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4th Year Audiology Externship (2026-2027) academic year
Arkansas Ear, Nose and Throat, PA
Application
Details
Posted: 07-May-26
Location: Arkansas ENT
Type: Full Time
Categories:
Allied Health
Au.D. Externship
Financial Arrangements:
Stipend
Primary Practice Setting:
ENT group practice
Required Education:
4 Year Degree
Arkansas Ear, Nose and Throat PA is busy, patient centered, established ENT practice with a brand new state of the art location with 1 Ear, Nose and Throat Physician and 1 Audiologist in North Little Rock, Arkansas. We are seeking to fill a full-time, paid (stipend), clinical Audiology 4th year externship position for the 2026-2027 academic year at our North Little Rock, Arkansas office. Students can expect exposure to a wide variety of audiological services in a fast-paced ENT setting including:
Comprehensive diagnostic audiometric evaluations (pediatric and adult)
Diagnostic vestibular evaluations, including VNGs, Vestibular testing and treatment
Fitting and selection of amplification and ALDs from all major manufacturers
Tinnitus evaluation, treatment counseling, and management
Collaboration with the ENT Physician with a wide range of ear disorders
Minimum requirements for Audiology externship: bachelor’s degree, eligibility for Audiology 4th year externship from accredited doctor of audiology (AuD) program.
Minimum requirements for Audiology externship: bachelor’s degree, eligibility for Audiology 4th year externship from accredited doctor of audiology (AuD) program.
Interested applicants should submit the following documents:
Cover letter
Resume
Unofficial or official undergraduate and graduate college transcripts
Three letters of recommendation
Contact information to Externship Coordinator from AuD Program.
Email Dr. Christopher Engelkes, Au.D., CCC-A, F-AAA Email Address: chris.engelkes@practice-plus.com
Externship Information:
Primary Practice Setting:
ENT group practice
Number of Audiologists at the site:
0 FTE Masters Degree 1 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 1 2nd year 1 3rd year 1 4th year Externships
Financial arrangements:
Stipend
Will interview travel be compensated?
No
Vacation Days:
TBD
Continuing education opportunities?
Yes Student's will have the oppurtunites to attend manfacterer trainings and/or seminars.
Start Date:
August
Expected hours/days a week:
4 days a 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:
Fundamental Audiometric evaluations with masking, Tympanograms, Otoscopy with independence Hearing Aid knowledge, basic repairs, real ear fundamentals. Emerging hearing aid clean and check skills Basic Hearing Aid Programming knowledge of ear disorders Counseling, Patient care skills
Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship:
Increased Effeciency with Audiometric evaluations. Exposure to Surgical Ears, and wide variety of ear disorders VNGs and Caloric competency, Competency with Vestibular disorder treatment, such as Epley. Occassional Pediatric Testing Comptenecy fitting amplication from all major manufacterers, tinnitus treatment, Competeny with Manufacter websites and portals.
Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern:
Never
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
Never
Hearing Screenings
Never
Evoked potential assessments
Never
Intra-operative monitoring cases
Regularly
Otoacoustic emissions
Rarely
Industrial/hearing conservation
Regularly
Vestibular assessments
Regularly
Vestibular rehabilitation
Regularly
Hearing aids dispensed
Regularly
Hearing aid selection/fitting
Rarely
Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized)
Never
Cochlear implant evaluations
Never
Cochlear implant rehabilitation
Regularly
Tinnitus assessments
Regularly
Tinnitus rehabilitation
Never
Cerumen management
Research opportunities?
No No
Consortium or collaborative arrangements with other sites?
No
How frequently will the externship site communicate with the university during the externship?
As Needed
Communication or other support do expected or required from the university during the externship:
As needed, periodic check in
Application Deadline:
August
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:
Cover letter
Resume, Unofficial or official undergraduate and graduate college transcripts, Three letters of recommendation, Contact information to Externship Coordinator from AuD Program.
Contact Person: (preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator)
Minimum requirements for Audiology externship: bachelor’s degree, eligibility for Audiology 4th year externship from accredited doctor of audiology (AuD) program.
Interested applicants should submit the following documents:
Cover letter
Resume
Unofficial or official undergraduate and graduate college transcripts
Three letters of recommendation
Contact information to Externship Coordinator from AuD Program.
Email Dr. Christopher Engelkes, Au.D., CCC-A, F-AAA Email Address: chris.engelkes@practice-plus.com
Well established busy ENT Clinic in North Little Rock, Arkansas. One Otolaryngologist and One Audiologist practice in a state of the art brand new spacious clinic with a large Audiology Department and ENT Department that focuses on delivering high quality patient care from certified experienced providers. Our practice performs and interprets audiometry evaluations, and Vestibular (balance) tests and treatments, Selecting, fitting, and programming hearing aids, ear impressions, and conducting aural rehabilitation and working closely with ENT specialists for medical treatment of ear disorders.
