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ASHS 5220 - Research Methods and Design
3 credit hours
This course will focus on the development and application of graduate level knowledge and skills related to research methods in health sciences. Skills regarding the development of a research proposal, including the identification of a problem, conducting a literature review, developing a hypothesis, designing a study and submitting an Institutional Review Board application are integral components of this course
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ASHS 5320 - Methods of Data Analysis
3 credit hours
Development and application of graduate-level knowledge and skills related to the use of statistical methodology in health sciences research.
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ATRN 5101 - Advanced Clinical Practice I: Sudden Death in Sport
1 credit hour
This course is designed to enhance the athletic trainer’s knowledge, skills, and practice in development and implementation of evidence based emergency care plans. Current Position and Consensus Statements on Sudden Death in Sports, Exertional Heat Stroke, Emergency Planning, Care of the Spine Injured Athlete, Lightning Safety in Athletics, and others will be reviewed and critically discussed.
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ATRN 5201 - Advanced Clinical Practice II: Health Information Technology
1 credit hour
An understanding and the use of health information technology has been identified as an important competency for all modern healthcare professionals. The purpose of this course is to provide the athletic trainer with a survey of relevant concepts, tools, and systems of healthcare information technology. Topics include the use of healthcare informatics, electronic records, and emerging technologies to enhance patient care, and ethical and legal considerations related to the use of health information technology. Emphasis will be placed on collaborative learning and integration of health information technology principles into the student’s daily clinical practice.
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ATRN 5301 - Advanced Clinical Practice III: Patient-Centered Care
1 credit hour
This course is designed to introduce and explore the concepts of patient-centeredness and whole person healthcare as foundational to athletic training patient management. The idea that patient-oriented clinical outcome measures as well as individual patient values, preferences and needs are central to providing patient-centered whole person healthcare is highlighted. Discussion of moral and ethical grounding of patient centered care, in addition to benefits, challenges, and barriers to patient centered care will be discussed.
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ATRN 5310 - Traumatic Brain Injury in Sport
3 credit hours
This course is designed to provide an in depth examination of current issues related to the recognition, assessment, and management of sport-related traumatic brain injuries. The course will cover topics related to brain anatomy and physiology, differential diagnosis of emergent neurological injuries, assessment techniques, return-to-play issues, return-to-learn, treatment options, and current recommendations.
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ATRN 5400 - Research Practicum I
3 credit hours
This course is designed improve the athletic trainer’s critical thinking skills and proficiency in research and/or creative activities. The course is intended to meet the criteria outlined by the CAATE Standards for the Accreditation of Post-Professional Athletic Training Degree Programs and fulfill the requirements of a research experience that includes both a written and hands-on component. The course is designed to deepen students’ “theoretical understanding of the profession, enhance their critical thinking ability, increase their writing & speaking skills, and advance the knowledge of the discipline”.
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ATRN 5401 - Advanced Clinical Practice IV: Throwing Injuries
1 credit hour
This course is designed to enhance the athletic trainers’ knowledge and awareness of musculoskeletal injuries in the overhead-throwing athlete. Following this course, the athletic trainer should be able to describe the kinetics and kinematics of overhead throwing, discuss the epidemiology of throwing injuries, describe the major theories of throwing shoulder dysfunction, implement injury prevention programs for throwers, and diagnose and treat common musculoskeletal injuries in the overhead-throwing athlete.
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ATRN 6101 - Advanced Clinical Practice V: Functional Movement Screening
1 credit hour
This course will explore the use of various functional performance tests for determination of functional status and performance ability. Emphasis will be based on integration of basic science knowledge (anatomy, kinesiology, and neuroanatomy) and evidence based practice in evaluating appropriate functional assessment tools.
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ATRN 6201 - Advanced Clinical Practice VI: Manual Therapy
1 credit hour
This course is designed to enhance the athletic training clinician’s skills and knowledge in orthopedic manual therapy techniques. Emphasis will be placed on integration of current literature and evidence based practice concepts, as well as utilizing a patient response and function based model. Application of manual therapy techniques including proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation, positional release therapy, joint mobilization, and neural mobilization techniques will be presented.
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ATRN 6301 - Advanced Clinical Practice VII: Soft Tissue Rehabilitation Techniques
1 credit hour
This course will introduce the athletic trainer to current concepts of instrument assisted soft tissue mobilization. Physiologic tissue response, indications, contraindications, and rationales for use will be presented. Basic application techniques will be presented for the spine, upper, and lower extremities.
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ATRN 6310 - Diagnosis of Orthopaedic and Sport-Related Injury
5 credit hours
This course is designed to provide the athletic trainer with advanced knowledge and clinical skills in the pathology, examination, and diagnosis of orthopedic and sport-related injuries to the upper and lower extremities, as well as the back and spine. Content is presented with an emphasis on integrating evidence-based practice principles to enhance the student’s clinical decision-making skills in injury evaluation and diagnosis.
