Paid Audiology Externship in Santa Barbara, CA

4 days ago


Santa Barbara, California, United States Hearing Services of Santa Barbara Full time

At Hearing Services of Santa Barbara, we are dedicated to our patients' overall hearing health. We want our patients to enjoy life and interact socially with confidence. Our professionals work with our patients to analyze their specific hearing loss, provide educated and informed solutions, and guarantee a "perfect fit" and after care for the patient and their hearing aids.

Our externs will work alongside our audiologists and our partner - ENT Associates of Santa Barbara - to serve patients of all ages at both our offices (Goleta & Solvang). This externship has the potential to become a full-time position.

A day in the life could include:

  • Collaborating with 3 audiologists, an otolaryngologist and physician assistant.
  • Gathering patient history, building rapport, establishing trust.
  • Conducting audiometric testing, counseling patients, and making strong recommendations for hearing aids.
  • Fitting and programming hearing aids from major manufacturers, and providing appropriate follow-up care (approximately 10 hearing aids per month or more).
  • Cochlear implant evaluations and mapping.
  • Maintaining documentation and patient files.
  • Other testing: ABR, VNG/ENG, and Tympanometry testing.

Candidates with knowledge or experience with balance testing or cochlear implants are especially encouraged to apply.

Our main clinic is located in scenic Goleta, a community just miles north of Santa Barbara. It is conveniently located in a beautiful brand new building near the Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital, on the corner of Patterson and Hollister. The city of Goleta works hard to keep its residents safe, and has been named one of the top 50 Safest Cities in California 5 years in a row Our second office is located in Solvang, CA – a Danish Village in the middle of Santa Barbara wine country. Solvang is a small, family focused, pet friendly town with a little something for everyone.

Externship Information: Primary Practice Setting: ENT group practice
Private practice
Number of Audiologists at the site:
1 FTE Masters Degree
3 FTE Au.D.
0 FTE Ph.D.
0 FTE Other Doctorate (ScD)
0 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
2 4th year Externships Financial arrangements: Salary
Will interview travel be compensated? No
Vacation Days: TBD
Continuing education opportunities? No
Start Date: May/June 2025
Expected hours/days a week: 40
Travel to satellite centers required? Yes
1 day/week to Solvang (35 minutes) 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: Audiolometric Diagnostic Skill - pediatrics and adults. Pure bone, tympanometry, assessing hearing aid needs, program hearing aids from major manufacturers, student with ENT/VNG, balance testing experience strongly considered, cochlear implant experience preferred, too. Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: Patient relationship management, exposure to variety of hearing loss-complicated cases, difficult diagnostics, hearing assessments, fitting, function in a fast-paced ENT office, database management system, EMR exposure. Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern:
Everyday Hearing Screenings Regularly Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler Everyday Pediatric evaluations: school-age Everyday Adult hearing evaluations Everyday Tympanometry Everyday Acoustic Reflexes Rarely Auditory processing evaluations Everyday Hearing Screenings Everyday Evoked potential assessments Never Intra-operative monitoring cases Everyday Otoacoustic emissions Rarely Industrial/hearing conservation Regularly Vestibular assessments Regularly Vestibular rehabilitation Everyday Hearing aids dispensed Everyday Hearing aid selection/fitting Regularly Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) Regularly Cochlear implant evaluations Regularly Cochlear implant rehabilitation Regularly Tinnitus assessments Regularly Tinnitus rehabilitation Everyday 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: Support as needed Application Deadline: 9/18/2024 Application Requirements: Letters of Recommendation
Resume
Phone interview
Letter of request/intent
Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: Send application materials as a complete package and 3 letters of recommendation to Contact Person:
(preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) Yvette Kinzel (HR Are all externs supervised? Yes


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