Audiology Courses
Thursday 3 November 2011
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This is a day to enable you to explore how to get the best out of your test box. The day will include: • Principles of test box use |
Thursday 17 November 2011
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This is a course that will allow those working with hearing impaired children to make a start in updating their skills and knowledge in Audiology. The basic principles will be revisited and assessments and technology will be updated. The day will involve presentations along with more hands-on opportunitiesto start to practice audiological skills.Themes to be covered :Principles of Audiology Assessment of hearing Hearing aid functions and fitting Hearing aid management Cochlear implants "Thank you for an excellent course. I have learnt a lot today. Excellent training day. Very useful refresher. Very constructive day, extremely useful information. Thank you – a very refreshing refresher, which refreshed parts I had forgotten and I learnt new facts and waysof working."
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Thursday 2nd February 2012
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The morning will explore, from a theoretical and practical point of view, current methods of measuring a hearing impaired child's vulnerability to background noise.
The afternoon will then be devoted to recording and analysing the spoken exchanges of pupils within a classroom setting to elicit their Signal to Noise Ratio values. These measures of Signal to Noise Ratio will then be related to the measures of a hearing impaired child's vulnerability to background noise.
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Monday 6th February 2012
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This course helps audiologists to understand the relationship between hearing aid setting, how a child’s speech and language normally develops and how hearing impairments may impact upon this process.
The course also covers speech acoustics and looks at validation of hearing aid techniques and how this can be used to ensure the optimum setting of hearing aids.
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Monday 26th March 2012
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The implementation of Universal Newborn Hearing Screening, together with other recent improvements in diagnosing childhood deafness, means that it is now rare for a parent to gradually suspect that their child may have a hearing impairment, and for them to seek confirmation from a health professional. Instead, the diagnosis that their child is deaf is much more often completely unexpected with this diagnostic event happening within weeks of the birth and, as a result, potentially much more distressing for the parent.
This study day will give professionals the opportunity to discuss the issues that arise from the early diagnosis of childhood deafness, and to explore strategies for breaking the complicated news to parents/carers. The day will include:
• Psychological research (including models of grief)
• Typical outcomes from a neonatal screening programme
• Consideration of scenarios
• Factors influencing early hearing aid fitting
• Review of policies/protocols and strategies
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