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Join the House Childrens Hearing Center for your externship year!
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House Ear Clinic
Los Angeles, CA (In Person)
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The House Children's Hearing Center is a comprehensive pediatric hearing health center devoted to the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of the full spectrum of hearing conditions in children, from birth to 21 years of age. This center builds upon the storied foundation of the House Institute, the preeminent center for treating ear disease and neurological disorders. For more than 80 years, the House Institute's neurotologists and neurosurgeons have led the way in treating the causes of hearing, balance, and skull-base disorders with cutting-edge practices and procedures. The multidisciplinary team at the House Children's Hearing Center includes pediatric audiologists, neurotologists, speech/language pathologist/auditory-verbal therapist and mental health specialists. We work closely with surrounding schools and non-profit organizations to serve our community. We approach each family with customized care and attention to ensure that patients receive the best treatment possible. As a doctoral student in our clinic, you will have the opportunity to see a wide range of etiologies and treatment options including hearing aids, bone anchored hearing solutions and cochlear implants. •House Institute is following the Audiology Clinical Education Network timeline•
D., Clinical Director/Pediatric Audiologist - ralcisto@housechildrens.org Are all externs supervised? Yes
Externship Information:
Primary Practice Setting:
Private practice Multi-specialty medical center Number of Audiologists at the site: 0 FTE Masters Degree 2 FTE Au.D. 2 FTE
Ph.D. 0 FTE
Other Doctorate (ScD) 1 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants) 3 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: Stipend Will interview travel be compensated?No Vacation Days:
10 Continuing education opportunities? Yes Attendance to annual HIF symposium.Start Date:
June 2027 Expected hours/days a week: 8hr/5d Travel to satellite centers required? Yes Occasionally to Bakersfield 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: Audiological testing, exposure to hearing aids, bone anchored hearing solutions and cochlear implants. Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: Proficieny in Visual Reinforcement Audiometry, Conditioned Play Audiometry, Auditory Brainstem Response Test, hearing aid fitting and verification, bone anchored hearing solutions evaluation and fitting, cochlear implant evaluation and programming, patient counseling, coordination of services. Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern: Regularly Hearing Screenings Everyday Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler Everyday Pediatric evaluations: school-age Regularly 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 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) Regularly Cochlear implant evaluations Regularly Cochlear implant rehabilitation Never Tinnitus assessments Never Tinnitus rehabilitation Never Cerumen management Research opportunities? Yes A research department is part of the House Institute Foundation. Audiologists at HCHC will recruit pediatric patients for participation in research and participate in gathering data for current research projects. Consortium or collaborative arrangements with other sites? No How frequently will the externship site communicate with the university during the externship? Monthly Communication or other support do expected or required from the university during the externship: Regular evaluations and as needed.Application Deadline:
9/16/2026Application Requirements:
Letters of Recommendation Resume Transcript Phone interview Letter of request/intent Other Zoom interview preferred. Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: Submit your complete application packet and 3 letters of recommendation to externships@fuelmedical.comContact Person:
(preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) Reynita Sagon-Alcisto, Au.D., Clinical Director/Pediatric Audiologist - ralcisto@housechildrens.org Are all externs supervised? Yes