Audiology Technician Job – Columbia, SC

Perform basic screening procedures, such as pure tone screening, otoacoustic emissions screening, immittance screening (tympanometry), and screening of ear canal status using otoscope.

• Administer diagnostic hearing evaluation including air conduction, bone conduction, and speech audiometry tests.
• Select and administer appropriate tests for each patient.
• Providing test results in a clear manner to providers in the office.
• Maintain professional interactions with patients and staff.
• Assist with patient communication, including checking phone messages, answering phone calls, returning phone calls, and relaying phone messages to the audiologists.
• Assist with scheduling appointments for hearing aid patients.
• Manage patient documentation and medical records accurately and carefully.
• Survey supplies needed for the department and coordinate ordering of necessary supplies.
• Check and clean hearing aids dropped off by patients. Send hearing aids for repair when needed. Determine when hearing aids should be checked/ verified by the audiologist.
• Assist with managing requests and authorizations for hearing aids distributed through Children’s Rehabilitative Services.
• Reviewing schedules to ensure patients are scheduled appropriately and with the correct provider.
• Maintaining a clean workplace utilizing recommended sanitation procedures.
• Care and maintenance of audiology equipment.
• Performing VNG testing and conveying results to the audiologist for interpretation. (*If trained in VNG testing).
• Assist with marketing tasks as directed by the audiologists.
• Assisting with other administrative tasks for the betterment of the department at the discretion of the Director of Audiology.