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AMPLIFICATION AND ASSISTIVE DEVICE APPLICATIONS COURSE IDENTIFICATION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Code Name of the Course Unit Semester In-Class Hours (T+P) Credit ECTS Credit
ODY343 AMPLIFICATION AND ASSISTIVE DEVICE APPLICATIONS 5 3 3 4

Objectives and Contents

Objectives: It is aimed to gain knowledge and attitudes about recognizing hearing aids and assistive devices and choosing the appropriate hearing aid for the patient.
Content: Hearing aid components, hearing aid signal processing techniques types of hearing aids, indications and approach to hearing loss, current trends in hearing aids, bilateral amplification and its importance, unilateral hearing loss and amplification, methods of verifying hearing aid application (rem-recd), ear molds and acoustic effects, performance analysis and verification of technical specifications of hearing aids, hearing aid systems, problem solving and fine tuning in hearing aid application, hearing aid applications in pediatric and geriatric group, amplification systems and assistive device applications, indication for amplification.