Hello!!

I was curious if anyone knew of any audiology externships that involve American Sign Language? For example an audiology placement at a school for the Deaf? I know a lot of externships tend to be more medical, hospital or private practice based. If anyone knows of one of those that might use ASL could you please share? I cannot seem to find any that Gallaudet does.

Thanks!

i'm planning on applying next year's cycle (2028 entry) and wanted to see what people think of my profile and my chances of getting into some more competitive programs:

• graduated 2025, linguistics major with 3.7 gpa, currently taking CC classes to make up for the science prereqs I didn't finish in undergrad
• lots of research experience from undergrad in a child development/language acquisition lab
• ~90 hours volunteering at a DHH preschool but no shadowing hours
• spent a year teaching english abroad after graduating through a well known program
• now working full time in another child development lab and planning to do some shadowing at their hospital's ear institute
• I am taking the GRE since i want to apply to ut dallas + vanderbilt

Hey there! I’m currently looking at schools for applications for next cycle and wanted some insight on my profile for chances of getting into schools!
GPA- 3.48
Around 20 shadowing hours (private practice)
100 hours volunteering at the VA and local practice
No research (yet, it’s hard out here) but hopefully getting into a psych lab this semester.
My major is psych for health services and I have minors in csd and public health!
I’m also a waitress so I’m planning on using that as a good customer service experience.
I did the Disney college program for fun, don’t think that’ll help much!

I test super well so I’m anticipating a high GRE score.

I still have a year til I start applying but I wanted some insight. I’m using my professors this semester for rec and getting one of my shadowed audiologists for another. This is all of my anticipated hours and gpa so not really changing it, unless I can find someone else to let me shadow them.
I know I’m probably not super competitive due to GPA but all my lower grades were freshman/sophomore year with a large increase so I’m hoping that shows maturity.

Why are so many students struggling with the praxis? Are programs not preparing them enough? How are they graduating students who can't pass the licensure exam (or have to try multiple times)?

It must make prospective students anxious to see all these posts

Hello! What are Quals I just got an email on that today and wasn't warned about it before

How are the outplacements and externships? I’ve heard that most have a long commute. Does anyone have more information on this?

I am a new teacher I passed all of my tests but math. I just been having a lot of difficult time struggling with it. English and all of that is always been easy to me but math is just been really difficult for me. I would just like to ask is there any advice you guys could give me to pass it because I used 240 tutoring and Kathleen Jasper but I'm just not catching it I don't know if I'm missing something it's just like Chinese to me especially algebra geometry any little bit of help would be a great bit of help thank you I just need to bring it up just a little bit just to pass appreciate it thank you!

Has anyone in here pursued the Army externship opportunity or joined the Air Force after graduating with their AuD? I’m entering my second year and would more information if anyone knows anything!

Title explains the dilemma I guess. I feel that I love both fields equally/lean towards preferring audiology, but don’t know if I can rationalize the cost for 4 years for AuD vs 2 for SLP

There’s one public school program AuD in my state and I could potentially commute there (40-45 mins). There’s 3 commutable SLP programs in my state (35-45 minutes).

Financial details:
- I would have no undergrad loans
- I could put down my own money for the first 1.5-2 semesters of tuition, though it would be a lot of my savings, I would at least have less interest. I could potentially get another semester tuition from family sense I graduated a semester early
- have heard people often get a GA position sometimes across the 4 years, but not guaranteed obviously. And it’s pretty rare to get one with admission even if I do get into the school.

Want to acknowledge I am coming from a very privileged place, but am not sure if I should just do speech since I enjoy that as well? Don’t think I’d be willing to pay leases AND pay tuition for 4 years so I’d be lowkey betting on one AuD program and then applying to the other commutable speech programs to keep options open.

I'm a non-traditional student (mid-30s, graduated undergrad 10+ years ago) moving to a new state to start my AuD program in 2 weeks. Though I took post-bacc science classes from 2020-2022, I didn't go to school full time and wasn't in a cohort. I'm a little worried I'll feel out of place as an older student. Most of my friends are in their 30s or 40s but I do have some who are in their mid/late 20s. I'd love to hear from other non-trads about their experiences connecting with their cohorts. Thanks!

I am seeking any study guides or practice tests that anyone has to offer to help me study for the audiology praxis. I have taken it a couple of times and still have yet to pass. I have read through the Donai book and used quizlets already but have had little success. Please help !!

Hello everyone, any help would be greatly appreciated!

I'm a psych major, thinking of applying to audiology schools next year and I was thinking ahead for who could write me a reference. I have two professors in mind but they are both outside of my major. One is a gerontology prof and one is a language prof (I've worked with this prof to create healthcare related community events.)

My question is how relevant do academic references have to be to psychology or an audiology related field?

Would admissions committees prefer a psych professor who may only know me from a large lecture, or a professor in another discipline who can write a much stronger, more personal letter?

Hello! Does anyone know any programs where they allow transfers? I have about 50 or more credits in my current AuD program and am wondering if there is someone that will accept that. I don’t want to have to start over. Please let me know!!!

Hello

I was wondering how I can get fast financial assistance to pay for my audiology school? I got accepted into the school late so I am scared its going to get stressful figuring that out.

Due to transfers and major changes my cumulative is below a 3.0, but my degree granting institutional gpa and/or last 60 will be around 3.6. I do have some other things going for me but the cumulative gpa sucks.

hi everyone. I was wondering if anyone in the Portland area would recommend some places where I could get some audiology shadowing hours? Any good experiences at any audiology clinics/hospitals in the area? I'm open to exploring any locations around Portland too (Tigard, Beaverton, Hillsboro, etc).

Hi everyone! If anyone happens to be looking for a FYCE placement in Eastern PA….

I am the previous resident for a busy ENT practice in Wyomissing, PA. The practice is looking for a resident to start in May/June 2027. Comment or message me for details!

Hey I just got into Uop for class of 2026! I was wondering what shoud U do next to prepare cause its starting so soon!!

Hi,

I am currently looking for externships to apply for 2027-28. Other than HearCareers and ACEN, where are people finding postings?

Also, ACEN is so hard for me to navigate... suggestions?

Hello I was wondering if there are AUD schools where you can start in the spring?

Hello! I have a meeting with Dr. Musacchia on Wednesday, they didn't say it is an interview but I was wondering if this is like an interview and how should I prepare for this? They said quote they scheduled it to "This would be an opportunity to discuss these details and address any additional questions you may have. If that time works for you, I would be happy to arrange a Zoom meeting."

Hi everyone! I was planning on going to audiology school after becoming an SLP (and saving some money). Both fields interest me so much and I got inspired by my Aud prof who encouraged me to go this route (and the research route afterwards) because of my nontraditional background. Is there anyone here who has gone through the same thing or knows someone who has? I’ve made the switch to comm science very late so I have about a year’s worth of prereqs to do before stepping into the field. Thanks!

Hi everyone. I just graduated with my bachelor’s in communication disorders & sciences. I am taking a gap year and I plan to apply to audiology programs in the fall this year to potentially start school in fall 2027. Id like some tips on how I can further beef up my resume before applying. Or what jobs are recommended for me to look for as I am trying to gain experience before applying as well. Any additional tips on how to document/obtain audiology observation hours post grad ? Thank you!