Overview
This externship requires the student to have an exceptionally strong background in diagnostics, differential diagnoses, and medical aspects related to auditory disorders. These include, but are not limited to, surgical ears, sudden sensorineural hearing loss, tinnitus, hyperacusis, and misophonia. The student chosen for this externship will be supervised by two audiologists with over 10 years of experience in the field with a track record of successful externs (including former students who are current directors of their medical centers). During this externship, you will observe and participate in the administering of diagnostic audiological tests that allow the differentiation between types of hearing disorders; as well as provide hearing aid testing, selection and fitting to all populations (per program guidelines). The audiology extern will also be expected to review pricing and sale of hearing aids as part of the patient education process before the completion of their externship with Tobias & Battite. This is an externship for an extremely strong student looking to be challenged.
Expected externship dates are: July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2026. These dates are flexible based on the students’ availability. This is designated as a full-time externship. This is a stipend externship, paying $30,000 annually via monthly installments.
The student chosen for this externship:
- Will be supervised by three audiologists who have decades of combined experience in the field with a track record of successful externs (including former students who are current directors of their medical centers).
- Must be prepared to provide service to patients from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds (from hedge-fund managers to those who are unhoused) and language backgrounds (we make copious use of remote simultaneous video interpreter service for people who have limited English proficiency).
- IS an extremely strong student, who is looking to be challenged. Strong technical and manual skills (including ear scanning, Lyric placement, and bimodal neuromodulation for tinnitus therapy) will be developed during this externship.
Populations served:
Pediatric, School Aged, Developmental Disabilities, Adult, Geriatric
The audiology experiences include:
Diagnostic Evaluation, Hearing Aid Eval Dispensing, Bone Anchored Hearing Devices, Tinnitus Eval and Treatment (including Lenire device and Tinnitus Retraining Therapy), Aural HabilitationRehab., Practice Management, Hearing Conservation (especially in musicians), Assistive Technologies, Onsite Continuing Education, Research Opportunities, Community Outreach, Other specified in next area.
The inter-professional and collaborative practice experiences include:
Physicians, Psychologist, Social Worker, Special Educator, Voc. Rehab Counselor, Other.
Other experiences vary, but could be:
- Cerumenectomy using binocular microscope with suction and curettage
- Lyric
- Lenire tinnitus treatment device (one of the first 14 clinics in the US to provide)
- Tinnitus Retraining Therapy
- Very strong musicians hearing program (hearing aid programming for music, in-ear monitors, hearing loss prevention)
- 3D ear scanning performed routinely on all hearing aid patients
- Expert witness
- Noise control consulting
Students and Peers
- The overall number of students at this site is 3.
- The number of externs at this site is expected to be: 2.