Hearing Instrument Specialist
Spokane Falls Community College offers a two-year program to prepare hearing instrument
specialists for immediate employment in hearing health care establishments. After
successful completion of the program, all state educational requirements (Washington
State Department of Health) will have been satisfied as a duly authorized "Hearing
Instrument Fitter/Dispenser." Hearing instrument specialists find a variety
of professional experiences available to them, including independent contracted
employment, professional consulting establishment ownership and technical support
of related professions.
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Orthotics & Prosthetics
The primary objective is to train technicians knowledgeable in general laboratory
procedures, woodworking, metal, leather, plastic and plaster to assemble components
with the skill that the profession requires. Orthotics-prosthetics is one of today’s
rapidly growing health-related professions. There are many job opportunities in
hospitals and private facilitates locally, across the country and in foreign countries.
A certificate is awarded at the completion of the orthotics program and at the completion
of the prosthetics program. An A.A.S. degree in orthotics-prosthetics technician
is granted to students who successfully complete both programs.
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Physical Therapist Assistant
SFCC offers a two-year program to prepare physical therapist assistants for immediate
employment in physical therapy facilities. The program is accredited by the Commission
on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education of the American Physical Therapy
Association, but is not designed to transfer to four-year schools. Physical therapist
assistants work under the supervision of a physical therapist. Physical therapy
practitioners work with the entire spectrum of the patient population and are employed
in a wide variety of settings, including hospitals and medical centers, rehabilitation
centers, pediatric facilities or schools systems, private physical therapy clinics,
home health care agencies, convalescent centers and extended care facilities.
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