| CODE | CMT2046 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Hearing Impairment | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Communication Therapy | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Content:: - Hearing impairment and its implications; - Effects on communication-delay versus disorder; - The role of the speech-language pathologist; - Modes of communication; - Assessing the hearing impaired; - Interaction and language facilitation; - Listening/learning devices and skills; - Speech intelligibility in the hearing impaired; - Educational provision; - Auditory processing difficulties; - The adult with hearing impairment. Study-unit Aims: To equip the student with the skills and critical orientation for assessment and re/habilitative management of children and adults with hearing impairment. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: Understand the main issues related to the consequences of congenital and acquired hearing impairment on communication, daily functioning, education and social interaction. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: Assess and intervene with hearing impaired individual and their carers using updated formal and informal measures to facilitate their communication skills up to their maximum potential within the bilingual spoken/signed context of the local settings. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - Bench J. (1992) Communication Skills in Hearing-Impaired Children. London: Whurr Pub. - Hull R.H. (1997) Aural Rehabilitation : Serving Children and Adults. (3rd ed.) San Diego/London: Singular Pub. Grp. Inc. - Lynas W. (1994) Communicating Options in the Education of Deaf Children. London: Whurr Pub. - Mahshie, J. (2005). Enhancing communication skills of deaf & hard of hearing children in the mainstream. Thomson Delmar Learning. - McCracken W. & Laoide-Kemp S. (1998) Audiology in Education. London Whurr: Pub. - Stokes, J. (Ed.). (1999). Hearing Impaired Infants: Support in the First Eighteen Months. London: Whurr Pub. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Nadine Tabone |
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