Pediatric Audiology Final Year Externship

The Audiology Program at Boston Children’s Hospital offers two final-year externships lasting from early June until early May of the following year. Externs will receive approximately 11 months of patient care experience under the supervision of licensed audiology preceptors. Applicants should be driven to pursue a career in pediatric audiology following completion of their tenure at Boston Children’s Hospital. Externs are provided with supervision by a range of experienced pediatric audiologists. All staff hold either the ASHA CCC-A or ABA Board Certification in Audiology, in addition to the Massachusetts state license in audiology. Many staff have the ABA Pediatric Specialty Certificate, Cochlear Implant Specialty Certificate or both. All staff members have completed the Certificate Holder-Audiology Preceptor (CHAP) training program. Supervision from an audiologist with CCC-A is not guaranteed. Externs rotate between two sites in our audiology program. Externs will be exposed to all aspects of pediatric audiological evaluation and case management, including all behavioral audiometry techniques and objective test measures, selection of hearing assistance technology, and determination of educational accommodations for children with hearing loss. The externship year begins with focused training on diagnostic services. Subsequent rotations focus on hearing aid fittings, in‑patient services and cochlear implant mapping. We expect that externs will come with substantial pediatric audiology experience and have basic competence with all behavioral test techniques. Applicants should also have an understanding of and exposure to frequency‑specific threshold ABR assessment on infants and young children. Upon completion of training, we expect the extern to be competent in providing detailed assessment and audiologic case management of complex pediatric patients. Externship Key Details Primary Practice Setting: Hospital Number of Audiologists at the site: 0 FTE Masters Degree, 36 FTE Au.D., 2 FTE Ph.D., 2 FTE Other Doctorate (ScD), 9 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants), 6 FTE Clerical Support Staff Number of Audiology Students each year: 0 1st year AuD Clinical Rotations, 2 2nd year, 2 3rd year, 2 4th year Externships Financial arrangements: Stipend Travel for interview: No Vacation Days: To be discussed Continuing education opportunities: Yes – LEND Fellowship program (1 day per week from September through May), additional events within department and community. Start Date: June 2027 Hours/Days per week: 40 hours/5 days Travel to satellite centers required: Yes – Waltham center approximately 10 miles from main Boston hospital campus. Local students preferred: No Orientation to clinical policies: Yes; patient rights & education: Yes; quality assessment: Yes Candidate Expectations Applicants should have substantial experience in pediatric audiometric evaluation, including VRA, CPA, tympanometry, and DPOAE, an academic background with frequency‑specific threshold ABR, experience with pediatric hearing aid fitting using the DSL protocol and on‑ear test measures, and interest in pediatric cochlear implants. Professional interpersonal skills with parents, children and preceptors are required. Skills & Knowledge to be Developed Proficiency and independence in all diagnostic processes: testing, interpretation, counseling. Approaches to working with children with complex medical conditions and diagnoses. Approaches to working with children and families from diverse cultures. Approaches to multidisciplinary team collaboration. Proficiency with hearing aid fitting, hearing assistance technology and educational recommendations for children with hearing loss. Understanding of maternal and child health policies, multicultural and disadvantaged families, and social policy through the LEND Fellowship program. Clinical Opportunities Hearing screenings: Never Pediatric evaluations (infant/toddler): Everyday Pediatric evaluations (school‑age): Everyday Adult hearing evaluations: Rarely Tympanometry: Everyday Acoustic Reflexes: Regularly Auditory processing evaluations: Rarely Evoked potential assessments: Regularly #J-18808-Ljbffr American Academy of Audiology