Yale University Hearing and Balance Center - Audiology Externship (2027-2028)

Yale University Hearing and Balance Center is a comprehensive audiology practice providing care for adult

• patients through Yale University School of Medicine.

We value interdisciplinary collaboration and evidence-based approaches to provide our patients with the best care possible. Fourth-year externs are an integral part of our busy clinic and work closely with our audiologists and otologists, allowing for growth into confident and independent audiologists. The link to the application may be found here: https://yalesurvey.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9KnDKu7SqoDRNeC

• Please note that our clinic sees adult patients only.

If you're interested in working with children, please apply to Yale New Haven Hospital's pediatric-only externship.

Externship Information:

Primary Practice Setting:

University medical center Number of Audiologists at the site: 0 FTE Masters Degree 11 FTE Au.

D. 0 FTE

Ph.

D. 0 FTE

Other Doctorate (ScD) 1 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 0 3rd year 4 4th year Externships Financial arrangements: Stipend Will interview travel be compensated?

No Vacation Days:

10 Continuing education opportunities? Yes Externs are encouraged to attend local conferences and surgical grand rounds through Yale University School of Medicine, Yale New Haven Hospital, and the greater audiology community.

Start Date:

May 31, 2027 Expected hours/days a week: 40 Travel to satellite centers required? Yes Audiology externs will be splitting their clinical experience between our New Haven and Milford locations. There will be opportunities for externs to provide diagnostic services with supervising audiologists in our Old Saybrook, Cornell-Scott Hill Health Center, and Greenwich locations as desired.

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:

• Take a complete case history
• Strong report-writing skills
• Competently perform all audiologic evaluations with masking when applicable
• Critically think about each case presented
• Solid foundation in hearing aids, cochlear implants, and osseointegrated devices
• Good counseling skills for patients of all ages & backgrounds
• Working knowledge of vestibular and neurodiagnostic evaluations Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship:
• Proficiency in report writing
• Independently perform all diagnostic evaluations
• Critically thinking about each case presented
• Proficiency in counseling, selection, and fitting of hearing aids, cochlear implants and bone anchored devices
• Independently perform a full vestibular evaluation
• Observations and participation in sedated otology coordinated cases Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern: Regularly Hearing Screenings Never Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler Never Pediatric evaluations: school-age Everyday Adult hearing evaluations Everyday Tympanometry Regularly Acoustic Reflexes Never Auditory processing evaluations Regularly Hearing Screenings Regularly Evoked potential assessments Never Intra-operative monitoring cases Regularly Otoacoustic emissions Regularly Industrial/hearing conservation Everyday Vestibular assessments Rarely Vestibular rehabilitation Everyday Hearing aids dispensed Everyday Hearing aid selection/fitting Rarely Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) Everyday Cochlear implant evaluations Everyday Cochlear implant rehabilitation Regularly Tinnitus assessments Regularly Tinnitus rehabilitation Rarely Cerumen management Research opportunities?

Yes While clinical audiologists at Yale Hearing and Balance Center do not have dedicated time to complete research projects, there are typically one to two small-scale studies being completed. Audiology externs are welcome to participate. Additionally, audiology externs are encouraged to complete any independent research projects they're interested in, with the acknowledgment that clinical duties account for over 90% of time spent in the clinic. 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: Following an official offer, an affiliation agreement between Yale University and the home university will be completed and signed prior to the student's start date. Required student evaluation paperwork should be submitted prior to externship start date.

Application Deadline:

August 28, 2026

Application Requirements:

Letters of Recommendation Resume Transcript Phone interview Letter of request/intent Other All application requirements (including resume/CV, cover letter, and transcripts) should be submitted via the Qualtrics Survey included above. When application materials are received, a confirmation email will be sent to the email address provided in the Qualtrics Survey. That confirmation email will include a link for submission of your letters of recommendation which may be forwarded to your letter writers for direct submission. We require 2-3 letters of recommendation for applications to be considered complete. All selected applicants must complete one or more phone and/or video interviews with Yale University Hearing and Balance Center. Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process:

Externship Application Timeline:

August 28, 2026: Deadline for submitting a completed application September 9th, 10th, 14th, and 15th: First round virtual interviews with times offered between 11 am-2 pm EST September 23rd, 2026: Second round virtual interviews with times offered between 8 am-5 pm EST September 28th 5pm

EST:

Deadline for accepting externship offers

Contact Person:

(preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) David Yeager, Au.

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• david.

yeager@yale.edu Are all externs supervised? Yes