UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland's Pediatric Audiology Clinic offers comprehensive services for children with or at risk of hearing loss and speech and language delays. Our pediatric audiologists provide hearing evaluations for children from infancy through adolescence. We offer sedated and non-sedated auditory brainstem response evaluations and evaluate for central auditory processing disorder. For those with hearing disorders, we offer a full-service hearing aid program. Our patients have access to a variety of amplification devices, including hearing aids, bone conduction devices, and CROS (contralateral routing of signals) devices. If we determine a child is a candidate for a cochlear implant, we will refer the child to our in house Cochlear Implant Program. We also provide rehabilitative services for kids with hearing loss or speech and language delays. Our audiologists work closely with speech-language pathologists and developmental specialists to help every child achieve their fullest potential. We also work collaboratively with a variety of specialty departments such as Otolaryngology, Genetics, Speech-Language-Pathology and Hematology/Oncology. We offer a fourth year Au.

D. Externship each year, beginning on or around June 1st-July 1st and ending on or around May 31st-June 30th. Our setting is demanding and fast-paced with a staff of 9 audiologists. We are looking for individuals who have pediatric experience and are motivated to further hone their pediatric skills. Externs are provided with supervision by experienced state-licensed pediatric audiologists with

ASHA CCC-A.

In addition to experience working with pediatric patients, applicants must meet the following requirements: Completion of Bachelors Degree; Completion of 3 years (or equivalent) of a residential doctoral program in Audiology; Hearing Aid Dispensing trainee licensure from the State of California within 3 months of hire; and License eligible: RPE, State of California.

Externship Information:

Primary Practice Setting:

Hospital Number of Audiologists at the site: 2 FTE Masters Degree 7 FTE Au.

D. 0 FTE

Ph.

D. 0 FTE

Other Doctorate (ScD) 5 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants) 1 FTE Clerical Support Staff Number of Audiology Students each year: 0 1st year AuD Clinical Rotations 1 2nd year 1 3rd year 1 4th year Externships Financial arrangements: Other

• Please Describe Ask for further details Will interview travel be compensated?

No Vacation Days:

Approximately 15 Continuing education opportunities? Yes Externs are allowed to attend local workshops such as CI programming workshops, manufacturer specific workshops, or hearing aid CEU trainings.

Start Date:

June 2027 Expected hours/days a week: 40 Travel to satellite centers required? Yes 20 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:

• Experience with pediatric audiological evaluations
• Otoscopy, tympanometry, acoustic reflex measurement
• Experience with pediatric hearing aid fitting
• Experience with cochlear implant/bone conduction devices Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship:
• Pediatric Diagnostic Assessment Competency
• Evoked Potential (ABR, ASSR, CAEP) Competency
• Amplification Competency
• CI/Bone Conduction Device Competency Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern: Everyday Hearing Screenings Everyday Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler Everyday Pediatric evaluations: school-age Regularly Adult hearing evaluations Everyday Tympanometry Everyday Acoustic Reflexes Regularly Auditory processing evaluations Everyday 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 Never Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) Regularly Cochlear implant evaluations Regularly Cochlear implant rehabilitation Rarely Tinnitus assessments Rarely Tinnitus rehabilitation Rarely Cerumen management Research opportunities?

Yes Research opportunities are limited but available 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: Updates re: changes in requirements or needs for the students Reminders re: any reviews/documentation needed from the hospital

Application Deadline:

9/16/2026

Application Requirements:

Letters of Recommendation Resume Transcript Phone interview Letter of request/intent Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: Please e-mail resume, transcript (unofficial okay), letter of intent, and letters of recommendation directly to me at breanna.reed@ucsf.edu. Once the position closes on 9/16/2025, interviews will be initiated and the final selection will be made not later than 10/14/2026. In person interviews are not required but are allowed (travel/expenses not covered by the hospital).

Contact Person:

(preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) Breanna Reed

• breanna.

reed@ucsf.edu Are all externs supervised? Yes In addition to experience working with pediatric patients, applicants must meet the following requirements: Completion of Bachelors Degree; Completion of 3 years (or equivalent) of a residential doctoral program in Audiology; Hearing Aid Dispensing trainee licensure from the State of California within 3 months of hire; and License eligible: RPE, State of California.