Our N.C. Children's Hospital, Meadowmont and Lake Boone Trail locations focus on pediatrics including diagnostic assessment of children from infancy through the teen years and amplification/treatment of hearing loss. Externs rotate between our pediatric focused sites. Our previous externs have gone on to careers working in hospitals, private clinics, research, academic education, and manufacturer positions. Graduates of our program will have extensive experience with complex patient care in a collaborative, multi-disciplinary team. We are looking for thoughtful, hardworking candidates who are committed to evidence-based and patient-centered care. Our ideal externs have a history of enthusiasm for pediatric audiology and exhibit a spirit of service to patients in our care.

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//www.uncmedicalcenter.org/uncmc/care-treatment/audiology/pediatric-audiology-services/ Application process/timing : For consideration, submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae/resume and 3 letters of recommendation to AudiologyExternship@unchealth.unc.edu in one complete .pdf packet via email with subject line Pediatric Extern Application by Wednesday September 16, 2026 . Application packet should be submitted as a single pdf file. Applicants should include the number of hours completed at each clinical site listed in their CV and total numbers for the following appointment types: pediatric diagnostic evaluation and pediatric amplification At least one letter of recommendation should come from a clinical preceptor. In their cover letter, we invite applicants to write about their experiences with the

EHDI 1-3-6

timeline (in the clinic or the classroom). Applicants who progress to the stage of an interview can expect those to take place between September 22-October 14 (based on the ACEN shared timeline).

Externship Information:

Primary Practice Setting:

University medical center Number of Audiologists at the site: 0 FTE Masters Degree 18 FTE Au.

D. 0 FTE

Ph.

D. 0 FTE

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

• Please Describe This position is classified as temporary, non-exempt (hourly).

The current pay rate is $10.33 per hour (~$20,000/year). Will interview travel be compensated?

No Vacation Days:

Not paid Continuing education opportunities? Yes Monthly in-services (on-site or virtual)

Start Date:

05/25/2027 Expected hours/days a week: 40 hours/week 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: Diagnostic Audiology Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: Applicants can expect a well-rounded placement, offering experience with primarily pediatric patients and some diagnostic adult patients. Full supervision with increasing independence. This 4th year position all pediatrics, including:

• Diagnostic assessment of children from infancy through the teen years
• Natural sleep and sedated ABRs
• Two-tester behavioral hearing assessment for children of all ages
• In-patient coverage at the main UNC hospital campus
• Support CI candidacy evaluations for patients < 2 years in conjunction with colleagues at the Children's Cochlear Implant Center at UNC (note, this clinic is separate from the CCIC at UNC)
• Hearing aid selection, fitting, verification, and follow up (air
• and bone-conduction devices)
• Newborn hearing screenings in the

UNC NICU

(our team also provides oversight for newborn hearing screening in the well-baby nursery)

• Participate in regular audiology staff meetings, in-service/training opportunities, and clinical research (based on the applicants' interests)
• Partner with North Carolina state EHDI team to combat loss to follow up/documentation Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern: Regularly 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 Regularly Hearing Screenings Regularly Evoked potential assessments Rarely Intra-operative monitoring cases Regularly Otoacoustic emissions Rarely Industrial/hearing conservation Never Vestibular assessments Never Vestibular rehabilitation Everyday Hearing aids dispensed Everyday Hearing aid selection/fitting Rarely Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) Never Cochlear implant evaluations Never Cochlear implant rehabilitation Never Tinnitus assessments Never Tinnitus rehabilitation Rarely Cerumen management Research opportunities?

Yes We collaborate with UNC School of Medicine in clinical research. 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: Regular communication

• frequency dependent on student/University.

Application Deadline:

09/16/2026

Application Requirements:

Letters of Recommendation Resume Transcript Phone interview Letter of request/intent Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: For consideration, submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae/resume and 3 letters of recommendation to AudiologyExternship@unchealth.unc.edu in one complete .pdf packet via email with subject line Pediatric Extern Application by Wednesday September 16, 2026.

• Application packet should be submitted as a single pdf file.
• Applicants should include the number of hours completed at each clinical site listed in their CV and total numbers for the following appointment types: pediatric diagnostic evaluation and pediatric amplification.
• At least one letter of recommendation should come from a clinical preceptor.
• In their cover letter, we invite applicants to write about their experiences with the

EHDI 1-3-6

timeline (in the clinic or the classroom).

• Applicants who progress to the stage of an interview can expect those to take place between September 22-October 14 (based on the ACEN shared timeline).

Contact Person:

(preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator)

SUBJECT LINE

Pediatric Externship Inquiry OR Pediatric Extern Application

• AudiologyExternship@unchealth.

unc.edu Are all externs supervised? Yes Application process/timing : For consideration, submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae/resume and 3 letters of recommendation to AudiologyExternship@unchealth.unc.edu in one complete .pdf packet via email with subject line Pediatric Extern Application by Wednesday September 16, 2026 . Application packet should be submitted as a single pdf file. Applicants should include the number of hours completed at each clinical site listed in their CV and total numbers for the following appointment types: pediatric diagnostic evaluation and pediatric amplification At least one letter of recommendation should come from a clinical preceptor. In their cover letter, we invite applicants to write about their experiences with the

EHDI 1-3-6

timeline (in the clinic or the classroom). Applicants who progress to the stage of an interview can expect those to take place between September 22-October 14 (based on the ACEN shared timeline).