| Primary Practice Setting: | Hospital Multi-specialty medical center |
Number of Audiologists at the site:
| 0 FTE Masters Degree 23 FTE Au.D. 2 FTE Ph.D. 0 FTE Other Doctorate (ScD) 6 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants) 3 FTE Clerical Support Staff |
Number of Audiology Students each year:
| 0 1st year AuD Clinical Rotations 10 2nd year 0 3rd year 4 4th year Externships |
| Financial arrangements: | Stipend Benefits |
| Will interview travel be compensated? | No |
| Vacation Days: | 10 vacation days |
| Continuing education opportunities? | Yes Externs are encouraged to attend local and national educational opportunities. |
| Start Date: | May/June 2026 |
| Expected hours/days a week: | 40 hours/week |
| Travel to satellite centers required? | Yes Satellites are within about a 30 mile radius of each other |
| 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: | Students should be comfortable with basic audiometric exams. They should have a high level of motivation and professionalism. |
| Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: | Students will gain confidence and refinement of clinical skills related to all aspects of audiological services listed above while demonstrating dependability and motivation to learn from supportive supervisors. |
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 | | Everyday | Acoustic Reflexes | | Rarely | Auditory processing evaluations | | Regularly | Hearing Screenings | | Everyday | Evoked potential assessments | | Rarely | Intra-operative monitoring cases | | Everyday | Otoacoustic emissions | | Rarely | Industrial/hearing conservation | | Everyday | Vestibular assessments | | Regularly | Vestibular rehabilitation | | Everyday | Hearing aids dispensed | | Everyday | Hearing aid selection/fitting | | Regularly | Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) | | Everyday | Cochlear implant evaluations | | Everyday | Cochlear implant rehabilitation | | Rarely | Tinnitus assessments | | Regularly | Tinnitus rehabilitation | | Regularly | Cerumen management | |
| Research opportunities? | Yes Externs are afforded the opportunity to participate directly in ongoing research projects as well as develop their own investigations. Participating in research is not required. |
| 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: | As needed |
| Application Deadline: | 9/16/2026 |
| Application Requirements: | Letters of Recommendation Resume Letter of request/intent |
| Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: | To apply, please send a letter of interest, a current CV, and three letters of reference to Kaylee Smith, Au.D. at ksmith66@hfhs.org. Deadline for application is September 16, 2026. Selected applicants will be invited to interview on October 1, 2026. |
Contact Person: (preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) | Kaylee Smith, Au.D. - ksmith66@hfhs.org |
| Are all externs supervised? | Yes |