AUDIOLOGY
cod. 1008637

Academic year 2023/24
2° year of course - Second semester
Professors
Academic discipline
Audiologia (MED/32)
Field
Scienze teorico-pratiche della logopedia
Type of training activity
Characterising
14 hours
of face-to-face activities
2 credits
hub: PARMA
course unit
in ITALIAN

Integrated course unit module: LOGOPEDIA II

Learning objectives

The Audiology Course is part of the Integrated Course of Speech Therapy II and aims to allow the student to know and understand the essential elements of clinical and instrumental diagnosis in the field of audio-vestibular pathologies. The student must acquire the ability to use knowledge and understanding in order to interpret the different clinical pictures, with particular attention to the differential diagnosis of hearing loss and peripheral vertigo.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

The first lessons are aimed at deepening the clinical and instrumental semiotics of the auditory apparatus and the vestibular apparatus. Therefore, the classification of the hypoacusies and the differential diagnosis of deafness are specified, through instrumental audiological diagnostics. Then, some otological diseases are explored, such as otosclerosis and acute and chronic inflammation of the middle ear (otitis, chronic otitis media, cholesteatoma). The second part of the course includes the study of vestibular symptoms and differential diagnosis in balance disorders (clinical and instrumental vestibular examination).

Full programme

The Audiology Course is part of the Integrated Course of Speech Therapy II and aims to allow the student to know and understand the essential elements of clinical and instrumental diagnosis in the field of audio-vestibular pathologies. The student must acquire the ability to use knowledge and understanding in order to interpret the different clinical pictures, with particular attention to the differential diagnosis of hearing loss and peripheral vertigo.

Bibliography

Roberto Albera - Giovanni Rossi: OTORINOLARINGOIATRIA (III° edizione).Edizioni Minerva Medica

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 assessment of learning and acquired knowledge takes place during the calls provided by the teaching calendar, by means of an oral question, in the presence of the Committee of Teachers of the Integrated Course. The student must be able to demonstrate the knowledge to interpret the main clinical-instrumental diagnoses of audiological and otological diseases.

Other information

The oral lessons provide for the presentation in video-projection of the contents with the help of filmed documentation of particular clinical and instrumental aspects of semeiology. The last minutes of the lesson are reserved for students' questions of clarification. Discussion of emblematic clinical cases is expected.

2030 agenda goals for sustainable development

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