Learning objectives

The objective of the course is to raise awareness and introduce the study of one of the most important sense and communication organs, hearing, that human beings have. Perceive the correlation it has with the psycho-somatic development of the individual. Understand how hearing deprivation leads to behavioral changes due to changes in the subject's psychic interpretative and communicative patterns, which can, especially in pediatric age, translate into learning difficulties, attention disorders or behavioral disorders

Prerequisites and basic notions

basic knowledge of the anatomy of the central nervous system and the auditory system

Program

the course program involves acquisition of knowledge relating to the anatomy of the auditory system, principles of subjective objective audiometry and electroaudiology, classification of the pathologies that cause conductive and sensorineural hearing loss and among these differential diagnosis with central hearing loss. Audiometric and Imaging diagnosis modes. Implications of central hearing loss in behavioral disorders

Bibliography

Didactic methods

in-person lessons

Learning assessment procedures

oral examination

Assessment

The test potentially covers the topics in the syllabus

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

The final evaluation is expressed out of 30 and the exam is passed with a score equal to or higher than 18/30.