Carolyn J. Brown, MS, CCC-SLP/A

Assistant Professor
Program Director, W. Paul Biggers Carolina Children's Communicative Disorders Program (CCCDP)

Specialty:

Cochlear implantation, profoundly deaf children

Education:

• BS, Speech and Hearing Disorders:  Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana, 1978

• MS, Speech/Language Pathology:  Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana, 1981

• Master's Equivalent in Audiology: University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois, 1990

Professiona Experience:

• Assistant Professor, Dept. of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, UNC, 2002-present

• Clinical Instructor, Dept. of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, UNC, 2001-2002

• Program Director, W. Paul Biggers, MD, Carolina Children's Communicative Disorders Program, Dept. of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, UNC, 1993-Present

• Speech/Language Pathologist, Audiologist and Coordinator, Cochlear Implant Program, William F. House, M.D, Hearing Associates, Newport Beach, CA, 1990-1993

• Speech/Language Pathologist, Children's Cochlear Implant Program, Carle Clinic Association, Urbana, IL, 1989-1990

• Speech/Language Pathologist, Children's Cochlear Implant Program, House Ear Institute, Los Angeles, CA, 1983-1989

• Director of Speech and Hearing Department, Johnson County Memorial Hospital, Franklin, IN, 1981-1983

• Clinical Speech/Language Pathologist, Special Education Services, Plainfield, IN, 1978-1981

Recent Honors:

• Dr. Daniel Ling Award, presented by NC AG Bell Association, 2006.

• North Carolina Council for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, appointment by Governor Michael F. Easley, 2004.

• Outstanding Service Award, presented by NC AG Bell Association, November 2001

Recent Publications:

• Copeland BJ, Brown CJ, Pillsbury HC, and Buchman CA. Factors Predicting Success in Pediatric Cochlear Implantation. (In preparation.)
• Adunka OF, Roush PA, Teagle HFB, Brown CJ, Zdanski CJ, Jewells V, Buchman CA, Internal Auditory Canal Morphology in Children with Cochlear Nerve Deficiency. Otology & Neurotology (In Press) 2006.
• Buchman CA, Roush PA, Teagle JFB, Brown CJ, Zdansky CJ, Grose JH. Auditory Neuropathy Characteristics in Children with Cochlear Nerve Deficiency. Ear & Hearing (In Press) 2006.
• Cullen R, Buchman CA, Brown CJ, Pillsbury HC, Shores C. Cochlear Implantation for Children with GJB2 Mutations. The Laryngoscope 114, August 2004.
• Buchman CA, Copeland BJ, Yu KK, Brown CJ, et al: Cochlear Implantation in Children with Congenital Inner Ear Malformations. The Laryngoscope 114, February 2004.