Primary Practice Setting: | University medical center |
Number of Audiologists at the site:
| 2 FTE Masters Degree 30 FTE Au.D. 1 FTE Ph.D. 0 FTE Other Doctorate (ScD) 8 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants) 10 FTE Clerical Support Staff |
Number of Audiology Students each year:
| 0 1st year AuD Clinical Rotations 1 2nd year 4 3rd year 2 4th year Externships |
Financial arrangements: | None |
Will interview travel be compensated? | No |
Vacation Days: | 7 |
Continuing education opportunities? | Yes Including Sound Support Conference, Michigan Audiology Coalition Annual Conference, Quarterly Vestibular Conference, ENT Grand Rounds |
Start Date: | May 1st, 2026 |
Expected hours/days a week: | 8-10 hrs, 4 days/wk |
Travel to satellite centers required? | Yes Externs will rotate through facilities within a 10 mile radius of the main medical campus. |
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 audiologic testing. -Motivated to provide exceptional audiology care to patients and families -High level of professionalism |
Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: | Confidence and experience in a wide variety of audiologic skills related to the disciplines listed in above description. |
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 | Everyday | Acoustic Reflexes | Rarely | Auditory processing evaluations | Rarely | Hearing Screenings | Regularly | Evoked potential assessments | Regularly | Intra-operative monitoring cases | Regularly | Otoacoustic emissions | Rarely | Industrial/hearing conservation | Regularly | Vestibular assessments | Regularly | Vestibular rehabilitation | Regularly | Hearing aids dispensed | Regularly | Hearing aid selection/fitting | Rarely | Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) | Regularly | Cochlear implant evaluations | Regularly | Cochlear implant rehabilitation | Rarely | Tinnitus assessments | Rarely | Tinnitus rehabilitation | Regularly | Cerumen management | |
Research opportunities? | Yes There are opportunities to help with research during off days, when available. This is not guaranteed. |
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: | Clear communication of university expectations/requirements |
Application Deadline: | September 17, 2025 |
Application Requirements: | Other 1.Letter of interest 2.Curriculum vitae/resume 3.Three letters of reference 4.Unofficial graduate transcript |
Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: | The Michigan Medicine Audiology Externship program is voluntarily adhering to the Audiology Clinical Education Network (ACEN) standardized timeline for externship application/interviews. It is preferred that application packets be sent electronically to our Educational Coordinator, Marianne Servoss at servossm@med.umich.edu. Application materials should be submitted as a single PDF file; however, letters of recommendation may be sent separately. Virtual interviews will be conducted the weeks of October 6th, 2025 and October 13th, 2025, with offers extended starting on October 17th, 2025. |
Contact Person: (preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) | Marianne Servoss - servossm@med.umich.edu |
Are all externs supervised? | Yes |