Primary Practice Setting: | VA medical center |
Number of Audiologists at the site:
| 1 FTE Masters Degree 4 FTE Au.D. 0 FTE Ph.D. 0 FTE Other Doctorate (ScD) 1 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants) 1 FTE Clerical Support Staff |
Number of Audiology Students each year:
| 1 1st year AuD Clinical Rotations 1 2nd year 0 3rd year 1 4th year Externships |
Financial arrangements: | Stipend |
Will interview travel be compensated? | No |
Vacation Days: | 10 |
Continuing education opportunities? | Yes In-house manufacturer trainings available |
Start Date: | June 2026 |
Expected hours/days a week: | 40 hrs/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: | Familiar with general adult diagnostics (comprehensive audiometry, tympanometry, acoustic reflexes) and adult amplification (hearing aid fitting, selection, repair, and adjustment). |
Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: | Build independence and comfort with general adult diagnostics (comprehensive audiometry, tympanometry, acoustic reflexes) and adult amplification (hearing aid fitting, selection, repair, and adjustment), cochlear implant services, cerumen management, tinnitus management |
Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern:
| Rarely | Hearing Screenings | Never | Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler | Never | Pediatric evaluations: school-age | Everyday | Adult hearing evaluations | Regularly | Tympanometry | Regularly | Acoustic Reflexes | Rarely | Auditory processing evaluations | Rarely | Hearing Screenings | Never | Evoked potential assessments | Never | Intra-operative monitoring cases | Rarely | Otoacoustic emissions | Never | Industrial/hearing conservation | Rarely | Vestibular assessments | Rarely | Vestibular rehabilitation | Everyday | Hearing aids dispensed | Everyday | Hearing aid selection/fitting | Everyday | Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) | Regularly | Cochlear implant evaluations | Regularly | Cochlear implant rehabilitation | Regularly | Tinnitus assessments | Regularly | Tinnitus rehabilitation | Everyday | 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
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Communication or other support do expected or required from the university during the externship: | Communication with the university on an as needed basis |
Application Deadline: | 09/17/2025 |
Application Requirements: | Letters of Recommendation Resume Transcript Letter of request/intent Cover letter CV/resume 3 letters of recommendation Graduate and undergraduate transcripts (unofficial or official) Virtual interview required |
Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: | Interested students should submit the following to hillary.lawson1@va.gov to be considered for the position:
Letter of intent Resume Minimum of three signed letters of recommendation Transcript (official or unofficial) |
Contact Person: (preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) | Hillary Lawson - hillary.lawson1@va.gov |
Are all externs supervised? | Yes |