How to hire a hearing instrument specialist

How to hire a hearing instrument specialist, step by step

Here's a step-by-step hearing instrument specialist hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write a hearing instrument specialist job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new hearing instrument specialist
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   Before you post your hearing instrument specialist job, you should take the time to determine what type of worker your business needs. While certain jobs definitely require a full-time employee, it's sometimes better to find a hearing instrument specialist for hire on a part-time basis or as a contractor.

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   You should also consider the ideal background you'd like them a hearing instrument specialist to have before you start to hire. For example, what industry or field would you like them to have experience in, what level of seniority or education does the job require, and how much it'll cost to hire a hearing instrument specialist that fits the bill.

   Here's a comparison of hearing instrument specialist salaries for various roles:

   Type of Hearing Instrument Specialist	Description	Hourly rate
   Hearing Instrument Specialist		$13-43
   Hearing Aid Dispenser	Hearing aid dispensers are medical professionals who are responsible for evaluating the case of patients with hearing problems while recommending the best hearing aid to help improve their condition. These specialists must employ the hearing test called audiogram test that indicates the different degrees of hearing loss of their patients... Show more	$12-45

2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Patients
   • Patient Care
   • Customer Service
   • Test Results
   • Customer Care
   • Bone Conduction
   • Hearing Evaluations
   • MCL
   • Hearing Health
   • Audiological
   • Hearing Devices
   • Auditory
   • Health Fairs
   • Listening Devices

   Check all skills

   Responsibilities:

   • Interview patients about health history and review specific FDA questions to determine if patients need a medical referral.
   • Supervise daily operations, perform a variety of hearing evaluations, counsele patients, and service hearing instruments.
   • Perform accounting using Peachtree software.
   • Enter patient information into Noah and pre program all devices.
   • Assist in manufacturing, testing, diagnosing, and calibrating hearing assistive devices.
   • Design, document and execute testing procedures, including settings, guidelines and troubleshoot.

3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in your hearing instrument specialist job description is a great way to entice the best and brightest candidates. A hearing instrument specialist salary can vary based on several factors:

   • Location. For example, hearing instrument specialists' average salary in wyoming is 44% less than in alaska.
   • Seniority. Entry-level hearing instrument specialists earn 69% less than senior-level hearing instrument specialists.
   • Certifications. A hearing instrument specialist with a few certifications under their belt will likely demand a higher salary.
   • Company. Working for a prestigious company or an exciting start-up can make a huge difference in a hearing instrument specialist's salary.

   Average hearing instrument specialist salary

   $50,442yearly

   $24.25 hourly rate

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   Entry-level hearing instrument specialist salary

   $28,000 yearly salary

   Updated December 17, 2025

4. Writing a hearing instrument specialist job description

   A good hearing instrument specialist job description should include a few things:

   • Summary of the role
   • List of responsibilities
   • Required skills and experience

   Including a salary range and the first name of the hiring manager is also appreciated by candidates. Here's an example of a hearing instrument specialist job description:

   Hearing instrument specialist job description example

   Overview HearingLife is part of Demant, a world-leading hearing healthcare group built on a heritage of care and innovation since
   
   1904. HearingLife operates more than 600 hearing care centers across 42 states. We follow a scientific, results-oriented
   
   approach to hearing healthcare that is delivered by highly skilled and caring professionals. Our vision is to help more people
   
   hear better through life-changing hearing health delivered by the best personalized care Responsibilities You will help more people hear better by providing clinical expertise to diagnose and treat hearing loss while ensuring a positive
   
   patient experience. The Hearing Care Provider acts in accordance with required industry and state professional licensing
   
   standards and local practice scope and is responsible for growing and maintaining the practice. This includes achieving all
   
   financial goals as well as offering best in class modern hearing healthcare assessment and treatment. The Hearing Care Provider
   
   is responsible for creating an exceptional patient journey through patient care and appropriate treatment options.
   
   • Provide quality care and aftercare of dispensing services such as hearing tests, hearing aid fittings, educate and train
   hearing aid users of best practices.
   • Perform checks on hearing aids and other amplification devices including but not limited to troubleshooting,
   conducting repairs to hearing aids, earmolds and cleaning of hearing aids.
   • Achieves growth with a strong mindset on sales and key business metrics while focusing on providing quality patient
   care.
   • Continuously develop a relationship with local community leaders by representing HearingLife as an advocate to
   making a life changing difference.
   • Ensure clinic inventory meets a sustainable level to drive business including accurate recordkeeping of inventory.
   • Support Telehealth initiatives (Remote Care) to expand patient care and product portfolio including but not limited
   conducting hearing tests, coach and educate patients on hearing aid devices. Qualifications Qualifications:
   • Maintain an active Hearing Aid Dispensing License in accordance with state requirements.
   • A minimum of two years of professional experience; previous experience in selling hearing aids in an
   Audiology/dispensing practice. In lieu of two years of experience, demonstrated previous experience or training or
   equivalent combination of education and experience.
   • Maintain continuing education requirements based on state requirements.
   • Ability to operate audiometric equipment and to interpret the results.
   • Exceptional critical thinking skills to analyze patient's situation.
   • Excellent interpersonal skills to engage and motivate patients and third parties.
   • Skill in handling sensitive matters and patients with tact, courtesy, and discretion.
   • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks efficiently, including determining priorities, organizing work, and
   working independently in a fast-paced environment.
   • Ability to communicate test results and interpret and propose treatment in a manner easily understood by patients.
   We are an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment
   without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status

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5. Post your job

   To find hearing instrument specialists for your business, try out a few different recruiting strategies:

   • Consider internal talent. One of the most important talent pools for any company is its current employees.
   • Ask for referrals. Reach out to friends, family members, and your current work to ask if they know any hearing instrument specialists they would recommend.
   • Recruit at local colleges. Attend job fairs at local colleges to recruit entry-level hearing instrument specialists with the right educational background.
   • Social media platforms. LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter have more than 3.5 billion users, and they're a great place for company branding and reaching potential job candidates.

   Post your job online:

   • Post your hearing instrument specialist job on Zippia to find and recruit hearing instrument specialist candidates who meet your exact specifications.
   • Use field-specific websites such as healthcarejobsite, health jobs nationwide, hospitalcareers, medreps.com.
   • Post a job on free websites.

6. Interview candidates

   Recruiting hearing instrument specialists requires you to bring your A-game to the interview process. The first interview should introduce the company and the role to the candidate as much as they present their background experience and reasons for applying for the job. During later interviews, you can go into more detail about the technical details of the job and ask behavioral questions to gauge how they'd fit into your current company culture.

   Remember to include a few questions that allow candidates to expand on their strengths in their own words. Asking about their unique skills might reveal things you'd miss otherwise. At this point, good candidates can move on to the technical interview.

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new hearing instrument specialist

   Once you've selected the best hearing instrument specialist candidate for the job, it's time to write an offer letter. In addition to salary, this letter should include details about the benefits and perks you offer the candidate. Ensuring that your offer is competitive is essential, as qualified candidates may be considering other job opportunities. The candidate may wish to negotiate the terms of the offer, and you should be open to discussion. After you reach an agreement, the final step is formalizing the agreement with a contract.

   You should also follow up with applicants who don't get the job with an email letting them know that you've filled the position.

   After that, you can create an onboarding schedule for a new hearing instrument specialist. Human Resources and the hiring manager should complete Employee Action Forms. Human Resources should also ensure that onboarding paperwork is completed, including I-9s, benefits enrollment, federal and state tax forms, etc., and that new employee files are created.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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