| Primary Practice Setting: | ENT group practice
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Number of Audiologists at the site:
| 0 FTE Masters Degree
3 FTE Au.D.
0 FTE Ph.D.
0 FTE Other Doctorate (ScD)
2 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants)
2 FTE Clerical Support Staff
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Number of Audiology Students each year:
| 0 1st year AuD Clinical Rotations
0 2nd year
0 3rd year
1 4th year Externships |
| Financial arrangements: | Salary
Benefits
Other – Please Describe
Health Insurance |
| Will interview travel be compensated? | No
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| Vacation Days: | 7
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| Continuing education opportunities? | Yes
Online or conference |
| Start Date: | May/June 2026
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| Expected hours/days a week: | 40hrs
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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: | Interpersonal skills, ability to work with a team, and basic audiologic testing and interpretation abilities. |
| Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: | Refine problem-solving, decision-making, and testing skills. Improve ability to work independently. |
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 | | Never | Auditory processing evaluations | | Rarely | Hearing Screenings | | Regularly | Evoked potential assessments | | Never | Intra-operative monitoring cases | | Regularly | Otoacoustic emissions | | Never | Industrial/hearing conservation | | Everyday | Vestibular assessments | | Never | Vestibular rehabilitation | | Everyday | Hearing aids dispensed | | Everyday | Hearing aid selection/fitting | | Everyday | Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) | | Never | Cochlear implant evaluations | | Never | Cochlear implant rehabilitation | | Rarely | Tinnitus assessments | | Never | Tinnitus rehabilitation | | Never | Cerumen management | |
| Research opportunities? | No
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| 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: | As needed |
| Application Deadline: | 9/1/2025 |
| Application Requirements: | Letters of Recommendation
Resume
Phone interview
Letter of request/intent
Other
3 letters of recommendation, onsite interview (required) |
| Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: | Send application materials as a complete package to Lindsey Walles, Au.D. (lwalles@swient.com) |
Contact Person:
(preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) | Lindsey Walles, Au.D. - lwalles@swient.com |
| Are all externs supervised? | Yes
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