Notice
As part of Phase 3 of our return to campus plan, most units will now run tutorials, seminars and other small group learning activities on campus for the second half-year, while keeping an online version available for those students unable to return or those who choose to continue their studies online.
To check the availability of face to face activities for your unit, please go to timetable viewer. To check detailed information on unit assessments visit your unit's iLearn space or consult your unit convenor.
Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Mridula Sharma
Margaret Wood
convener
Lindsey Van Yper
convener
Yee-foong Stone
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Credit points |
Credit points
10
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
(CAUD802 or CAUD8002) and (CAUD803 or CAUD8003) and (CAUD819 or CAUD8001)
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit aims to develop skills in using objective audiological assessment for the diagnosis of hearing thresholds or site-of-lesion testing. The content of this unit includes a discussion of otoacoustic emissions and how to assess these, vestibular physiology, pathophysiology and balance testing, the origin of acoustically evoked potentials of the auditory pathway and their assessment including electrocochleography, auditory brainstem responses and middle latency potentials.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Online Quiz 1 | 15% | No | 31/08/2020 |
online Quiz 2 | 15% | No | 12/10/2020 |
Essay | 25% | No | 26/10/2020 |
online tasks | 5% | No | 2/11/2020 |
Exam | 40% | No | week 46 |
Assessment Type 1: Quiz/Test
Indicative Time on Task 2: 20 hours
Due: 31/08/2020
Weighting: 15%
The online test will aim to assess your knowledge of objective assessments relating to OAE, Electrocochleography and ABR within an hour. These will largely focus on the equipment set-up, stimulus, anatomy & physiology and acquisition parameters and your ability to apply your knowledge to a case study. All knowledge assessed will be material taught in lectures or in practica.
Assessment Type 1: Quiz/Test
Indicative Time on Task 2: 20 hours
Due: 12/10/2020
Weighting: 15%
The online test will aim to assess your knowledge of objective assessments relating to Vestibular responses and Middle Latency Responses including Auditory steady state response. These will largely focus on the equipment set-up, stimulus and acquisition parameters and your ability to apply your knowledge to a case study. All knowledge assessed will be material taught in lectures or in practica.
Assessment Type 1: Essay
Indicative Time on Task 2: 25 hours
Due: 26/10/2020
Weighting: 25%
This Case related essay will require explaining in 2000 words the management and diagnosis of a complex disorder with evidence from literature.
Assessment Type 1: Participatory task
Indicative Time on Task 2: 1 hours
Due: 2/11/2020
Weighting: 5%
Short online quizzes and tasks: There are 2 to 3 multiple choice questions for each of eleven topics to estimate self understanding of online lecture material.
Assessment Type 1: Examination
Indicative Time on Task 2: 25 hours
Due: week 46
Weighting: 40%
3 hour examination that covers the topics from the whole course where the students will need to respond to short and long questions.
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2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation
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