Principles and Practice of Audiology

At the end of the course, students should be able to: 1. list out some test batteries in audiology; 2. discuss the process of how the auditory system processes sound; 3. operate all audiological equipment, plot and report an audiogram, speech audiogram, tympanograms and interpret, manage and counsel as the case may be to the patient and family members, where necessary; 4. conduct physiologic measurement of auditory function, acoustic immitance, otoacoustic emission and other diagnostic procedures; 5. apply knowledge of battery of tests to conduct and diagnose retrocochlea pathology; 6. describe diverse types of patients audiologist asses and treat; 7. explain the process of vestibular evaluation and rehabilitation for dizzy patients; and 8. list out tests for non-organic hearing loss such as. stinger, ascending-descending (A-D) test, intensity story test, Yes-No test, CAPD test and many others.

Advanced acoustics and psycho-acoustics. Decibel scale. Wavelengths. Resonance. Intensity. Frequency. Diagnostic pure tone audiometry. Speech audiometry. Immittance measurements. Oto-acoustic measurements (Transient evoked and distortion products evoked emissions). Electrocochleography. Auditory-brain stem response audiometry. Central auditory processing disorder (CAPD) tests. Vestibular assessment and rehabilitation/treatment. Tests of malingering.