Public Health Service therapists

Therapist Professional Advisory Committee

Advanced Speech Language Pathology and Audiology Practice

To Shed Light on Advanced Medical Practices as a U.S. Public Health Service Therapist

"Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) has been defined as "the conscientious", explicit, and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients. The practice of evidence based medicine means integrating individual clinical expertise with the best available external clinical evidence from systematic research" David Sackett et. al "Evidence Based Medicine: What it is and What it isn't" BMJ 312 No. 7023 (1996).

Discipline Board Certifications	PT	OT	SLP/Aud
Other Specialty Certifications	PT	OT	SLP/Aud
Clinical Research Contributions	PT	OT	SLP/Aud
Evidence Based CME's	PT	OT	SLP/Aud
CAT Express	PT	OT	SLP/Aud
Evidence Based Medicine Links	PT	OT	SLP/Aud
Clinical Consultation Forums	PT	OT	SLP/Aud
Therapy Presentation Postings	PT	OT	SLP/Aud

SPECIALTY PAY CERTIFIED AUDIOLOGIST and SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS

What is Specialty Recognition?

Specialty Recognition is a means by which audiologists or speech-language pathologists with advanced knowledge, skills and experience beyond the Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC-A or CCC-SLP) can be recognized by consumers, colleagues, referral/payor sources, and the general public.

If you are interested in becoming certified or would like information regarding Speech/Audiologists certification please visit this link at the American Speech Language Hearing website.

**Upon receiving the Certificate of Clinical Competence USPHS Audiologists and SLPs are entitled to NBCP pay (Non-physician board certified pay). To apply for board certified pay please refer to CCPM regulations.

CCC-Audiology: CAPT Michelle Hooper; LCDR David Byrne; LCDR Karen Kajiwara-Nelson

CCC-Speech Language Pathology: CDR Mercedes Benitez McCrary; LT Dean R Trombley

Audiologists and SLPs with Other Certifications or Specialties

None provided

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CLINICAL RESEARCH CONTRIBUTIONS

Byrne DC, Reeves ER: Analysis of nonstandard noise dosimeter microphone positions. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene. 5(3):197-209, 2008.

Byrne DC: The Consequences of 'Leaky' Enclosures. Sound & Vibration 36(1):36-38, 2002.

Frank TA, Byrne DC, and Richards LA: Bone Conduction Threshold Levels for Different Bone Vibrator Types. Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders 53(3):295-301, 1988.

Morata TC, Themann CL, Randolph RF, Verbsky BL, Byrne DC, Reeves ER: Working in noise with a hearing loss: perceptions from workers, supervisors, and hearing conservation program managers. Ear & Hearing 26(6):529-545, 2005.

Michael KL and Byrne DC: Current State of Insert-type Hearing Protector Fit-Testing: Follow-on measurements in the Steel Industry and Fit-Testing in a Mobile Environment. Spectrum 19(1):14-16, 2002.

Randolph RF, Kohler JL, and Byrne DC: Communicating the Same Message with Different Media: An Example from Hearing Loss Prevention" in Strategies for Improving Miners' Training. Information Circular 9463, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2002-156: 2002.

Sparks S, Rakocevic G, Joe G, Manoli I, Shrader JA, Harris-Love M, Sonies B, Ciccone C, Dorward H, Krasnewich D, Huizing M, Dalakas M, Gahl W: Pilot study of the use of intravenous immune globulin in hereditary inclusion body myopathy. BMC Neurology, 2007.

If you have conducted/participated in any research in the past and would like your study to be included, please forward authors names, study title, journal published, publication volume/page, and year. Submit all research contributions to CarlosEstevezPT@yahoo.com

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EVIDENCE BASED CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION