- Docente: Valentina Campajola
- Credits: 2
- SSD: MED/50
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Ravenna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Speech and Language Therapy (cod. 8478)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course:
Students will know the clinical-care best practices for deaf children.
Students will be able to choose and apply evaluation tools, define and plan treatment goals, measure clinical outcomes.
Students will be able to create the best clinical setting for the patient.
Course contents
Anatomy and Physiology of the Auditory System
Classification of deafness
Screening and early diagnosis in Emilia-Romagna
Audio-prosthetic notes: acoustic prostheses and cochlear implants
Historical information on education and rehabilitation of the deaf, with particular attention to the Italian context
Taking charge of the deaf child: the multi-professional team
Communicative development and verbal language in deaf children
Logopedic evaluation of the deaf child: perceptual and linguistic tests and their application; simulations
Speech therapy for deaf children: rehabilitative approaches; definition of goals; work units' and activities' examples
Deafness in clinical complexity
Counseling to Support deaf childrens' Education: Interventions with Family, School, and Educational and Recreational Encounters
Readings/Bibliography
Teacher will provide all the materials and tools
Teaching methods
Lectures, case-study, discussions on videos and articles, practical examples
Assessment methods
oral examination: 2 questions and discussion of a clinical case.
The marks are out of 30.
Teaching tools
slides
videos
tests
examples of working tools
books and manuals
Office hours
See the website of Valentina Campajola