4th Year Audiology Externship

Potomac River Clinic (PRC) is accepting applications for an Audiology Externship starting in June 2027 through early May 2028.

Application Deadline:

4:00pm EST September 16, 2026. PRC provides clinical services to the greater Washington, DC area, in addition to serving The River School , an independent school with an inclusion program for children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Our mission is to equip children with hearing loss and their families with a foundation for lifelong learning through listening and spoken language. Our audiologists work closely with educators, speech pathologists, and psychologists to address the speech, language, and hearing needs of the students with hearing loss. The audiology program provides a full range of diagnostic and rehabilitative services for patients across the lifespan, with a primary focus on pediatric care. Services include natural sleep auditory brainstem response testing, behavioral hearing evaluations, hearing aid and cochlear implant evaluations and programming, as well as patient and family counseling. As an Audiology Extern, you will be responsible for the following: to assist with all audiological services provided through The Potomac River Clinic and The River School; to assist in cochlear implant and hearing aid selection, programming, verification, troubleshooting, and consultation; to maintain records and write reports; to assist in school-wide hearing screenings; to assist with the parent support group and the Parent-Infant Program; to train and educate school personnel in the field of audiology; to assist with data collection for various research grants; to assist in in-service, community outreach, classroom audio distribution systems (CADS) set-up, and consultations at schools around the DC area; to assist with billing and reimbursement A significant desire to work with a pediatric population is essential. Previous pediatric experience and cochlear implant experience are required, in addition to excellent clinical knowledge and confident clinical decision-making skills. Strong interpersonal skills, flexibility, and the ability to establish quick rapport with children and families are critical.

Externship Information:

Primary Practice Setting:

Community speech and hearing center Educational audiology/school setting Number of Audiologists at the site: 0 FTE Masters Degree 2 FTE Au.

D. 0 FTE

Ph.

D. 0 FTE

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

No Vacation Days:

22 days and holidays Continuing education opportunities?

Yes Yes Start Date:

6/1/2027 Expected hours/days a week: 40 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: Otoscopy Tympanograms Audiometric Evaluations Earmolds Hearing Aid Programming Cochlear Implant Experience DM Experience Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: Cochlear Implant Mapping

VRA, CPA

Counseling Troubleshooting Verification 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 Rarely Evoked potential assessments Never Intra-operative monitoring cases Regularly Otoacoustic emissions Never Industrial/hearing conservation Never Vestibular assessments Never Vestibular rehabilitation Regularly Hearing aids dispensed Regularly Hearing aid selection/fitting Rarely Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) Regularly Cochlear implant evaluations Rarely Cochlear implant rehabilitation Never Tinnitus assessments Never 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? As Needed Communication or other support do expected or required from the university during the externship: Check in periodically or be available if necessary

Application Deadline:

September 16, 2026

Application Requirements:

Resume Transcript Letter of request/intent Phone/Video Interview Three Letters of Recommendation Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: Submit all application documents to jreid@potomacriverclinic.org

Contact Person:

(preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) Julia Reid, Au.

D. - jreid@potomacriverclinic.org Are all externs supervised? Yes