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ATRN 6320 - Diagnosis and Management of Sport-Related Illnesses
3 hours
This course is designed to enhance the athletic trainer’s knowledge of the pathogenesis, pathology, and clinical manifestations of athletic illnesses that arise from or are a result of a person’s participation in or preparation for games or sports, or participation in recreational activities or physical fitness activities. The course will also address other medical conditions that may present in athletes or individuals participating in recreational or physical fitness activities. It will also enhance their knowledge and awareness of the role of the pre-participation physical evaluation (PPE) in sports injury management.
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ATRN 6400 - Research Practicum II
3 credit hours
This course is designed improve the athletic trainer’s critical thinking skills and proficiency in research and/or creative activities. The course is intended to meet the criteria outlined by the CAATE Standards for the Accreditation of Post-Professional Athletic Training Degree Programs and fulfill the requirements of a research experience that includes both a written and hands-on component. The course is designed to deepen students’ “theoretical understanding of the profession, enhance their critical thinking ability, increase their writing & speaking skills, and advance the knowledge of the discipline” (PPEC Standards).
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ATRN 6401 - Advanced Clinical Practice VIII: Professional Development
3 credit hours
This course is designed to develop a variety of professional development behaviors. Creation of Curricula Vitae, application cover letters, interview techniques, professional service, and continuing education processes will be presented.
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ATRN 7130 - Patient-Oriented Outcomes
3 credit hours
Advanced Patient-Oriented Outcomes is designed to enhance the athletic trainer’s ability to employ clinician-based and patient-based clinical outcome measures for the determination of effective clinical decision-making through the practice of providing patient-centered whole person healthcare. Discussion of disablement models and outcomes research as the foundations to evidence-based practice will be provided. The use of disablement models as a framework for whole person healthcare and the evaluation of health-related quality of life will be presented. This course builds upon the basic components of clinical outcomes assessment by providing advanced content related to clinician- and patient-oriented outcomes. Instruction on the selection, implementation, and use of single- and multi-item, general and specific patient-rated outcomes instruments will be given. Details regarding the concepts of measurement properties, including assessment of measurement change, will be provided. Opportunity to develop an outcomes study through creation of a clinical question in PICO format will be provided and discussion of using practice-based research networks as means to conducting outcomes investigations will occur.
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ATRN 7230 - Assessment of Movement Dysfunction
3 credit hours
This course introduces and explores normal fundamental patterns of human movement, and advanced techniques for movement pattern assessment. Neuro-developmental progression, motor development, motor learning, and motor control concepts will be presented. Utilizing the Dynamic Systems Theory and Tensegrity models, techniques for movement assessment will be outlined and discusses. This course provides the foundational knowledge for the subsequent Corrective Techniques for Movement Dysfunction course.
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ATRN 7240 - Corrective Techniques for Movement Dysfunction
3 credit hours
This course provides the athletic trainer with advanced knowledge in the rehabilitation of orthopaedic injuries, by utilizing corrective techniques to restore movement patterns and function. Emphasis is placed on integration of tensegrity and dynamic systems models to develop a sequential and progressive rehabilitation program, centered on restoration of movement patterns in fundamental, transitional, and functional postures. Concepts of mobility, sensorimotor control, movement patterning, and neuro-developmental progression will be discussed. Assisted, active, and reactive techniques for improving mobility, stability, and movement will be taught. Prerequisite: ATRN 7230
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ATRN 8100 - Practice-Based Research
3 credit hours
This course aims to improve the athletic trainer’s understanding of and, ability to conduct, practice-based research. Practice-based research represents the last step of the translational research continuum and is vital to the translation of evidence into routine clinical practice. In brief, practice-based research is conducted by clinicians at the point-of-care, with real patients, and during the usual course of patient care. To meet its purpose, this course will cover fundamental concepts related to practice-based research including but not limited to the clinician-scientist model, researcher-clinician partnerships, common study designs and statistical approaches, implementation and dissemination of evidence, and practice-based research networks.
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ATRN 8110 - Comparative Effectiveness in Athletic Training
3 credit hours
This course is designed to improve the athletic trainer’s understanding of, and ability to conduct, clinical research in order to compare the effectiveness of various athletic training treatment interventions for sport-related injury and illnesses. Determination of treatment effectiveness must also take into account the preferences of individual patient, as well as the known benefits and harms of each intervention. The course will cover the basics of comparative effectiveness research questions, study design, outcome measures, statistical analyses, and dissemination. *
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ATRN 8140 - Leadership & Professionalism in Athletic Training
3 credit hours
Examination and application of theories of professionalism and leadership as they relate to various aspects of the practice of athletic training. Topics include, but are not limited to, contemporary leadership theories, medical professionalism, organizational and interpersonal communication, decision-making, change, and conflict management.
