| Primary Practice Setting: | ENT group practice
Private practice
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Number of Audiologists at the site:
| 1 FTE Masters Degree
3 FTE Au.D.
0 FTE Ph.D.
0 FTE Other Doctorate (ScD)
0 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
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| Will interview travel be compensated? | No
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| Vacation Days: | TBD
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| Continuing education opportunities? | No
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| Start Date: | June 2027
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| Expected hours/days a week: | 40
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| Travel to satellite centers required? | Yes
1 day/week to Solvang (35 minutes) |
| 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: | Audiolometric diagnostic skills - pediatrics and adults. Pure bone, tympanometry, assessing hearing aid needs, program hearing aids from major manufacturers, student with ENT/VNG, balance testing experience strongly considered, cochlear implant experience preferred, too. |
| Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: | Patient relationship management, exposure to variety of hearing loss-complicated cases, difficult diagnostics, hearing assessments, fitting, function in a fast-paced ENT office, database management system, EMR exposure. |
Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern:
| | Everyday | Hearing Screenings | | Regularly | Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler | | Everyday | Pediatric evaluations: school-age | | Everyday | Adult hearing evaluations | | Everyday | Tympanometry | | Everyday | Acoustic Reflexes | | Rarely | Auditory processing evaluations | | Everyday | Hearing Screenings | | Everyday | Evoked potential assessments | | Never | Intra-operative monitoring cases | | Everyday | Otoacoustic emissions | | Rarely | Industrial/hearing conservation | | Regularly | Vestibular assessments | | Regularly | Vestibular rehabilitation | | Everyday | Hearing aids dispensed | | Everyday | Hearing aid selection/fitting | | Regularly | Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) | | Regularly | Cochlear implant evaluations | | Regularly | Cochlear implant rehabilitation | | Regularly | Tinnitus assessments | | Regularly | Tinnitus rehabilitation | | Everyday | 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? | Monthly
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| Communication or other support do expected or required from the university during the externship: | Support as needed |
| Application Deadline: | 8/17/2026 |
| Application Requirements: | Letters of Recommendation
Resume
Phone interview
Letter of request/intent
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| Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: | Send application materials as a complete package, including 3 letters of recommendation, to Yvette Kinzel, yvettehssb@gmail.com |
Contact Person:
(preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) | Yvette Kinzel (HR) - yvettehssb@gmail.com |
| Are all externs supervised? | Yes
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