- Docente: Antonio Pirodda
- Credits: 1
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Medicine and Surgery (cod. 8415)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the lessons and study, the student has achieved the
basic knowledges about the physical charachteristics of the sound
wave and the mechanisms that regulate its transmission and
reception; besides, he/she knows the physiopathology and the
diagnostic and therapeutic principles of the most important
audiological and otological affections
Course contents
Reminders of ear anatomy and physiology. Pathophysiology of the
most important affections, principles of diagnosis, therapy and
rehabilitation
Readings/Bibliography
Deepenings in:
M. Barbara et al. Manuale di Otorinolaringoiatria vol. I per Audiologia, opera completa per Audiologia ed Otorinolaringoiatria, SEE, Firenze, 2009.
R. Albera, G. Rossi. Otorinolaringoiatria II Ed, Minerva Medica, Torino 2008
Teaching methods
Lectures, apprenticeship together with ENT
Assessment methods
Quizzes with multiple answer. As an alternative, possibility of
oral exam by request
Teaching tools
PC, clinical resources useful for apprenticeship
Office hours
See the website of Antonio Pirodda