| Primary Practice Setting: | University medical center
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Number of Audiologists at the site:
| 3 FTE Masters Degree
15 FTE Au.D.
1 FTE Ph.D.
0 FTE Other Doctorate (ScD)
2 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants)
4 FTE Clerical Support Staff
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Number of Audiology Students each year:
| 0 1st year AuD Clinical Rotations
1 2nd year
1 3rd year
2 4th year Externships |
| Financial arrangements: | Stipend
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| Will interview travel be compensated? | No
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| Vacation Days: | 20 days PTO
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| Continuing education opportunities? | Yes
National EHDI Conference and many opportunities for grand rounds and other educational activities. |
| Start Date: | 6/01/2026
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| Expected hours/days a week: | 40 hours (5 days)
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| Travel to satellite centers required? | No
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| Local students preferred: | No
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| 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
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| Externship site expects the extern to have mastered these skills before they begin their clinical externship: | -Basic audiologic evaluations for adults, adolescents and older children
-Some experience in behavioral evaluations of infants and young children
-Otoscopy, tympanometry, acoustic reflex measurement
-Experience with otoacoustic emissions
-Earmold impressions |
| Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: | -Developmentally appropriate diagnostic evaluations for infants and young children
-Developmentally appropriate diagnostic evaluations of persons with developmental disabilities
-Hearing aid and assistive listening device selection, fitting and verification
-Bone anchored device counseling, selection, programming, fitting
-Cochlear implant evaluation, device selection, mapping, follow-up
-Electrophysiologic audiology studies
-Care coordination, working with EHDI program and early intervention programs
-Participate in clinical research
-Interdisciplinary teamwork |
Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern:
| | Regularly | Hearing Screenings | | Everyday | Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler | | Everyday | Pediatric evaluations: school-age | | Everyday | Adult hearing evaluations | | Everyday | Tympanometry | | Regularly | Acoustic Reflexes | | Never | Auditory processing evaluations | | Regularly | Hearing Screenings | | Regularly | Evoked potential assessments | | Never | Intra-operative monitoring cases | | Everyday | Otoacoustic emissions | | Never | Industrial/hearing conservation | | Never | Vestibular assessments | | Never | Vestibular rehabilitation | | Regularly | Hearing aids dispensed | | Regularly | Hearing aid selection/fitting | | Rarely | Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) | | Regularly | Cochlear implant evaluations | | Rarely | Cochlear implant rehabilitation | | Rarely | Tinnitus assessments | | Rarely | Tinnitus rehabilitation | | Rarely | Cerumen management | |
| Research opportunities? | Yes
Externs will work on a mentored clinical research project as part of the LEND program. |
| Consortium or collaborative arrangements with other sites? | No
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| 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: | Quarterly communication to assess the externs' progress and fulfillment of university requirements. |
| Application Deadline: | 9/17/2025 |
| Application Requirements: | Letters of Recommendation
Resume
Transcript
Letter of request/intent
Other
After the application deadline, selected candidates will be invited to interview through online video. |
| Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: | Please submit a letter of interest, CV/resume, official transcripts and 3 letters of recommendation (one from your academic program and two from clinical supervisors. Request that letters of recommendation are submitted directly from the letter writer to gilmerk@ohsu.edu. Please see the website for more details:
https://www.ohsu.edu/lend/lend-audiology-training-program |
Contact Person:
(preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) | Kristy Knight - gilmerk@ohsu.edu |
| Are all externs supervised? | Yes
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