AUDIOLOGY AND PHONIATRY

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

General Module

Course Sheet

Course code:

LOG13E

Academic Year of enrolment:

2020

Year of supply:

2021/2022

Type of Course:

Characterising

Degree:

Course of 1st Cycle Degree in SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPY

Disciplinary Sector:

Otorinolaringology

Is part of:

MANAGEMENT OD DISABILITY IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS

Location:

CHIETI

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

NERI Giampiero

Cycle:

First semester

Obligatory attendance:

Yes

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

Prerequisites:

There are no prerequisites outside those provided for in the study plan. Non prerequisites are required but supplementary readings may be recommended from time to time which will also allow students who have not previously acquired disciplinary knowledge to achieve the stated objectives

Objectives

Know the anatomy and physiology of the ear, know how to read audiological traces and the technique to perform screening audiological tests in particular neonatal. Learn about external prostheses, implantable ones and cochlear implants. Learn about ear diseases and congenital deafness.

Contents

The course aims to provide the student with the cultural and scientific means to evaluate language disorders in relation to the hearing impairments of patients both in childhood and in adulthood.

Extended Syllabus

Ear anatomy and physiology,
functional assessment of the ear (audiometric examination, impedance measurement, auditory evoked potentials, electrococleography, promontory tests,) supraliminary tests, tests for choosing simulators. Syndromic and non-syndromic diseases of the ear with deafness
Posterior vestibule anatomy and physiology.
DVA, s of minor, meniere's disease, BPPV, migraine vertigo, CCSVI and diseases of the vestibule.

Recommended Bibliography

Giovanni Ruoppolo, Antonio Schindler, Antonio Amitrano, Elisabetta Genovese Manuale di foniatria e logopedia Società Efitrice UNIVERSO 2012 - ISBN 978-88-65150-59-7

Teaching Methods

Frontal lessons and practical exercises during the lessons. Voluntary practical exercises in a clinical setting. Interactive methods will be used to involve students and stimulate clinical reflection. The interactive mode requires constant participation by the students in the lessons

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

Oral examination. The evaluation will be based on the following parameters: knowledge of the basic notions of the swallowing mechanism (until 8 points); ability to organize knowledge discursively Until 8 points; capacity for critical reasoning on the study carried out (until 8 points); quality of exposure in relation to competence effectiveness and lexical linearity and to the properties of language (until 8 points) The constant attendance at the lessons guarantees a result in terms of score higher than the lack of constant attendance

Contacts/More Information

Students having at least 50% attendance in class will be able to recover with practical tasks in outpatient clinic and ENT Department prior arrangement with the teacher.
Students will be received by appointment at giampiero.neri@unich.it

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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