Learning objectives
Diagnosis and clinics of peripheral vestibular diseases:
- labyrinthitis
- Meniere disease
- cupulolithiasis
- vestibular neuronitis
- vertigo in central nervous system diseases
- vertigo in the elderly
- rehabilitative therapy
- hearing aids fitting
- electro-acoustic measures
Prerequisites
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Course unit content
The lingual-acoustic communication.
Hearing - Auditory perception- perceptual skills.
The perception of the word.
Fundamentals of acousticand perceptual phonetics.
Impairment-disability-auditory handicap. Detection, discrimination, identification, recognition and understanding. Language acquisition and consequences of the lack of acoustic information in children.
Pre-lingual and post-lingual deafness: early diagnosis. Instrumental diagnosis in communicative disorders. Hearing education. Deafness rehabilitation with hearing aids. Cochlear implantation. Speech therapy in childhood deafness. Speech therapy in adult deafness. Acoustic training- rehabilitation of speech comprehension and production. Rehabilitation of speech production and articulation. Restoration of morphology and syntax of sentences.
Full programme
The lingual-acoustic communication.
Hearing - Auditory perception- perceptual skills.
The perception of the word.
Fundamentals of acousticand perceptual phonetics.
Impairment-disability-auditory handicap.
Detection, discrimination, identification, recognition and understanding.
Language acquisition and consequences of the lack of acoustic information in children.
Pre-lingual and post-lingual deafness: early diagnosis.
Instrumental diagnosis in communicative disorders.
Hearing education.
Deafness rehabilitation with hearing aids.
Cochlear implantation.
Speech therapy in childhood deafness.
Speech therapy in adult deafness.
Acoustic training- rehabilitation of speech comprehension and production.
Rehabilitation of speech production and articulation.
Restoration of morphology and syntax of sentences.
Bibliography
AUDIOLOGIA E FONIATRIA – Edizione Minerva Medica
Autori: Oskar Schindler, Roberto Alberga.
MANUALE DI AUDIOLOGIA – M. DEL BO, F.GIACCAI, G. GRISANTI.
MASSON ITALIA EDITORI.
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods and criteria
verbal examination
Other information
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2030 agenda goals for sustainable development
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