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Connecticut Ear, Nose & Throat Associates
Wethersfield, CT (In Person)
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Connecticut Ear, Nose & Throat Associates has an exciting externship opportunity for you to consider! Spend your final year of formal education with our team of professionals who will best prepare you for your future in Audiology. Our CCC-A Doctors of Audiology and ENT Specialists work together to develop the most specific and tailor-made patient care plans. We pride ourselves in the level of individual, professional, and compassionate care that we provide. We serve a mostly adult patient population. The selected student will learn the ins and outs of dispensing hearing aids (selection, sales, demos, fitting, troubleshooting, connectivity, accessories and follow-up care), advanced strategies for vestibular evaluations, counseling skills, auditory processing evaluations, and a variety of other tasks related to running a smooth, successful and patient centered clinic. We look forward to discussing this opportunity with you! Apply today!
D. - clee@ctentonline.com Are all externs supervised? Yes
Externship Information:
Primary Practice Setting:
ENT group practice Private practice Number of Audiologists at the site: 0 FTE Masters Degree 6 FTE Au.D. 0 FTE
Ph.D. 0 FTE
Other Doctorate (ScD) 0 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 0 3rd year 1 4th year Externships Financial arrangements: Stipend Will interview travel be compensated?No Vacation Days:
10 days PTO Continuing education opportunities?No Start Date:
per University Expected hours/days a week: 5 days/wk - 40 hrs Travel to satellite centers required? Yes 10-20 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: Patient interviewing, tympanometry, pure tone and speech audiometric testing, test interpretation, (degree and type of hearing loss) Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship:Hearing Aids:
selection, sales/demos, fitting/programming, resolving patient issues, earmold impressions, earmold modifications, maintenance, troubleshooting, connectivity, accessories, family-centered care, documentation, working with 3rd party groups.Audiologic evaluations:
strategies with pediatrics patients; test interpretation, counseling patients and parents; documentation and report-writing.Vestibular evaluations:
Administration of test battery, interpretation of test results, appropriate recommendations, parent interview and counseling, interdisciplinary approach, documentation, report writing.Administration:
Scheduling, collecting payments, maintaining/organizing inventory, documentation in practice OMS, sending hearing aids to mfr for repair, receiving new or repaired hearing aids from mfr, L&D claims, etc.Patient relations:
ensuring patient satisfaction, handling difficult personalities, patient recalls and follow-up, etc.Marketing:
Marketing options and tracking outcomes, youtube videos, website, email marketing, print advertising. Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern: Regularly Hearing Screenings Rarely Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler Rarely Pediatric evaluations: school-age Regularly Adult hearing evaluations Regularly Tympanometry Regularly Acoustic Reflexes Never Auditory processing evaluations Regularly Hearing Screenings Never Evoked potential assessments Never Intra-operative monitoring cases Never Otoacoustic emissions Rarely Industrial/hearing conservation Regularly Vestibular assessments Never Vestibular rehabilitation Regularly Hearing aids dispensed Everyday Hearing aid selection/fitting Rarely Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) Never Cochlear implant evaluations Never Cochlear implant rehabilitation Rarely Tinnitus assessments Rarely Tinnitus rehabilitation Rarely 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: Documentation instructions/requirements for the externship.Application Deadline:
9/16/2026Application Requirements:
Letters of Recommendation Resume Transcript Phone interview Letter of request/intent Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: Send your application materials as a packet and 3 letters of recommendation to externships@fuelmedical.comContact Person:
(preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) Christina Lee, Au.D. - clee@ctentonline.com Are all externs supervised? Yes