Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Rebecca Kim
Mridula Sharma
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Credit points |
Credit points
4
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
CAUD814 and CAUD818
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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 further develop skills in the assessment and clinical management of more complex cases that are seen in audiological practice. It encourages a holistic or a multidisciplinary approach to both assessment and management. Diagnostic procedures include auditory evoked potentials at cortical level that measure auditory precept and discrimination. Complex disorders include tinnitus, auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder, non-organic hearing loss, cortical deafness, vestibular rehab, meniere's disease, and auditory processing disorders.
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Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Essay | 20% | Yes | 13/08/2018 |
Essay | 20% | Yes | 17/09/2018 |
Essay | 20% | Yes | 8/10/2018 |
Exam | 40% | Yes | Exam period |
Due: 13/08/2018
Weighting: 20%
This is a hurdle assessment task (see assessment policy for more information on hurdle assessment tasks)
A high school student, Ms Smith 15year old has come to your clinic with a complaint of hearing difficulty. She complains that she misses information that are given verbally. She is able to manage quite well in her room or a small group of 2-3 people but is finding it difficult to hear in their class (30 students or so) or in bigger hall. She has no other remarkable history of any kind but feels that she always had trouble listening whenever in group situation or big groups. The PTA results show hearing levels to be 20-25dB between 2k-8kHz, DPOAEs are present bilaterally and acoustic reflexes are present contralateral at 500-2kHz bilaterally at 100-105dBHL .
What would be the other aspects of your assessments? Justify your test battery and provide reasons for your choice of tests
Due: 9:00 am Monday 13th August, 2018
Presentation: 1500 words
Due: 17/09/2018
Weighting: 20%
This is a hurdle assessment task (see assessment policy for more information on hurdle assessment tasks)
Bilateral auditory Cortical lesion has a different impact on hearing and communication of an adult compared to a moderate (flat) cochlear hearing loss. Find a case with cortical lesion and one case with cochlear pathology, comment on how spectral and temporal analysis is different at cortical level from the cochlear level and how that impacts the speech perception and understanding in such cases.
Due: 9:00 am Monday 17th Sept, 2018
Presentation: 2000 words
Due: 8/10/2018
Weighting: 20%
This is a hurdle assessment task (see assessment policy for more information on hurdle assessment tasks)
Most normal hearing people have reported hearing "buzzing” in their ears at some point. In some people the effect of this can be devastating. Explain in your essay the current theoretical model of tinnitus with evidence to support your answer. Also include what your management approach will be for a 40 year old Project manager who has approached your clinic with thresholds that are 25-30dB HL bilaterally with no conductive pathology.
Due: 9:00 am Monday 8th Oct, 2018
Presentation: 1000 words
Due: Exam period
Weighting: 40%
This is a hurdle assessment task (see assessment policy for more information on hurdle assessment tasks)
Closed book exam
Mostly online with some consolidation lectures
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13/07/2018 | The second essay did not show that it was a hurdle exercise and therefore I had to edit this version |