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Adult Hearing Assessment - CAUD802

This unit will:

- provide an understanding of the theoretical framework of psychoacoustics underlying hearing threshold, hearing loss and related audiometric concepts;

- equip students with skills required to perform standard audiometric assessments of adults and older children, including otoscopy, pure tone audiometry, speech discrimination testing, clinical masking, and acoustic immittance.

- facilitate the development of problem-solving and clinical integration skills for interpretation of audiological information, appropriate clinical decision-making and referral.

Credit Points: 4
When Offered:

D1 - Day; Offered in Session 1, North Ryde

Staff Contact(s): Dr Mridula Sharma
Prerequisites:

Admission to MClinAudiology Prerequisite Information

Corequisites:

CAUD803 and CAUD804 and CAUD819

NCCW(s):
Unit Designation(s):

Science

Assessed As: Graded
Offered By:

Department of Linguistics

Faculty of Human Sciences

Timetable Information

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