Audiology Extern

Currently enrolled in a 4-year accredited audiology doctoral program. Commuting between offices is required: 3 days a week at Rocky Mountain Ear Center in Englewood, CO and 2 days a week at Cochlear Americas in Lone Tree, CO starting in May/June of 2026.

About the role

The Audiology extern will provide support to project teams within the Medical Affairs department, including Clinical Affairs, Medical Education, Scientific Communication and Insights, and Medical Services. Responsibilities will encompass evaluating clinical study files, data entry, and reviewing clinical performance data for investigations in conjunction with Rocky Mountain Ear Center. Additional duties include assisting with customer clinician support and providing general Medical Affairs support for ongoing projects. The extern will collaborate with internal departments such as marketing, recipient services, reimbursement, and regulatory, ensuring a well-rounded clinical and educational experience. This externship also provides strong clinical experience at Rocky Mountain Ear Center with in-depth training in cochlear implants, hearing aids, vestibular testing, and specialized audiological assessments, with opportunities to contribute to patient care and diagnostics alongside a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Diagnostic testing, including: pure tone audiometry, speech testing, tympanometry, OAEs, VNG, VEMP, ECoG, ASSR
• Clinical evaluations and activations for cochlear implants, hearing aids, and bone anchored devices
• Continued care of devices during cochlear implant reprogramming and hearing aid check appointments
• Prepare detailed proposals and presentations for the annual ACIA meeting, including thorough literature reviews, methodology, and anticipated outcomes
• Insert data into database management system and ensure accuracy
• Coordinate with participants to arrange convenient times for study sessions, ensuring all necessary preparations are made; maintain a detailed schedule and follow up with reminders
• Scoring test materials and developing study materials
• Work closely with product training teams to assist with educational content that accurately reflects the latest innovations
• Collect and analyze clinical data and prepare detailed reports and presentations to communicate findings to stakeholders
• Offer comprehensive technical support to ensure optimal patient care

Requirements

• Currently enrolled in an accredited 4-year audiology doctoral program
• Ability to collaborate with patients, physicians, and coworkers
• Ability to perform comprehensive audiologic evaluations on adults/pediatrics
• Experience with hearing aids
• Knowledge of hearing aid, cochlear implant, and baha fitting and use
• Critical thinking skills
• Excellent interpersonal and public communication skills
• Ability to work independently but also collaborate across functions
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (e.g. Microsoft Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Pay

Target salary rate: $24.00/hr

Physical & Mental Demands

The physical and mental demands described are representative of those required to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Regularly required to be in a stationary (seated/standing) position
• Utilize business technology for work product delivery
• Communicate orally and in writing with others internal or external to the organization
• Utilize problem solving/critical thinking skills to discern and convey information
• Occasionally transport/move up to 30 pounds
• Specific vision abilities required include ability to adjust focus
• Regularly required to utilize comprehension, critical thinking, communication, problem solving, organization, reasoning, and relating to others
• Discernment of items such as product specifications, procedures, and processes to customers (whether internal or external)
• Influence, organization/classification of information, and planning

The work environment is an office/clinical environment.