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Job Description
An amazing opportunity to work with a team of experienced pediatric audiologists, certified auditory-verbal therapists, and teachers of the deaf for a one-of-a-kind learning experience! The audiology department at Texas Hearing Institute is seeking TWO highly motivated Doctor of Audiology students to complete an exciting and challenging fourth-year externship in pediatrics. This full-time externship will provide doctoral students opportunities to learn about disorders of hearing in childhood, participate on an interdisciplinary team, and develop the clinical skills necessary to enter the professional world as a pediatric audiologist.
PEDIATRIC HEARING ASSESSMENT AND TECHNOLOGY
At Texas Hearing Institute, we specialize in diagnostic testing to rule out or identify hearing loss in children. When hearing loss is identified, we collaborate with caregivers using a family-centered approach to determine optimal intervention and/or treatment options. Texas Hearing Institute audiology protocols are current, evidence-based, and follow best practices.
MELINDA WEBB SCHOOL
The Melinda Webb School (MWS) is located on-site within the Texas Hearing Institute and is an auditory-oral school for students who are 18 months old through 6 years of age. Audiology externs assist MWS staff with troubleshooting and daily listening checks of personal hearing technology and HAT. A complete application should include the following: Document with your contact information including your name, preferred phone number, email address, university, expected date of graduation, total number of adult clinical hours, and total number of pediatric clinical hours. Curriculum Vitae describing your clinical experience, including the name and dates of each placement, a brief description of the populations served, the percentage of pediatrics seen, and the specific audiologic skills mastered. Also include any language you write or speak fluently other than English, if applicable. Note any audiology-related special skills, abilities, or talents you would like us to know about. Briefly describe any volunteer activities related to the field of audiology that you feel are pertinent to your application. Submit a Letter of Intent in essay format to answer: How you heard about our externship program and why you are considering an externship at Texas Hearing Institute? Why do you want to be a pediatric audiologist? What do you hope to achieve during your externship? How will your externship benefit your professional development? Specific to audiology, what are you particularly passionate about? What sparks your interest? Two Letters of Reference which must come directly from your supervisor. One from your university clinic supervisor. One from an off-campus clinic supervisor. Official Transcript/Grades from Your Graduate University which must be sent directly from your school either via e-mail or mail. The student or selected extern must submit proof of a passing Praxis score prior to your anticipated externship start date of June 1, 2027. Application must be postmarked by Tuesday, September 1, 2026. Applications that are late or incomplete will not be considered. The student is responsible for ensuring all documents have been submitted and received. Submitted materials will not be returned.
Externship Information:
Primary Practice Setting:
Community speech and hearing center Pediatric Audiology Clinic with on-site Speech Therapy and Melinda Webb School. Number of Audiologists at the site: 0 FTE Masters Degree 9 FTE Au.
D. 0 FTE
Ph.
D. 0 FTE
Other Doctorate (ScD) 2 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants) 3 FTE Clerical Support Staff Number of Audiology Students each year: 0 1st year AuD Clinical Rotations 2 2nd year 2 3rd year 2 4th year Externships Financial arrangements: Stipend Will interview travel be compensated?
No Vacation Days:
10 PTO Continuing education opportunities?
Yes Start Date:
June 1, 2027 Expected hours/days a week: 38 hours/5 days Travel to satellite centers required?
