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CSCD5068: Audiology and Aural Habilitation
2025 unit information
In this unit, students will learn about the range of hearing issues and the impact on communication needs across the lifespan. Students will learn how to investigate hearing loss and manage associated communication needs, working with a range of health professionals to provide intervention or service responses. The impact of hearing loss across culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds will be explored, with a focus on working providing culturally safe and responsive services with Aboriginal families and communities.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Medicine and Health
| Study level | Postgraduate |
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| Academic unit | Communication Sciences |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Anatomy and neurology of the auditory system |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Develop an understanding of ear conditions and communicate the characteristics of the hearing loss and its impact on the individual.
- LO2. Demonstrate the ability to develop a plan for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children at an individual and service level within a multidisciplinary context.
- LO3. Demonstrate culturally safe, responsive, and ethical practice within the context of people who are Deaf or have/may have a hearing loss.
- LO4. Explain the factors impacting Aboriginal people with hearing loss, and apply culturally safe and appropriate practice with Aboriginal clients, their families, and their communities
- LO5. Demonstrate an understanding of interprofessional collaborative practice when working with adults, and children who may have, or be at risk of hearing loss, at an individual and service level.
- LO6. Use rigorous independent thinking in the assessment and future management of communication needs in the context of hearing loss across the lifespan.
Unit availability
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Semester 1 2024
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney | |
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Semester 2 2024
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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Semester 1 2025
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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Semester 2 2025
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
Outline unavailable
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