The Audiology Department at Christus Children’s Hospital in San Antonio, TX will be offering one 4th year externship position to begin in early June and end the following May. This 11-month rotation is completed under a primary preceptor, but the extern will have the opportunity to work with multiple pediatric audiologists and multi-disciplinary teams. This is a full-time position with a clinical emphasis. The ideal candidate will be highly motivated, flexible, a strong team player and has a strong desire for a career as a pediatric audiologist. The goal of this externship is to provide clinical experiences to develop the skills necessary for a career as a pediatric audiologist.
As a Doctor of Audiology extern, you can expect to apply your previous clinic experiences to assess a diverse pediatric population including children who are multiply complex. Externs will be exposed to all aspects of pediatric audiological evaluation and case management. The extern will become competent in diagnostic skills such as visual reinforcement audiometry, conditioned play audiometry, standard audiometry, acoustic immittance, otoacoustic emissions as well as natural sleep and sedated auditory brainstem response (ABR) evaluations. The extern will also have the opportunity to participate in rehabilitative care such as tradition hearing aids, CROS hearing aids osseointegrated devices (non-surgical and surgical), and cochlear implants. The audiology extern is expected to work within a multi-disciplinary team on a daily basis. This is including, but not limited to, physicians, physician assistants, nurses, educational specialists, and community partners.
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*Independence in working with children and their families from initial testing to recommendations and follow through with other providers/school team *Independence in VRA, CPA, OAE and ABR testing and interpretation *Independence in hearing aid troubleshooting, selection, fitting and verification *Competence in cochlear implant candidacy and programming *Competence in all services provided at our clinic *Confidence in applying critical thinking to outcome-based management of patients
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Karianne Ambler, AuD
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*Otoscopy *Immittance testing *Experience with VRA and CPA as primary and secondary tester *Experience with hearing aid selection, fitting and verification using real-ear measurements *Experience with electrophysiologic assessment
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June 2025
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All applications will be reviewed by our pediatric audiology department. Select applicants will be contacted via email and phone to participate in interviews. Decisions will be made and sent to applicants no later than mid-October.
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karianne.ambler@christushealth.org
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Applicants are expected to have completed their university coursework and have completed clinical placements that offered experience with pediatric testing and habilitation. It is required that each applicant have passed their Praxis exam, have a signed affiliation agreement between Christus Children’s and the university, proof of liability insurance through their university, and have obtained a Texas State Intern in Audiology license prior to clinical start date.
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