Course: Comprehensive Support for People with Hearing Impairment

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Course title Comprehensive Support for People with Hearing Impairment
Course code KSSP/E004
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course unspecified
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Hádková Kateřina, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Main Thematic Areas of the Course ? Definition of hearing impairment and basic terminology ? Classification, causes, and diagnosis assessment of hearing impairment ? Hearing aids, assistive technologies, and rehabilitation of individuals with hearing impairment ? Communication systems used by individuals with hearing impairment ? Early diagnostics and early intervention ? Education of children, pupils, and students with hearing impairment ? Legislative framework and best practice examples

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
The course focuses on comprehensive support for individuals with hearing impairment, with particular emphasis on education. It introduces students to basic characteristics, diagnosis, and support options, including communication systems, early intervention, and the legislative framework. The aim of the course is to develop students? understanding of the needs of individuals with hearing impairment and their ability to apply principles of support in educational or counselling practice.

Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Recommended literature
  • BOLAJOKO, O. Olusanya, ADRIAN, C. Davis, HOWARD, J. Hoffman. Hearing loss grades and the International classification of functioning, disability and health. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2019.
  • CALDERON, Rosemarie. Parental involvement in deaf children?s education programs as a predictor of child?s language, early reading, and social-emotional development. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2000.
  • LEHNHARDT, Ernst. Praxis der Audiometrie. Stuttgart: Thieme, 2009. ISBN 978-3-13-157389-6.
  • Leonhardt, A. Einführung in die Hörgeschädigtenpädagogik.. Ernst Reinhardt., 2002. ISBN 3-8252-2104-0.
  • MOORE, Keith L., DALLEY, Arthur F. a AGUR, Anne M. R. Clinically Oriented Anatomy. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer, 2018. ISBN 978-1-9751-4255-1.
  • Spencer, P. E., & Marschark, M. (Eds.). Advances in the Spoken Language Development of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children.. Oxford University Press., 2006.
  • STANDRING, Susan. Gray?s Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice. London: Elsevier, 2021. ISBN 978-0-7020-7705-0.
  • YOST, William A. Fundamentals of Hearing: An Introduction. San Diego: Academic Press, 2007.


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