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Professor responsible for the course unit: BACCIU Salvatore

integrated course unit

9 credits

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Course unit structured in the following modules:

Learning objectives

Pathophysiology and semeiotics of diseases of the vestibular system. Vestibular stimulation methods. Fitting of cochlear implants. Knowledge of the main uses of the bibliographic archives.

Prerequisites

In order to sit the Audiometry VI examination, the student must have sat the examinations of the Integrated Course of Audiometry V.

Course unit content

Principles of electronystagmography, video-oculoscopy, video-oculography, posturography. Methods for recording spontaneous, position, positioning and provoked nystagmus. Posturography in the evaluation of the vestibulospinal reflex . Rehabilitative management of the dizzy patient (peripheral and central vestibular syndromes). Principles and methods for making cochlear maps in adults and children wearing cochlear implants. Clinical and diagnostic procedures in peripheral vestibular disorders. Labyrinthitis. Menière's disease. Cupolo-canalolithiasis. Vestibular neuronitis. Vertigo in diseases of the central nervous system. Vertigo in the elderly. Rehabilitation therapy. Use of the bibilographic archives both networked and local. Medline and EndNote.

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Bibliography

Massimo Del Bo Fabio Giaccai Giorgio Grisanti MANUALE DI AUDIOLOGIA Masson EdizioniLecture notes and summaries.

Teaching methods

The Integrated Course includes classroom lectures and practical activities at the Audiovestibulogy Service . Practical activities on PC are also included.

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AUDIOMETRY VI cod. 15424

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Teaching methods

Assessment methods and criteria

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AUDIOMETRY VI
cod. 15424