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2022/23 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue

EDUC5070M Educational Audiology

30 creditsClass Size: 40

Module manager: Helen Latka
Email: H.Latka@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable

Year running 2023/24

This module is not approved as an Elective

Module summary

This module will provide students with the audiological knowledge and skills needed to support and optimise deaf children’s auditory potential in a range of settings. It will prepare you to work with children, families and other professionals from initial diagnosis to adult hood (0-25 years) and provide support from an informed and sensitive standpoint. Students will gain knowledge and experience of audiological assessment procedures, interpretation and implications of outcomes. You will become conversant with the most appropriate amplification or intervention for each individual child and learn how to work in partnership with families and schools on the effective management of classroom and personal hearing technologies. You will learn about the implications of deafness for language development and gain skills in developing audiological profiles and individual audiological management plans. Throughout the module you will be expected to keep up to date with current literature and journal articles relating to the audiological support of deaf children.

Objectives

This module will provide the necessary knowledge and skills to meet the competencies required by the Mandatory Qualification of the Teacher of the Deaf in the areas of:

Standard 5: Audiological Management

Standard 9: Specialist Assessment

And elements of

Standard 3: Working in Partnership with families

Standard 4: Communication and Language development

Standard 8: Inclusive classroom practices and pedagogies

Students will develop the knowledge to work in partnership with parents, other professionals and deaf learners to develop a clear understanding of the nature of deafness, the function of the ear, physics of sound, specialist assessment and good listening conditions. It will provide support to develop the practical skills required to work effectively with others to manage all hearing technologies including psychoacoustic and electroacoustic checks and functional assessment of hearing.

This is a blended distance module that is introduce in two-day school residential followed by eleven on-line units in Minerva, a half day face-to-face regional tutorial and two on-line tutorials in Semester 1.A final study and assessment day at the end of S2 to address practical skills.

An optional academic writing workshop will be available in S1.

Learning outcomes
On completion of this module, students will have:

1.knowledge of the nature, causes and types of deafness and their impact on development and learning

2.knowledge and skills of specialist assessments associated with audiology and the development of listening skills

3. knowledge and experience of the workings, maintenance, and optimum conditions for the use of personal and assistive hearing technologies

4. Knowledge and skills of a range of strategies to facilitate maximum auditory access for babies, young children, and school pupils to support spoken language development

5.Knowledge and skills to equip parents and other professionals with the understanding to optimise the use of hearing technologies in different settings

6. Know how to plan and evaluate classroom based audiological and amplification support to ensure fullest possible access to classroom interactions

Syllabus

Indicative content

The syllabus will include:

The anatomy and physiology of the ear

The nature, causes and implications of deafness

Newborn hearing screening and early identification of deafness

Clinical and functional assessments associated with audiological management

Personal hearing technologies

Assistive listening devices

The development and assessment of listening skills

Principles of speech phonetics

Room acoustics

Working with families and other professionals

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Practical	1	6.00	6.00
Seminar	2	6.00	12.00
Tutorial	2	1.00	2.00
Tutorial	3	1.00	3.00
Independent online learning hours			66.00
Private study hours			211.00
Total Contact hours			23.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			300.00

Private study

This is a blended distance learning module that is taught using on-line materials and activities that require 234 hours of private study time to include school and hospital visits and observations.
Assignment and tutorial preparation time is 40 hours.
Face to face teaching is delivered via a 3-day residential school that involves 18 hours of practical sessions and group learning.
In addition students must attend 1 x 6 hour regional workshop-style tutorial and 2 x 1 hour on-line synchronous tutorials ( 8 hours of tutorial time)

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Student learning is monitored through the weekly on-line activities, the 3 tutorial sessions and the residential practical and group activities.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Essay	1 x 4000 assignment	66.00
Report	1 x 2000 word Critical report	34.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

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

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 28/04/2023 14:49:53

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