AUDIOLOGY IV
cod. 15419

Academic year 2008/09
2° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Audiologia (MED/32)
Field
Diagnostica audiometrica
Type of training activity
Characterising
40 hours
of face-to-face activities
5 credits
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Integrated course unit module: AUDIOMETRY IV

Learning objectives

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Prosthetic auditory rehabilitation of deafness in the adult and the child.

Prerequisites

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The student must have passed the examinations of the Integrated Course in Audiometry I, II and III.

Course unit content

<br />* Epidemiology of infant deafness. <br />
* Classification of infant hypoacusis. <br />
* Transmissive hypoacusis: exudative otitis media, chronic otitis, malformations. <br />
* Neurosensory hypoacusis: general picture. <br />
* Overview of genetics! <br />
* Neurosensory hypoacusis of genetic origin <br />
* Neurosensory hypoacusis of acquired origin <br />
* Behavioural audiometry <br />
* Acoustic oto-emissions <br />
* Auditory evoked potentials in the diagnosis of pediatric deafness <br />
* Electrocochleography <br />
* Diagnostic iter in infant deafness <br />
* Auditory screening: general concepts <br />
* Current auditory screening methods <br />
* Neonatal auditory screening <br />
* Auditory screening in schoolchildren  

Full programme

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Bibliography

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