Doctor of Audiology
Professors: Peter F. Assmann, Aage R. Møller, Ross J. Roeser, Robert D. Stillman, Linda Thibodeau, Emily Tobey
Associate Professors: Michael Kilgard
Assistant Professor: Jeffrey Martin
Clinical Assistant Professors: Jackie Clark, Carol Cokely, Lee Wilson
Distinguished Scholar in Residence: James F. Jerger
Faculty Associates: Beth Dorsey, Amanda Lavue, Elizabeth Gill, Anne Howell, Shari Kwan, Jaime Hampton,
Holly Whalen, Chynthia MacArthur, Laura Veazey, Michelle Levin, Beth Bernthal,
Jennifer Carlock, Ben
Rodriguez
Objectives
Doctor
of Audiology (Au.D.) The AuD degree offers broad-based
professional preparation in audiology within an environment supporting an
active program of clinical services and research. Students receive
comprehensive exposure to clinical methods and procedures in audiology and to
the scientific foundations from which clinical approaches are derived. Clinic
rotations are provided at the Callier
Center and medical and educational settings throughout the Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex.
Au.D./Ph.D. degree track.
Students who are interested in combining clinical and research training may
combine the Au.D. with the Ph.D. in
Communication Sciences and Disorders. Students must apply separately to the
Ph.D. program to be considered.
Facilities
The principal site
for the academic, clinical, and research activities of the Doctor of Audiology
program is the U.T. Dallas Callier Center for
Communication Disorders, which is adjacent to The University of Texas
Southwestern Medical Center. Courses and practicum are also offered at U.T.
Dallas Callier Richardson on the
Main Campus of the University. The U.T. Dallas Callier Advanced Hearing
Research Center provides specialized clinical and research facilities for the
program. In addition to the Callier outpatient
clinics, the Callier Center houses the Dallas
Cochlear Implant Program, the Dallas Regional Day School for the Deaf, Tinnitus
and Hyperacusis Clinic, Auditory Processing Clinic,
Assistive Devices Center, and Pediatric Hearing Aid Clinic.
Admission
Requirements
The
University’s general admission requirements are discussed here.
Admission to the
Doctor of Audiology Program is based on a review of the applicant’s GPA,
GRE scores, letters of recommendation, and narrative description of research
interests and career goals. The GRE score is included in the evaluation of the
applicant’s record. In general, students admitted to the program have a
combined Verbal and Quantitative score on the GRE of at least 1000. However,
there is no minimum cut-off score for admission nor does a score of at least
1000 assure admission to the program.
Degree
Requirements
The
University’s general degree requirements are discussed here.
The Doctor of
Audiology (Au.D.) degree requires 97
semester hours. Students
completing the Au.D. degree meet the academic
and clinical practicum requirements for the Certificate of Clinical Competence
offered by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and Texas State
licensure requirements for audiology. Specific degree requirements follow.
Required
Courses (99 hours)
Foundation
(25 Semester Hours)
AUD
6V20 Laboratory Procedures in Audiology and Hearing Science (taken 4 times)
AUD 6303 Hearing Science
AUD 6305 Anatomy and Physiology of Audition
AUD 6306 Speech Science
AUD 6310 Advanced Clinical Audiology
AUD 6311 Diagnostic Audiology
AUD 6316 Audiologic Rehabilitation for
Adults
AUD 6318 Pediatric Audiology
Doctoral Core (27 Semester Hours)
AUD 6352 Medical
Audiology
AUD 7182 Topics in Patient Counseling and Student Mentoring
AUD 7183 Grand Rounds
AUD 7321 Theories of Amplification
AUD 7324 Seminar in Cochlear Implants and Technology for Persons with Hearing
Impairments
AUD 7326 Aural Habilitation of Children with Hearing Impairments
AUD 7327 Evaluation and Fitting/Amplification Systems
AUD 7338 Research in Audiology
AUD 7339 Evidence Based Practice in Communication Disorders
AUD 7353 Clinical Electrophysiology
Advanced (21 Semester
Hours)
AUD 7310 Professional
Issues in Audiology
AUD 7328 Hearing Loss Prevention
AUD 7351 Physiologic Assessment of Vestibular System
AUD 7371 Doctoral Seminar in Audiology/Elective (taken 2 times)
AUD 7340 Auditory Processing Disorders
HCS 6314 Instrumentation
Experiential
(26 Semester Hours)
HCS 7380 Practicum in
Human Development and Communication Sciences (14 semester hours)
AUD 8V80 Individual Research in Audiology
AUD 8V97 Doctoral Internship in Audiology (9 semester hours)
Out-of-Field
Students
Students entering the
program who lack undergraduate preparation in communication disorders are
required to take a specified 6-12 semester hour sequence of corequisite courses. These courses may be taken at
The University of Texas at Dallas and may be enrolled in concurrently with some
graduate courses.
Students are advised that participation in off campus clinical rotations and externship has additional requirements such as a criminal background check and hepatitis shots. Students excluded from off-campus sites for any reason may be unable to complete all degree requirements. Students are responsible for the cost of criminal background checks.