Audioprothesic Techniques

Module 1:

Activity type: Scienze interdisciplinari
SSD: L-LIN/01
Year: 3rd year
Semester: 1st semester
CFU: 1
Hours distribution: 10 classroom hours
Lecturers: MARIA ROSARIA RIZZO

Module 2:

Activity type: Scienze della prevenzione e dei servizi sanitari
SSD: MED/42
Year: 3rd year
Semester: 1st semester
CFU: 2
Hours distribution: 20 classroom hours
Lecturers: MASSIMO FUSCONI

Module 3:

Activity type: Scienze del management sanitario
SSD: SECS-P/07
Year: 3rd year
Semester: 1st semester
CFU: 1
Hours distribution: 10 classroom hours
Lecturers: EMILIO CORTESELLI

Module 4:

Activity type: Scienze e tecniche audioprotesiche
SSD: MED/50
Year: 3rd year
Semester: 1st semester
CFU: 1
Hours distribution: 10 classroom hours
Lecturers: ANTONIO MINNI

Module 5:

Activity type: Scienze del management sanitario
SSD: IUS/07
Year: 3rd year
Semester: 1st semester
CFU: 1
Hours distribution: 10 classroom hours
Lecturers: DAVIDE GAMBETTA

Learning outcomes

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knowledge of congenital, perinatal and acquired hearing loss with involvement of the cochlea and/or cochlea-neural and/or neural junction

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The course aims to illustrate the main issues related to the regulation of the profession of hearing aid technician with a distinctly practical slant and aims to provide the essential notions of the subject and the fundamental skills to consciously elaborate the institutes of professional discipline and deontology. By the end of the course, the student should have acquired a comprehensive knowledge of the issues and institutes related to the profession of hearing aid technician and related deontology.

Prerequisites

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anatomy and physiology of the ear and auditory tract

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Programme

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elements of epidemiology, deafness, congenital: genetic (syndromic, non-syndromic and x-chromosome pathologies), perinatal, viral (measles, mumps, rubella, cytomegalovirus). Auditory neuropathy (otoferlin, hypoxia, hyperbilirubinemia, low weight and pre-term births). thrombotic hearing loss

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Background and essential coordinates of the subject. Regulation of the profession and deontology. The evolution of the hearing aid technician profession. Comparison with the profession of audiometric technician. The Legislative Decree of December 30, 1992, No. 502 bearing “Reorganization of the discipline in health care.” The Ministry of Health Decree of September 14, 1994, No. 668 bearing the “Regulations concerning the identification of the figure and relative professional profile of the hearing aid technician.” Declaration of the hearing aid technician. The activity of the hearing aid technician. Responsibility. Collaboration with other professional figures. The employment relationship (subordinate and self-employed). The origin of professional orders in health care. D. Legislative Decree 233/46. The Decree of the Minister of Health March 29, 2001 and professional orders. Law February 1, 2006, no. 43. The establishment of the registers. The reform of professional orders implemented by L. January 11, 2018, No. 3. The nature and functions of the new orders. The bodies of the orders (the president; the board of directors; the register committee; the board of auditors; the assembly). Compositions and functions of the individual bodies. Orders divided into several registers. Dissolution of professional orders and register commissions. National federations of orders and their bodies. The requirements for entry into the register and for remaining on the register. The cases of deregistration. The disciplinary functions.

Books

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Organi di Senso: Manuale per l’approccio integrato alle patologie testa-collo. EDRA S.p.A. Milano Via Spadolini,7

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Teaching materials will be provided in class.

Bibliography

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Lessons mode

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traditional lesson with the aid of slides

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The course is conducted in presence in conventional mode.

Frequency

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three hours per week, in the second semester, 6 lessons

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Conventional.

Exam mode

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face-to-face exams

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Written test.
The final examination consists of a written test conducted possibly by computer tools. Intermediate tests may be scheduled before the exams and during the courses.

Example exam questions

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types of genetically determined hearing loss
otoferlin-induced hearing loss
Perinatal hearing loss causes
dead cochlear areas

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The final examination (and intermediate/examination tests) are designed to ascertain:
- the knowledge of the topics in the syllabus;
- The ability to expound them with appropriate legal vocabulary;
- the ability to connect in a systemic form the knowledge gained;
- the analytical and argumentative skills;
- the ability to apply the logical-legal schemes inferred from the topics covered and, in particular, from the case law in the program.

Arguments