ECTS credits ECTS credits: 4.5
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Student's work ECTS: 74.25 Hours of tutorials: 2.25 Expository Class: 18 Interactive Classroom: 18 Total: 112.5
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary Degree Subject RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Applied Physics
Areas: Optometry
Center Faculty of Optics and Optometry
Call: First Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable
OBJECTIVES
1. Provide the students with general basic knowledge about the development and function of the auditory system in their portions
peripheral and central.
2. Introduce the students in the knowledge of the foundation, and interpretation of the different tests of exploration
general hearing
3. To develop in the students the ability to carry out in a systematized and justified way all the test protocol of
general hearing screening based on scientific evidence.
4. Provide students with the basics of hearing disorders, dysfunction and hearing pathology, so that a
Once any alteration is detected, ask the medical specialist for a clinical report that establishes the definitive diagnosis.
5. Provide the students with the technical terminology commonly used in the field of Audiology.
6. Habituar to the alumnado to the scientific method used in the Sciences of the health.
7. Promote in the students their skills for self-learning and
teamwork.
8. Raise awareness among students of ethical and professional responsibility in the
Audiology practice
PROGRAM
Exploration of the ear and hearing. Clinical audiometry.
ITEM 1: EXPLORATION OF HEARING CLINIC . Patient history of hearing . Otoscopy . Review of the role of the Eustachian tube . Other physical examinations of clinical interest.
ITEM 2 : FUNCTIONAL TESTING HEARING . Overall ranking: subjective and objective hearing tests ..
ITEM 3: SUBJECTIVE TESTS AUDIOMETRY . Liminal , supraliminal and masking : tonal audiometry. Speech audiometry and speech audiometry . Tests of central auditory processing .
ITEM 4: AUDIOMETRY OBJECTIVE TESTS . Impedance tympanometry and acoustic reflex . Electric response audiometry : auditory evoked potentials , evoked potentials and test status estable.Electrococleogafía promontory. Otoacoustic emissions and distortion products .
ITEM 5: CHILDREN AUDIOMETRY . Classification of infantile audiometry tests : Test distraction Conditioning for the game, with visual reinforcement audiometry , Children Speech audiometry .
Fundamentals of hearing disorders and audioprotésica correction.
ITEM 6: CLASSIFICATION OF DYSFUNCTION OF HEARING . Quantitative alterations or degrees of hearing loss : Hearing loss or total deafness. Partial deafness . Qualitative alterations or types of hearing loss : Hearing loss transmission . Perception hearing loss (sensorineural ) . Mixed hearing .
ITEM 7: CAUSES OF HEARING DISORDERS . Diseases of the external ear. Diseases of middle ear and auditory tube . Disorders of the inner ear. Disorders of the auditory pathway. Congenital and acquired hearing loss children .
ITEM 8: TREATMENT OF HEARING DISORDERS . Indications and results of medico-pharmacological , surgical and prosthetic treatments audiological ..
ITEM 9: Presentation and discussion of clinical cases of audiological hearing impaired patients ( DATA PROTECTION LAW )
LABORATORY
sessions will be conducted in a small group , with the aim that the student knows the basic operation of exploration equipment functional hearing .
Browse by otoscopy and videotoscopia .
Impedance : Tympanometry and acoustic reflex .
Tests liminal tonal audiometry clinic and vocal
Tests preliminary clinical audiometry voice and vocal
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Introducción of Audiology. J G Clark
Audiology : The fundamentals. Bess and Humes
Medical legal evaluation hearing loss. R A Dobie
Audiology and auditory disfunction. Mencher, Gerber and McCompre
Audiology . Hayes A Newby, Popelka.
Hand book of Clinical Audiology. J Katz. 5ª ed.
Occupational hearing loss. Sataloff and Sataloff
Practica de la Audiometría. Lehnhardt
La voz normal. Jackson Menaldi
Handbook of the biology of aging . Birren J E. 3ª ed.
Neuroanatomía. Crossman A.R.
