Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Audiology and Psychoacoustics
Course Code
REK_266
Branch of Science
Clinical medicine
ECTS
8.00
Target Audience
Rehabilitation
LQF
Level 6
Study Type And Form
Full-Time
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Sandra Kušķe
Structure Unit Manager
Liāna Deklava
Structural Unit
Department of Rehabilitation
Contacts
Riga, 26a Anninmuizas boulevard, rk@rsu.lv, +371 20271291
About Study Course
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.
Preliminary Knowledge
Physics and biology at school level, anatomy and physiology at the RSU level.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.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. Will understand asychoacoustic evaluation methods. Acquire hearing diagnostic methods.
Skills
1.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.
Competences
1.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.
Assessment
Individual work
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Grade
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1.
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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.
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Examination
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% from total grade
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Grade
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1.
Examination |
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Exam: One practical example (50%), two theoretical questions (50%).
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Types of hearing disorders: sensorineural; conductivity; mixed; exchange
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Obtained hearing risk factors: prenatal, perinatal, postnatal period
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Hearing organ anatomy and physiology, their role in triggering the appropriate hearing impairment
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Hearing function and its parameters
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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The auditor skills development in childhood
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Phonological skills development in childhood
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Communication, its reflection of hearing disorders
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Subjective hearing test
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
3.00
Contact hours:
32 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Test (Semester)
Part 2
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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3
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Topics
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Language sound, the acoustic performance
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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3
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Topics
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Sound physical characteristics and the reflection
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Sound physical characteristics and the reflection
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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3
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Topics
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Hearing threshold, its parameters, limits range. Languages banana. Music field
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Hearing threshold, its parameters, limits range. Languages banana. Music field
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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3
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Topics
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Genetic hearing impairment
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Genetic hearing impairment
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Types of hearing disorders (diseases to which they are met): sensorineural; conductivity; mixed; central
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Hearing disorder types and specifications
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Hearing disturbance compensator devices: hearing aids (their types)
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Hearing disturbance compensator devices: hearing aids (their types); Individual ear plugs; cochlear implants; listening equipment (FM, induction loops, lights)
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Hearing test methods: subjective
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Hearing test methods: objective (electrophysiological)
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Clinical case analysis
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Clinical case analysis
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
5.00
Contact hours:
56 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam (Written)
Bibliography
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