Paediatric Audiology

At the end of the course, students should be able to: 1. outline the role of an audiologist and other health professionals in paediatric health care; 2. describe the development of speech, language and auditory skills in relation to physical milestone development; 3. identify various types of etiologies associated with hearing loss in the paediatric population; 4. discuss the nature and statistical figure of hearing loss in children both globally and nationally; 5. list the relevant tests battery for assessment of hearing in neonates and children; 6. explain both peripheral and central hearing disorders in children; 7. explain the implications of hearing loss in children on educational, social and psychological development; 8. interpret behavioural and non-behavioural paediatric tests; and 9. demonstrate the protocol for rehabilitation of children with hearing loss.

Epidemiology of childhood hearing loss, local and global. Auditory disorders in children. Genetic hearing loss. Otologic evaluation and management of hearing loss in children. New born hearing screening. Behavioural hearing tests in paediatric population. Objective hearing tests in children. Immitance (middle ear assessment) in children. Auditory processing disorders in children. Educational, social, linguistic and psychological implications of hearing disorders in children.