Module manager: Sarah Isherwood
Email: s.j.isherwood@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2025/26
BSc (Hons) Audiology programme specification for entry onto level 1 study
This module is not approved as a discovery module
This module introduces the fundamental theory underpinning routine adult audiological practice. The module runs in parallel with the ‘Audiological Clinical Skills 1’ module.
The aim of this module is to provide that the theory that underpins a range of basic audiological tests and procedures used routinely with adult populations (e.g. pure tone audiometry, tympanometry). This module will run alongside the ‘Audiological Clinical Skills 1’ module.
On completion of this module students will be able to:
1) Demonstrate a basic knowledge of common audiological disorders and their site of lesion.
2) Demonstrate a basic knowledge of the application and interpretation of the routine audiological procedures: history taking, otoscopy, pure tone audiometry and tympanometry
3) Demonstrate a basic knowledge of the relationship between assessment results and common hearing disorders.
Understanding of the theory behind routine audiological tests and basic audiological test results (including: history taking, Otoscopy, Pure tone audiometry, Tympanometry). Understanding of basic hearing aid repair.
Topics covered will include:
- Epidemiology and introduction to hearing impairment
- Audiological history taking
- Otoscopy
- Pure tone audiometry
- Tympanometry
- Hearing aid maintenance
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-line Learning | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| Lecture | 6 | 2 | 12 |
| Tutorial | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Independent online learning hours | 20 | ||
| Private study hours | 159 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 21 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 200 | ||
Students will be provided with directed reading for each session. Students will use this time to consolidate the teaching provided in lectures and for private study. Students will also use this time for assessment preparation.
| Exam type | Exam duration | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Open Book exam | 1.5 Hrs 90 Mins | 100 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Exams) | 100 | |
1.5 hour open-book exam, with short answer questions, weighted at 100% to be taken in the Semester 2 assessment period.
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Last updated: 30/04/2025
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