Audiology Clinical Education and Interdisciplinary Academic Programs

Boston Medical Center is accepting applications for 1 AuD Externs in Boston, MA. Regarding the clinical placement, Accepting students for the extern year, as per the dates guidelines, and this is designated as Full Time.

Clinical Experiences at Boston Medical Center

The site is reportedly serving these populations: Pediatric, School Aged, Developmental Disabilities, Adult, Geriatric. Students should expect these experiences: Diagnostic Evaluation, Auditory Evoked Potentials, Newborn Hearing Screening, Hearing Aid Eval Dispensing, Cochlear Implant Eval Mapping, Bone Anchored Hearing Devices, Vestibular Eval Rehabilitation. The Inter professional and collaborative practice experiences include: Family Members, Nurse, Physicians, Psychologist, Social Worker, Teachers.

To apply, please note that we require: a letter of intent, a resume/CV, and 3 letters of recommendation. Contact: Alison Packer, [email protected] if interested.

Academic Program Resources: Khoury College of Computer Sciences

In addition to clinical sites, academic programs provide interdisciplinary paths. The combined Data Science and Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology curriculum is designed to facilitate critical thinking, information literacy, and oral and written communication skills.

BS in Data Science and Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology

The coursework covers exploratory data analysis, data manipulation in a variety of programming languages, large-scale data storage, predictive analytics, machine learning, data mining, and information visualization and presentation. These areas of study are of particular relevance in the field of speech-language pathology and audiology due to the continued development and use of assistive technology and artificial intelligence for individuals with communication disorders. Career prospects for this program include:

• Audiological technology specialist
• Speech technology researcher
• Biomedical data scientist

BS in Computer Science and Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology

The BS in Computer Science and Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology combined major is designed to facilitate critical thinking, information literacy, and oral and written communication skills. In this program, students have an opportunity to focus on the fundamentals of program design, software development, computer organization, systems and networks, theories of computation, principles of languages, and advanced algorithms and data. Potential career paths at the intersection of technology and communication sciences include:

• Speech recognition software developer
• Machine learning engineer specializing in speech and hearing analysis
• Clinical software developer for speech therapy applications
• User experience researcher for accessibility-focused products

Learning Outcomes and Research

In these programs, you’ll learn to: Apply design principles in the construction of software systems of varying complexity and use current techniques, skills, and tools necessary for effective and secure computing practice. You will have opportunities to work on active research projects with leading faculty members in our state-of-the-art labs, including research areas such as Algorithms and theory, Artificial intelligence, and Data science.