| Primary Practice Setting: | ENT group practice Private practice |
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 |
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 |
| Will interview travel be compensated? | No |
| Vacation Days: | TBD |
| Continuing education opportunities? | No |
| Start Date: | June 2027 |
| Expected hours/days a week: | 40 |
| Travel to satellite centers required? | Yes 1 day/week to Solvang (35 minutes) |
| 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: | 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 |
| Consortium or collaborative arrangements with other sites? | No |
| 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 |
| 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 |