Primary Practice Setting: | VA medical center |
Number of Audiologists at the site:
| 0 FTE Masters Degree 14 FTE Au.D. 0 FTE Ph.D. 0 FTE Other Doctorate (ScD) 7 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants) 2 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 Benefits |
Will interview travel be compensated? | No |
Vacation Days: | Yes |
Continuing education opportunities? | Yes |
Start Date: | 6/2/2025 |
Expected hours/days a week: | 40 hours/week |
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: | Comprehensive diagnostic hearing exams (including OAEs, tympanometry, and masking) Basic hearing aid selection, fitting, and adjustment Report writing Basic knowledge of electrophysiologic and vestibular exams Basic knowledge of cochlear implant exams Basic knowledge of tinnitus exams and treatment |
Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: | -Outpatient hearing aid evaluation and fitting -Cochlear implant evaluation and mapping -Osseointegrated device evaluation and fitting -OAE, Tympanometry with reflexes -ASSR/ABR, ECochG, oVEMP, and cVEMP -Calorics, positionals, Rotational chair, CDP, and vHIT -Vestibular rehabilitation -Tinnitus Assessment -Tinnitus Management -TeleAudiology -Cerumen management (Curette, Lavage, and Suction) -Hearing aid adjustment, troubleshooting, and repair -Interoperative Monitoring -Aural Rehabilitation -Inpatient Case Management |
Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern:
| Regularly | Hearing Screenings | Never | Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler | Never | Pediatric evaluations: school-age | Everyday | Adult hearing evaluations | Everyday | Tympanometry | Everyday | Acoustic Reflexes | Rarely | Auditory processing evaluations | Regularly | Hearing Screenings | Regularly | Evoked potential assessments | Regularly | Intra-operative monitoring cases | Everyday | Otoacoustic emissions | Never | Industrial/hearing conservation | Everyday | Vestibular assessments | Regularly | Vestibular rehabilitation | Everyday | Hearing aids dispensed | Everyday | Hearing aid selection/fitting | Regularly | Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) | Regularly | Cochlear implant evaluations | Regularly | Cochlear implant rehabilitation | Regularly | Tinnitus assessments | Regularly | Tinnitus rehabilitation | Everyday | Cerumen management | |
Research opportunities? | Yes Potential for research depending on student interest |
Consortium or collaborative arrangements with other sites? | No |
How frequently will the externship site communicate with the university during the externship? | Monthly
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Communication or other support do expected or required from the university during the externship: | Academic affiliation agreement, ability to communicate concerns to program coordinator in a timely manner, university has a plan in place for students struggling to meet expectations |
Application Deadline: | 9/18/24 |
Application Requirements: | Letters of Recommendation Resume Transcript Personal Review Phone interview Letter of request/intent |
Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: | All qualifying submissions will be reviewed and selected students will be contacted for interviews.
PLEASE READ CAREFULLY: Applications must be received via email by midnight on September 17, 2025. The application packet should include a statement of intent, resume, graduate school transcripts and three references who are familiar with your academic and/or clinical skills. Transcripts may be unofficial. These items should be submitted as a single PDF document. Late or incomplete applications will not be considered. Unsolicited references will not be reviewed. |
Contact Person: (preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) | Amber Kasten - amber.kasten@va.gov |
Are all externs supervised? | Yes |