Pediatric Externship Opportunity 2027-2028 - Louisville, KY

Norton Children's Medical Group

• Audiology and Speech is a thriving pediatric hearing center dedicated to delivering high-quality, patient-centered care. Our facility offers a comprehensive range of services, including:
• Behavioral audiometry (VRA, CPA, standard audiometry)
• Sedated and natural sleep auditory brainstem response (ABR) testing
• Outpatient newborn hearing screenings
• Hearing aid evaluation, fitting, and follow-up care
• Bone-anchored hearing device evaluation, programming, and follow-up care
• Cochlear implant evaluation, programming, and follow-up care Little Ears Hearing Center integrated with Norton Children's Medical Group in 2021.

This integration allowed for expansion of our multidisciplinary approach to care. For more information about our services and our team, visit: https://nortonchildrens.com/services/ear-nose-throat-audiology/services/audiology/ Our Team Our collaborative and dynamic team includes:

• 7 pediatric audiologists
• A 4th-year audiology extern
• 2 speech-language pathologists specializing in hearing loss
• 6 pediatric ENT providers including a cochlear implant surgeon Our providers collaborate with a variety of other departments, including infectious disease, hematology/oncology, anesthesia, developmental pediatrics, genetics, and inpatient hospital-based services.

In addition to the externship, our facility also provides clinical education opportunities in partnership with the University of Louisville's AuD and SLP programs. Externship Overview During the externship, you will have opportunities to work closely with families to address their concerns, and provide personalized care plans tailored to each child's needs alongside the precepting audiologists. Your interactions with patients and families will be pivotal in shaping their hearing health journey and improving their quality of life. Our commitment to excellence and evidence-based practice ensures that you will be exposed to the latest advancements in pediatric audiology, preparing you for a successful career at a pediatric facility of your choosing upon graduation. Our former students and externs have secured positions at leading institutions including:

• Baptist Wake Forest Health
• Boston Children's Hospital
• Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
• Children's Mercy Medical Center
• Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
• Duke University Medical Center
• Nationwide Children's Hospital
• Nemours Children's Specialty Care
• Jacksonville
• Texas Hearing Institute
• Primary Children's Hospital
• University of Wisconsin
• American Family Children's Hospital We follow the ACEN application timeline for externship applications, interviews, and offers.

Preference will be given to candidates with significant practicum experience in pediatric settings. The selected candidate will be energetic, positive, and enthusiastic about working with children and families. Good time management skills and attention to detail a must! The selected candidate should be willing to complete administrative responsibilities related to clinical service provision as part of this learning opportunity. Applicants must be available for initial interview on 9/29 or 9/30/2026

• no exceptions.

Externship Information:

Primary Practice Setting:

Other Pediatric multidisciplinary clinic Number of Audiologists at the site: 2 FTE Masters Degree 7 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: 6 1st year AuD Clinical Rotations 6 2nd year 3 3rd year 1 4th year Externships Financial arrangements: Salary Benefits Compensation and benefits are in the process of being discussed/approved for this position. Will interview travel be compensated?

No Vacation Days:

Yes Continuing education opportunities?

Yes Yes Start Date:

5/2027 Expected hours/days a week: M-F, 40 hours Travel to satellite centers required? Yes Travel to different locations within metro Louisville is required (all sites are within 10 miles of each other).

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:

• Knowledge of age-appropriate test techniques, use of objective tests to cross check behavioral results
• Previous experience with pediatric hearing aids and cochlear implants is desired
• Strong writing skills Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship:
• Completion of diagnostic evaluations on all ages of children with supervisor consultation is expected on typically developing children/straightforward cases
• More complex cases will be completed with increased supervisory guidance and input
• Comfort in completing hearing aid evaluation and fitting, as well as cochlear implant evaluations and mapping
• Troubleshooting hearing aids, cochlear implants, bone-anchored hearing devices, and FM systems
• Report writing
• Billing and reimbursement activities Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern: Rarely Hearing Screenings Everyday Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler Everyday Pediatric evaluations: school-age Regularly Adult hearing evaluations Everyday Tympanometry Regularly Acoustic Reflexes Never Auditory processing evaluations Rarely Hearing Screenings Everyday Evoked potential assessments Rarely 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 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?

No 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: We will communicate with the extern's university program based on the program's preferred structure.

Application Deadline:

9/16/2026

Application Requirements:

Letters of Recommendation Resume Transcript Phone interview Letter of request/intent ALL application materials must be emailed in a

SINGLE PDF.

No individual materials, including letters of recommendation, will be accepted. Please include the items listed below:

• Cover letter
• CV •3 letters of recommendation; two of which MUST be from clinical supervisors and preferably from supervisors who have mentored the applicant during a pediatric experience •Unofficial graduate program transcript Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: Please email all application materials, including letters of recommendation, IN

A SINGLE PDF.

No phone calls please. University programs are welcome to reach out via email with questions.

Contact Person:

(preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) Shelley Moats, AuD, BC-PA, FNAP

• shelley.

moats@nortonhealthcare.org Are all externs supervised? Yes Preference will be given to candidates with significant practicum experience in pediatric settings. The selected candidate will be energetic, positive, and enthusiastic about working with children and families. Good time management skills and attention to detail a must! The selected candidate should be willing to complete administrative responsibilities related to clinical service provision as part of this learning opportunity. Applicants must be available for initial interview on 9/29 or 9/30/2026

• no exceptions.