The Audiology department at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta is seeking a Doctor of Audiology (Au.

D.) student to complete a full-time pediatric externship. Children's Healthcare of Atlanta has been recognized in the Best Children's Hospitals ranking by U.S. News & World Report. In addition to gaining clinical experience, CHOA is partnering with the Ga LEND (Georgia Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities) Program at Georgia State University. Ga LEND aims to prepare future leaders who will enhance the lives of children and families through culturally competent and family-centered services, coordinated systems of care, and responsive social policies. Ideal externship candidates will be motivated, flexible, and have a strong interest in pediatric audiology. The extern will receive a well-rounded training from highly skilled audiologists, as well as collaborating with other teams such as Otolaryngology, Craniofacial, and inpatient services. The Ga LEND program is a two-semester interdisciplinary training experience to prepare future leaders to provide coordinated, culturally competent, and family-centered care to children and families. The program incorporates didactic and experiential learning in classroom, clinical, and community settings. Clinical experiences during the externship will include: Developmentally appropriate behavioral audiologic evaluations Electrophysiologic testing during natural sleep and under anesthesia Otoacoustic emissions Immittance measures Newborn hearing screening Hearing device dispensing including: hearing aids, FM systems, bone conducted sound processors Cochlear implant evaluations, programming, and follow up Vestibular evaluations in the pediatric population Central Auditory Processing evaluations The AuD extern will divide their clinical experience between the main hospital and several satellite locations. The extern will have a primary clinical supervisor for grading and communications with the University, but will be working with multiple audiologists who have a particular interest in mentoring students. This is a full-time position, approximately 32 clinic hours/ week and there is an associated paid stipend. LEND experiences are estimated at 300 hours (approx. 8-10 hours per week), including a weekly seminar after clinic hours, as well as weekly courses and community-based trainings every Friday. In addition to coursework and trainings, the AuD extern will develop and present a collaborative research/ leadership project related to Ga LEND. The extern will receive a separate paid stipend as part of his/her LEND traineeship. Candidates must have successfully completed all required coursework and clinical placements up to the application deadline and the applicant selected must maintain successful completion of coursework and clinical placements through the start of the externship.

Externship Information:

Primary Practice Setting:

Community medical center ENT group practice Hospital Number of Audiologists at the site: 0 FTE Masters Degree 25 FTE Au.

D. 0 FTE

Ph.

D. 0 FTE

Other Doctorate (ScD) 0 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 2 3rd year 2 4th year Externships Financial arrangements: Stipend Will interview travel be compensated?

No Vacation Days:

negotiable Continuing education opportunities?

No No Start Date:

early June Expected hours/days a week: 40 Travel to satellite centers required? Yes only occasionally- no more than 20 miles from the Main office 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: Externship site expects the extern to have mastered these skills before they begin their clinical externship:

• Positive attitude, flexibility, highly motivated
• Proficiency with basic audiometry, experience with hearing aid fitting/orientation
• Report writing experience Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship:
• Gain experience managing pediatric patients
• Gain independence when working with children and their families
• Gain experience counseling families regarding diagnosis and management of hearing loss and interventions
• Gain confidence in working with a multi-disciplinary team
• Familiarity with cochlear implant candidacy and post-operative management
• Ability to integrate professionally within an audiology department and collaborate with a wide variety of medical professionals
• Understanding of risk factors for hearing loss as they apply to the pediatric population
• Selection, fitting, and verification of amplification
• Increased independence in electrophysiology testing
• Demonstrate proficient report writing skills Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern: Everyday Hearing Screenings Everyday Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler Everyday Pediatric evaluations: school-age Never Adult hearing evaluations Everyday Tympanometry Rarely Acoustic Reflexes Rarely Auditory processing evaluations Everyday Hearing Screenings Regularly Evoked potential assessments Never Intra-operative monitoring cases Everyday Otoacoustic emissions Never Industrial/hearing conservation Regularly Vestibular assessments Never Vestibular rehabilitation Regularly Hearing aids dispensed Regularly Hearing aid selection/fitting Never Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) Regularly Cochlear implant evaluations Never Cochlear implant rehabilitation Never Tinnitus assessments Never Tinnitus rehabilitation Never Cerumen management Research opportunities?

Yes This may be possible through LEND program 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: Extern site requests notification of dates that final semester grades are due

Application Deadline:

9/3/2026

Application Requirements:

Letters of Recommendation Resume Phone interview Letter of request/intent Other Applicants will submit the following:

• Cover letter
• Current resume
• Three reference letters, preferably from Clinical preceptors who can speak to clinical competency
• Narrative responses to LEND questions, no longer than one page Narrative questions: 1.

)The Ga LEND Program focuses on family-centered, culturally competent practices in providing supports and services to children with neurodevelopmental disabilities and their families. What experiences have you had with individuals with disabilities and their families? 2.)What are your career goals related to children with disabilities, family members, and community health services? 3.)What are your goals for participation in the Ga LEND Pediatric Audiology Program? Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: Complete applications should be submitted to Lauren Stott, AuD, CCC-A via email at Lauren.

Stott@choa.org. All materials must be received by September 3, 2027, for consideration.

Contact Person:

(preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) Lauren Stott, AuD, CCC-A - Lauren.

Stott@choa.org Are all externs supervised? Yes Candidates must have successfully completed all required coursework and clinical placements up to the application deadline and the applicant selected must maintain successful completion of coursework and clinical placements through the start of the externship.