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ATRN 8210 - Qualitative Research Methodology
3 credit hours
This course is designed to introduce the athletic trainer to the methods of qualitative research. As athletic training continues to identify ways to enhance the care provided to various populations, it is essential to integrate patients’ perspectives and preferences during the decision-making process. To effectively do so, it is important to have an understanding of the various strategies to gather this information. This course will cover the basics of qualitative research, methods to collect and analyze qualitative data, and strategies to incorporate qualitative data into athletic training clinical practice.
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ATRN 9001 - Analyzing the Problem
5 credit hours
This course is the first in a series of four courses designed to assist you with the development of an applied research project (ARP) through the stages of reviewing the literature to project dissemination. Understanding the past and current literature around your desired research topic area is crucial to the development of a sound research project. Therefore, the purpose of this course is to provide you with the knowledge and skills to successfully review the literature around your chosen ARP topic and write a focused review of literature, which will serve as a foundational paper for your ARP.
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ATRN 9003 - Implementing and Evaluating the Solution
5 credit hours
This course is the fourth in a series of four courses designed to assist you with the development of an applied research project (ARP) through the stages of reviewing the literature to project dissemination. The purpose of this course is to provide you with the knowledge and skills to continue to finalize your data collection forms and sampling methodology and to successfully complete your data collection as well as properly manage your data. Additionally, this course will help you to develop and implement an analysis plan for your ARP, based on previous methodological and statistical courses, and write the bulk of your results section so that you will be ready to complete your manuscript and prepare it for dissemination in the next course.
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ATRN 9004 - Completing and Disseminating the Project
5 credit hours
This course is the fourth and final course in a series of four courses designed to assist you with the development of an Applied Research Project (ARP) through the stages of reviewing the literature to project dissemination. The purpose of this course is to provide the knowledge and skills needed to successfully complete your ARP manuscript, and to identify possible strategies for the dissemination your research findings through means, such as poster and oral presentations or manuscript submission
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AUD 513 - Professional Roles and Responsibilities
1 credit hour
This class is designed to introduce students to the professional roles and responsibilities of an audiologist, as well as other members of the healthcare delivery team. With current emphasis on team delivery of healthcare services, it is important that students understand the interrelationship of the various healthcare professions in total patient care. Particular emphasis will be placed on those health professions that are educated at the various schools of A.T. Still University, including the history and philosophy of osteopathic medicine. Audiology, as a profession, will be studied in some detail. Students will learn the history of audiology and its evolution to a doctoral level profession. Scope of practice, ethics, certification, licensure, and specialty areas will be studied. Contemporary professional practice issues will be discussed by guest speakers in several specialty areas.
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AUD 518 - Audiological Observation I
1 credit hour each
Guided observations of audiologic activities. Students observe preparations for and administration of clinical evaluations and treatment. Limited hands on experience may be included.
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AUD 528 - Audiological Observation II
1 credit hour each
Guided observations of audiologic activities. Students observe preparations for and administration of clinical evaluations and treatment. Limited hands on experience may be included.
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AUD 558 - Audiological Observation III
1 credit hour each
Guided observations of audiologic activities. Students observe preparations for and administration of clinical evaluations and treatment. Limited hands on experience may be included.
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AUD 700 - Professional Roles and Responsibilities
1 credit hour
This module is designed to introduce students to the professional roles and responsibilities of a variety of members of the healthcare delivery team. An understanding of the function of each of the different types of healthcare professionals is valuable when students work with and practice as members of a professional healthcare team. Particular emphasis will be placed on those health professions that are professionally prepared at A.T. Still University of Health Sciences, and will include an orientation to the history and philosophy of osteopathic medicine upon which the institution is founded.
This module will not address the study of audiology specifically, but will concentrate on what audiology can learn from the histories, philosophies, experiences, and evolutions of other professions. In addition, since this is an early offering in the curriculum, this module will also continue to build on what you have learned so far regarding the use of interactive computer-based media as an educational delivery strategy, including the further development of web-searching skills.
