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:
Hearing aids fitting.
Electro-acoustic measures.
Diseases- disability- auditory handicaps: ICDH definition and classification.
Rehabiliative audiology: Prescription, hearing aids tests.
Measures instrumentation in electronic field and calibration techniques.
Normative in acoustic field and principles of measure technique in acoustics.
Prerequisites
Audioprotesi I e II examination passed
Course unit content
The lessons cover topics such as:
Impairment-disability-auditory handicap.
Detection, discrimination, identification, recognition and understanding.
Language acquisition and consequences of the lack of acoustic information in children.
Etiopathogenesis of hearing loss in the pediatric age.
Pre-lingual and post-lingual deafness: early diagnosis.
Instrumental diagnosis in communicative disorders.
Full programme
Hearing - Auditory perception- perceptual skills.
The perception of the word.
Impairment-disability-auditory handicap.
Detection, discrimination, identification, recognition and understanding.
Language acquisition and consequences of the lack of acoustic information in children.
Etiopathogenesis of hearing loss in the pediatric age.
Instrumental diagnosis in communicative disorders.
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
Lectures will be held on-site in compliance with safety standards, provided that further instructions on the ongoing health emergency are not implemented. Supporting material will be available on the specific, student-reserved platform (Elly) and will include slide presentations, audio-video aids or video-recording of the lectures.
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.
Other information
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2030 agenda goals for sustainable development
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