4 hours per week/60 hours per semester
- Laboratory lecture
- Application exercises in lab
- Independent study of courseware
- Masking
- Speech-in-noise testing
- Tympanometry and acoustic reflex testing
- Oto-acoustic emissions
- Synthesizing test results
- Specialized testing done by Audiologists
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Perform more advanced components of the audiometric test battery
2. Demonstrate ability to perform masking during audiometry
3. Produce accurate advanced speech testing results, e.g., speech-in-noise (SIN) test
4. Interpret advanced speech test results
5. Perform accurate tympanometry, ipsilateral and contralateral acoustic reflex tests
6. Interpret tympanometry measures, ipsilateral and contralateral acoustic reflex patterns
7. Perform testing of oto-acoustic emissions
8. Modify hearing tests according to the needs of individual clients
9. Synthesize findings of advanced audiometric procedures with likely sites of pathology
10. Describe testing for acoustic reflex decay and the auditory brain stem response
11. Explain the commonly used test procedure for central auditory processing disorders
The course evaluation will be consistent with Douglas College evaluation policy. An evaluation schedule will be presented with the course outline at the beginning of the course.
Quizzes 15-40%
Assignments 0-20%
Midterm Exam 20-30%
Final Exam 25-35%
Consult the Douglas College Bookstore for required materials.
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