AudiologyModule Audiology III
Academic Year 2023/2024 - Teacher: PAOLA DI MAUROExpected Learning Outcomes
Course Structure
Frontal lessons.
The themes of the program will be discussed with the aid of slides and the proposed topics will be the subject of collective discussion and in-depth analysis on the basis of any questions that arise during the lessons themselves.
Required Prerequisites
Have passed the Audiology II exam.
Basic knowledge of Anatomy of the peripheral and central auditory system and Physiology of the peripheral and central auditory system
Basics of acoustic physics
Main pathological processes involving the auditory system and the mechanisms underlying them
Attendance of Lessons
Detailed Course Content
In-depth study of the anatomy and physiology of the hearing system; Binaural hearing.
Hearing loss: epidemiology, classification, etiology, risk factors and consequences of permanent hearing loss in childhood and adults; Hearing screening procedures.
Theoretical bases of the recording method of subjective and objective audiometric techniques and their interpretation.
Clinical basis regarding the main pathologies of the external, middle and internal ear, differential diagnosis and notes on medical, surgical and prosthetic therapy.
Course Planning
| Subjects | Text References | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anatomia funzionale dell’apparato uditivo | Audiovestibologia clinica - M Maurizi , Ed Idelson-Gnocchi - II edizione; 2000 |
| 2 | Vie uditive centrali, sviluppo del sistema uditivo e plasticità cerebrale | Argomenti di Audiologia. S. Prosser, A. Martini - Ed. Omega; 2013 |
| 3 | Udito binaurale e conseguenze della deprivazione uditiva nel bambino e nell’adulto | Audiologia protesica – U. Ambrosetti, F. Di Bernardino, L. Del Bo, Ed. Minerva Medica - II Edizione; 2018 |
| 4 | Tecniche audiometriche e strumenti diagnostici soggettivi e obiettivi in audiologia | Tecniche audioprotesiche. Manuale di approfondimento per l’esame di abilitazione. P. Di Mauro. Book 2020. Ed. Tab edizioni. |
| 5 | Epidemiologia e classificazione delle ipoacusie | Audiovestibologia clinica - M Maurizi , Ed Idelson-Gnocchi - II edizione; 2000 |
| 6 | Screening delle sordità infantili | Audiologia protesica – U. Ambrosetti, F. Di Bernardino, L. Del Bo, Ed. Minerva Medica - II Edizione; 2018 // Tecniche audioprotesiche. Manuale di approfondimento per l’esame di abilitazione. P. Di Mauro. Book 2020. Ed. Tab edizioni. |
| 7 | Semeiotica clinica e strumentale in audiologia | Audiologia a foniatria. R. Albera, O. Schindler, Ed. Minerva Medica; 2003 |
| 8 | Patologie dell’orecchio esterno, medio e interno | Audiovestibologia clinica - M Maurizi , Ed Idelson-Gnocchi - II edizione; 2000 |
| 9 | Cenni di terapia medica, chirurgica e protesica delle patologie uditive | Audiovestibologia clinica - M Maurizi , Ed Idelson-Gnocchi - II edizione; 2000 |
| 10 | Impianto cocleare e protesi uditiva impiantabile | Audiologia protesica – U. Ambrosetti, F. Di Bernardino, L. Del Bo, Ed. Minerva Medica - II Edizione; 2018 |
Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises
1) Classification of hearing loss in relation to the audiometric graph
2) Objective and subjective audiometric tests: how and when to use them?
3) Diagnostic-instrumental process of childhood hearing loss
4) Medical, surgical and prosthetic therapy of otological pathologies