Primary Practice Setting: | Other non-profit multidisciplinary center treating children and adults |
Number of Audiologists at the site:
| 1 FTE Masters Degree 5 FTE Au.D. 1 FTE Ph.D. 3 FTE Other Doctorate (ScD) 1 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants) 7 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 w pd holidays |
Continuing education opportunities? | Yes Yes, continuing education is encouraged. The audiology resident will participate in all scheduled continuing education for the full time audiologists as well as outside continuing education |
Start Date: | June 2026 |
Expected hours/days a week: | 8hrs/ day 5 days |
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: | -basic diagnostic audiological evaluation adult -basic hearing aid knowledge (CHC works with every company) |
Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: | -full, comprehensive audiological evaluation on adults and children -programming and troubleshooting hearing aids and ALDs -hone outreach and presentation skills |
Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern:
| Regularly | Hearing Screenings | Everyday | Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler | Everyday | Pediatric evaluations: school-age | Everyday | Adult hearing evaluations | Everyday | Tympanometry | Everyday | Acoustic Reflexes | Regularly | Auditory processing evaluations | Regularly | Hearing Screenings | Regularly | Evoked potential assessments | Never | Intra-operative monitoring cases | Everyday | 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 | Regularly | Tinnitus assessments | Regularly | Tinnitus rehabilitation | Rarely | Cerumen management | |
Research opportunities? | Yes CHC is currently involved in 2 research projects with more pending |
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: | due dates evaluation criteria |
Application Deadline: | September 5, 2025 |
Application Requirements: | Letters of Recommendation Resume Transcript Letter of request/intent Other There is an interview either in person or via Zoom |
Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: | Please email, Michele DiStefano, AuD, CCC/A at mdistefano@chchearing.org |
Contact Person: (preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) | Michele DiStefano - mdistefano@chchearing.org |
Are all externs supervised? | Yes |