- 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, oral exam by request.
Teaching tools
PC, clinical supports useful for apprenticeship
Office hours
See the website of Antonio Pirodda