Audiologist: ENT

Full-time, 40 Hours/week M-F, 8:00AM-4:30PM Onsite Akron, OH (Occasional Travel to Other Sites) Summary: The Audiologist provides comprehensive diagnostic audiological services to children from birth to adult

Responsibilities

Provides comprehensive diagnostic audiological services to children from birth to adult to include VRA, play audiometry, pure tone audiometry, speech audiometry, immittance testing, ABR/ASSR, OAE, central auditory processing evaluations and hearing aid evaluations/fittings at the hospital and the Rehabilitation Services Division satellite locations.

Provides services in an outpatient hospital setting and satellite locations with emphasis on clinical quality and efficiency of care process. Provides services in an inpatient hospital setting including Hem/Onc., Infant Therapy, Inpatient Rehab., Trauma Screens, and Universal Newborn Hearing Screenings to Akron Children’s Hospital nurseries.

Completes reporting forms to maintain compliance. Selects and performs age appropriate audiometric procedures to assess hearing thresholds in order to determine peripheral hearing sensitivity. Provides test results, recommendations and appropriate referrals to parents, referring physicians, and other professionals.

Performs and provides clinical management for obtaining, verifying, fitting, and dispensing hearing aids, Orders and dispenses FM systems. Responsible for obtaining hearing aid prior authorizations and all hearing aid repairs and services. Performs and interprets specialized audiological tests (Universal Newborn Hearing Screenings, unsedated ABR’s, sedated ABR’s, ABR’s in OR, and Auditory Processing evaluations).