Unit information: Audiology with Clients with Complex Needs in 2011/12

Unit name	Audiology with Clients with Complex Needs
Unit code	AUDIM0004
Credit points	20
Level of study	M/7
Teaching block(s)	Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12)
Unit director	Ms. Hoyle
Open unit status	Not open
Pre-requisites	None
Co-requisites	None
School/department	Centre for Hearing and Balance Studies
Faculty	Faculty of Social Sciences and Law

Description including Unit Aims

This unit is designed to equip qualified audiologists with the skills and knowledge necessary to provide an inclusive service for clients with additional needs.

Aims:

To enable audiologists to extend their service to meet the needs of a wider and more complex group of patients. These would include patients with intellectual disability, deaf-blindness, dementia and stroke.

Intended Learning Outcomes

Participants will demonstrate an understanding of:

• Enabling practise and effective intervention with multiple disabilities

• Disordered and delayed language

• Involvement of significant others

• Hearing aid management and use of other equipment

• Multi-disciplinary working in facilitating effective rehabilitation

Teaching Information

Participants will be taught through lectures, small group work and peer-led seminars.

Assessment Information

Participants will identify a client with additional needs and prepare a course portfolio case study, which would demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the rehabilitative techniques appropriate to this individual. This would include a full case history and identify appropriate diagnostic and rehabilitative packages, with reference to assessment and outcome measures. (4000 words).

Reading and References

• Ellis, A.W. and Young, A.W. (1998) Human Cognitive Neuropsychology. Psychology Press

• Bamford, J. and Saunders, E. (1990), Hearing Impairment, Auditory Perception and Language Disability. London: Whurr

• Bhatnagar, S. and Orlando, A. (1995) Neuroscience for the study of communicative disorders. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins