AUDE 7140 - Early Intervention and Educational Audiology

3 credits: 2.5 credit lecture, 0.5 credit lab

Children who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing and/or with other listening needs typically require specialized supports to optimize developmental, social, and educational outcomes. Using group discussions and hands-on lab activities, students focus on the roles, responsibilities, knowledge, and skills of audiologists in managing hearing and listening difficulties in children from birth to 18 years of age through Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI), hearing assistive technology, and educational programs. Emphasis is on the case-based application of legislative mandates, EHDI program management guidelines, early intervention goals for infants, children, and their families, pediatric personal hearing technology recommendations, ongoing assessment protocols, classroom signal to noise ratio (SNR) improvement methods, educational plans, and interprofessional coordination. Includes laboratory requirement.