The Army offers a 4th year Audiology (AuD) Externship. This externship lasts twelve months and incurs a follow-on three year obligation as an Army audiologist and Medical Service Corps officer with a starting salary range of $45,636-$47,872.
The externship starts in the summer following 3rd year. During the first several months, the individual will attend the Officer’s Basic Course in San Antonio, Texas. The externship affords the opportunity to work in a clinical setting, with patients of all ages and with a variety of disorders. This includes all types of audiometric diagnostic, vestibular, aural rehabilitation, and central auditory processing evaluations. The externship prepares the audiologist to manage programs focusing on prevention of noise-induced hearing loss at their follow-on assignment. Opportunities are available to educate Soldiers and commanders about the effects of hazardous noise and how to protect their hearing from those hazards, assess environments to improve communication, conduct compliance visits, and engage in projects or research related to noise-induced hearing loss.
For more information, contact COL Kathy Gates, Audiology Consultant to the Army Surgeon General via e-mail or phone (202) 782-8607.