(4 weeks)
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AUD 702 - Auditory and Vestibular Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology
2 credit hours
The foundations of audiologic diagnostic and therapeutic measures are based upon an understanding of the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system. This module provides a study of the development of the nervous system, the structure and function of the peripheral nervous system and the central nervous system, neurovasculature, and in depth coverage of the audiovestibular system. (8 weeks)
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AUD 726 - Infection Control
1 credit hour
This course will cover in-office infection control procedures for audiologists, including universal precautions, cleaning and sterilization of instruments, and regulations. This module includes counseling patients on infection control procedures. (4 weeks)
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AUD 733 - Tinnitus
1 credit hour
This module is designed to introduce students to the fundamental principles of clinical management for patients with severe tinnitus. This module includes basic information concerning tinnitus epidemiology, tinnitus mechanisms, tinnitus measurement, tinnitus treatment and resources for audiologists and patients including the American Tinnitus Association. (4 weeks)
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AUD 734 - Hearing Loss and Aging
2 credit hours
This course is designed to address issues concerning the effect of aging on hearing. Changes in the auditory system as a function of aging and its impact on the function of the auditory system will be presented. The course will also provide information on management of hearing loss in the aged population. (2 credits)
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AUD 736 - Advanced Acoustic Immittance
1 credit hour
Acoustic immittance measures provide noninvasive evidence of the normalcy of the middle ear system and evidence of pathology, which may require medical intervention. Multifrequency and multicomponent tympanometry are useful tools for identifying mass or stiffness dominated systems that are consistent with pathology. The Advanced Tympanometry module provides a study of tympanometric measures for use in the assessment of tympanic membrane abnormalities, ossicular chain pathology, otitis media, neonatal hearing assessment, and aging of the middle ear system. The goal of this module is to provide the advanced clinical audiologist with knowledge and skills to pursue additional audiologic information through the use of multifrequency tympanometry, multicomponent tympanometry, acoustic reflexes and acoustic reflex decay for the diagnosis and rehabilitation of their patients. (4 weeks)
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AUD 737 - Otoacoustic Emissions
1 credit hour
This course presents the origin and classification of otoacoustic emissions. Test equipment and procedures for obtaining emissions, interpretation of results and uses of otoacoustic emissions data in differential diagnosis of auditory disorders are discussed. (4 weeks)
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AUD 746 - Advanced Auditory Evoked Potentials
2 credit hours
Peripheral and cortical auditory evoked potentials are useful tools in assessing auditory processing beyond the estimation of hearing sensitivity. The Advanced Auditory Evoked Potential module provides a study of clinical tools for use in the differential diagnosis of cochlear vs. neural function, a diagnostic test battery for auditory neuropathy, and current uses of ASSRs and cortical potentials in the investigation of sensorineural hearing loss, auditory processing disorders, and aging. The primary goal of this module is to provide the advanced clinical audiologist with knowledge and skills to pursue additional audiologic information through the use of auditory evoked potentials (AEPs) for the diagnosis and rehabilitation of their patients. The secondary goal is to introduce AEP applications that have clinical utility, but are at present used primarily for auditory research purposes. Access to evoked potential equipment is highly recommended but not required for this course. (8 weeks)
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AUD 750 - Intrapoerative Monitoring: An Introduction
1 credit hour
Specialized electrophysiological procedures and intraoperative monitoring explores the importance of intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring (IONM), the responsibilities required, and the role of the audiologist as a surgical team member. The course addresses various IONM modalities, the surgeries reliant on monitoring, anatomy and physiology, terminology required for accurate monitoring, the effect of anesthesia on IONM, and new advances in the profession. (8 weeks)
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AUD 751 - Assessment and Management of (Central) Auditory Processing Disorders-(C)APD
2 credit hours
Assessment of (central) auditory processing (AP) and identification of auditory processing disorder (APD) in children and adults is a systematic and multidisciplinary process. The assessment process includes the use of case history, questionnaires and observation forms, behavioral speech audiometric tests, electroacoustic, and electrophysiologic tests. Prerequisites to the course include a basic understanding of the anatomy and physiology of the central auditory nervous system (CANS) and electrophysiologic test procedures. This module is designed to provide students with an understanding of the auditory processing assessment process, with primary emphasis on the pediatric population. (8 weeks)
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AUD 762 - The Dynamic Human Ear Canal
2 credit hours
This module is designed to teach students the anatomy and physiology of the human ear canal, techniques in visualization and examination of the ear canal (including instrumentation) and cerumen management. We will cover safety and precautions, appropriate case history questions, recommendations for referral and best practices for cerumen removal. Topics will also include ethical and legal issues related to cerumen management, as well as a review of scope of practice documents as published by several different organizations. We will briefly cover reimbursement issues. In addition, we will study ear canal acoustics, impression-taking techniques, safety and precautions related to the making of an earmold, earmold styles and materials, earmold modifications, the acoustics of open fittings, receiver-in-the-canal considerations, custom vs. non-custom domes, custom c-shells and other options. (8 weeks/2 credits)
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AUD 763 - Real Ear Measures
2 credit hours
