UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh is accepting applications for 2 Au.

D. Externs in Pittsburgh, PA . •Please note this is for UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, not UPMC Eye and Ear Institute. Our programs are different. This externship is a Pediatric Only program. To Submit an application please use the Qualtrics link: https://pitt.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9tBe04EZL1Levps

PLEASE SUBMIT ALL APPLICATION MATERIALS, INCLUDING LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION, THROUGH THE QUALTRICS SURVEY. THANK YOU.

Audiology Externship Program Coordinator:

Jessica LeDonne, Au.

D., CCC-A.

For questions related to the program or how to apply, please contact Jessica via email at: jessica.ledonne2@chp.edu.

Phone:

412-692-6553 Main physical location:

UPMC Children's Hospital:

4401 Penn Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15224 UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh CHP Audiology Satellite Locations (Externs will be sent to these locations during their time in the program): North Satellite (Wexford, PA): 2599 Wexford Bayne Road, Sewickley, Pa 15143 East Satellite (Monroeville, PA): Corporate One Office Park, Building One, Suite 110, 4055 Monroeville Boulevard, Pittsburgh, Pa 15146 South Satellite (Bridgeville, PA): 205 Millers run road, Bridgeville, Pa 15017 Anticipated start date is around May 17, 2027. The anticipated ending date is May 2028. This is designated as Full Time. If a stipend is provided, it is reported to be $ 34000 annually.

Required application materials:

Resume and cover letter, 2 letters of recommendation and transcript from school.

Please submit application materials here:

https://pitt.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9tBe04EZL1Levps This site is reported to have 14 licensed audiologists, 10 who are with their CCC-A certifications. The site is serving patients ages birth to 21 years of age.

Expect these experiences:

Diagnostic Evaluation, Auditory Evoked Potentials, Newborn Hearing Screening, Hearing Aid Evaluations and Dispensing, Cochlear Implant Evaluations and mapping, fitting of Bone Anchored Hearing Devices, Tinnitus Evaluation and Treatment, Auditory Processing, Triage Audiology testing to support a robust ENT clinic, Inpatient Audiology consulting and serving on multiple interdisciplinary teams including cleft/craniofacial, oncology and cochlear implant teams. The Inter professional and collaborative practice experiences include: ENT, Dentistry, Family Members, Nurse, Physicians, Psychologist, Social Worker, Speech-Language Pathologist, Special Educator, Teachers, Educational Au.

D.. Other experiences vary but could be: Presenting assigned topics at group meetings, discussing cases with other providers, advocating for a patient's Audiology needs, contributing to research and meeting with manufacturer representatives.

Students and Peers:

The overall number of students at this site at any given time range from 2-8. The number of externs at this site is expected to be: 2. Currently an Au.

D. candidate applying for a 1 year externship postion.

Externship Information:

Primary Practice Setting:

Community medical center Hospital University medical center Number of Audiologists at the site: 3 FTE Masters Degree 11 FTE Au.

D. 0 FTE

Ph.

D. 0 FTE

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

No Vacation Days:

Accrual Continuing education opportunities?

Yes Yes Start Date:

May 17, 2027 Expected hours/days a week: 40 Travel to satellite centers required? Yes no more than 25 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: interpersonal skills in working with children and their families. Basic knowledge of audiologic testing and report writing skills Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: Pediatric audiologic assessment including convention, CPA, VRA, ABR, OAE, aABR, and tympanometry. Will also receive clinical skills in evaluating children for APD, tinnitus evaluation and Cochlear Implantation. Receive skills in hearing aid fitting as well as other sensory devices like BAHA and CIs. Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern: Everyday Hearing Screenings Everyday Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler Everyday Pediatric evaluations: school-age Regularly Adult hearing evaluations Everyday Tympanometry Everyday Acoustic Reflexes Rarely Auditory processing evaluations Everyday Hearing Screenings Everyday Evoked potential assessments Regularly 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 Rarely Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) Regularly Cochlear implant evaluations Regularly Cochlear implant rehabilitation Rarely Tinnitus assessments Rarely Tinnitus rehabilitation Never Cerumen management Research opportunities? Yes yes 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: as needed

Application Deadline:

9/16/26

Application Requirements:

Letters of Recommendation Resume Transcript Letter of request/intent Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: Please submit all application materials through the Qualtrics link in the posting.

Contact Person:

(preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) Jessica C. LeDonne - jessica.ledonne2@chp.edu Are all externs supervised? Yes Currently an Au.

D. candidate applying for a 1 year externship postion.