AUDIOMETRY IV (INTERNSHIP)
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Auditory screening: methods for neonates, school children and industrial environments.
Prerequisites
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The student must have sat the examinations of the Integrated Courses of Audiometry I,II and III.
Course contents summary
Language acquisition and the consequences of the lack of acoustic information in the child.
-Auditory impairment. Communication disabilities and handicaps.
-Epidemiology of deafness.
-Pediatric deafness (congenital and acquired) and its prevention.
-Audiological diagnosis in the child (medical history and instrumental investigation).
-Prelingual deafness (preverbal and periverbal). Postlingual deafness.
-The concept of audiometric screening.
-Neonatal audiological screening.
-Acute Oto-acoustic emissions.
-The Boel Test.
-Audiometric screening in preschool children.
-Audiometric screening in preschool children.
-Impedance audiometry screening.
-Voice screening.
-Organisation for the prophylaxis and prevention of pediatric deafness in Italy and abroad (especially in Denmark).
-Definition of noise.
-Threshold of audibility. The decibel and the psychophysical law of Weber Fechner.
-Definition of noise.
-Subjective evaluation of noise.
-Noise interference in verbal communication.
-Noise exposure tolerability limits (85 - 90 dBA).
-The effect of vibrations in the workplace and various types of vibrations.
-Phonometer
-Effect of noise on the hearing. Adaptation and auditory fatigue (TTS - PTS).
-Principles for the prevention of noise pollution.
-Occupational deafness and prevention of noise-induced auditory damage.
-Acoustic trauma in industry workers - NIPTS.
-Audiometric screening in factories.
-Organisation for the prevention of deafness in industry (work environments).
-Medico-legal assessment of professional deafness.
Recommended readings
B. Calogero - "Audiologia" - Monduzzi Ed. Bologna
