AUDIOMETRY II (INTERNSHIP)
cod. 15427

Academic year 2009/10
1° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Scienze tecniche mediche applicate (MED/50)
Field
Diagnostica audiometrica
Type of training activity
Characterising
32 hours
of face-to-face activities
4 credits
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Integrated course unit module: AUDIOMETRY II

Learning objectives

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Masking techniques. Vocal audiometry and auditory perception measurement.

Prerequisites

The student must have sat the examinations of the Integrated Course Audiometry Techniques I.

Course unit content

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-Communication: General theory of communication. <br />
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-Cybernetic cycle. Use of the computer. <br />
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-The Auditory system (elements of anatomy and physiology). <br />
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-Hearing and communication. <br />
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-Acoustic quanta in information and communication. <br />
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-Acoustic and auditory parameters of sound. <br />
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-Auditory capacity and auditory perception. <br />
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-Auditory development. Maturation of auditory perception: <br />
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-Perceptual auditory skills. <br />
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-Psychoacoustics: speculative fields. <br />
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-Elements of Acoustical physics. <br />
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-Acoustic impedance. <br />
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-Weber Fechner’s psychophysical law. <br />
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-Decibels (dB SPL, dB HL, dB EM, 0 dB HL in vocal audiometry, calibration of the stimulus in auditory evoked potentials). <br />
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-Functions and limits of the human ear; range of audibility. <br />
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-The sound spectrum: pure sounds – complex sounds - noise. <br />
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-Measuring sound pressure level. <br />
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-Measuring noise. The phonometer. <br />
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-Noise level variations depending on distance. <br />
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-Equal loudness contours. <br />
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-Height measurement Scale. <br />
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-Phon Scale or subjective intensity. <br />
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- 'SON'.Scale. Relationship between SON and PHON. <br />
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-The sum of several sounds and their intensity (critical band – Steven’s Power Law). . <br />
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-Masking effect. <br />
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-Psychoacoustic phenomena - temporal. <br />
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-Psychoacoustic phenomena - spatial. <br />
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-Environmental and architectural acoustics. <br />
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-Effects of noise on the hearing. <br />
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-Acoustic measuring instruments. <br />
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-Audiometry. <br />
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-The verbal signal: spectographic analysis. <br />
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-Noise interference in verbal communication. <br />
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-Verbal-acoustic communication; the verbal message. The environment in which communication takes place. The listener. <br />
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Full programme

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Bibliography

Massimo Del Bo - Manuale di Audiologia - Masson Edizione

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