Learning objectives
The course aims to enable students to know and understand the discipline, also in order to use these knowledge and understanding in identifying the patient's problems related to the condition of a person suffering from a disease and to prepare an appropriate care plan
LEARNING OUTCOMES
The students at the end of the course will demonstrate knowledge and understanding about:
Measures in hearing aids: functional gain and auditory disability.
Hearing aids adjustement and counseling.
Hearins aids rehabilitation of auditory system: indications, differences and rationale of traditional hearing aids, semi-implantable hearing aids, cochlear implants, vibrotactile systems.
Knowledge and utilization of statistic software for research in biological and experimental field
Prerequisites
Audioprotesi I, Audioprotesi II, Audioprotesi III examinations passed
Course unit content
The lessons cover topics such as:
Epidemiology of childhood deafness.
Classification of childhood deafness.
conductive hearing loss: otitis media with effusion, chronic otitis, ear malformations.
Sensorineural hearing loss: an overview.
Genetics
Genetic sensorineural hearing loss.
Acquired sensorineural hearing loss
Childhood audiometry
Otoacoustic emissions
Auditory brainstem responses in childhood deafness diagnosis
Electrocochleography
Diagnostic iter in childhood deafness
Hearing screening: an overview
Modern hearing screening methods
Newborn hearing screening
Hearing screening in school age.
Cochlear implants: selection program, surgery, intra-operative electrophysiological tests, activation and mapping
Full programme
Epidemiology of childhood deafness.
Classification of childhood deafness.
conductive hearing loss: otitis media with effusion, chronic otitis, ear malformations.
Sensorineural hearing loss: an overview.
Genetics
Genetic sensorineural hearing loss.
Acquired sensorineural hearing loss
Childhood audiometry
Otoacoustic emissions
Auditory brainstem responses in childhood deafness diagnosis
Electrocochleography
Diagnostic iter in childhood deafness
Hearing screening: an overview
Modern hearing screening methods
Newborn hearing screening
Hearing screening in school age.
Cochlear implants: selection program, surgery, intra-operative electrophysiological tests, activation and mapping
Bibliography
Oskar Schindler, Roberto Alberga, AUDIOLOGIA E FONIATRIA, Edizione Minerva Medica
M.Del Bo, F.Giaccai, G. Grisanti, MANUALE DI AUDIOLOGIA, Masson Italia Editori
Teaching methods
Class lessons: the program themes will be discussed with the aid of slides. The proposed topics will be the subject of collective discussion and study on the basis of ideas and any questions raised during the lessons themselves.
Assessment methods and criteria
The achievement of the goals of the course is verified by an oral exam.
Answering questions about the contents of the course, the student will demonstrate whether he/she has achieved the goals of knowledge and understanding of the contents and the ability to apply the acquired knowledge.
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