APPLIED MEDICAL TECHNICAL SCIENCES
Learning outcomes of the course unit
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Logopedic rehabilitation techniques in the adult patient with prosthetic device. Cochlear Implants: Selection and rehabilitation of the adult and pediatric patient.
Course contents summary
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Main aims of prosthetic rehabilitation
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Perception of language and consequences of hearing loss
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Acoustic processing of the verbal message
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Deafness and the elderly
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Logopedic counselling
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Prosthetic therapy in the adult and in the elderly. How to approach the patient.
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Test and assessment sheets
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Perceptive-acoustic rehabilitation
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The prosthetic device user and the telephone
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* Tests with loudspeaker
Hearing and listening
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Decoding an acoustic stimulus: perception levels
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Impairment
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Perceptual evaluation of pediatric prosthetic device user
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Perceptual categories
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Prosthetic devices and cochlear implants
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The role of the Speech Therapist
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Selection of the pediatric patient
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Selection of the adolescent patient
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Selection of the adult patient
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Test and assessment protocols
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Perceptual rehabilitation in the various patient categories
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Procedures for administering tests with loudspeaker
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Cochlear Implants: Predictive factors, expectations, the future
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Practical activities.
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Clinical case studies
Recommended readings
Massimo Del Bo - Manuale di Audiologia - Edizioni Masson
Lecture notes