Audiologist

About the role

Under the supervision of the Practice Manager, the Audiologist holds an advanced degree and holds a state license to practice audiology in order to identify, test, diagnose, and manage disorders of human hearing, balance, and tinnitus. They perform comprehensive audiological services for the diagnosis and rehabilitation of hearing loss and related auditory and vestibular diseases. They interpret the test results, work in tandem with your health care team, and review results as well as counsel the patient on their hearing health. If needed, they discuss, dispense, and adjust hearing aids along with Osseo-integrated devices and cochlear implants.

Education

Doctorate of Audiology (AuD) or Masters in Audiology with graduation prior to 1988.

Certification, Registration & Licensure

Active licensure in good standing in the State of New Hampshire.

Experience

Two years of Audiology practice experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Identify, test, diagnose, and manage disorders of human hearing, balance, and tinnitus; interpret test results of behavioral and objective measures.
• Counsel patients about hearing health and the possible need for treatment/management.
• Assess the candidacy of persons with hearing loss for hearing aids and cochlear implants and provide fitting, programming, and audiologic rehabilitation to ensure the best possible outcomes.
• Supervise and conduct newborn hearing screening programs.
• Evaluate and manage children and adults with central auditory processing disorders.
• Screen speech-language, the use of sign language, and other factors affecting communication function for the purposes of audiologic evaluation and/or initial identification of individuals with other communication disorders.
• Perform otoscopic examination of ear canals and ear drum, manage the removal of excessive cerumen, and make ear impressions.
• Recommend and provide hearing aid selection, fitting, and programming.
• Recommend and provide hearing assistive technology systems (HATS).
• Recommend and provide audiologic rehabilitation—including speech reading, communication management, language development, and auditory skill development.
• Perform assessment and nonmedical management of tinnitus.
• Counsel and educate patients and families/caregivers on the psychosocial adjustments of hearing loss.
• Collaborate with educators regarding communication management, educational implications of hearing loss, educational programming, classroom acoustics, and large-area amplification systems for children with hearing loss.
• Educate the public on the prevention of hearing loss, tinnitus, and falls.
• Consult about accessibility for persons with hearing loss in public and private buildings, programs, and services.
• Implement and/or coordinate community, school-based, or occupational hearing screening and conservation programs.
• Participate in the development of professional and technical standards.
• Demonstrate the value of audiologic services by measuring functional outcomes, consumer satisfaction, and effectiveness of treatment.
• Supervise audiology assistants who provide support functions to the practice of audiology.

Requirements

• The Dictionary of Occupational Titles Material Handling Classification is LIGHT.
• Employee must regularly lift, carry or push/pull less than 10 pounds, frequently lift, carry or push/pull up to 10 pounds, and occasionally lift, carry or push/pull up to 20 pounds.
• Employee is frequently required to bend, do fine motor, hear, reach, sit, speak, and walk.
• Employee is occasionally required to do repetitive motion, squat, and stand.
• Specific vision abilities required: color vision, depth perception, far vision, near vision, and peripheral vision.
• Employee is frequently exposed to bloodborne pathogens, bodily fluids.
• Employee is occasionally exposed to airborne pathogens, chemotherapeutic agents, toxic or caustic chemicals.
• Noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.