Primary Practice Setting: | ENT group practice |
Number of Audiologists at the site:
| 0 FTE Masters Degree 3 FTE Au.D. 0 FTE Ph.D. 0 FTE Other Doctorate (ScD) 0 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants) 1 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: | negotiable |
Continuing education opportunities? | Yes Students are welcomed to attend CEU events with hearing aid and cochlear implant manufacturers. |
Start Date: | May / June 2026 |
Expected hours/days a week: | ~35-40 hours |
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: | Be willing to learn and be personable. |
Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: | If you can do a basic audiogram, we can teach you the rest! |
Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern:
| Rarely | Hearing Screenings | Regularly | Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler | Regularly | Pediatric evaluations: school-age | Everyday | Adult hearing evaluations | Everyday | Tympanometry | Everyday | Acoustic Reflexes | Rarely | Auditory processing evaluations | Rarely | Hearing Screenings | Never | Evoked potential assessments | Never | Intra-operative monitoring cases | Regularly | Otoacoustic emissions | Rarely | Industrial/hearing conservation | Everyday | Vestibular assessments | Regularly | Vestibular rehabilitation | Everyday | Hearing aids dispensed | Everyday | Hearing aid selection/fitting | Never | Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) | Regularly | Cochlear implant evaluations | Regularly | Cochlear implant rehabilitation | Everyday | Tinnitus assessments | Rarely | Tinnitus rehabilitation | Never | 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: | Whatever is required from your university. |
Application Deadline: | January 1, 2026 |
Application Requirements: | Resume |
Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: | Please send a resume and cover letter to hearing@acadianent.com. |
Contact Person: (preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) | Tia Castille, Au.D - hearing@acadianent.com |
Are all externs supervised? | Yes |