ENT Clinic - Paid Audiology Externship - Apply Today!

Southwest Idaho ENT is excited to welcome an extern to join our team in Boise, Idaho! Under the supervision of our CCC-A audiologists, you will see patients across a lifespan and gain hands-on experience with a wide variety of audiologic services including: Patient counseling and education Adult diagnostics Pediatric diagnostics (including

VRA, OAE & CPA

) ABRs Adult & pediatric hearing aid dispensing Bone anchored hearing aids Vestibular evaluation & treatment including VNG, VEMP, vHIT & posturography Tinnitus assessment & management Hearing conservation If you are a motivated student seeking an opportunity to learn and grow into an independent provider while working in a collaborative environment, then apply today!

Externship Information:

Primary Practice Setting:

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

D. 0 FTE

Ph.

D. 0 FTE

Other Doctorate (ScD) 2 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants) 2 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: Salary Benefits Other -

Please Describe Benefits:

health Insurance, holidays, and 1 week of PTO. Will interview travel be compensated?

No Vacation Days:

7 Continuing education opportunities? Yes Online or conference

Start Date:

May/June 2027 Expected hours/days a week: 40hrs 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: Interpersonal skills, ability to work with a team, and basic audiologic testing and interpretation abilities. Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: Refine problem-solving, decision-making, and testing skills. Improve ability to work independently. Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern: Rarely Hearing Screenings Regularly Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler Regularly Pediatric evaluations: school-age Everyday Adult hearing evaluations Everyday Tympanometry Everyday Acoustic Reflexes Never Auditory processing evaluations Rarely Hearing Screenings Regularly Evoked potential assessments Never Intra-operative monitoring cases Regularly Otoacoustic emissions Never Industrial/hearing conservation Everyday Vestibular assessments Never Vestibular rehabilitation Everyday Hearing aids dispensed Everyday Hearing aid selection/fitting Everyday Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) Never Cochlear implant evaluations Never Cochlear implant rehabilitation Rarely Tinnitus assessments Never Tinnitus rehabilitation Never 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: As needed

Application Deadline:

9/11/2026

Application Requirements:

Letters of Recommendation Resume Phone interview Letter of request/intent Other 3 letters of recommendation, onsite interview (required) Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: Send application materials as a complete package to Lindsay Walles, Au.

D. (lwalles@swient.com)

Contact Person:

(preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) Lindsay Walles, Au.

D. - lwalles@swient.com Are all externs supervised? Yes