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Program of Audiology

ODYO203

DIAGNOSTIC AUDIOLOGY I: BEHAVIORAL TESTS

Course Code
ODYO203
Semester
Third Term (Fall)
Theory+Practice
4 + 0
ECTS
5
Course TypeCompulsory Course
Course LevelBachelor's Degree
Year of Study2
SemesterThird Term (Fall)
ECTS5
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. LDistinguish the steps for taking a history, performing physical and otoscopic examinations, and applying tuning fork tests in audiological evaluation
  2. Determine and plan the tests to be performed based on the complaint and preliminary diagnosis, explaining them with examples and their reasons
  3. Report on pure tone threshold and speech tests by interpreting the results
  4. Classify the types of masking noise using the principles of mask use in audiological examination and explain them with justification
  5. Draw conclusions by interpreting the areas of use, purposes, and results of behavioral tests used in audiological examination, and illustrate with diagrams
  6. Differentiate patient groups for behavioral tests used in audiological examination, categorizing and matching the tests
  7. Calculate the results of tests used in audiological examination to draw conclusions
  8. Distinguish functional hearing losses by interpreting findings from audiological examination
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Course Description
Course Contents
Recommended or Required ReadingKatz, J. (2015). Handbook of Clinical Audiology. Philadelphia, PA: Wolters KluwerHealth
(Section I:Chps:1-8: Section II: Chps: 9-10; Section III Chp 33)
ASHA Guidelines for Manual Pure-tone threshold audiometry
ASHA Guidlines for audiometric symbols
ASHA Guidlines for identification audiometry
ASHA Guidlines for determining the threshold level for speech
ASHA Guidlines for clinical masking
BSA British Society of Audiology, Recommended procedure: Ear examination, 2010
BSA British Society of Audiology, Recommended procedure: Pure-tone air-conduction and bone-conduction threshold audiometry with and without masking, 2012
BSA British Society of Audiology, Recommended procedure: Guideline on the acoustics of the sound field audiometry in clinical audiological applcations, 2008
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Case Study
  • Report Preparation
  • Practice
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Mid-term 1 30
Quiz 1 20
Total(%) 50
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 50
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 50
Total(%) 100
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam 1 1 1
Preparation for Quiz 1 3 3
Individual or group work 14 4 56
Preparation for Final exam 1 15 15
Course hours 14 4 56
Preparation for Midterm exam 1 10 10
Laboratory (including preparation) 0 0 0
Final exam 1 1 1
Homework 0 0 0
Total Work Load142
Total Work Load / 30 (h)4.73
ECTS Credit of the Course5
Language of InstructionTurkish
Work Placement(s)No

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