| Primary Practice Setting: | Hospital |
Number of Audiologists at the site:
| 0 FTE Masters Degree 20 FTE Au.D. 0 FTE Ph.D. 0 FTE Other Doctorate (ScD) 4 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants) 0 FTE Clerical Support Staff |
Number of Audiology Students each year:
| 0 1st year AuD Clinical Rotations 0 2nd year 3 3rd year 1 4th year Externships |
| Financial arrangements: | Stipend |
| Will interview travel be compensated? | No |
| Vacation Days: | 10 |
| Continuing education opportunities? | Yes The audiology extern is able to participate in on-site continuing education opportunities as well as free local continuing education opportunities. |
| Start Date: | June 2027 |
| Expected hours/days a week: | 40 |
| Travel to satellite centers required? | Yes Yes. All externship site campuses are within a 19 mile radius. |
| 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: | - Mastery in adult diagnostics and amplification are prerequisite. |
| Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: | - Independently perform diagnostic hearing evaluations using standardized and non-standardized testing methods. - Independently perform sedated and natural-sleep Auditory Brainstem Response evaluations. -Independently complete pediatric amplification evaluations and fittings. - Independently perform listening checks on hearings aids, cochlear implants and personal FM systems. - Identify pediatric candidates for cochlear implantation. - Assist in the cochlear implant evaluation, mapping and rehabilitation of children who receive implants. -Accurately describe audiological test results to families, patients, and other professional team members in language that is easy to understand -Effectively consult with a large multi-disciplinary team to achieve best possible patient outcomes -Maintain patient data and records in an accurate and timely manner |
Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern:
| | Regularly | Hearing Screenings | | Everyday | Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler | | Everyday | Pediatric evaluations: school-age | | Regularly | Adult hearing evaluations | | Everyday | Tympanometry | | Everyday | Acoustic Reflexes | | Never | Auditory processing evaluations | | Regularly | Hearing Screenings | | Everyday | Evoked potential assessments | | Never | Intra-operative monitoring cases | | Everyday | Otoacoustic emissions | | Never | Industrial/hearing conservation | | Never | Vestibular assessments | | Never | Vestibular rehabilitation | | Everyday | Hearing aids dispensed | | Everyday | Hearing aid selection/fitting | | Never | Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) | | Everyday | Cochlear implant evaluations | | Regularly | Cochlear implant rehabilitation | | Never | Tinnitus assessments | | Never | Tinnitus rehabilitation | | Never | Cerumen management | |
| Research opportunities? | Yes Yes. There are often multiple studies running at any given time and audiology externs can participate if interested. |
| 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: | Prior to the projected June 2027 start date, an affiliation agreement between Children's Minnesota and the university must be signed. |
| Application Deadline: | September 9, 2026 |
| Application Requirements: | Letters of Recommendation Resume Transcript Phone interview Letter of request/intent Two letters of recommendation required, 1 needs to be from a clinical supervisor. Only graduate transcript required. |
| Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: | 1) Students who are interested in applying for the fourth-year externship position should have all application materials emailed to audexternship@childrensmn.org. 2) Screening phone interviews will be rolling as applications arrive. 3) Full interviews, if offered, will take place September 15th-September 16th, 2026. |
Contact Person: (preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) | Lindsay Hill AuD-Pediatric Audiology Education Director/Externship Preceptor - lindsay.hill@childrensmn.org |
| Are all externs supervised? | Yes |