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CAUD8002 – Adult Hearing Assessment
2022 – Session 1, In person-scheduled-weekday, North Ryde
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| Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Mridula Sharma
John Newall
Lecturer
Jorg Buchholz
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| Credit points |
Credit points
10
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| Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
Admission to MClinAudiology
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| Corequisites |
Corequisites
(CAUD803 or CAUD8003) and (CAUD804 or CAUD8004) and (CAUD819 or CAUD8001)
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| Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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| Unit description |
Unit description
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; and facilitate the development of problem-solving and clinical integration skills for interpretation of audiological information, appropriate clinical decision making and referral.
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Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- ULO1: Explain the theoretical framework of psychoacoustics underlying hearing threshold, hearing loss and related audiometric concepts.
- ULO2: Perform basic audiometric assessments of adults and older children, including otoscopy, pure tone audiometry, speech discrimination testing, clinical masking, and acoustic immittance.
- ULO3: Discuss the clinical application of the basic audiological testing in an adult population.
- ULO4: Apply problem-solving strategies to make clinical decisions and to integrate and interpret audiological information.
Assessment Tasks
| Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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| Quiz | 15% | No | 21/3/2022 |
| Clinical-based exercise 1 | 20% | No | 26/4/2022 |
| Clinical-based exercise 2 | 20% | No | 23/05/2022 |
| Participation | 5% | No | weekly |
| Exam | 40% | No | Weeks 24-26 |
Quiz
Assessment Type 1: Quiz/Test
Indicative Time on Task 2: 10 hours
Due: 21/3/2022
Weighting: 15%
The aim of the quiz is to assess your understanding of various aspects of psychoacoustics such as loudness, pitch, hearing and principles underlying masking. The quiz will be 1 h in duration.
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Explain the theoretical framework of psychoacoustics underlying hearing threshold, hearing loss and related audiometric concepts.
Clinical-based exercise 1
Assessment Type 1: Practice-based task
Indicative Time on Task 2: 20 hours
Due: 26/4/2022
Weighting: 20%
This essay aims to assess your understanding of the principles underlying audiological assessment. The details of the essay will be provided to you at the beginning of the semester. It will be assessed according to the assessment criteria outlined. The essay should be no more than 2000 words (excluding references and citations).
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Perform basic audiometric assessments of adults and older children, including otoscopy, pure tone audiometry, speech discrimination testing, clinical masking, and acoustic immittance.
- Discuss the clinical application of the basic audiological testing in an adult population.
- Apply problem-solving strategies to make clinical decisions and to integrate and interpret audiological information.
Clinical-based exercise 2
Assessment Type 1: Practice-based task
Indicative Time on Task 2: 20 hours
Due: 23/05/2022
Weighting: 20%
This essay aims to assess your understanding of the principles underlying audiological assessment. The details of the essay will be provided to you at the beginning of the semester. It will be assessed according to the assessment criteria outlined. The essay should be no more than 2000 words (excluding references and citations).
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Perform basic audiometric assessments of adults and older children, including otoscopy, pure tone audiometry, speech discrimination testing, clinical masking, and acoustic immittance.
- Discuss the clinical application of the basic audiological testing in an adult population.
- Apply problem-solving strategies to make clinical decisions and to integrate and interpret audiological information.
Participation
Assessment Type 1: Participatory task
Indicative Time on Task 2: 5 hours
Due: weekly
Weighting: 5%
Participation in this unit will attract 5% of the units' total marks. Participation will be marked based upon completion of activities on this units iLearn page. Activities include forum posts, and quizzes, with a mark of 5% constituring completion of >= 75% of activities, 2.5% constituting completion of between 50-74% of activities and 0% for <50% of activities.
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Explain the theoretical framework of psychoacoustics underlying hearing threshold, hearing loss and related audiometric concepts.
- Perform basic audiometric assessments of adults and older children, including otoscopy, pure tone audiometry, speech discrimination testing, clinical masking, and acoustic immittance.
- Discuss the clinical application of the basic audiological testing in an adult population.
- Apply problem-solving strategies to make clinical decisions and to integrate and interpret audiological information.
Exam
Assessment Type 1: Examination
Indicative Time on Task 2: 30 hours
Due: Weeks 24-26
Weighting: 40%
The aim of the exam is to integrate the theory learned in this unit with clinical cases. This exam will be 3 hours in duration.
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Explain the theoretical framework of psychoacoustics underlying hearing threshold, hearing loss and related audiometric concepts.
- Perform basic audiometric assessments of adults and older children, including otoscopy, pure tone audiometry, speech discrimination testing, clinical masking, and acoustic immittance.
- Discuss the clinical application of the basic audiological testing in an adult population.
- Apply problem-solving strategies to make clinical decisions and to integrate and interpret audiological information.
1 If you need help with your assignment, please contact:
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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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Unit information based on version 2022.02 of the Handbook