Avera Audiology in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, is offering an outpatient hospital based fourth-year audiology externship placement providing intensive clinical training alongside a medical center and otolaryngology department. The audiology extern will have the opportunity to evaluate and manage pediatric and adult populations, performing comprehensive diagnostics, electrophysiology, vestibular testing, and amplification/cochlear implant/OID evaluations under licensed supervision.

Externship Information:

Primary Practice Setting:

ENT group practice Hospital Number of Audiologists at the site: 0 FTE Masters Degree 3 FTE Au.

D. 0 FTE

Ph.

D. 0 FTE

Other Doctorate (ScD) 0 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants) 0 FTE Clerical Support Staff Number of Audiology Students each year: 0 1st year AuD Clinical Rotations 0 2nd year 2 3rd year 1 4th year Externships Financial arrangements: None Will interview travel be compensated?

No Vacation Days:

14 Continuing education opportunities? No Externship student will be invited to industry trainings alongside audiology staff.

Start Date:

6/1/2027 Expected hours/days a week: 40/week 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: Adult diagnostic audiometry, otoscopy, immittance testing, history taking, real ear measurements, basic hearing aid programing Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: vestibular testing, cochlear implant candidacy, programing, and testing, pediatric diagnostic audiometry, and electrophysiology Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern: Regularly Hearing Screenings Regularly Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler Regularly Pediatric evaluations: school-age Regularly Adult hearing evaluations Regularly Tympanometry Regularly Acoustic Reflexes Never Auditory processing evaluations Regularly Hearing Screenings Regularly Evoked potential assessments Never Intra-operative monitoring cases Regularly Otoacoustic emissions Never Industrial/hearing conservation Regularly Vestibular assessments Never Vestibular rehabilitation Regularly Hearing aids dispensed Regularly Hearing aid selection/fitting Never Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) Regularly Cochlear implant evaluations Regularly Cochlear implant rehabilitation Regularly Tinnitus assessments Rarely Tinnitus rehabilitation Regularly 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? Monthly Communication or other support do expected or required from the university during the externship: School program requirements and expectations for their students from an externship placement site. School information regarding grading of the extern.

Application Deadline:

9/18/2026

Application Requirements:

Resume Transcript Letter of request/intent Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: Please provide an updated resume and brief cover letter covering the following questions: why you would be interested in this placement, what led you towards audiology, and your future goals within the field of audiology. All applications can be submitted to: CareerPlanning@avera.org

Attn:

Ashley Price, Audiology Contact Person:

(preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) Ashley Price, AuD - ashley.price@avera.org Are all externs supervised? Yes