This module is designed to introduce students to hearing aid measurement science, various hearing aid measures and methods for verifying appropriate hearing aid fittings. The topics include a basic primer on real ear measurements and tests to be performed in a hearing instrument test box. Skills and knowledge will be gained which will be essential in the validation and verification of hearing aid fittings, as well as hearing aid troubleshooting. This course explores the science and the art of fitting amplification on hearing impaired individuals with the goal of achieving acceptance of amplification by the patients we serve. (8 weeks)
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AUD 767 - Assistive Listening Devices
2 credit hours
This course is intended to provide students with the background and tools necessary to service the Hearing Assistance Technology needs of deaf and hard of hearing individuals. The class will explore a variety of levels at which the audiologist may wish to provide these services. (8 weeks)
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AUD 771 - Advanced Hearing Aid Technology
2 credit hours
This course is designed to enable audiologists to be conversant in current hearing aid technology, focusing on the chief components that are responsible for understanding hearing aids and their use. A solid knowledge base of hearing aids and their development will be built by relating historical perspectives to current trends in amplification. The focus is on understanding essential major hearing aid developments and how they relate to current fitting approaches. Content may change as developments dictate. (8 weeks)
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AUD 780 - Cochlear Implants
2 credit hours
This course is intended to be an introduction to cochlear implants. The individual completing the course will not be prepared to program or troubleshoot any device nor will they be a “cochlear implant audiologist.” Our goal is to provide a level of knowledge to audiologist to enable the student to provide initial counseling to prospective implant patients and make better referrals to cochlear implant centers. On completion of the course, the individual should have knowledge of what a cochlear implant is, candidacy and evaluation issues including medical, audiological, and (re)habilitative aspects, postoperative follow-up including programming, communication options and outcomes as well as the current and future trends. While it is expected that this course will impart a tremendous degree of knowledge upon the students, completing this course is not sufficient for expertise in cochlear implants. (8 weeks)
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AUD 782 - Audiological Management in Heritable Syndromes
2 credit hours
This course covers the wide diversity of genetic syndromes wherein hearing loss and/or aberrant audiovestibular system (AVS) function is involved, including those conditions in which audiovestibular compromise may not be the primary or most obvious stigmata. Review of basic inheritance patterns, (elementary genetics) including Mendelian transmission together with pertinent embryology is covered. Current genetic concepts and terminology are provided together with discussion of certain organ systems’ association with audiovestibular system impairments/deficits. Further material includes appropriate professional language in syndromology and audiology, insights for expanding professional patient bases and the need to utilize our audiovestibular probes to best highlight the audiovestibular deficits seen in conjunction with the patient’s particular syndrome. (8 weeks)
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AUD 790 - Pediatric Audiology
2 credit hours
This module is designed to introduce students to the fundamentals of pediatric audiology. This eight-week module includes an introduction to ear embryology, developmental theory and milestones, identification and intervention of newborn hearing loss, appropriate use of diagnostic tests, and the development of a parent resource packet. In addition, skills and knowledge will be gained which will be essential in the use of family counseling and access to multidisciplinary resources. (8 weeks)
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AUD 800 - Auditory/Vestibular Pathologies
2 credit hours
Detailed coverage of auditory and vestibular pathologies and their relation to structure and function. Case studies are used to show audiologic patterns associated with various disorders. Includes coverage of the basic otologic/medical evaluation and surgical and medical treatments of auditory/vestibular conditions. (8 weeks)
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AUD 802 - Radiography in Auditory/Vestibular Diagnosis
1 credit hour
This module is designed to help students gain an understanding of imaging techniques used for the evaluation of auditory and vestibular pathologies. Neurodiagnostic imaging data from CT scans, MRI, etc. will be correlated with audiological findings when possible. (4 weeks)
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AUD 810 - Pharmacology and Ototoxicity
2 credit hours
This course is designed to introduce students to the basic concepts and principles of pharmacology. Drug development, drug regulations, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and basic drug classifications will be covered. In addition, information will be presented regarding drugs used in the diagnosis and treatment of hearing and balance disorders, drugs which affect the function of the auditory and vestibular systems, and the concept of polypharmacy. The course also covers ototoxicity (cochleotoxicity, vestibulotoxity and neurotoxicity) and otototoxic monitoring. Students will gain an appreciation for the role of audiologists related to understanding patients’ needs, behaviors, and clinical outcomes associated with medication use, as appropriate for a professional committed to whole person healthcare. (8 weeks/2 credits)
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AUD 815 - Health Informatics for Audiology
1 credit hour
This module will provide an introduction to the online learning system used for the academic program as well as valuable information about the use of computer technology for lifelong learning and in your office. Topics will include an orientation to navigating and using tools in the online courses, computer basics, a helpful PowerPoint tutorial and more. Essential student links and instructions will be provided to assist students throughout their online programs. (4 weeks)
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AUD 820 - Counseling and Aural Rehabilitation
2 credit hours