Webs: www// Brithish Audiology Society
www// American Academy of AUdiology
www// American Otology
www// Asociación Nacional de Audioprotesistas
www// Asociación Española de Audiologia
BASIC SKILLS AND GENERAL
CG1 - That the students have the capacity to approach their professional and formative activity from the respect to the code
Professional ethics, including, but not limited to, the principles of respect for and promotion of human rights.
Fundamental rights of persons, equality between persons, the principles of universal accessibility and design for all and the
Democratic values and a culture of peace
CB1 - That the students have demonstrated to possess and to understand knowledge in an area of study that starts from the base of the
General secondary education, and is often found at a level which, while supported by advanced textbooks, also includes
Some aspects that imply knowledge from the vanguard of its field of study
CB2 - That the students know how to apply their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional way and have the
Competencies that are often demonstrated through the elaboration and defense of arguments and the resolution of problems within
Your area of study
CB3 - Students have the ability to gather and interpret relevant data (usually within their area of study)
To make judgments that include a reflection on relevant social, scientific or ethical issues
CB4 - Students can transmit information, ideas, problems and solutions to a specialized and non-specialized audience.
specialized
CB5 - That the students have
CROSS SKILLS
CT1 - That they acquire capacity for analysis and synthesis.
CT2 - That acquire organizational skills and planning.
CT3 - That acquire oral and written communication in the native language.
CT4 - They acquire the knowledge of a foreign language.
CT5 - You acquire skills related to field of study.
CT6 - That ability to acquire information management.
CT7 - They acquire the ability to solve problems.
CT8 - You acquire skills in decision-making.
CT9 - who can work in teams.
CT10 - who can work in interdisciplinary team.
CT12 - You acquire skills in interpersonal relationships.
CT14 - To acquire skills for issuing critical thinking.
CT15 - The student must maintain an ethical commitment.
CT16 - The student is capable of performing an autonomous apendizaje.
CT17 - To be able to adapt to new situations.
CT22 - who are motivated by the quality.
SPECIFIC SKILLS
EC4 - The student is able to critically reflect on clinical, scientific, ethical and social issues involved in the practice of optometry, understanding the scientific basis of Optics-Optometry and learning to critically assess the terminology, clinical trials and research methodology related to Optics-Optometry.
CE5 - The student is able to express opinions, reports and surveys where necessary.
CE6 - The student can evaluate and incorporate the technological advances necessary for the proper development of their professional activity.
CE9 - The student can expand and update their skills to practice through continuing education
PRESENTIAL
21 pm lectures and 8 am laboratory
Blackboard class in large group: Lesson given by the teacher that can have different formats (theory, problems and / or general examples, general guidelines of the subject, ...). The teacher can count on the support of audiovisual and computer media. Workshops with resolution in virtual campus. Public exhibitions and play-roll developments, flipped classroom
Laboratory / clinic classes in a small group: This includes the realization of laboratory practices in modules of 2
students per group, keeping all the hygienic sanitary
Custom tutorials through Teams.
21 expositive hours and 8 laboratory hours
3 points: development of an individual project to create a protocol for the study and prevention of hearing loss in population groups.
3 points: research work and self-defense carried out in a group on topics proposed by the teaching staff and of interest to the group of students that it proposes, and that will be related to specific poboacions (skills rubric)
2 points: sensory auditory screening in population, participation will be assessed – report and results (skills rubric)
1 point: real clinical case resolution
The student will need 10 hours of work in the preparation of the theoretical material, and a dedication to the development of 5 - 8 hours of work.
Its necessary basics knowledge to Anatomy and Fisiology Auditive System.
Luz Maria Gigirey Prieto
Coordinador/a- Department
- Applied Physics
- Area
- Optometry
- Phone
- 881813521
- luz.gigirey [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: Temporary PhD professor
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| 11:00-12:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Spanish | Classroom 1 |
| Friday | |||
| 10:00-11:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Spanish | Classroom 1 |
| 12.20.2024 17:00-19:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Classroom 1 |
| 06.25.2025 16:00-18:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Classroom 3 |