? | Yes Manufacturer trainings and staff trainings |
Start Date: | June 2026 |
Expected hours/days a week: | 40 hours |
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: | Adult audiometry, adult hearing aid fitting, follow up, and troubleshooting, adult case history, report writing. |
Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: | Pediatric VRA, CPA, infant threshold ABR, pediatric hearing aid fitting, follow up, and troubleshooting. Counseling both adults and pediatric families. Case management. |
Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern:
| Regularly | Hearing Screenings | Regularly | Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler | Regularly | Pediatric evaluations: school-age | Everyday | Adult hearing evaluations | Everyday | Tympanometry | Rarely | Acoustic Reflexes | Never | Auditory processing evaluations | Regularly | Hearing Screenings | Regularly | Evoked potential assessments | Never | Intra-operative monitoring cases | Regularly | Otoacoustic emissions | Rarely | Industrial/hearing conservation | Never | Vestibular assessments | Never | Vestibular rehabilitation | Everyday | Hearing aids dispensed | Everyday | Hearing aid selection/fitting | Regularly | Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) | Never | Cochlear implant evaluations | Never | Cochlear implant rehabilitation | Rarely | Tinnitus assessments | Rarely | Tinnitus rehabilitation | Regularly | 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
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Communication or other support do expected or required from the university during the externship: | Regular assessment of progress / open communication is expected but not required. |
Application Deadline: | 9/17/25 |
Application Requirements: | Letters of Recommendation Resume Letter of request/intent |
Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: | Send application materials as a complete package and 3 letters of recommendation to careers@fuelmedical.com |
Contact Person: (preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) | Laura Keech, Au.D. CCC-A, extern coordinator - lkeech@nehsc.org |
Are all externs supervised? | Yes |