Our Audiology program offers a wide range of services including comprehensive audiometric testing, hearing aid fittings, tinnitus management, in-depth tele-audiology services (including diagnostic testing, hearing aid fittings/follow-ups, and remote programming), electrophysiology, cerumen management, central auditory processing testing, and a small vestibular clinic including: Videonystagmography (VNG), posturography, Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potential (VEMP) testing, and Video Head Impulse testing (vHIT). Our clinic is located in a new off-site building that houses audiology, optometry, and blind rehab. We provide services to 9 CBOCs with our tele-audiology program, serving Veterans from the Mackinaw Bridge all the way to central Michigan. The Saginaw North clinic has 7 full-time audiologists. Our Cadillac CBOC has 3 more audiologists on our team. There are 3 audiology technicians split between the 2 clinic sites.

Externship Information:

Primary Practice Setting:

VA medical center Number of Audiologists at the site: 1 FTE Masters Degree 9 FTE Au.

D. 0 FTE

Ph.

D. 0 FTE

Other Doctorate (ScD) 3 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants) 6 FTE Clerical Support Staff Number of Audiology Students each year: 0 1st year AuD Clinical Rotations 2 2nd year 2 3rd year 1 4th year Externships Financial arrangements: Stipend Will interview travel be compensated?

No Vacation Days:

4hrs/pay period Continuing education opportunities? Yes Yes, regular relevant trainings for technology

Start Date:

Summer 2027 Expected hours/days a week: 40 Travel to satellite centers required?

No 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: Competency with routine diagnostic hearing evaluations and hearing aid selection. Familiarity with fitting hearing aids and performing real ear verification. Familiarity with vestibular and electrophysiology testing. Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: Develop competencies in routine and advanced diagnostic hearing evaluations, select and fit appropriate amplification with verification. Develop clinical decision making. Develop efficient patient management skills. Become proficient at telehealth. Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern: Rarely Hearing Screenings Never Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler Never Pediatric evaluations: school-age Everyday Adult hearing evaluations Everyday Tympanometry Everyday Acoustic Reflexes Regularly Auditory processing evaluations Rarely Hearing Screenings Regularly Evoked potential assessments Never Intra-operative monitoring cases Regularly Otoacoustic emissions Rarely Industrial/hearing conservation Regularly Vestibular assessments Rarely Vestibular rehabilitation Everyday Hearing aids dispensed Everyday Hearing aid selection/fitting Never Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) Never Cochlear implant evaluations Never Cochlear implant rehabilitation Everyday Tinnitus assessments Regularly Tinnitus rehabilitation Everyday 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: Schedule of due dates for midterm or final grades for each semester or quarter

Application Deadline:

September 16, 2026

Application Requirements:

Letters of Recommendation Resume Transcript Letter of request/intent 2 Letters of Recommendation Letter of Intent Resume Transcript (unofficial preferred) Log of clinical hours Virtual Interview Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: Email complete application (as a packet preferred) - letter of intent, resume, unofficial transcripts, log of clinical hours, and 2 letters of recommendation to Kaylee.

Davenport@va.gov

Contact Person:

(preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) Kaylee L. Davenport, Au.

D. - kaylee.davenport@va.gov Are all externs supervised? Yes