This module is designed to introduce students to the fundamental principles, contemporary theories, and applied techniques of the counseling process. Special emphasis will be placed on issues and practices related to the effects of hearing loss on individuals of all ages and their families. The role of counseling across the scope of audiologic practice, including diagnostic and rehabilitative activities will be discussed. (8 weeks)
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AUD 824 - Early Hearing Detection and Intervention
1 credit hour
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the role of the audiologist in Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) programs. Special emphasis will be placed on the importance of audiological involvement in all organizational and administrative aspects of such programs. Topics include: legislative mandates, screening protocols and procedures, organization and administration of EHDI programs, data management and tracking, program evaluation and quality improvement. Students enrolling in this class should have a good understanding of ABR and OAE procedures. (4 weeks)
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AUD 825 - Educational Audiology
2 credit hours
Educational audiology has become recognized as a specialty area in our profession, since the responsibilities of an educational audiologist differ significantly from those of a clinical audiologist. Like the clinical audiologist, the educational audiologist must be familiar with terminology and concepts related to the screening, diagnosis and remediation of hearing loss. Unlike the clinical audiologist, however, the educational audiologist must be prepared to deal with overwhelming numbers of children with diverse needs, usually with insufficient support, equipment, money and staff to deal with those needs. Legislative mandates have increased the need for educational audiology services in the schools, but the number of educational audiologists is still not sufficient to provide the level of services our children deserve. Increasingly, audiologists are being approached to provide contractual services to local school districts. At the conclusion of this course you will have a better understanding of the role of the educational audiologist and perhaps be interested in considering educational audiology as a component of your practice. (8 weeks)
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AUD 828 - Prevention of Hearing Loss & Disability
1 credit hour
Topics to be covered include recognizing dangerous levels of sound, screening/testing industrial or at-risk populations, recommending and evaluating hearing protection devices. Focus is on OSHA, NIOSH, and other regulations, as well as Worker’s Compensation issues. (4 weeks)
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AUD 831 - Vestibular Evaluation Procedures
2 credit hours
This module provides students with a review of the anatomy and physiology of the peripheral and central vestibular systems, as well as an overview of the human equilibrium system. This module will provide students with a comprehensive overview of vestibular assessment procedures, focusing on gathering an appropriate case history, ENG/VNG, non-computerized postural testing, and non-computerized rotational testing. Case studies will be utilized to provide an enhanced learning experience. (8 weeks)
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AUD 832 - Vestibular Rehabilitation
2 credit hours
This module will introduce audiologists to the basic principles of Vestibular Rehabilitation Therapy (VRT). The module will provide students with an overview of the philosophical bases to Vestibular Rehabilitation and will provide specific symptom based strategies of treating identifiable vestibular dysfunctions. The content will have a practical approach to allow audiologists to develop knowledge and skills for use of Vestibular Rehabilitation Therapy (VRT) within their scope of practice. (8 weeks)
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AUD 833 - Advanced Vestibular Evaluation Procedures
2 credit hours
This module is designed to provide students with an understanding of specialized and advanced vestibular diagnostic tools. Topics will be focused on rotary chair testing, computerized dynamic posturography, VEMP, subjective visual vertical testing, correlation of results with ENG/VNG, and common errors in interpretation. Case studies will be utilized to provide an enhanced, “real world” learning experience. (8 weeks)
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AUD 836 - Practice Development: Business Planning & Accounting
2 credit hours
This course is about business development and accounting as it applies to audiology. It is an introductory course designed to help you make the kinds of decisions you will need to make if you set up an audiology practice. It is a practical course that encourages you to take chances, make mistakes and enjoy your successes without having to put up real cash. Topics covered will include private practice models, business plan design, short- and long-range business planning, general accounting practices, and development and analysis of profit-and loss statements. (8 weeks)
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AUD 837 - Regulatory Aspects of Healthcare Practice
2 credit hours
This course involves a study of basic business structures and the economic and regulatory aspects of healthcare practice. Students will also exam of risk management as it applies to daily business practices as well as professional liability. Other topics include informed consent, regulatory compliance, proper methods of documentation, auditing and professional liability insurance. (8 weeks/2 credits)
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AUD 841 - Practice Development II: Marketing and Advertising
2 credit hours
This module is designed to explore the marketing of hearing care services and hearing aids to the public. This module includes a review of the hearing aid industry and a survey of present hearing aid marketing efforts by industry and audiology practices. Students will generate internal and external marketing strategies and evaluate the effectiveness of different marketing media. They will evaluate marketing strategies and generate appropriate marketing budgets. In addition, each student will generate a marketing plan for their own practice. (8 weeks)
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AUD 846 - Practice Development III: Personnel Management
2 credit hours
This module introduces students to the basic concepts and ideas of personnel management, also known as human resource management or practice management. Concepts will be discussed as it applies to the audiologist as an employee, manager or private practice owner. This course includes information on designing job descriptions, hiring and firing employees, training, guiding, and evaluating staff in a professional audiology office or department with an emphasis on employment law. (8 weeks)
