Audiology Externship in Minnesota - Paid

Overview

Join us in St. Cloud, MN for a PAID audiology externship!

Since 1966, St. Cloud Ear, Nose & Throat Clinic has been an independently owned specialty clinic in St. Cloud, MN, which is located just an hour from the Twin Cities. We partner with patients to provide exceptional, compassionate ENT care. Our core values include integrity, respect, patient-centered care, teamwork, innovation, open communication, and accountability. Our business hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM–5:00 PM (no evenings, weekends or holidays).

We have just what you’re looking for to round out your clinical skills in audiology by providing you with the support necessary to ensure you’re well prepared to begin your career with confidence.

ud Ear, Nose & Throat Clinic, you'll collaborate with our well-established team of audiologists and ENT physicians and will have the opportunity to develop strong professional relationships with them as you learn and grow.

You will have the opportunity to advance your skills in hearing diagnostics, hearing aid selection & fitting, vestibular testing, OSIA/BAHA/Cochlear selections and activations and will provide comprehensive care for patients of all ages with diverse backgrounds.

"St. Cloud Ear, Nose & Throat was truly the perfect place to learn. Each day was filled with a variety of demographics, which allowed me to develop individualized approaches to each case. Working with a multidisciplinary team has also provided me with a wealth of new knowledge. This site helped me become a confident, well-rounded provider. I'm grateful to have been able to thoroughly learn all aspects of audio logic and vestibular care!"

~Rose Raja

If you are looking for an audiology externship that offers a wide variety of audiology responsibilities in a learning environment and can fulfill our core values in all that you do every day, we would love to hear from you.

Interviews will be held with the team starting September 3rd.

• Primary Practice Setting: ENT group practice
• Number of Audiologists at the site:
• 2 FTE Masters Degree
• 2 FTE Au.D.
• 0 FTE Ph.D.
• 0 FTE Other Doctorate (ScD)
• 3 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants)
• 1 FTE clerical support staff
• Number of Audiology Students each year:
• 0 1st year AuD Clinical Rotations
• 0 2nd year
• 0 3rd year
• 1 4th year Externships
• Financial arrangements:
  Stipend
• Travel compensation for interviews:
  No
• Vacation Days: 12
• Continuing education opportunities:
  Yes; on‑site trainings provided by manufacturers
• Start Date:
  
  May/June 2027
• Expected hours/days a week: 40 hours
• Travel to satellite centers required:
  No
• Local students preferred:
  No
• Orientation to policies and procedures:
  Yes
• Orientation to patient education:
  Yes
• Orientation to quality assessment, assurance and improvement:
  Yes
• Skills mastered before externship that are expected:
• Excellent customer service skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Diagnostic testing knowledge
• General knowledge on hearing aid recommendation
• Hearing aid troubleshooting and repair
• Computer skills including audiology diagnostic equipment and hearing aid software
• Skills to learn and demonstrate during the externship:
• Diagnostic tests: VNG, VEMP, A , OAE, vHIT, Dix‑Hallpike, Immitance Audiometry, ETD testing, acoustic reflex threshold, Cochlear Implant evaluations, BAHA/Osia evaluations
• Patient counseling, recommendation, and advanced hearing aid fitting and repair
• Comprehensive audiology externship job description responsibilities completed by the end of the externship
• Clinical opportunities:
• Hearing Screenings (rarely)
• Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler (regularly)
• Pediatric evaluations: school‑age (regularly)
• Adult hearing evaluations (everyday)
• Tympanometry (everyday)
• Acoustic Reflexes (regularly)
• Evoked potential assessments (regularly)
• Otoacoustic emissions (regularly)
• Industrial/hearing conservation (regularly)
• Vestibular assessments (regularly)
• Vestibular rehabilitation (regularly)
• Hearing aids dispensed (regularly)
• Hearing aid selection/fitting (regularly)
• Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) (regularly)
• Cochlear implant evaluations (regularly)
• Cochlear implant rehabilitation (regularly)
• Tinnitus assessments (regularly)
• Tinnitus rehabilitation (rarely)
• Cerumen management (regularly)
• Research opportunities:
  No
• Consortium or collaborative arrangements:
  Yes
• Frequency of communication with university:
  As Needed
• Final date to receive applications: 8/31/2026
• Application requirements:
  Letters of Recommendation, Resume, Phone interview, Letter of request/intent
• Application steps:
  Send complete package and 3 letters of recommendation to
• Contact person:
  Brooke Steckelberg –
• All externs supervised:
  Yes