UT Southwestern Medical Center 2027/2028 Externship

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 2027 and concludes the end of May 2028.

• Subsequent to the execution of a letter of Agreement with Parkland Hospital and Childrens Medical Center, Externs will have two 6 month placements, with one giving more focus to adult services at UTSW clinic/Parkland and the other giving more focus to pediatric services at Childrens Medical Center.

There is a cross-over during 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 ORABR, clinic ABR, and Parkland Newborn Nursery. Externs will have an opportunity to observe a physical therapist who specializes in vestibular rehabilitation, as well as observation 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 Please note that UT Southwestern will participate in the Audiology Clinical Education Network externship time line for this fall 2026. Wednesday, September 16, 2026: Deadline for submitting application materials to individual sites Tuesday, September 22, 2026: Externship sites begin interviewing applicants Student Response Deadline for

First Round Offerings:

Friday, October 16 2026 at 1:00pm

EDT 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: Accept externship position and notify other sites that they have accepted another position, Decline the externship offer Wait to respond until the deadline on Friday, October 16th at 1pm EDT A description of our sites and services is below. 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), and Moncrief Medical Center at Fort Worth (an outpatient facility for primarily adult services), Children's Medical Center (main hospital/outpatient clinic in Dallas, Legacy outpatient clinic in Plano, 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 Eco

G ENG/VNG HIT

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 Health 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
• Children's Health Legacy at Plano Behavioral audiograms, utilizing developmentally appropriate test procedures OAEs Infant hearing screening Unsedated clinic and sedated OR ABRs
• Children's Health Perot in Dallas and Children's Health Prosper Behavioral audiograms, utilizing developmentally appropriate test procedures OAEs Clements University Hospital (PRN) Audiograms (typically ototoxic monitoring for CF patients) OAEs
• Successful applicants must secure the required executed affiliation agreements to participate in rotations at Parkland Hospital and Children's Medical Center.

Depending on institutional requirements, this may be accomplished through separate Letters of Agreement with each facility or through an approved Tri-Party Agreement encompassing all participating parties .

Disclaimer:

UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. As an equal opportunity employer, UT Southwestern prohibits unlawful discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or veteran status Letter of intent Curriculum Vitae Unofficial Transcript 2 Letters of recommendation Education Agreement Letters, with

UT Southwestern, Parkland Hospital and Childrens Medical Center Externship Information:

Primary Practice Setting:

University medical center Multi-specialty medical center Number of Audiologists at the site: 38 FTE Masters Degree 38 FTE Au.

D. 60 FTE

Ph.

D. 4 FTE

Other Doctorate (ScD) 5 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants) 4 FTE Clerical Support Staff Number of Audiology Students each year: 1 1st year AuD Clinical Rotations 2 2nd year 4 3rd year 2 4th year Externships Financial arrangements: Stipend Benefits Will interview travel be compensated?

No Vacation Days:

12 days Continuing education opportunities?

Yes Yes Start Date:

June 1st 2027 Expected hours/days a week: 40 Hours a week Travel to satellite centers required?

No Local students preferred:

No Does the externship site provide orientation to relevant clinical policies and procedures? Yes Does the externship site provide instructions about patient's rights and providing patient education? Yes Does the externship site provide orientation to quality assessment, quality assurance and quality improvement? Yes Externship site expects the extern to have mastered these skills before they begin their clinical externship: This externship is very comprehensive and will require some baseline skills, as well as initiative to learn and improve over the course of the year.

• Baseline skills on audiometric exams for adults and children
• Baseline skills on counseling and fitting of hearing devices
• Baseline skills on a wide variety of additional specialty services, such as cochlear implant, ABR, OAE and newborn screenings.

Depending on your clinical training up to this point, and if baseline skills are not present, it will be expected that you have reviewed educational materials in that area to have a set of knowledge to expedite your learning. Equally important to baseline skills, an appropriate candidate should be reliable, organized and flexible. They should exhibit a strong work ethic, professionalism and strong initiative to master clinical skills. Critical thinking and the ability to synthesize information is required. Interpersonally, an appropriate candidate should demonstrate kindness, patience and the ability to assimilate with a large team of nearly 40 audiologists. Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: Clinical Externs should demonstrate significant growth in all areas of Audiology, to include:

• Audiometric exams for adults and children, to include audiometry, tympanometry, acoustic reflexes, and OAE
• Vestibular examination, to include VNG, VHT, rotary chair, VEMP, ECoG and platform posturography
• Electrophysiology, to include diagnostic ABR threshold ABR and ASSR
• Hearing Aid selection and fitting, to include a wide variety of brands and full use of REM
• Implantable device selection and fitting to include cochlear implant and BAHA
• Tinnitus and sound sensitivity evaluation and management Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern: Regularly Hearing Screenings Regularly Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler Regularly Pediatric evaluations: school-age Regularly Adult hearing evaluations Regularly Tympanometry Regularly Acoustic Reflexes Regularly Auditory processing evaluations Regularly Hearing Screenings Rarely Evoked potential assessments Never Intra-operative monitoring cases Regularly Otoacoustic emissions Regularly Industrial/hearing conservation Regularly Vestibular assessments Rarely Vestibular rehabilitation Regularly Hearing aids dispensed Regularly Hearing aid selection/fitting Never Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) Rarely Cochlear implant evaluations Rarely Cochlear implant rehabilitation Regularly Tinnitus assessments Regularly Tinnitus rehabilitation Rarely Cerumen management Research opportunities?

Yes Consortium or collaborative arrangements with other sites? Yes Parkland hospital Childrens Hospital, Dallas How frequently will the externship site communicate with the university during the externship? As Needed Communication or other support do expected or required from the university during the externship:

N/A Application Deadline:

September 16th, 2026

Application Requirements:

Letters of Recommendation Resume Transcript Letter of request/intent Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: Submit all required documents to sharlene.taylor@utsouthwestern.edu, on or before deadline.

Contact Person:

(preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) Sharlene Taylor - sharlene.taylor@utsouthwestern.edu Are all externs supervised? Yes Letter of intent Curriculum Vitae Unofficial Transcript 2 Letters of recommendation Education Agreement Letters, with UT Southwestern, Parkland Hospital and Childrens Medical Center