Externship Paid-University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center/Rainbow Babies and Childrens Hospital

University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center/Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital Department of Audiology offers two full time paid 4th year externships. The 52 week externship experiences will begin June 2027 through May 2028. The Department of Audiology provides comprehensive diagnostic and rehabilitative services to individuals throughout their lifespan. Our goal is to improve communication abilities of our patients. We adhere to UH's Mission, Vision and Values as well as ASHA's Code of Ethics and the Department of Audiology policies and procedures. All of our audiologists hold Certificate of Clinical Competence through ASHA. The externships offer comprehensive experiences in pediatric and adult diagnostic and rehabilitative audiology. Externs complete rotations at our main campus and at our clinical offsite locations. Externs will gain knowledge and experience in pediatric and neuro-otology clinics, craniofacial clinic, auditory evoked potentials (sedated and natural sleep ABR and ASSR), vestibular evaluation and rehabilitation (ECOG, oVEMP, cVEMP, VNG, VHIT, rotary chair, neurodiagnostic ABR), cochlear implant evaluation and programming, cochlear implant intraoperative monitoring/physiological measures (NRT/ECAP, ESRT, ECOG), hearing aids, osseo-integrated devices, bone conduction devices, newborn hearing screenings, and ototoxic monitoring. University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center/Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital will follow the ACEN timeline for applications and interview process. Deadline for documentation submission is September 16, 2026.

Required documentation:

letter of interest, three letters of recommendation, curriculum vitae/resume, undergraduate and graduate transcripts are encouraged (unofficial accepted). All materials are to be emailed to Andrea.

Sterkel@uhhospitals.org. In person interviews will take place in person at our main campus on Friday September 25, 2026 and Friday October 2, 2026. Zoom interviews will be scheduled as needed. A tour of our main campus will follow the interviews. The UH Audiology Department is proud to be able to train, recruit and retain our 4th year AuD graduates on a regular basis. Submit application materials to Andrea.

Sterkel@uhhospitals.

org Required materials:

Resume/CV Three letters of recommendation Cover letter/letter of intent Undergraduate and graduate transcripts (unofficial accepted) In person interview preferred. Remote/virtual interview to be scheduled as needed.

Externship Information:

Primary Practice Setting:

Community medical center Hospital University medical center Number of Audiologists at the site: 0 FTE Masters Degree 30 FTE Au.

D. 1 FTE

Ph.

D. 0 FTE

Other Doctorate (ScD) 4 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants) 8 FTE Clerical Support Staff Number of Audiology Students each year: 0 1st year AuD Clinical Rotations 0 2nd year 1 3rd year 2 4th year Externships Financial arrangements: Stipend Will interview travel be compensated?

No Vacation Days:

10 Days + holidays Continuing education opportunities? Yes Yes

• Educational opportunities for hearing aids, cochlear implants, bone anchored implants are provided

Start Date:

June 1, 2027 Expected hours/days a week: 40 hours a week Travel to satellite centers required? Yes 10

• 15 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:

• Pure tone air and bone conduction threshold assessment with masking
• Immittance audiometry with acoustic reflex and reflex decay
• Knowledge of hearing aid selection, fitting and verification
• Knowledge of real ear measurements
• Knowledge of cochlear implant and BAI evaluation, selection and fitting Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship:
• Universal Newborn Hearing Screening program and management
• Intra-operative cochlear implant telemetry
• Obtain complete and comprehensive audiogram with tympanometry, acoustic reflexes/reflex decay, otoacoustic emissions for all age groups
• Comfort in use of BOA, VRA, TROCA, conditioned play audiometry and team testing
• Competency in ABR and ASSR assessment and interpretation
• Competency in vestibular assessment and interpretation including VNG, ECOG, oVEMP, cVEMP, rotary chair
• Competency in hearing aid assessment, selection, fitting and verification Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern: Regularly Hearing Screenings Everyday Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler Everyday Pediatric evaluations: school-age Everyday Adult hearing evaluations Everyday Tympanometry Everyday Acoustic Reflexes Never Auditory processing evaluations Regularly Hearing Screenings Regularly Evoked potential assessments Regularly Intra-operative monitoring cases Everyday Otoacoustic emissions Rarely Industrial/hearing conservation Regularly Vestibular assessments Regularly Vestibular rehabilitation Regularly Hearing aids dispensed Regularly Hearing aid selection/fitting Regularly Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) Regularly Cochlear implant evaluations Regularly Cochlear implant rehabilitation Regularly Tinnitus assessments Rarely Tinnitus rehabilitation Never Cerumen management Research opportunities?

No No research opportunities at this time Consortium or collaborative arrangements with other sites? No How frequently will the externship site communicate with the university during the externship? Monthly Communication or other support do expected or required from the university during the externship: Performance assessment materials as indicated by academic institution. Regular correspondence with academic program director is preferred.

Application Deadline:

September 16, 2026

Application Requirements:

Letters of Recommendation Resume Transcript Personal Review Letter of request/intent Other In person interview is preferred. Remote/virtual interviews will be scheduled as needed Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: Send all application materials to Andrea.

Sterkel@uhhospitals.org

Contact Person:

(preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) Andrea Sterkel, AuD/CCC-A

• andrea.

sterkel@uhhospitals.org Are all externs supervised? Yes Submit application materials to Andrea.

Sterkel@uhhospitals.

org Required materials:

Resume/CV Three letters of recommendation Cover letter/letter of intent Undergraduate and graduate transcripts (unofficial accepted) In person interview preferred. Remote/virtual interview to be scheduled as needed.