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Audiology Externship
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WVU Medicine
Morgantown, WV (In Person)
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WVU Medicine is the state's largest health system and largest private employer. Our mission is to improve the health of West Virginians and all we serve through excellence in patient care, research, and education. The WVU Medicine Audiology Department is comprised of eight full-time audiologists. The extern will primarily be in the main medical center location where they will be exposed to experiences within all the audiology specialty areas for both adults and pediatrics. The position is a 12-month, 5-day per week audiology student externship beginning around May 2027. Introductory letter of interest from the student 2-3 letters of recommendation from academic or clinical supervisors CV from the student
Externship Information:
Primary Practice Setting:
University medical center Number of Audiologists at the site: 0 FTE Masters Degree 8 FTE Au.D. 0 FTE
Ph.D. 0 FTE
Other Doctorate (ScD) 0 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants) 4 FTE Clerical Support Staff Number of Audiology Students each year: 3 1st year AuD Clinical Rotations 3 2nd year 0 3rd year 1 4th year Externships Financial arrangements: Stipend Will interview travel be compensated?No Vacation Days:
As needed up to 4wks Continuing education opportunities? Yes Extern can participate in any CEU events of their interestStart Date:
May 2027 Expected hours/days a week: 40/5 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: Basic comprehensive audiometric evaluation and basic hearing aid programming/repair skills. Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship:- Audiologic evaluations (Both adult and pediatric) (Everyday)
- Immittance measures (Everyday)
- Otoacoustic emissions (Regularly)
- Hearing aid evaluations (All manufacturers) (Regularly)
- Hearing aid fittings (Verfit 2) (Regularly)
- Hearing aid repairs (Regularly)
- Assistive listening device evaluation and fittings (Regularly)
- Cochlear implant evaluations (All 3 manufacturers) (Regularly)
- Cochlear implant programming (Regularly)
- Baha evaluations (Regularly)
- Baha fittings/programming (Regularly)
- Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR) testing (Awake, Sleep Deprived, and Sedated in the OR) (Regularly)
- Vestibular evaluations (VNG) (Regularly)
- Treatment of BPPV (Epley Maneuver) (Regularly)
- Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potential (VEMP) Testing (
Rarely:
1-2 per month)- Electrocochleography (ECochG) Testing (
Rarely:
1-2 per month)- Electroneuronography (ENoG) Testing (
Rarely:
1-2 per year)- Tinnitus retraining therapy evaluations (Regularly)
- Tinnitus retraining therapy counseling/fitting/management (Regularly)
- Covering busy ENT clinic (Everyday)
- Ototoxic monitoring (
Rarely:
1-2 per month)- In-patient audiologic services (
Rarely:
2-3 per month)- Participation in research and other departmental quality improvement projects (If interested) Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern: Rarely Hearing Screenings Everyday Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler Everyday Pediatric evaluations: school-age Everyday Adult hearing evaluations Everyday Tympanometry Rarely Acoustic Reflexes Never Auditory processing evaluations Rarely Hearing Screenings Regularly Evoked potential assessments Never Intra-operative monitoring cases Everyday Otoacoustic emissions Rarely Industrial/hearing conservation Everyday Vestibular assessments Rarely Vestibular rehabilitation Everyday Hearing aids dispensed Everyday Hearing aid selection/fitting Everyday Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) Regularly Cochlear implant evaluations Everyday Cochlear implant rehabilitation Regularly Tinnitus assessments Regularly Tinnitus rehabilitation Rarely Cerumen management Research opportunities?