AUDIOLOGY
cod. 21132

Academic year 2008/09
2° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Audiologia (MED/32)
Field
Scienze della logopedia
Type of training activity
Characterising
8 hours
of face-to-face activities
1 credits
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course unit
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Integrated course unit module: GENERAL PHYSIOPATHOLOGY

Learning objectives

The aim of the course is to provide the Students with fundamental information regarding infantile deafness, diagnostic methods and prevention.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

<br />Classification of pediatric auditory damage <br />
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Infantile neurosensory deafness: hereditary <br />
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acquired <br />
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Diagnosis and therapy of neurosensory deafness <br />
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Audiometric strategy in infantile deafness <br />
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Neonatal and pre-school age auditory screening <br />
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Infant hypoacusia and other disabilities <br />
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Presbicusis: etiopathogenesis, clinical picture, prosthetic-rehabilitative therapy. <br />
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Diseases of the professional and artistic voice: assessment, pathophysiological mechanisms, remediation. <br />
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Pathology of deglutition: pedophagy and presbyphagy: clinics and remediation. 

Full programme

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Bibliography

Manuale di Audiologia Del Bo <br />
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Ed. Masson, Milano: <br />
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La sordita' infantile di A. Burdo <br />
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Ed. Masson, Milano: <br />
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