SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY

                                              CMD 532 - MEDICAL AUDIOLOGY

                                                      SPRING SEMESTER, 2004

 

A.        Instructor

Robert E. Jirsa, Ph.D.

DA-012I, Phone: (203) 392-5961

e-mail: Jirsa@southernct.edu

Website: http://southernct.edu/~Jirsa/index.htm

Office hours:    Monday:           9:00 – 10:00; 3:30 – 4:00      

Tuesday:          11:00 B 12:00; 2:00 – 3:00

            Wednesday:     9:30 B 11:00

If none of these are convenient, appointments will be made

 

B.        Prerequisite Requirements

1.         CMD 530 and/or

2.         Department Permission

 

C.        Course Description

Students will gain knowledge and understanding of the pathologies of the auditory system, their audiological and medical diagnosis and treatment.  Emphasis is placed on the differential diagnosis of auditory and vestibular pathologies using behavioral and electrophysiologic techniques.

 

D.        Text

(1) Northern, J. (Ed), (1996).  Hearing disorders (3rd ed), Boston:  Allyn & Bacon.

 

E.         Course Objectives

1.         Students will gain knowledge of the pathologies of the peripheral and central

auditory system including etiological distinctiveness across cultures.

 

2.         Students will gain knowledge and understanding of the test protocols involved                            in the differential diagnosis of the total auditory system.

 

3.         Students will gain knowledge and understanding of the medical treatment and therapeutic protocols for auditory and vestibular pathologies.

 

.           4.         Students will gain knowledge and understanding of the audiological implications                          of the various auditory pathologies along with appropriate auditory                                                      rehabilitative protocols.

 

F.         Mode of Instruction

Lectures, clinical demonstrations, class discussion, and student presentations will constitute the academic environment within the classroom.  The Department of Communication Disorders is committed to providing quality academic and clinical training to all students enrolled in its programs.  If you need course adaptations or accommodations due to a disability, it you have emergency medical information to share with me, or if you need special arrangements in case the building must be evacuated, please make an appointment with me as soon as possible.

 

G.        Course Outline (The dates and topics are approximate and subject to change)

 

Date                                                    Topic/Activity                                     Texts

 

1/26                                         $Introduction and Course Requirements                       Ch.3-8

$Otological Evaluation Protocols

$Review: Classical Behavioral Test Battery

$Review: Objective Measurement Battery

 

2/2-2/9                                     $Conductive Auditory Pathologies                                Ch.9-10

                                                            $Audiological Characteristics

                                                            $Differential Diagnosis Protocols

$Medical Indications

$Treatment Protocols

$Rehabilitative Protocols         

 

2/23- 3/15                                $Sensory and Neural Pathologies                                 Ch.11-16

                                                $Audiological Characteristics           20, 21, 23                 

$Differential Diagnosis Protocols                     

$Medical Indications   

$Treatment Protocols

$Rehabilitative Protocols         

 

3/29                                         Midterm Examination

 

4/5 - 4/12                                 $Vestibular Disorders                                                   Ch. 18-19

$Audiological Characteristics

$Differential Diagnosis/ENG

$Medical Indications

$Treatment Protocols                                                              

 

4/19 – 4/26                              $Central Nervous System Pathologies              Ch. 17 

$Audiological Characteristics

$Differential Diagnosis Protocols

$Medical Indications

 

5/3                                           Presentations

 

 

TBA                                         Final Examination

 

 

 

Course Requirements

 

  • Attendance:  As professional adults, I would expect that you would know the importance participating in every class.  A great deal of material will be presented at each session that is designed to supplement the material in the text.  Since everyone has their own learning style, it is often difficult to maximize learning from someone else’s notes and much of the material on the tests will come from lecture notes.  There are, of course, valid reasons for missing a class due to unforeseen circumstances beyond your control.  Please notify me if this is the case.  An unexcused absence on the day of an examination will result in a failing grade for that examination.

 

  • Examinations:  There will be a mid-term and a final examination.  While the final examination will comprehensive, it will be more heavily weighted for material presented since midterm.

 

  • Journal Readings:  In any enlightened profession, the necessity of maintaining currency and an analytical and critical way of thinking is paramount.  Consequently, I have included a list of some of the more important journals in our field at the end of the syllabus. In addition, I have provided some on-line references you well might want to explore.  I would like you abstract 10 articles to hand in.  Each abstract should be one or two pages at the most. 

 

  • Presentations:  On May 3rd, each of you will select one of your abstracts to present to the class.  We will talk about what should be included  in the presentation during the semester

 

  • Grading:  The following distribution will be used to determine final grades.

 

    • Mid-term:   30%
    • Final Examination:  45%
    • Abstracts & Presentation:   25%

 

  • Letter Grades:
    • A+       (98% -- 100%)
    • A         (94% -- 97%)
    • A-        (90% -- 93%)
    • B+       (88% -- 89%)
    • B         (84% -- 87%)
    • B-        (80% -- 83%)
    • C+       (78% -- 79%)
    • C         (70% -- 77%)

 

 

 

 

                                                                                   

  • Prominent Audiological  and Audiologically Related Journals
    • American Journal of Audiology
    • American Journal of Otology
    • Annals of Otology, Rhinology, and Laryngology
    • Archives of Otolaryngology
    • Archives of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
    • Audiology and Neuro-Otology
    • British Journal of Audiology
    • Ear and Hearing
    • Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology
    • Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
    • Journal of the American Academy of Audiology
    • Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology
    • Journal of Educational Audiology
    • Journal of Laryngology and Otology
    • Journal of Speech-Language-Hearing Research
    • Seminars in Hearing
    • Scandinavian Audiology

 

A comprehensive reading list may be found on-line:  http://www.comdisdome.com/dome/shelfview.jsp?userid=jirsar1@southernct.edu&shelfid=3874