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AUD 848 - Introduction to Continuous Quality Improvement
1 credit hour
This module provides an examination of the evolution of quality management in healthcare and an introduction to current quality management methodologies. Topics include continuous quality improvement, defining quality, measuring quality and standard setting organizations. The course focuses on the core aspects of quality management that a clinician should understand to initiate or participate in quality assurance or improvement efforts. (4 weeks)
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AUD 851 - Professionalism: Ethics and Leadership
2 credit hour
This course will examine the nature and evolution of codes of ethics. Class discussions and reading materials will emphasize ethical issues as they relate to the professional practice of audiology. Topics will include numerous contemporary issues in audiology and how they relate to codes of ethics from AAA, ADA and ASHA. In addition to the issues discussed, a framework for ethical decision-making will be developed. Students will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of the issues and ethical implications discussed through class discussions, written assignments, and a final examination. In addition, this course will provide a forum for discussion of the organization and function of professional associations, activities which serve the professional community, service to the public and the development of leadership skills. (8 weeks/2 credits)
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AUD 853 - Preceptor Training
2 credit hours
This preceptor-training module provides instruction in adult learning styles, how to set goals and provide constructive feedback, the development of professionalism, and strategies to facilitate critical thinking and case management skills in the trainee. Audiologists attain mainly theoretical knowledge in the academic classroom and clinical knowledge and skills in the clinical setting. Audiologists who are going to serve, as preceptors for audiology students also need to learn concepts and skills related to the supervisory process and how to be a mentor and teacher in the clinical setting. The primary goal of this module is to provide the supervising audiologist with knowledge and skills to be a successful preceptor for audiology students and/or a supervisor for audiology employees. The concepts covered in this module will be useful for audiologists who are involved in clinical training with audiology students and new employees, as well as audiologists in supervisory positions who cross-train audiology staff for new roles, evaluate performance of staff and provide feedback to supervisees. (8 weeks)
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AUD 890 - Hearing Loss and Health Aging
2 credit hours
This module is designed to address issues concerning the effects of aging on hearing. Changes in the auditory system as a function of aging, the impact on patient function, and healthy aging will be emphasized. The module will provide information on management of hearing loss in the aged population and strategies for collaborating with stakeholders to increase referrals for hearing health care. It also includes a review of contemporary research on this topic. (8 weeks)
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AUD 895 - Investigative Audiology
1 credit hour
The exceptionally broad use of hearing in modern cultures and societies gives rise to diverse questions from many quarters. Industries may inquire about the protection of worker hearing. Manufacturers are interested in product liability control and will ask if their products are dangerously loud. Various jurisdictions are interested in curbing community (environmental) noise. Litigants choose to proffer claims for hearing impairment due to various alleged causes. Personal safety depends a great deal upon the ear and hearing, so we may be asked to evaluate acoustical warning signals. A well-prepared audiologist will know how to deal with these, and other, related questions. An additional structure within this module involves the legal process including discussions of appropriate clinical work ups of hearing impairment claims; testimony styles; and techniques of value to the testifying witness. (4 weeks)
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AUD 943 - Audiology Grand Rounds
0 credit hours
Audiology Grand Rounds are held during the Fall, Winter and Spring quarters. This provides a weekly forum for clinical presentations by students, lectures and panel discussions with guest speakers, and interaction between faculty and students concerning topics related to clinical observation and rotation experiences and the profession of audiology. These courses are pass/fail.
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AUDE 5120 - Infection Control
1 credit hour
This course will cover the basic principles of microbiology. The student will learn how infections spread and appropriate infection control procedures for audiologists including the cleaning of tools and instruments.
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AUDE 5130 - Professional Roles & Responsibilities
1 credit hour
This class is designed to introduce students to the professional roles and responsibilities of an audiologist, as well as other members of the healthcare delivery team. With current emphasis on team delivery of healthcare services, it is important that students understand the interrelationship of the various healthcare professions in total patient care. Particular emphasis will be placed on those health professions that are educated at the various schools of A.T. Still University, including the history and philosophy of osteopathic medicine. Audiology, as a profession, will be studied in some detail. Students will learn the history of audiology and its evolution to a doctoral level profession. Scope of practice, ethics, certification, licensure, and specialty areas will be studied. Contemporary professional practice issues will be discussed by guest speakers in several specialty areas.
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AUDE 5140 - Auditory Science
4 credit hours
A study of the physical nature of sound and the human psychological response to auditory stimulation. Topics include acoustic analysis from simple harmonic motion to complex waves; sensitivity; pitch, loudness, and tempo-ral perception; masking; and binaural hearing.
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AUDE 5180 - Clinical Rotation I
.5 credit hours
Guided observations of audiologic activities. Students observe preparations for and administration of clinical evaluations and treatment. Limited hands on experience may be included.
