COURSE UNIT TITLE

: DIAGNOSTIC AUDIOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KBB 5016 DIAGNOSTIC AUDIOLOGY COMPULSORY 2 2 0 4

Offered By

Audiology

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR GÜNAY KIRKIM

Offered to

Audiology

Course Objective

Acquire the knowledge and ability to perform routine subjective audiological tests.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To determine the degree and type of hearing loss using audiological tests.
2   To be able to perform acoustic immitansmeter and acoustic reflex test.
3   To be able to perform and interpret otoacoustic emissions.
4   To be able to interpret acoustic reflex tests.
5   To be able to perform speech audiometric tests.
6   To be able to interpret pure tone tests, speech audiometric tests and acoustic immitancemeter.
7   To be able to perform and interpret audiotory brainstem response test techniques.
8   Be able to define masking and describe its purpose.
9   Know when to use masking and how to mask in pure tone and speech audiometry procedures.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Basic audiological assessment tools
2 Tympanometry & acoustic reflex testing
3 Pure tone audiometry test technique
4 Speech audiometry test technique
5 Masking in speech audiometry
6 Masking in pure tone audiometry
7 Objective audiological tests
8 Conductive hearing losses
9 Sensorineural hearing losses
10 Diagnostic approach for sensorineural hearing losses
11 Audiometric testing in sensorineural hearing losses
12 Audiometric testing in conductive hearing losses
13 Audiometric testing in retrocochlear hearing losses
14 Practical masking
15 Audiological evaluation
16 General assessment

Recomended or Required Reading

1) Kulak Burun Boğaz Hastalıkları ve Baş ve Boyun Cerrahisi, Onur Çelik, 2. Baskı, 2007
2) Essential Otolaryngology, K.J. Lee (Türkçe çevirisi) 2004.
3) Kulak Hastalıkları A. Necmettin Akyıldız, I - 1998 ve II 2002
4) Çakır N. Otolaringoloji, Baş ve Boyun Cerrahisi. Nobel Tıp Kitabevleri, 1996.
5) Otolaringoloji Temel Bilgiler. Seiden AM et al. (Çeviri editörü: Çetin Kaleli), Nobel Tıp Kitabevleri, 2003.
6) Kulak Burun Boğaz Hastalıkları ve Baş-Boyun Cerrahisi. Koç C. Güneş Kitabevi, 2004
7) Audiology Treatment, Valente-Hosford-Dunn-Valente,
8) Educational Audiology Handbook, Johnson-Benson-Seaton
9) Scott-Brown s Adult Audiology, Sixth Edition

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 30 2 60
Tutorials 20 1 20
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 16 1 16
Preparation for midterm exam 2 1 2
Preparation for final exam 1 2 2
Preparing assignments 3 1 3
Preparing presentations 3 1 3
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 2 1 2
Quiz etc. 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 111

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.15555
LO.255
LO.3555
LO.4555
LO.555
LO.6555
LO.755
LO.8555
LO.955

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