TO31C5I - DISEASES OF THE AUDITORY SYSTEM

courses

ID:

TO31C5I

Duration (hours):

10

CFU:

SSD:

OTORINOLARINGOIATRIA

Located in:

CHIETI

Url:

Course Details:

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY/CORSO GENERICO Year: 3

Year:

2025

Course Catalogue:

https://unich.coursecatalogue.cineca.it/af/2025?co...

Date/time interval

Secondo Semestre (03/03/2026 - 30/05/2026)

Course Objectives

To know how the anatomical structures of the upper airways and the ear are made and how they work in order to understand which approach must be set for the resolution of problems related to ENT pathologies, Understand the interactions between the districts and the surrounding environment to better address the patient and the family members who follow or. Teach relatives what exercises and how to check the progress of therapy.

Course 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

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

Assessment Methods

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

Texts

1) David Megighian Otoneurologia. Semeiotica e clinica Piccin-Nuova Libraria Editore 2007 ISBN-10: 8829918776Casani Auguste P.
2) Daniele Nuti Paolo Pagnini Vestibologia clinica. EurekaEditore, 2014 ISBN-10: 8875960194

The course aims to provide the student with the cultural means and the basic notions to evaluate the physical and mental abilities of the patient with ENT disorders, to be able to test his physical and mental limits and plan the appropriate treatments based on analyzes and on the clinic.Plan collaboration with hospitals, clinics and other centers to carry out their activities and have the ability to educate relatives and / or carers on how to assist patientsHelping patients to achieve maximum functional capacity also by suggesting any necessary changes in the patient's environment or by implementing special equipment to assist patients by also teaching everyone who cares to use it.Knowing how to collaborate with doctors and rehabilitation specialists for patients with motor, respiratory, hearing or vestibular difficulties, giving support and encouragement to patients, to help them regain independence. Plan and organize information programs to raise awareness of the community through the search for information on various disabilitiesultimately act with respect for people, trying to restore their safety, self-respect and a sense of usefulness, especially in patients and the elderly, pushing them to remain physically and mentally active

Course Language

Italian

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