The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Otolaryngology is recognized as a leading clinical and research center for audiology and cochlear implantation, balance and facial nerve disorders, head and neck cancer, sleep disorders, and other specialties. Combining expert and compassionate care with state-of-the-art medical resources, UT Southwestern offers accurate diagnostic services and effective treatments that make an important difference in patients' lives.
The UT Southwestern, Department of Otolaryngology, Division of Communicative and Vestibular Disorders offers a 12-month externship for audiology graduate students. The program begins the first of June 2024 and concludes the end of May 2025.
Audiologists at UT Southwestern provide services at multiple clinics: UTSW West Campus clinic (an outpatient facility for primarily adult services), UT Southwestern Frisco (an outpatient facility for pediatrics and adults), Moncrief Medical Center at Fort Worth (an outpatient facility for primarily adult services), UT Southwestern Pediatric Group of Plano (an outpatient clinic/hospital in Plano), Children's Medical Center (main hospital/outpatient clinic in Dallas, Perot outpatient clinic in Dallas, and Prosper outpatient clinic), Parkland Memorial Hospital (outpatient clinic/inpatient care for adults and Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Program), and Clements University Hospital. We provide a wide range of services including diagnostic audiometric evaluations, vestibular examinations, electrophysiological testing, amplification, tinnitus/hyperacusis, bone anchored hearing implants, cochlear and auditory brainstem implant services, and newborn hearing screening. We work with all age groups, from newborns to adults. Details of services provided at each site are listed below:
UTSW West Campus clinic (outpatient ENT office serving the whole age range, with a primary focus on adult care)
* Diagnostic hearing evaluations
*OAEs
*ABR (threshold and neuro-diagnostic)
*ECoG
*ENT/VNG
*vHIT
*Rotary Chair
*Dynamic Platform Posturography
*cVEMP/oVEMP
*Hearing aid services
*Cochlear and Brainstem implants
*Bone anchored hearing systems
*Tinnitus/hyperacusis services
Moncrief Medical Center at Fort Worth
*Diagnostic hearing evaluations
*ABR
*EcoG
*ENG/VNG
*vHIT
*cVEMP/oVEMP
*Hearing aid services
UT Southwestern Frisco
* Diagnostic hearing evaluations
*OAEs
*ABR (threshold and neuro-diagnostic)
*ECoG
*ENT/VNG
*vHIT
*cVEMP/oVEMP
*Hearing aid services
Parkland Memorial Hospital (adult ENT)
*Diagnostic hearing evaluations
*ENG/VNG
*ABR (threshold and neuro-diagnostic)
*ECoG
*OAEs
*oVEMP/cVEMP
*Bone anchored hearing systems
Parkland Memorial Hospital Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Program
*Oversight and management, including some screening and follow-up testing, for newborn hearing screening program.
*Hearing-Targeted Congenital CMV screening program (HT-cCMV)
Children's Medical Center Dallas
*Behavioral audiograms, utilizing developmentally appropriate test procedures
*OAEs
*Infant hearing screening
*Unsedated clinic and sedated OR ABRs
*Pediatric amplification services: Dallas main outpatient clinic only
*Bone anchored hearing systems
UT Southwestern Pediatric Group at Plano
*Behavioral audiograms, utilizing developmentally appropriate test procedures
*OAEs
*Infant hearing screening
*Unsedated clinic and sedated OR ABRs
Clements University Hospital (PRN)
*Audiograms (typically ototoxic monitoring for CF patients)
*OAEs
Externs will have a 6 month adult-focused placement at UTSW clinic/Parkland and a 6 month pediatric-focused placement at Childrens Medical Center, with some cross-over between each rotation to maintain skills for all age groups. In addition to the detailed services provided at each
site, the extern will have rotations in OR ABR, clinic ABR, and Parkland Newborn Nursery. Externs will have an opportunity to observe a physical therapist who specializes in vestibular rehabilitation, ENT clinic, and in the Family Focused Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children.
Competency Expectations-mastery of skills prior to clinical Externship:
*Comprehensive audiologic assessment, including pure-tone air, bone, and speech audiometry
* Tympanometry and acoustic reflex testing
*Exposure to and some competence with electrophysiologic assessment
*Exposure to and some competence with vestibular assessment
*Exposure to and some competence with hearing aid services
Melanie Shelburg, AuD, CCC-A, F-AAA
Faculty Associate, Audiology
Audiology Externship/Student Program Coordinator
Melanie.shelburg@utsouthwestern.edu
UT Southwestern, Division of Communicative and Vestibular Disorders, is participating in the Audiology Clinical Education Network externship time line for this fall, 2023.
· Friday, September 22, 2023: Deadline for submitting application materials to individual sites
· Monday, September 25, 2023: Externship sites begin interviewing applicants
· Student Response Deadline for First Round Offerings: Tuesday, October 24, 2023 at 7:00pm ET
· Ongoing: Supplemental offers may be extended to students if positions are not filled
ACEN timeline allows students to respond to an offer prior to the deadline. The student has 3 choices: 1) Accept externship position and notify other sites that they have accepted another position, 2) Decline the externship offer 3) Wait to respond until the deadline on Tuesday, October 24th at 7pm ET.
Disclaimer: UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. In accordance with federal and state law, the University prohibits unlawful discrimination, including harassment, on the basis of: race; color; religion; national origin; gender, including sexual harassment; age; disability; citizenship; and veteran status. In addition, it is UT Southwestern policy to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.
UT Southwestern is an affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and Institution. Women, minorities, veterans, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
Compliance with the COVID-19 vaccine mandate enforced by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) is a requirement for this position. Federal law requires individuals holding this position to be fully vaccinated or have an approved exemption for certain medical, disability, or religious reasons. Individuals who do not meet CMS vaccination requirements are not eligible and should not apply for this position but are encouraged to ap
