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VA Northeast Ohio 4th Year Externship
VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System
Application
Details
Posted: 09-Jun-26
Location: 10701 East Blvd, Cleveland, OH 44106
Type: Residency
Categories:
Allied Health
Au.D. Externship
Financial Arrangements:
Other – Please Describe
Primary Practice Setting:
VA medical center
Additional Information:
2 openings available.
NOTE: This position is for a 4th year externship ONLY. It is NOT for a full time audiologist position.
The VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, where the main VA Medical Center is located. The main facility houses seven sound booths and a comprehensive balance laboratory equipped with VNG, rotary chair testing, VEMP, and vHIT. Our Audiology team includes 23 audiologists and one health technician.
In addition to the main medical center, Audiology clinics are located at six outpatient sites: Akron, Canton, Lorain, Parma, Mansfield, and Youngstown.
The fourth-year externship offers students a wide variety of clinical experiences. Training includes diagnostic hearing evaluations, hearing aid selection, hearing aid fittings with verification, hearing aid troubleshooting, electrophysiologic testing (ABR, VEMP), vestibular assessment, OAE testing and APD evaluations. Students also have the opportunity to participate in our cochlear implant program, tinnitus management program, and telehealth services.
We will be offering two fully funded externship positions for the upcoming training year. Interviews will take place in September at the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center.
The applicant must be in an accredited AuD program and must be a US citizen. This position posting is ONLY for a 4th year externship.
Externship Information:
Primary Practice Setting:
VA medical center
Number of Audiologists at the site:
1 FTE Masters Degree 21 FTE Au.D. 1 FTE Ph.D. 0 FTE Other Doctorate (ScD) 1 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants) 1 FTE Clerical Support Staff
Number of Audiology Students each year:
0 1st year AuD Clinical Rotations 0 2nd year 3 3rd year 2 4th year Externships
Financial arrangements:
Other – Please Describe We will be offering two extern positions with guaranteed funding.
Will interview travel be compensated?
No
Vacation Days:
Yes
Continuing education opportunities?
Yes Yes
Start Date:
May 2027
Expected hours/days a week:
40
Travel to satellite centers required?
Yes Up to 65 miles
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:
The student should have mastered routine diagnostic hearing exams and have familiarity with fitting hearing aids and performing real ear measurements.
Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship:
The student will be able to independently perform diagnostic hearing exams, hearing aid fittings with real ear measures, balance exams, and electrophysiologic tests.
Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern:
Regularly
Hearing Screenings
Never
Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler
Never
Pediatric evaluations: school-age
Everyday
Adult hearing evaluations
Everyday
Tympanometry
Everyday
Acoustic Reflexes
Rarely
Auditory processing evaluations
Regularly
Hearing Screenings
Regularly
Evoked potential assessments
Never
Intra-operative monitoring cases
Regularly
Otoacoustic emissions
Regularly
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
Rarely
Tinnitus assessments
Regularly
Tinnitus rehabilitation
Regularly
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?
As Needed
Communication or other support do expected or required from the university during the externship:
N/A
Application Deadline:
8/21/2026
Application Requirements:
Letters of Recommendation Resume Letter of request/intent
Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process:
The student or university representative should email ashleigh.wells@va.gov with a cover letter, resume, and three letters of recommendation. The students will be interviewed and, if accepted, the university will be contacted to complete an affiliation agreement if one does not currently exist. Interviews will be held at the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center.
Contact Person: (preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator)
The VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System is based in Cleveland Ohio where the main VA medical center is located. We have 7 soundbooths and a full balance lab including rotary chair and posturography. The Audiology staff consists of 22 audiologists and 1 health technician. In addition to the main hospital, we have audiology clinics at three outpatient clinics (Akron, Canton, and Parma) and two mobile medical units that travel to three other outpatient clinics. The fourth-year externship will provide students with a range of opportunities including hearing evaluations, hearing aid selection/fitting/troubleshooting, real-ear measurements, electrophysiologic measures (ABR, VEMP), vestibular testing (rotary chair, posturography, VNG), and OAEs. We also have a cochlear implant program, tinnitus management program, and telehealth program.
