CLA-5006 Module on Basic Practices
Research Methods in Audiology
This course is designed to give students insight into study design and data analysis in audiologic research. Core concepts will be taught over the first four weeks of the course. During the last two weeks, these ideas will be applied to the analysis of two audiologic research studies.
Public Health & Humanitarian Audiology
This course is designed to review public health issues in audiology and determinants of hearing health status including cross-cultural differences in prevalence, racial and ethnic distribution of major forms of hearing loss and auditory dysfunction, the impact of hearing loss and auditory dysfunction on quality of life, preventive measures, and changing demographics over time within society. Portions of the course deal with public health implications and determinants of hearing health to include: 1) early hearing loss detection and intervention (EHDI) in children, 2) ototoxicity and diet, 3) personal and societal impact of sound induced hearing loss, 4) personal and societal impact of age- related hearing loss, and 4) tinnitus plus disorders of reduced sound tolerance.
The course also addresses psychosocial aspects of hearing loss for persons with hearing loss and their families in the context of public health. The latter segment of the course focuses on humanitarian audiology efforts to expand and improve the quality of hearing care globally with a special series of lectures on audiology applications of tele-health (tele-audiology). The course includes guest lectures from audiologists and other health professionals who specialize in public health issues and humanitarian audiology.