LOG13E - AUDIOLOGY AND PHONIATRY

courses

ID:

LOG13E

Duration (hours):

20

CFU:

SSD:

OTORINOLARINGOIATRIA

Located in:

CHIETI

Url:

Course Details:

SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPY/CORSO GENERICO Year: 2

Year:

2025

Course Catalogue:

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

Date/time interval

Primo Semestre (01/10/2025 - 31/01/2026)

Course 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.

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

Giovanni Ruoppolo, Antonio Schindler, Antonio Amitrano, Elisabetta Genovese Textbook of phoniatrics and speech therapy Società Efitrice UNIVERSO 2012 - ISBN 978-88-65150-59-7

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

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