Audiology: Audiological Disorders and Rehabilitation for Hearing Impairment

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This Audiology: Audiological Disorders and Rehabilitation for Hearing Impairment course is designed for Audiologists, Clinical Audiologists, Educational Audiologists, Dispensing Audiologists, Licensed Audiologists, Paediatric Audiologists and Hearing Therapists.

The role of an audiologist is to diagnose, treat and manage a person’s hearing, balance and other ear problems. Over 5% of the world’s population requires rehabilitation for hearing loss. It is estimated that the percentage will double over the years, meaning one in every ten people will have hearing loss. Through this audiology course, you will demonstrate knowledge on audiology, the role of an audiologist, working sectors, acoustics and psycho-acoustics and anatomy and physiology of the ear where we will take you through the outer, middle and inner ear, the auditory nervous system, neural pathways and the vestibular system.

You will also gain in-depth knowledge on pure tone audiometry and audiological disorders like what an audiometer is, types of audiometric tests, audiogram, its uses, importance of masking a patient’s ear when testing, common hearing disorder, their cure, common diseases of the inner ear, how they can cause temporary or permanent hearing loss and so much more. By the end of this Audiology, you will also display knowledge on the disorder of the auditory nervous system and rehabilitation for hearing impairment, like how to develop communication and speech skills in children, approaches, methods and strategies for the rehabilitation of hearing impaired adults.

Learning Outcomes of Audiology

By the end of the Audiology course, learners will be able to:

• Learn the basics of audiology, what an audiologist does and what skills one requires to become an audiologist
• Familiarise themselves with the anatomy and physiology of the ear and how the outer, middle and inner ears work together for hearing and sound perception
• Understand how the auditory nervous system work for hearing and sound processing
• Get to know the importance of the vestibular system in keeping the balance of a human’s body and movement
• Learn about sound waves, how to measure pressure and intensity level of sound and how humans can detect sound’s direction
• Be aware of an audiometer, types of pure tone audiometric tests and how to perform them

Key Features of the Audiology Course :

• Instant e-certificate and hard copy dispatch by next working day
• Fully online, interactive Audiology course with audio voiceover
• Developed by qualified professionals in the Audiology field
• Self-paced learning and laptop, tablet, smartphone-friendly
• 24/7 Learning Assistance
• Discounts on bulk purchases