How can a RN \ CNS / NP become an otology, neurotology, or otoneurology specialist?

[Inspired By Silence]

Are there programs that provide credentials so an RN or an APN can specialize in otology, neurotology, or otoneurology? I'm not as interested in the nose or throat as I am soley of the ear. Not that I wouldn't mind getting an otorhinolaryngology or otolaryngology (as it is usually called now) if there are such certifications available for clinical nurse specialists and nurse practitioners or just a post RN certificate. I'm alsointerested in the neuro and brain specialties of the hearing system in general.

Is there a way that a future Deaf RN could focus soley on treating the perioperative Deaf patient? It's simply a calling...

[PostOpPrincess, BSN, RN]

I have to be honest---it is a very, very rare occasion that we have patients who are of the non-hearing world in our area who do not have support outside of our own perioperative team, either in the form of parents, friends, teachers, etc.,

In my end of the world, there is not much demand for that.

[Inspired By Silence]

I have to be honest---it is a very, very rare occasion that we have patients who are of the non-hearing world in our area who do not have support outside of our own perioperative team, either in the form of parents, friends, teachers, etc.,

In my end of the world, there is not much demand for that.

In my end of the world, there's quite a bit of need for it. I'm betting there is in your end of the world too, but hearing people tend to not notice the Deaf communities within their own communities.