AUDIOLOGY
cod. 15924

Academic year 2008/09
2° year of course - First 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: PATHOLOGY AND COMMUNICATIONS CLINIC I

Learning objectives

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Anatomophysiological knowledge of the vestibular apparatus. Clinics and semiotica of peripheral vertigo. Rehabilitation and medical treatment of balance disorders.

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Course unit content

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Anatomophysiology of the vestibular system. <br />
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Clinical vestibular examination. <br />
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Instrumental vestibular examination. <br />
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Differential diagnosis between peripheral vertigo and central vertigo. <br />
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Labyrinthitis <br />
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Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo. <br />
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Menière’s disease <br />
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Neurinoma of the VII cranial nerve. <br />
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Medical treatment of vertigo. <br />
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Surgical treatment of vertigo. <br />
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Vestibular rehabilitation 

Full programme

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Bibliography

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Massimo Del Bo - Manuale di Audiologia - Edizioni Masson <br />
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