2024/25 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue
EDUC5070M Educational Audiology
30 creditsClass Size: 40
Module manager: Helen Niemiec
Email: H.Latka@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable
Year running 2024/25
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 adulthood (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 introduced in a two-day school residential followed by online Learning Resources in Minerva, a face-to-face regional tutorial and two online tutorials 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 |
| Presentation | Live presentation on Teams 70% | 66.00 |
| Report | 30% | 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
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