| Primary Practice Setting: | Private practice
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Number of Audiologists at the site:
| 0 FTE Masters Degree
3 FTE Au.D.
1 FTE Ph.D.
0 FTE Other Doctorate (ScD)
0 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants)
1 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: | Stipend
Benefits
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| Will interview travel be compensated? | No
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| Vacation Days: | negotiable
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| Continuing education opportunities? | Yes
-Local training events with manufacturers
-Frequent visits & in-office trainings with manufacturer reps |
| Start Date: | June/July 2026
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| Expected hours/days a week: | 35 hours
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| Travel to satellite centers required? | No
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| 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: | -Basic audiometry (pure tone AC & BC, SRT, WRS)
-Performing and interpreting tympanometry |
| Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: | -Hearing aid fitting & orientation
-Hearing aid troubleshooting & follow-up
-Aural rehabilitation & counseling
-CI activation & mapping (optional)
-Advanced audiometry (speech in noise testing, tinnitus matching, etc.) |
Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern:
| | Rarely | Hearing Screenings | | Rarely | Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler | | Rarely | Pediatric evaluations: school-age | | Everyday | Adult hearing evaluations | | Everyday | Tympanometry | | Everyday | Acoustic Reflexes | | Rarely | Auditory processing evaluations | | Rarely | Hearing Screenings | | Never | Evoked potential assessments | | Never | Intra-operative monitoring cases | | Regularly | Otoacoustic emissions | | Never | Industrial/hearing conservation | | Never | Vestibular assessments | | Never | Vestibular rehabilitation | | Everyday | Hearing aids dispensed | | Everyday | Hearing aid selection/fitting | | Regularly | Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) | | Rarely | Cochlear implant evaluations | | Regularly | Cochlear implant rehabilitation | | Regularly | Tinnitus assessments | | Regularly | Tinnitus rehabilitation | | Regularly | 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? | As Needed
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| Communication or other support do expected or required from the university during the externship: | Active collaboration with supervisors if issues arise with student |
| Application Deadline: | 3/15/2026 |
| Application Requirements: | Resume
Letter of request/intent
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| Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: | Submit resume/CV and letter of intent to hearinghealthhouston@gmail.com.
For further info, contact us via email or phone at 713-942-8205.
Interviews will be conducted via video call if in-person is not possible. |
Contact Person:
(preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) | Kara Linard, AuD., CCC/A, CH-AP - hearinghealthhouston@gmail.com |
| Are all externs supervised? | Yes
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