COURSE UNIT TITLE

: DIAGNOSISI AND MANAGEMENT OF TINNITUS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KBB 6039 DIAGNOSISI AND MANAGEMENT OF TINNITUS ELECTIVE 1 0 0 3

Offered By

Audiology

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR GÜNAY KIRKIM

Offered to

Audiology

Course Objective

Acquire the knowledge about tinnitus and treatment methods.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to perform audiological evaluation of the patients with tinnitus.
2   To be able to do assessment of the physcometric features of tinnitus patients.
3   To be able to plan and apply appropriate therapy methods to the tinnitus patients.
4   To be able to evaluate the success of the treatment.
5   Acquire to knowledge hearing losses related to noise.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definitions of tinnitus
2 Tinnitus duration and epidemiology
3 The neurophysiological model of tinnitus and decreased sound tolerance
4 Development of the neurophysiological model of tinnitus
5 The mechanism of tinnitus habituation and the neurophysiological basis for tinnitus retraining therapy
6 Tinnitus retraining therapy (TRT): clinical implementation of the model
7 Specific modifications for individual treatment categories
8 Prevention
9 Critical overview of selected tinnitus treatments
10 Tinnitus in the Elderly Patient
11 Hearing Protection for the Retired Adult
12 Treatment of medical conditions associated with tinnitus and hyperacusis
13 Psychological treatments
14 General conclusions and future directions

Recomended or Required Reading

1 Otoacoustic Emissions: Clinical Applications. Martin S. Robinette, Theodore J. Glattke.Thieme New York. 3rd edition 2007
2 Textbook of Audiological Medicine: Clinical Aspects of Hearing and Balance. Linda M. Luxon, Joseph M. Furman, Alessandro Martini, S. Dafydd G. Stephens. Informa Health Care 2003
3 Audiology: Treatment. Michael Valente, Holly Hosford-Dunn, Ross J. Roeser Thieme 2000
4 Ototoxıcıty Peter S. Roland. John A. Rutka Bc Decker Inc 2004
5 Active Processes And Otoacoustic Emissions In Hearing. Geoffrey A. Manley Richard R. Fay Arthur N. Popper Springer Science+Business Media, Llc 2008
6 Tinnitus Retraining Therapy. Pawel J. Jastreboff JonathanW. P. Hazell Cambridge University Press 2004

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentations and clinical practice

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 15 2 30
Tutorials 2 2 4
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 10 2 20
Preparation for midterm exam 2 2 4
Preparation for final exam 2 2 4
Preparing assignments 2 5 10
Preparing presentations 2 5 10
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 86

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.17
LO.1455
LO.255
LO.355
LO.4455
LO.5455

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