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4th Year AuD externship
Iowa Ear Center
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Posted: 15-Jul-25
Location: Clive, Iowa
Type: Contract
Salary: $35,000
Categories:
Allied Health
Au.D. Externship
Financial Arrangements:
Stipend
Other – Please Describe
Primary Practice Setting:
Private practice
Preferred Education:
Masters
Internal Number: 26-27
The Audiology Externship Program at Iowa Ear Center is designed to provide students with extensive hands-on experience in the field of audiology. This curriculum is aimed at providing students an opportunity to expand their knowledge and skills with a focus on ENT/vestibular evaluation, as well as the principles and practice of otology. The program will expose students to various facets of private practice settings including hearing aid fittings for pediatric and adult populations, cochlear implants and assistive devices, as well as in-depth experience in diagnostic audiology for all ages, evoked potentials, and vestibular evaluation.
Student will be expected to have health and liability insurance through their university and will receive no medical, dental or liability benefits from Iowa Ear Center. Student must purchase a professional liability insurance policy to cover their activities in connection to the externship in the minimum amount of $1,000,000 per occurrence with an annual aggregate of $3,000,000.
Student will work an equivalent of a full-time work week for the facility. 36-40 hours per week must be worked or PTO must be claimed.
Student will adhere to Iowa Ear Center's HIPAA/OSHA requirements and patient confidentiality.
Applicants must apply by September 8, 2024.
Externship Information:
Primary Practice Setting:
Private practice
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) 6 FTE Clerical Support Staff
Number of Audiology Students each year:
0 1st year AuD Clinical Rotations 0 2nd year 1 3rd year 1 4th year Externships
Financial arrangements:
Stipend Other – Please Describe Reimbursement of licensure fees
Will interview travel be compensated?
No
Vacation Days:
15
Continuing education opportunities?
Yes Schedule allowing, students will be able to participate in any training - in office or out - in which the Iowa Ear Center audiologists participate.
Start Date:
06/01/2026
Expected hours/days a week:
40
Travel to satellite centers required?
Yes Students will observe & assist with sedated ABRs twice a month at a local hospital estimated within 10 miles from the clinic.
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:
-audiometric testing for adults -knowledge of NOAH software -complete otoscopy and report findings -make ear mold impressions without incident
Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship:
-Student will perform audiograms, VNG, ABR, and evaluations, fittings and programming for hearing aids, bahas, osia, and cochlear implants. -Students will treat both adult and pediatric patients.
Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern:
Rarely
Hearing Screenings
Regularly
Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler
Regularly
Pediatric evaluations: school-age
Regularly
Adult hearing evaluations
Everyday
Tympanometry
Regularly
Acoustic Reflexes
Never
Auditory processing evaluations
Rarely
Hearing Screenings
Regularly
Evoked potential assessments
Never
Intra-operative monitoring cases
Everyday
Otoacoustic emissions
Rarely
Industrial/hearing conservation
Regularly
Vestibular assessments
Never
Vestibular rehabilitation
Regularly
Hearing aids dispensed
Regularly
Hearing aid selection/fitting
Regularly
Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized)
Regularly
Cochlear implant evaluations
Regularly
Cochlear implant rehabilitation
Rarely
Tinnitus assessments
Rarely
Tinnitus rehabilitation
Rarely
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
Communication or other support do expected or required from the university during the externship:
Periodic evaluation requests
Application Deadline:
09/05/2025
Application Requirements:
Letters of Recommendation Resume Letter of request/intent Other Please include three letters of recommendation with at least one recommendation being from a clinical faculty staff member who has advised you. Please complete Iowa Ear Center application, found at: https://www.iowaearcenter.com/externship-program
Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process:
Please submit the completed application to: Iowa Ear Center ATTN: Diana Hanson, MS CCC-A, Director of Audiology 12499 University Ave., Ste. 200 Clive, IA 50325-8281
or via email at: dianahanson@iowaearcenter.com
Contact Person: (preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator)
Student will be expected to have health and liability insurance through their university and will receive no medical, dental or liability benefits from Iowa Ear Center. Student must purchase a professional liability insurance policy to cover their activities in connection to the externship in the minimum amount of $1,000,000 per occurrence with an annual aggregate of $3,000,000.
Student will work an equivalent of a full-time work week for the facility. 36-40 hours per week must be worked or PTO must be claimed.
Student will adhere to Iowa Ear Center's HIPAA/OSHA requirements and patient confidentiality.
Iowa Ear Center is a sub-specialty ENT clinic dedicated to the medical and surgical treatment of hearing loss, diseases of the ear and dizziness and imbalance. We are one of the fastest growing private practice otology/neurotology clinics in the nation. The audiologists at Iowa Ear Center work with a full range of hearing technology including cochlear implants, hybrid CIs, bahas, and hearing aids as well as providing audiological testing such as ABRs, both unsedated and sedated, and dizziness and balance testing including VNGs. With our dedicated pediatric hearing loss program, we are able to treat patients of all ages.
Iowa Ear Center consists of two surgeons, a nurse practitioner and four audiologists. We are the only neurotology clinic in central Iowa and and focused on providing high-quality patient care using innovative and advanced technology.
