| Primary Practice Setting: | Hospital
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Number of Audiologists at the site:
| 0 FTE Masters Degree
4 FTE Au.D.
0 FTE Ph.D.
0 FTE Other Doctorate (ScD)
0 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants)
2 FTE Clerical Support Staff
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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
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| Will interview travel be compensated? | No
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| Vacation Days: | TBD
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| Continuing education opportunities? | Yes
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| Start Date: | June 2026
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| Expected hours/days a week: | 40 hours/week
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| Travel to satellite centers required? | No
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| Local students preferred: | No
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| 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
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| Externship site expects the extern to have mastered these skills before they begin their clinical externship: | Basic audiometry: air, bone, and speech assessments
Immittance measures
Otoacoustic Emissions
Basic ABR skills
Hearing aid checks/troubleshooting |
| Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: | Master pediatric assessment and protocols including:
Play audiometry
VRA
Immittance measures
Otoacoustic Emissions
Diagnostic/screening ABR
Newborn hearing screens/follow-up
Hearing aid checks, troubleshooting, selection and fitting
Counseling and recommendations
Cochlear implant assessment/mapping |
Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern:
| | Regularly | Hearing Screenings | | Everyday | Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler | | Everyday | Pediatric evaluations: school-age | | Rarely | Adult hearing evaluations | | Everyday | Tympanometry | | Everyday | Acoustic Reflexes | | Never | Auditory processing evaluations | | Regularly | Hearing Screenings | | Regularly | Evoked potential assessments | | Never | Intra-operative monitoring cases | | Everyday | Otoacoustic emissions | | Never | Industrial/hearing conservation | | Never | Vestibular assessments | | Never | Vestibular rehabilitation | | Regularly | Hearing aids dispensed | | Regularly | Hearing aid selection/fitting | | Never | Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) | | Regularly | Cochlear implant evaluations | | Never | Cochlear implant rehabilitation | | Never | Tinnitus assessments | | Never | Tinnitus rehabilitation | | Never | Cerumen management | |
| Research opportunities? | No
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| Consortium or collaborative arrangements with other sites? | No
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| 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: | A university contact must be identified for communication regarding any concerns or issues that arise during the externship period. Clear guidelines for assessment, deadlines, and expectations of student performance are required. |
| Application Deadline: | September 12, 2025 |
| Application Requirements: | Letters of Recommendation
Resume
Transcript
Letter of request/intent
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| Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: | Please email all of the required information to amanda.giles@lcmchealth.org by the deadline date. |
Contact Person:
(preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) | Amanda Giles, Au.D. - amanda.giles@lcmchealth.org |
| Are all externs supervised? | Yes
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