Audiologist
Job Description
- Job code: 011144
- Pay grade: H
- Pay type: Exempt/salaried
General summary
Provides comprehensive clinical audiology services in a university-based, interdisciplinary clinical setting. Delivers direct patient care and contributes to clinical supervision, which may include supervising graduate students as appropriate. Supports high-quality, ethical practice while collaborating with clinical and academic partners.
Major duties
- Provides comprehensive audiologic evaluations for pediatric and adult patients.
- Performs diagnostic testing including audiometry, immittance measures, otoacoustic emissions (OAEs), and auditory brainstem response (ABR) testing.
- Applies evidence-informed practices to select, program, verify, and manage hearing aids and assistive listening devices and prepares related purchase agreements.
- Conducts cochlear implant candidacy evaluations.
- Collaborates with surgeons and interdisciplinary teams, performs cochlear implant activation, and provides ongoing follow-up care.
- Maintains accurate, timely, and compliant clinical documentation.
- Provides occasional supervision and support to graduate-level speech-language pathology students within the clinical setting.
Minimum qualifications
Minimum qualifications based upon job documentation and industry best practices. Any current employees not meeting these qualifications will be grandfathered until they move to a different job.
Required education
- Doctoral degree in related field from an accredited institution.
Required experience
- Three years' relevant experience.
- Experience with Audiologic evaluations for pediatric and adult patients.
- Experience with hearing aid selections, fittings, verification, and management.
- Experience with Cochlear implant candidacy evaluations.
- Demonstrated ability to accurately and ethically document patient encounters in compliance with state and local laws.
Required other
- Fully licensed to practice Audiology in the state of Michigan.
Physical requirements
Office or other indoor work with minimal physical demands such as occasionally lifting or moving materials less than 25 pounds.
Working conditions
Work is generally performed in a well-lit, temperature-controlled indoor environment with occasional exposure to the outdoors or any number of elements.
Revised: 2026-05-20
This description indicates the general nature and level of work performed by employees in the above job. It is not intended to be a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to the job.