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Memphis, Tennessee
Posted: 17-Jul-25
Location: Boston
Type: Fellowship
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The Department of Audiology at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, a specialty, Harvard teaching hospital, is now accepting applications for Au.D. externship training. Externs will provide comprehensive audiological assessment and rehabilitation services to patients of all ages at the Mass Eye and Ear main hospital in Boston, MA. Externs are encouraged to take advantage of the many continuing education opportunities available through the various clinical departments and research laboratories.
We seek highly motivated individuals who will participate fully in this busy and challenging, but exceptional training environment. Positions are full-time, 12 months, and will begin June 2026. Mass Eye and Ear will be following the ACEN Externship Application timeline as follows:
- Application Deadline: Wednesday, 9/17/2025
- Interviews Begin; First Round offers can be extended Monday 9/22/2025
- Interviews End; First Round externship offers conclude Friday, 10/24/2025 (7pm EDT; 4pm Pacific)
- Student response deadline for First Round offerings: Tuesday, 10/28/2025 (7pm EDT; 4pm Pacific)
- Reposting unfilled positions: Tuesday, 10/28/2025 (7pm EDT; 4pm Pacific)
Application Requirements
- Letter of request/intent
- Resume
- Three Letters of Recommendation
- Transcript (unofficial copies are acceptable)
Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process:
Application materials (letter of intent, current resume, 3 letters of recommendation, and transcripts) should be sent to Faten Awwad via fawwad@meei.harvard.edu, or regular surface mail:
Department of Audiology Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Attn: Rupal Bhakta, Au.D.
Encl: Externship Application Materials
243 Charles Street
Boston, MA 02114
Mass Eye and Ear expect the extern to learn/demonstrate certain skills during their clinical externship. This includes competence in and informed performance of the following:
- Behavioral audiometry with young children
- Hearing aid selection, fitting, rehabilitative, and device follow-up; includes exposure to various assistive and implantable devices
- Newborn hearing screening
- Assessment of various electrophysiologic responses, including basic suprathreshold auditory evoked response, and clinical VEMP; will have some exposure to threshold evaluation using auditory evoked response
- Cochlear implant; includes exposure to evaluations, programming, rehabilitative and device follow-up
- Exposure to intraoperative monitoring of selected neural responses
- Patient counseling re: diagnostic test results, recommendations, rehabilitation, and referrals for additional services
- Clear and concise report writing
Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern:
- Hearing Screenings: Occasionally
- Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler: Everyday
- Pediatric evaluations: school-age: Everyday
- Adult hearing evaluations: Everyday
- Tympanometry: Everyday
- Acoustic Reflexes: Regularly
- Evoked potential assessments: Regularly
- Otoacoustic emissions: Everyday
- Industrial/hearing conservation: Occasionally
- Vestibular assessments (VEMP only): Regularly
- Vestibular rehabilitation: Never
- Hearing aids are dispensed: Everyday
- Hearing aid selection/fitting: Everyday
- Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized): Rarely
- Cochlear implant evaluations: Regularly
- Cochlear implant rehabilitation: Regularly
- Tinnitus assessments: Rarely
- Tinnitus rehabilitation: Rarely
- Cerumen management: Never
Financial arrangements will include a stipend with 10 days of time off for use as needed with an additional 5 days of education time over the year.
Research opportunities are available and will be determined on an individual basis. Continuing education opportunities will be available in the form of numerous audiology-, otolaryngology- and research lab-sponsored clinical and research seminars throughout the year. Travel to satellite centers may occur but the primary location is the main campus. Application materials (letter of intent, current resume, 3 letters of recommendation, and transcripts) should be sent to Faten Awwad via fawwad@meei.harvard.edu, or regular surface mail:
Department of Audiology Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Attn: Rupal Bhakta, Au.D.
Encl: Externship Application Materials
243 Charles Street
Boston, MA 02114
Candidates may be contacted by Rupal Bhakta, Audiology Manager, for a virtual interview aligned with the ACEN timeline.
Mass Eye and Ear expect the extern to have mastered these skills before they begin their clinical externship:
- Taking a case history
- Behavioral audiometry with adults and older children
- Acoustic admittance testing, including tympanometry and acoustic reflexes
- Otoacoustic emissions testing
- Basic evoked response skills
- Basic hearing aid skills
- Basic report writing
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Mass Eye and Ear expect the extern to have mastered these skills before they begin their clinical externship:
- Taking a case history
- Behavioral audiometry with adults and older children
- Acoustic admittance testing, including tympanometry and acoustic reflexes
- Otoacoustic emissions testing
- Basic evoked response skills
- Basic hearing aid skills
- Basic report writing
