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Audiology and Psychoacoustics
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:4.00
Study Course Accepted:25.01.2024 15:20:40
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | REK_230 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 5.00 | ECTS: | 7.50 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine | Target Audience: | Rehabilitation | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Sandra Kušķe | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Rehabilitation | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 26a Anninmuizas boulevard, rk rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 20271291 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 4 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 16 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 8 | Class Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 32 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 48 | ||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.2 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 4 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 3 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 12 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 5 | Class Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 20 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Physics and biology at school level, anatomy and physiology at the RSU level. | ||||||||
| Objective: | Acquire knowledge of hearing function, which develops during the childhood. Acquire knowledge of human sound receptors, the relationship between the physical properties of sounds and the sensations it produces. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Types of hearing disorders: sensorineural; conductivity; mixed; exchange | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Obtained hearing risk factors: prenatal, perinatal, postnatal period | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Hearing organ anatomy and physiology, their role in triggering the appropriate hearing impairment | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Hearing function and its parameters | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Language sound, the acoustic performance | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Sound physical characteristics and the reflection | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 7 | Hearing threshold, its parameters, limits range. Languages banana. Music field | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 8 | Genetic hearing impairment | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 9 | The auditor skills development in childhood | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Phonological skills development in childhood | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 11 | Communication, its reflection of hearing disorders | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 12 | Subjective hearing test | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 13 | Types of hearing disorders (diseases to which they are met): sensorineural; conductivity; mixed; central | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 14 | Hearing disorder types and specifications | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 15 | Hearing disturbance compensator devices: hearing aids (their types) | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 16 | Hearing disturbance compensator devices: hearing aids (their types); Individual ear plugs; cochlear implants; listening equipment (FM, induction loops, lights) | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 17 | Hearing test methods: subjective | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 18 | Hearing test methods: objective (electrophysiological) | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Literature analysis, analyis of hearing investigation, assessment of hearing technological devices, performing audiometric examinations. In order to evaluate the quality of the study course as a whole, the student must fill out the study course evaluation questionnaire on the Student Portal. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Exam: One practical example (50%), two theoretical questions (50%). | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Knowledge is obtained about the hearing, its features, fault types, grades. Acquire hearing diagnostic methods. Hearing adjustment with appropriate technical hearing tabs. Analyze pedagogical methods. Knowledge of the human perception of sound, feeling and hearing field borders is obtained. Psychoacoustic assessment methods. Acquire hearing diagnostic methods. | ||||||||
| Skills: | During the study course the students will be able to determine and analyze the types of hearing impairment, hearing impairment degree, analyze hearing diagnostic investigation methods, interpretation, will be able to choose the hearing of technical equipment in accordance with a hearing impairment and its degree. Appropriate pedagogical methods and tactics application; analyze and evaluate the results of audiometry data, to explain their impact on the child's hearing and language development, to make prognosis. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | To assess ans analyze the results of the hearing, the effectiveness of technologies to assess the patient's progress to determine the therapeutic tactics. To evaluate the obtained results of hearing tests. Audiometry interpretation and analysis of the results. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Stanley A. Gelfand. Essentials of Audiology, Thieme, 2016. | ||||||||
| 2 | Jerry L. Northern, Marion P. Downs. Hearing in Children. Williams&Wilkins Moore BCJ. Cochlear Hearing Loss, Whurr, London, 2014. | ||||||||
| 3 | Stach BA. Clinical Audiology. An Introduction. Singular Publishing Group Inc, London, 2022. | ||||||||
| 4 | Brian C.J. Moore. An Introduction to the Psychology of Hearing. 5th ed. Academic Press, 2013. | ||||||||
| 5 | Moore B.C.J. Cochlear. Hearing Loss. Whurr Publishers, 2007. (izdevums akceptējams) | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). Guidelines for the Audiologic Assessment of Children From Birth to 5 Years of Age. 2004. | ||||||||
| 2 | Brian C.J. Moore. Cochlear Hearing Loss. Whurr Publishers, 2007. 150-165; 225-227. | ||||||||
| 3 | Bryant P.E., Bradley L., MacLean M., Crossland J. Nursery Rhymes, Phonological Skills and Reading. J. Child Lang. 16: 408- 425, 1989. | ||||||||
| 4 | Clark G. Cochlear Implants. Fundamentals & Applications. Springer, 2003., 1-11; 381-402; 397-405; 707-727. | ||||||||
| 5 | Clark G., Tong Y.C., Martin L.F. A Multiple Channel Cochlear Implant: an Evaluation Using Nonsense Syllables, 1981. Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology 90; 227-230. | ||||||||
| 6 | Brad A. Stach. Clinical Audiology. Singular Publishing Group Inc. 2022. 53-70; 70-78; 230- 241. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Internets | ||||||||
