2021/22 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

ARCS3278 Advanced Audiology A

20 creditsClass Size: 25

Module manager: Dr Ruth Brooke
Email: r.e.brooke@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable

Year running 2021/22

Pre-requisite qualifications

BSc (Hons) Healthcare Science (Audiology) programme specification for entry onto level 3 study

Module replaces

ARCS 3262 Advanced Audiology

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Module summary

This is a compulsory Level 3 module for students on Audiology route of the BSc Healthcare Science programme. This module will provide the student with advanced knowledge and understanding of hearing services and a range of non routine audiology related populations, disorders, assessments and rehabilitation techniques.

Objectives

This module will explore audiology service delivery options and the evidence base surrounding the assessment and rehabilitation of tinnitus and vestibular disorders. By the end of the module students will have gained knowledge of the following:
- Routes for assessment and rehabilitation of tinnitus and vestibular/balance disorders
- Epidemiology of tinnitus and vestibular/balance disorders
- Specialist populations relevant to tinnitus and vestibular/balance disorders

Learning outcomes
On completion of this module, students will be able to:

- Appraise and discuss service delivery, patient pathways and financial implications of tinnitus and vestibular/balance assessment and rehabilitation
- Evaluate the psychosocial implications of tinnitus and vestibular/balance disorders
- Discuss epidemiology in relation to balance and tinnitus disorders
- Evaluate and communicate the assessment and management needs of specialist populations

Skills outcomes
Evaluation and appraisal of hearing and balance assessment and rehabilitation techniques.

Syllabus

Topics covered include:

- Service delivery, patient pathways and financial implications of tinnitus and vestibular/balance assessment and rehabilitation
- Management options for tinnitus and vestibular/balance disorder patients
- Psychosocial effects of tinnitus/hyperacusis/vestibular/balance disorders
- Epidemiology of balance/tinnitus disorders
- Prevalence of balance/tinnitus disorders (and impact of socioeconomic status, demography, prevention strategies)

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Lecture	10	1.00	10.00
Seminar	10	1.00	10.00
Private study hours			180.00
Total Contact hours			20.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			200.00

Private study

Students will require private study throughout the module.

Students will be provided with directed reading prior to and following each lecture/seminar which will include relevant journal articles. Private study time will be required to retrieve, comprehend and summarise this reading. This will then be discussed in the following seminar.

Private study will also be required to prepare for the two assessments.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Oral Presentation	10 minutes + 5 minutes for questions	20.00
Source Analysis	Article Critique/Discussions (Every Two Weeks)	0.00
Oral Presentation	Practice Presentations (Mid Semester)	0.00
-------------------------	Revision Questions (Weekly)	0.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		20.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Exams

Exam type	Exam duration	% of formal assessment
Online Time-Limited assessment	2 hr 00 mins	80.00
Total percentage (Assessment Exams)		80.00

PSRB approval will be required for change in assessment in 20/21

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 18/05/2022

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