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Living with Hearing Loss (EARI0017)

Key information

Faculty: Faculty of Brain Sciences
Teaching department: Ear Institute
Credit value: 15

Restrictions: Completed and passed a minimum of six modules (90 credits) and failed no more than two modules (30 credits) at a level that can be condoned from the Postgraduate Audiological Science diet. Have been declared Fit to Practise for the Clinical Year by the Audiology Fitness to Practise Board.
Timetable

Alternative credit options

There are no alternative credit options available for this module.

Description

The objectives of this module:

To introduce current thinking on disability, based on World Health Organisation definitions
To explore how individuals experience hearing loss, drawing on research evidence and personal stories
To introduce the concept of rehabilitation and investigate how it applies to audiological services
To develop competency in the use of basic counselling skills
To explore factors that influence uptake and use of hearing aids
To introduce you to a range of communication tactics and investigate how they can best be taught to hearing impaired people
To introduce techniques used in therapy for tinnitus and hyperacusis
To expand your knowledge of support services for hearing impaired people
To familiarise you with a range of alternative aids to communication

This is a compulsory module in stage 2 of the MSc / PG diploma in Audiological Science with Clinical Practice.

Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year

Intended teaching term: Term 1 听听听 Postgraduate (FHEQ Level 7)

Teaching and assessment

Mode of study: In person
Methods of assessment: 50% Coursework

50% Viva or oral presentation
Mark scheme: Numeric Marks

Other information

Number of students on module in previous year: 14
Module leader: Dr Lucy Handscomb
Who to contact for more information: ear.education@ucl.ac.uk

Last updated

This module description was last updated on 19th August 2024.

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Centrally managed exam durations will be provided on students' individual exam timetables. Arrangements for locally managed timed assessments and in-class activity will be confirmed by the teaching department for the module.

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