COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PEDIATRIC AUDIOLOGY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KBB 5029 PEDIATRIC AUDIOLOGY ELECTIVE 1 2 0 3

Offered By

Audiology

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR GÜNAY KIRKIM

Offered to

Audiology

Course Objective

To provide the students to acquire knowledge of syndromal and nonsyndromal hearing loss as well as balance disorders and effects of hearing loss for language and speech development in childhood period, to acquire ability to perform objective and subjective audiological tests and design rehabilitation program of these patients.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to perform and interpret behavioral tests in the evaluation for hearing of children aged between 0-3 years and 3-6 years.
2   To be able to assess hearing with objective methods in children.
3   To be able to perform newborn hearing screening and register the screening results on newborn hearing screening programme.
4   To be able to select the most suitable hearing aids for the children diagnosed with hearing loss, to perform their hearing aid rehabilitation.
5   To be able to acquire information about syndromal and nonsyndromal hearing loss as well as balance disorders in childhood period.
6   To be able to consult families of children with hearing loss, to follow up their family training program.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Genetic sensorineural hearing loss
2 Sendromal genetic hearing loss
3 Nonsendromal genetic hearing loss
4 Stages of language development in childhood
5 Behavioral tests of childhood
6 Objective audiological tests (electrophysiological tests)
7 Speech tests of childhood
8 Hearing screening tests in newborns
9 Childhood central auditory processing disorders
10 Pediatric aural rehabilitation
11 Counseling families of children with pediatric sensorineural hearing loss
12 Family education I
13 Family education II
14 To whom have been applied cochlear implantation, when have been applied it And selection of suitable candidates for cochlear implantation

Recomended or Required Reading

Ana kaynak: Audiology Treatment, Valente-Hosford-Dunn-Valente,
Educational Audiology Handbook, Johnson-Benson-Seaton
KBB Baş Boyun Cerrahisi, Onur Çelik, 2007
Yardımcı kaynaklar:
Scott-Brown s Adult Audiology, Sixth Edition
Klinik Odyoloji, Esmer

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation, practical testing sessions

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + RST* 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 16 1 16
Tutorials 14 1,5 21
Preparation for Final Exam 9 1 9
Preparing Group Assignments 1 1 1
Preparation before/after weekly lectures 16 1 16
Preparing Presentations 1 5 5
Preparation for Mid-term Exam 2 2 4
Final 1 1 1
Mid-term 2 1 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 75

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17PO.18
LO.15
LO.255
LO.3555
LO.45
LO.55
LO.6555