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AUDE 5200 - Acquisition and Development of Communicative Skills
2.5 credit hours
This course is designed to introduce students to normal acquisition and development of communication skills and to the impact of hearing loss on these skills. An introduction to disorders of communication will enable students to identify speech, language, voice and fluency concerns and determine appropriate referrals, within the audiologist’s scope of practice.
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AUDE 5210 - Neurology
3 credit hours
A study of the development, structure and function of the central and peripheral nervous systems, including the autonomic nervous system. Blood supply, sensory and motor system pathways, pain mechanisms, receptors, reflex pathways and consequences of lesions of the nervous system at various levels are also discussed. Includes laboratory requirement.
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AUDE 5220 - Anatomy and Physiology of the Auditory-Vestibular System
3 credit hours
A study of the structure and function of the auditory-vestibular system. The course will focus on the peripheral auditory and vestibular pathway including the external ear, middle ear, inner ear, and VIIIth Cranial Nerve.
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AUDE 5240 - Essentials of Audiology I
3 credit hours
The first of a two-course sequence covering basic audiometric tests and procedures. Topics will include case history, otoscopy, behavioral threshold testing, masking, speech audiometry, and puretone screening for school-age children and adults. Includes laboratory requirement.
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AUDE 5280 - Clinical Rotation II
.5 credit hours
Guided observations of audiologic activities. Students observe preparations for and administration of clinical evaluations and treatment. Limited hands on experience may be included.
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AUDE 5300 - Communication Methodology for Hearing Impaired Children
1.5 credit hours
This course is designed to introduce students to a range of communication options available to individuals who are deaf or hard-of-hearing. These communication options include Oral, Cued Speech, Total Communication, and Bilingual-Bicultural, with variations within each category. Reasons that families choose specific communication systems, and the relative strengths and weaknesses of the various systems will be addressed. Aural rehabilitation approaches and methodologies will be covered with a focus on therapeutic aspects. Students will develop aural rehabilitation lessons appropriate to a range of students and auditory abilities.
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AUDE 5310 - Embryology and Genetic Conditions
2.5 credit hours
This course covers embryologic development with emphasis on normal and abnormal or interrupted development. Genetic concepts and terminology will be covered together with information regarding the association of certain organ systems with audiovestibular system impairments. Material will also include information regarding genetic testing, genetic counseling, and the audiologist’s role and responsibilities in identifying and managing these conditions.
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AUDE 5340 - Essentials of Audiology II
4 credit hours
The second of a two-course sequence covering basic audiometric tests and procedures. Topics will include immittance audiometry, cochlear and retrocochlear site-of-lesion tests, tests for pseudohypacusis, and techniques for measuring audiometric test performance. The course will also review instrument calibration standards and procedures utilized in the practice of audiology. Includes laboratory requirement.
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AUDE 5400 - Speech Perception
2.5 credit hours
An overview of the acoustics of speech and topics related to speech perception. Areas of study include normative, articulatory, and acoustic phonetics; methods of the acoustic analysis of speech; models and theories of speech perception, and multimodal processing of speech. Includes laboratory requirement.
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AUDE 5410 - Acquired Auditory-Vestibular Disorders
2.5 credit hours
This course provides a study of acquired peripheral and central pathologies affecting the auditory and vestibular systems. Disorders of the conductive, sensory and neural systems will be covered in depth with details provided on diagnosis, etiologies, signs and symptoms, related findings and treatment options. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the relation between pathophysiologic factors, test measures, test outcomes and function-dysfunction.
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AUDE 5420 - Cerumen Management
1 credit hour
This course will cover cerumen management methodologies, equipment, indications and contraindications, and state and federal agencies and their regulations will be covered. Includes laboratory requirement.
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AUDE 5450 - Amplification I
3 credit hours
This course will cover the history of hearing aids in the healthcare market. Past and current hearing aid styles, components, acoustics and measurement characteristics will be discussed. Skills will be gained in taking earmold impressions; performing cleaning, maintenance and adjustments on hearing aids; and modifying hearing aids and earmolds. Information will also be provided regarding patient assessment measures used to aid in appropriate hearing aid selection and verification, as well as how to provide basic hearing aid recommendations to patients. Includes laboratory requirement.
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AUDE 5460 - Otoacoustic Emissions
2.5 credit hours
A study of the origin and classification of otoacoustic emissions (OAEs), as well as test equipment and procedures for obtaining OAEs. Interpretation of results and uses of OAE data in screening and differential diagnosis of auditory disorders. Instrumentation and testing procedures will be covered in the laboratory segment of this course. Includes laboratory requirement.
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AUDE 5580 - Clinical Rotation III
1 credit hour
Guided observations of audiologic activities. Students observe preparations for and administration of clinical evaluations and treatment. Limited hands on experience may be included.
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