SPA 466 - Aural Habilitation and Rehabilitation

(3 units) CO9

An overview of the effects of hearing loss and communication and current methods for management of patients with hearing loss.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 201; SPA 362; SPA 365; SPA 366.

Grading Basis: Graded
Units of Lecture: 3
Offered: Every Spring

Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. demonstrate knowledge of using modern diagnostic technology to conduct and interpret behavioral and/or electrophysiological methods to assess the vestibular system.
2. explain how audiology as a science assesses how hearing loss affects societal issues, including communication, educational, vocational, social, economic, and psychological functioning.
3. explain the development and use of assistive technology in the field of audiology, including technological advancements in audiological testing the evaluation, selection, verification and dispensing of hearing aids, BAHA, cochlear implants, and other assistive technology, and consider the associated costs and insurance coverage of such technology.
4. demonstrate knowledge of treatment and management of tinnitus using modern technology.
5. articulate the ways in which the science behind hearing technology is able to transform members of society.
6. apply knowledge of audiology as a science and the technological advancements in the field to the treatment and rehabilitation of persons with hearing loss or other auditory disorders.

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