Base Knowledge
The student must have knowledge of the different Hearing Rehabilitation Technologies, Audiovestibular System Pathology, audiological assessment methods in different age groups, as well as the Psychology of Interpersonal Relationships.
Teaching Methodologies
The course offers theoretical-practical and practical classes.
Theoretical-practical classes
The lecture method will be used using audiovisual resources, with active individual and group moments of interaction between student and teacher, which allows the student to actively participate in the learning process. These classes allow the student to assimilate the audiological evaluation methodology with a view to the most appropriate Auditory Rehabilitation process for the clinical situation and age group. The case study methodology will be used (Case Studies), prepared and discussed by the group during the class, requiring access to digital resources, therefore the presence of a computer per work group is essential.
Each student will also be provided with pedagogical support for all the material taught with the bibliographical references recommended for the subject, at the beginning of the semester. The classes are in-person, allowing for distance learning up to a limit of 25%.
Practical classes
These will be taught in the Audiology laboratory and will allow students to put into practice the assessment methodologies with a view to selecting the most appropriate Auditory Rehabilitation plan. To this end, different methodologies will be used using simulation programs, programming software, role-playing, among others, which will allow the development of skills in real contexts.
Students will be monitored throughout the semester to clarify doubts, whenever requested, and as a complement to training.
Learning Results
Describe and apply aural rehabilitation evaluation and intervention methodologies in interdisciplinary teams.
Program
Definition of rehabilitation and aural rehabilitation (2h)
Importance of aural rehabilitation; Deprivation, early stimulation, brain plasticity; Types of aural rehabilitation;
Limitations of aural rehabilitation (4h)
The different levels and types of deafness and the challenges in (re)habilitation (2h)
The impact of hearing impairment in individuals with hearing loss (2h)
The scales of hearing handicap (6h)
Psychological and educational factors and their influence on the motivation for aural rehabilitation (2h)
Analysis of expectation from the point of view of the user and the audiologist (2h)
Ethical and economic factors and their influence on aural rehabilitation process (2h)
The audiological evaluation of children, adults and the elderly in the context of the aural rehabilitation process and report (2h)
Clinical Cases: group work (2h)
Clinical case presentation (2h)
Knowledge assessment (2h)
Matrix practice: students will be divided into 5 groups for a total of 150 hours.
Curricular Unit Teachers
Carla Sofia Duarte de Matos SilvaInternship(s)
NAO
Bibliography
Main Bibliography:
HULL, R. (2001) Aural Rehabilitation Serving Children and Adults, 4ª Edição, San Diego, Singular Publishing Group, Inc.
KATZ, J. (2009) Handbook of Clinical Audiology, 6th Edition, Philadelphia, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
McCREERY, R. W.; WALKER, E. A. (2017) Pediatric Amplification – Enhancing Auditory Access, Plural Publishing, ISBN 978-1-59756-992-7.
RICKETTS, T. A.; BENTLER, R., MUELLER, H. G. (2019) Essentials of Modern Hearing Aids – Selection, Fitting, and Verification, Plural Publishing, ISBN 978-1-59756-853-1
SCHNUPP, J. ; NELKEN, I. ; KING, A. (2011) Auditory neuroscience : making sense of sound. [1st ed.], Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ISBN 978-0-262-11318-2
SWANN S, O’BRIEN I, RANCE G, DOWELL R. Interviews with musicians with hearing aids. Int J Audiol. 2024 Nov;63(11):844-852. doi: 10.1080/14992027.2023.2275118. Epub 2023 Nov 19. PMID: 37980926.
TYE-MURRAY, N. (2009) Foundations of Aural Rehabilitation, Children, Adults and Their Family Members, San Diego, Singular Publishing Group, Inc.
VALENTE, M.(2002), Hearing aids: Standards, Options And Limitations, 2 Edition. New York, Thieme.
VALENTE, M. & VALENTE, L. M. (2015). Adult Audiology Casebook. New York: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. ISBN: 978-1-60406-850-4.
VAN DER HOEK-SNIEDERS HEM, BOYMANS M, DRESCHLER WA. Factors associated with change in the need for recovery and subjective listening effort in employees with hearing loss receiving aural rehabilitation. Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 2023 Mar;96(2):271-283. doi: 10.1007/s00420-022-01920-1. Epub 2022 Sep 12. PMID: 36094620; PMCID: PMC9905203.
Complementary Bibliography:
KRUMENACKER, S. (2019). Hearing aid dispensing training manual. Second edition. San Diego, CA : Plural Publishing. ISBN 9781635501315
MALTBY, M T (2019) Principles of Hearing Aid Audiology, 3rd Edition, Newcastle, 2019, ISBN: 1-5275-3033-7
SOUZA, C.; ROLAND, P. ; TUCCI, D. L. (2017) Implantable Hearing Devices, Plural Publishing, ISBN 978-1-59756-855-5
TYE-MURRAY, N. (2024) Foundations of Aural Rehabilitation, Children, Adults and Their Family Members. Sixth Edition. San Diego, Plural Publishing Group, Inc. ISBN13: 978-1-63550-420-0
VENEMA, T. H. (2017) Compression for Clinicians – A Compass for Hearing Aid Fittings, 3rd Edition, Plural Publishing. ISBN 978-1-59756-987-3