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Part Three – Postgraduate Units of StudyDivision of Linguisiticsand PsychologyLINGUISTICS*** Taught externallyBUS854 Managing Cultural Diversity inBusiness4 pg cpThis unit discusses the implications for organisationalleaders in view of increasing cultural differences betweenindividuals and groups within and between organisations.In particular the unit examines practical problems andopportunities in managing human diversity in contemporarycross-cultural and international settings.CAUD801 Clinical Skills4 pg cpThis unit explores the skills necessary to conduct a basicaudiological assessment such as case history taking,explaining results to the client, conduct in a clinical settingand ethical issues. The unit will prepare students fortheir first clinical experiences.CAUD802 Assessment Strategies I4 pg cpThis unit will provide students with basic audiometricskills as first practised in the clinic. Students will becomeproficient at conducting pure tone audiometry as appropriatein the assessment of adults and children, basicspeech discrimination assessments and acoustic impedancetesting.CAUD803 Theoretical Bases of Audiology4 pg cpThis unit will review the theoretical concepts of audiologyincluding acoustics, psychoacoustics and the perceptionof sound, and auditory physiology. This unit providesthe theoretical base for Assessment Strategies I andfor later units.CAUD804 Clinical Practicum I4 pg cpStudents will begin working towards their 200 hours of“hands on” clinical experience as required by the professionalsociety. Experience will be mainly directedtowards basic assessment strategies and students will beassessed against competencies as could rightly be expectedin proportion to the number of hours “hands on”.CAUD805 Hearing Aids4 pg cpThis unit will prepare students for hearing aid fitting. Thevarious types of hearing aids available will be reviewedalong with issues such as gain, frequency response anddynamic range. In addition, fitting issues and procedures,aid selection and evaluation including the use of questionnaires,will be discussed.AUD806 Objective Assessment Strategies4 pg cpThis unit will explore the various objective test strategiesavailable to the audiologist covering both theoretical conceptsand practical applications. Strategies of auditoryevoked potentials, otoacoustic emissions and vestibularassessment techniques will be reviewed.CAUD807 Paediatrics4 pg cpThis unit will explore child development, languageacquisition, test strategies appropriate to infants andpreschool children, and to the multiple handicapped. Theuse of speech based tests in the paediatric population willalso be examined.CAUD808 Clinical Practicum II4 pg cpStudents will be working towards the professional society’srequirement of 200 hours of “hands on” clinicalwork in a variety of settings as organised by theUniversity. Students will be assessed against competenciesas could be expected for the number of hoursobtained and by a viva voce examination conducted by apanel made up of University staff and an external examiner.CAUD809 Auditory and LanguagePathology4 pg cpThis unit will review diagnostic strategies and medicaltreatment options for adult and paediatric auditorypathologies. Various relevant speech pathologies will bediscussed along with treatment options. Students willhave opportunities to observe surgery and ENT outpatientclinics at local hospitals.CAUD810 The Hearing Impaired and theFamily4 pg cpThis optional unit will explore the role of audiologists incounselling parents of hearing impaired children andadults with acquired hearing loss. Students will have anopportunity to develop these skills. Issues such as howhearing impairment can impact on the lives of familymembers will also be discussed.CAUD811 Audiology Project8 pg cpThis optional unit provides students with an opportunityto undertake a small piece of supervised original researchusing skills obtained within the Research Design andMethodology unit.291