Hearing is Believing Courses

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Course Content
Intermediate (Level 1) - 2010
Monday 5 July - Friday 9 July
Level I (Intermediate Level)
Topics selected include:
- History, philosophical aspects, professional practices and research with regards to Auditory-Verbal Therapy
- Audiology
- Auditory development
- Auditory function
- Paediatric hearing testing
- Hearing aids
- Language development
- Speech development
- Cognitive development
- Teaching listening to older children
- Surgical techniques for cochlear implantation
- Interactive panel sessions with professionals, parents, Hear and Say Centre students with impaired hearing
Advanced (Level 2) - 2010
Monday 27 September - Friday 1 October
Level II (Advanced Level)
Topics include:
- Auditory Development – Level II
- Language Development – Level II
- Developing Speech Skills – Level II
- Speech Acoustics
- Child Development
- Goal Setting – practical workshop
- Working with Parents and Infants – practical workshop
- Cochlear Implants – advanced technology, speech processing, MAPping, trouble shooting with a practical element
- Candidacy for cochlear implants – complex cases
- Social work/counselling in a cochlear implant team
- Implications for management of otitis media and otitis externa
- Assessment of Listening, Speech and Language – practical workshop
- Demonstration teaching, taking active role in a lesson, practical teaching
- Interactive roleplay
- Critique of teaching tapes
- Integration into regular schools - support and liaison
- How to set up an Auditory-Verbal Centre/Program – a practical approach
- Advanced surgical techniques