No 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: Develop rapport with clients and families. Obtain case history and record information accurately. Perform otoscopy and determine the need for cerumen management. Instruct patients and families about testing to be completed and use instrumentation according to manufacturer's specifications. Perform air and bone conduction testing, speech audiometry, immittance, and Otoacoustic Emission testing using pediatric specific testing procedures. Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: 1. Perform diagnostic hearing evaluations including tympanometry, acoustic reflexes, pure-tone and soundfield threshold measurements, as well as word recognition testing using standard and pediatric testing methods. 2. Independently perform otoacoustic emissions and Auditory Brainstem Response (click and tone bursts) testing. 3. Conduct community hearing screenings. 4. Increase knowledge of pediatric hearing aid evaluations and fittings. 5. Perform listening checks on hearings aids, cochlear implants and HAT. 6. Develop skills and knowledge in identifying pediatric candidates for cochlear implantation. 7. Assist in the cochlear implant evaluation, mapping and rehabilitation of children who receive implants. 8. Increase skills in describing audiological test results to families, patients, and other professional team members. 9. Understand and inform parents in an unbiased approach to their communication options. 10. Develop knowledge and skills in team management of children with hearing loss and their families enrolled in an auditory-verbal therapy model, a total communication approach or in our auditory-oral pre-school program. 11. Communicate effectively with school personnel and speech therapists regarding audiologic findings and their implications in the classroom. Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern: Regularly Hearing Screenings Everyday Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler Everyday Pediatric evaluations: school-age Rarely Adult hearing evaluations Everyday Tympanometry Everyday Acoustic Reflexes Never Auditory processing evaluations Regularly Hearing Screenings Regularly Evoked potential assessments Never Intra-operative monitoring cases Everyday Otoacoustic emissions Rarely Industrial/hearing conservation Never Vestibular assessments Never Vestibular rehabilitation Everyday Hearing aids dispensed Everyday Hearing aid selection/fitting Everyday Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) Regularly Cochlear implant evaluations Regularly Cochlear implant rehabilitation Never Tinnitus assessments Never Tinnitus rehabilitation Regularly Cerumen management Research opportunities? Yes 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: E-mail, phone call, evaluations, and any other support needed during the externship.
Application Deadline:
September 1, 2026
Application Requirements:
Letters of Recommendation Resume Transcript Personal Review Phone interview Letter of request/intent Other A complete application should include the following: Document with your contact information including your name, preferred phone number, email address, university, expected date of graduation, total number of adult clinical hours, and total number of pediatric clinical hours. Curriculum Vitae describing your clinical experience, including the name and dates of each placement, a brief description of the populations served, the percentage of pedatrics seen, and the specific audiologic skills mastered. Also include any language you write or speak fluently other than English, if applicable. Note any audiology-related special skills, abilities, or talents you would like us to know about. Briefly describe any volunteer activities related to the field of audiology that you feel are pertinent to your application. Submit a Letter of Intent in essay format to answer: How you heard about our externship program and why you are considering an externship at Texas Hearing Institute? Why do you want to be a pediatric audiologist? What do you hope to achieve during your externship? How will your externship benefit your professional development? Specific to audiology, what are you particularly passionate about? What sparks your interest? Two Letters of Reference which must come directly from your supervisor. One from your university clinic supervisor. One from an off-campus clinic supervisor. Official Transcript/Grades from Your Graduate University which must be sent directly from your school either via e-mail or mail. The student or selected extern must submit proof of a passing Praxis score prior to your anticipated externship start date of June 1, 2026. Application must be postmarked by Monday, September 8, 2025. Applications that are late or incomplete will not be considered. The student is responsible for ensuring all documents have been submitted and received. Submitted materials will not be returned. Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: https://www.texashearing.
(preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) Jessica Spiro, Au.
D., CCC-A
- jspiro@texashearing.org Are all externs supervised? Yes A complete application should include the following: Document with your contact information including your name, preferred phone number, email address, university, expected date of graduation, total number of adult clinical hours, and total number of pediatric clinical hours. Curriculum Vitae describing your clinical experience, including the name and dates of each placement, a brief description of the populations served, the percentage of pediatrics seen, and the specific audiologic skills mastered. Also include any language you write or speak fluently other than English, if applicable. Note any audiology-related special skills, abilities, or talents you would like us to know about. Briefly describe any volunteer activities related to the field of audiology that you feel are pertinent to your application. Submit a Letter of Intent in essay format to answer: How you heard about our externship program and why you are considering an externship at Texas Hearing Institute? Why do you want to be a pediatric audiologist? What do you hope to achieve during your externship? How will your externship benefit your professional development? Specific to audiology, what are you particularly passionate about? What sparks your interest? Two Letters of Reference which must come directly from your supervisor. One from your university clinic supervisor. One from an off-campus clinic supervisor. Official Transcript/Grades from Your Graduate University which must be sent directly from your school either via e-mail or mail. The student or selected extern must submit proof of a passing Praxis score prior to your anticipated externship start date of June 1, 2027. Application must be postmarked by Tuesday, September 1, 2026. Applications that are late or incomplete will not be considered. The student is responsible for ensuring all documents have been submitted and received. Submitted materials will not be returned.
